A partire da gennaio il premier spagnolo Pedro Sánchez vuole rendere il trasporto pubblico gratuito per bambini, ragazzi e persone con disabilità. È un ammortizzatore sociale in tempi di crisi e uno strumento di riduzione dell'inquinamento dell'aria. Invece in molte città italiane con tutta probabilità a cavallo di Natale verranno aumentati i prezzi dei biglietti dei mezzi pubblici.
Money quote: "Para esgrimir la medida de la gratuidad del transporte público, así como el resto de iniciativas sociales, Sánchez admitió ser "consciente" de las dificultades que sufren los españoles para afrontar el "alto coste de vida", a pesar de que España es la gran economía de la Unión Europea "que más está creciendo y que registra una de las inflaciones más bajas de Europa".
"Todas estas duras realidades y otras muchas exigen una respuesta firme y comprometida por parte de los poderes políticos públicos. Lo que tenemos que hacer es reforzar el Estado del bienestar, ensanchar la red de protección social", justificó en el hemiciclo."
https://www.elmundo.es/como/2023/11/17/65573dd6e85ecedb348b45cd.html
Money quote: "Para esgrimir la medida de la gratuidad del transporte público, así como el resto de iniciativas sociales, Sánchez admitió ser "consciente" de las dificultades que sufren los españoles para afrontar el "alto coste de vida", a pesar de que España es la gran economía de la Unión Europea "que más está creciendo y que registra una de las inflaciones más bajas de Europa".
"Todas estas duras realidades y otras muchas exigen una respuesta firme y comprometida por parte de los poderes políticos públicos. Lo que tenemos que hacer es reforzar el Estado del bienestar, ensanchar la red de protección social", justificó en el hemiciclo."
https://www.elmundo.es/como/2023/11/17/65573dd6e85ecedb348b45cd.html
ELMUNDO
Estos son los colectivos que tendrán transporte público gratuito a partir de enero de 2024
Durante casi dos horas de discurso de investidura, Pedro Sánchez desarrolló el plan que el Gobierno pretende desarrollar en la nueva legislatura. En el programa económico que...
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Il primo dizionario di Madeline Kripke è stata una copia del Webster's Collegiate che i suoi genitori le regalarono quando frequentava la quinta elementare a Omaha nei primi anni Cinquanta. Alla sua morte, avvenuta nel 2020 all'età di 76 anni, aveva accumulato una collezione di dizionari che occupava ogni superficie piana del suo appartamento di due camere da letto a Manhattan e riempiva anche alcuni solai e cantine. Molti ritengono che questa caotica biblioteca personale sia il più grande compendio al mondo di parole e del loro uso.
Money quote: “We don’t really know how many books it is,” says Michael Adams, a lexicographer and chair of the English department at Indiana University Bloomington. More than 1,500 boxes, with vague labels such as “Kripke documents” or “Kripke: 17 books,” arrived at the school’s Lilly Library on two tractor-trailers in late 2021. The delivery was accompanied by a nearly 2,000-page catalog detailing some 6,000 volumes. But that’s only a fraction of the total. In summer 2023, the library hired a group of students to simply open each box and list its contents. By the fall, their count stood at about 9,700. “And they’ve got a long way to go,” says Adams. “20,000 sounds like a pretty good estimate.”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/biggest-dictionary-collection
https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/lilly/2023/02/08/unpacking-the-kripke-collection/
Money quote: “We don’t really know how many books it is,” says Michael Adams, a lexicographer and chair of the English department at Indiana University Bloomington. More than 1,500 boxes, with vague labels such as “Kripke documents” or “Kripke: 17 books,” arrived at the school’s Lilly Library on two tractor-trailers in late 2021. The delivery was accompanied by a nearly 2,000-page catalog detailing some 6,000 volumes. But that’s only a fraction of the total. In summer 2023, the library hired a group of students to simply open each box and list its contents. By the fall, their count stood at about 9,700. “And they’ve got a long way to go,” says Adams. “20,000 sounds like a pretty good estimate.”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/biggest-dictionary-collection
https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/lilly/2023/02/08/unpacking-the-kripke-collection/
Atlas Obscura
The Low Down on the Greatest Dictionary Collection in the World
From "unabridged" to "slanguage," Madeline Kripke's library is a logophile's heaven (or hell).
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È morto l'investitore Charlie Munger, partner commerciale di lunga data di Warren Buffett. Con Warren Buffett, Munger ha costruito la Berkshire Hathaway fino a farla diventare un gigantesco colosso multimiliardario. Munger era considerato una leggenda negli ambienti degli investimenti americani. L'impatto del suo lavoro sull'economia mondiale è stato enorme e, per gli ingenui, molto positivo. La leggenda attorno ai due uomini è una storiella per deviare l'attenzione.
Money quote: "When Munger was well into his nineties, he told CNBC he lived by a handful of "simple rules."
"You don't have a lot of resentment," he said. "You don't overspend your income. You stay charitable in spite of your troubles. You deal with reliable people, and you do what you're supposed to do."
For him, that was staying away from fads, and being a careful, cautious investor."
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1215694835/influential-investor-charlie-munger-longtime-friend-of-warren-buffett-has-died
Money quote: "When Munger was well into his nineties, he told CNBC he lived by a handful of "simple rules."
"You don't have a lot of resentment," he said. "You don't overspend your income. You stay charitable in spite of your troubles. You deal with reliable people, and you do what you're supposed to do."
For him, that was staying away from fads, and being a careful, cautious investor."
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1215694835/influential-investor-charlie-munger-longtime-friend-of-warren-buffett-has-died
NPR
Investor Charlie Munger, the longtime business partner of Warren Buffett, has died
Buffett and Munger together built Berkshire Hathaway into a multi-billion dollar behemoth.
Super intervista a Jerry Chow, capo della ricerca sul quantum computing di Ibm. La rivedrete fra qualche giorno sul Post travestita da articolo sul "computer quantistico spiegato bene"
Money quote: "One of my favorite things about all this is that in order to make these new quantum computers work, you have to cool them to within fractions of a degree of absolute zero, which means a lot of companies have had to work very hard on cryogenic cooling systems just so other people could work on quantum chips. Jerry calls early quantum computers "science projects," but his goal is to engineer actual products people can use."
https://www.theverge.com/23988271/ibm-quantum-heron-system-two-jerry-chow-qubits
Money quote: "One of my favorite things about all this is that in order to make these new quantum computers work, you have to cool them to within fractions of a degree of absolute zero, which means a lot of companies have had to work very hard on cryogenic cooling systems just so other people could work on quantum chips. Jerry calls early quantum computers "science projects," but his goal is to engineer actual products people can use."
https://www.theverge.com/23988271/ibm-quantum-heron-system-two-jerry-chow-qubits
The Verge
The future of quantum computing
Quantum computers sound like sci-fi — but are they useful yet?
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Quei pigroni dei francesi: lavorano meno di tutti (o quasi) in Europa. E noi italiani, invece, molto di più.
Money quote. ”A titre de comparaison, sur une année, un salarié à temps complet en France travaille 65 heures de moins qu’en Espagne, 122 heures de moins qu’en Allemagne ou 162 de moins qu’en Italie, note l’étude, qui s’appuie sur les données d’Eurostat et de l’Insee. Principale explication à cette particularité française : la réforme des 35 heures mise en place à partir de l’année 2000 et obligatoire à partir de 2002.”
https://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/social/les-francais-travaillent-moins-que-leurs-voisins-europeens-2039646
Money quote. ”A titre de comparaison, sur une année, un salarié à temps complet en France travaille 65 heures de moins qu’en Espagne, 122 heures de moins qu’en Allemagne ou 162 de moins qu’en Italie, note l’étude, qui s’appuie sur les données d’Eurostat et de l’Insee. Principale explication à cette particularité française : la réforme des 35 heures mise en place à partir de l’année 2000 et obligatoire à partir de 2002.”
https://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/social/les-francais-travaillent-moins-que-leurs-voisins-europeens-2039646
Les Echos
Les Français travaillent moins que leurs voisins européens
La durée annuelle du travail demeure plus courte en France que dans la plupart des pays européens pour les salariés à temps complet, souligne une étude de l'institut Rexecode publiée ce mercredi. C'est moins le cas quand on intègre le travail à temps partiel.
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Una delle mosse più strane e forse meno corrette nell'ambito delle relazioni azienda-cliente è stata leggermente corretta. Ma quello che c'è dietro (perchè un passaggio forzato così repentino?) non c'è nessun giornale nostrano che cerca di raccontarlo. Solo bollettini medici.
Money quote: "Isybank è una banca completamente digitale di proprietà del gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo. A inizio ottobre, il gruppo aveva comunicato che tra la fine del 2023 e l'inizio del 2024 i conti di circa due milioni di clienti considerati prevalentemente digitali, quindi che non frequentano spesso le filiali fisiche della banca, sarebbero stati trasferiti automaticamente a Isybank, con l'attribuzione di nuovi IBAN ed eventualmente di nuove carte di credito e di debito, dopo la scadenza di quelle attualmente in uso. La banca aveva garantito che si sarebbe fatta carico di tutte le procedure legate al passaggio, compresa per esempio la comunicazione delle nuove coordinate bancarie ai datori di lavoro dei clienti, per assicurare continuità nell'accredito degli stipendi.
Circa 300mila persone sono già passate a Isybank il 16 ottobre scorso, e un secondo gruppo di clienti lo farà il 18 marzo del 2024."
https://www.ilpost.it/2023/11/14/isybank-intesa-proroga/
Money quote: "Isybank è una banca completamente digitale di proprietà del gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo. A inizio ottobre, il gruppo aveva comunicato che tra la fine del 2023 e l'inizio del 2024 i conti di circa due milioni di clienti considerati prevalentemente digitali, quindi che non frequentano spesso le filiali fisiche della banca, sarebbero stati trasferiti automaticamente a Isybank, con l'attribuzione di nuovi IBAN ed eventualmente di nuove carte di credito e di debito, dopo la scadenza di quelle attualmente in uso. La banca aveva garantito che si sarebbe fatta carico di tutte le procedure legate al passaggio, compresa per esempio la comunicazione delle nuove coordinate bancarie ai datori di lavoro dei clienti, per assicurare continuità nell'accredito degli stipendi.
Circa 300mila persone sono già passate a Isybank il 16 ottobre scorso, e un secondo gruppo di clienti lo farà il 18 marzo del 2024."
https://www.ilpost.it/2023/11/14/isybank-intesa-proroga/
Il Post
Intesa Sanpaolo ha prorogato i tempi per rifiutare il passaggio a Isybank
I clienti che dovrebbero essere trasferiti a marzo potranno rifiutare il passaggio entro il 29 febbraio invece che il 30 settembre
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In questo articolo di giornalismo investigativo il magazine +972 indaga sull'utilizzo dell'intelligenza artificiale per i bombardamenti israeliani nella striscia di Gaza.
Money quote: "According to the investigation, another reason for the large number of targets, and the extensive harm to civilian life in Gaza, is the widespread use of a system called “Habsora” (“The Gospel”), which is largely built on artificial intelligence and can “generate” targets almost automatically at a rate that far exceeds what was previously possible. This AI system, as described by a former intelligence officer, essentially facilitates a “mass assassination factory.”
According to the sources, the increasing use of AI-based systems like Habsora allows the army to carry out strikes on residential homes where a single Hamas member lives on a massive scale, even those who are junior Hamas operatives. Yet testimonies of Palestinians in Gaza suggest that since October 7, the army has also attacked many private residences where there was no known or apparent member of Hamas or any other militant group residing. Such strikes, sources confirmed to +972 and Local Call, can knowingly kill entire families in the process."
https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
+972 è il prefisso che si usa per telefonare a Israele e Palestina. Il magazine è indipendente, non profit e realizzato da un gruppo di giornalisti israeliani e palestinesi.
https://www.972mag.com/about/
Money quote: "According to the investigation, another reason for the large number of targets, and the extensive harm to civilian life in Gaza, is the widespread use of a system called “Habsora” (“The Gospel”), which is largely built on artificial intelligence and can “generate” targets almost automatically at a rate that far exceeds what was previously possible. This AI system, as described by a former intelligence officer, essentially facilitates a “mass assassination factory.”
According to the sources, the increasing use of AI-based systems like Habsora allows the army to carry out strikes on residential homes where a single Hamas member lives on a massive scale, even those who are junior Hamas operatives. Yet testimonies of Palestinians in Gaza suggest that since October 7, the army has also attacked many private residences where there was no known or apparent member of Hamas or any other militant group residing. Such strikes, sources confirmed to +972 and Local Call, can knowingly kill entire families in the process."
https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
+972 è il prefisso che si usa per telefonare a Israele e Palestina. Il magazine è indipendente, non profit e realizzato da un gruppo di giornalisti israeliani e palestinesi.
https://www.972mag.com/about/
+972 Magazine
‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an AI system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza.
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The Italian Influence è una storia che si sente raccontare raramente e quindi kudos a Hodinkee per averla proposta nel suo Magazine. L'impatto del Nord Italia sull'industria orologiera della Svizzera. Tanta roba.
Money quote: "The Swiss may make watches. But it was the Italians who made them cool. With the meticulous work of perfecting mechanical objects left to their neighbors to the north, the Italians were free to create a culture out of watches: bold, stylish, and fun. Sure, there was also a focus on history, but more importantly, Italians made watches downright sexy."
https://le.hodinkee.com/the-italian-influence-hodinkee-magazine-volume-12
Money quote: "The Swiss may make watches. But it was the Italians who made them cool. With the meticulous work of perfecting mechanical objects left to their neighbors to the north, the Italians were free to create a culture out of watches: bold, stylish, and fun. Sure, there was also a focus on history, but more importantly, Italians made watches downright sexy."
https://le.hodinkee.com/the-italian-influence-hodinkee-magazine-volume-12
Hodinkee
The Italian Influence - Hodinkee Magazine Volume 12 Feature
A trip to Northern Italy to explore the past, present, and future of its finest influence on watches. Along the way, a conversation with one of the world’s biggest watch collectors.
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A quanto pare la mia crisi di mezza età prevede che io inizi a fare il pane, quello in casseruola, per la precisione. Però viene buono.
Money quote: "Il pane in casseruola, facile da realizzare senza stampo per il pane. Pochi minuti di preparazione per un risultato sorprendente. Mescolate 500 g di farina e 8 g di sale. Aggiungete 6 g di lievito disidratato poi 400 g di acqua tiepida. Con una spatola mescolate tutto. Coprite con uno strofinaccio e lasciate lievitare per 1 notte. Il giorno successivo, su un piano di lavoro infarinato, ripiegate più volte l'impasto su se stesso. Avvolgete l'impasto in uno strofinaccio infarinato, lasciatelo lievitare per almeno un'altra ora. Preriscaldate il forno a 250° C, inserite dentro la casseruola. Una volta raggiunta la temperatura, togliete la casseruola, inseritevi l'impasto, mettete il coperchio e infornate per 30 minuti. Trascorso questo tempo, toglitre il coperchio e cuocete per altri 20 minuti circa in modo che la crosta sia dorata."
https://www.tompress.it/A-10009646-il-pane-in-casseruola-avete-mai-provato.aspx
Money quote: "Il pane in casseruola, facile da realizzare senza stampo per il pane. Pochi minuti di preparazione per un risultato sorprendente. Mescolate 500 g di farina e 8 g di sale. Aggiungete 6 g di lievito disidratato poi 400 g di acqua tiepida. Con una spatola mescolate tutto. Coprite con uno strofinaccio e lasciate lievitare per 1 notte. Il giorno successivo, su un piano di lavoro infarinato, ripiegate più volte l'impasto su se stesso. Avvolgete l'impasto in uno strofinaccio infarinato, lasciatelo lievitare per almeno un'altra ora. Preriscaldate il forno a 250° C, inserite dentro la casseruola. Una volta raggiunta la temperatura, togliete la casseruola, inseritevi l'impasto, mettete il coperchio e infornate per 30 minuti. Trascorso questo tempo, toglitre il coperchio e cuocete per altri 20 minuti circa in modo che la crosta sia dorata."
https://www.tompress.it/A-10009646-il-pane-in-casseruola-avete-mai-provato.aspx
www.tompress.it
Il pane in casseruola, avete mai provato? - Tom Press
Avete già provato a realizzare uno squisito pane croccante e morbido al tempo stesso, dentro ad un utensile che tutti hanno in cucina... una semplice casseruola in ghisa?
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Forwarded from Riccardo
🎙 Dutch oven, cosa ci resta del New England, le due Emily.
Ascoltate Tilde ~ 33, l'ultima puntata del 2023!
→ tilde ~ su Spotify
→ tilde ~ su Apple Podcast
→ tilde ~ sul sito ufficiale (con i link dei citati)
Abbiamo letto, comprato, cucinato, cullato le nostre fisse, guardato e rivalutato - in questo podcast. Antonio è tornato dall'ultimo viaggio all'estero e si è scoperto casalingo (come cantava Bugo), mentre Riccardo è pronto a partire (di cervello) dietro alle poesie romantiche (ma che!) delle poetesse angloamericane.
Buon ascolto, buon martedì, e tanti grazie preventivi per stelline e recensioni. A buon rendere!
Ascoltate Tilde ~ 33, l'ultima puntata del 2023!
→ tilde ~ su Spotify
→ tilde ~ su Apple Podcast
→ tilde ~ sul sito ufficiale (con i link dei citati)
Abbiamo letto, comprato, cucinato, cullato le nostre fisse, guardato e rivalutato - in questo podcast. Antonio è tornato dall'ultimo viaggio all'estero e si è scoperto casalingo (come cantava Bugo), mentre Riccardo è pronto a partire (di cervello) dietro alle poesie romantiche (ma che!) delle poetesse angloamericane.
Buon ascolto, buon martedì, e tanti grazie preventivi per stelline e recensioni. A buon rendere!
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E poi, mea culpa, mi ero dimenticato di segnalare questo programma in cui sono stato ospite:
https://spreaker.page.link/Gw8o8n29q9bpfSyP8
https://spreaker.page.link/Gw8o8n29q9bpfSyP8
Spreaker
Puntata 06 - La radio è messa in difficoltà dai nuovi mezzi digitali? Intevista ad Antonio Dini
On The Air - Il Mondo nell'Etere - La radio: una delle invenzioni più importanti della modernità, che cambiò totalmente il nostro modo di comunicare e di venire in contatto di nuove informazioni.
Dar
Dar
Robert Moses è una specie di creatura fantascientifica, vista dal punto di vista italiano, soprattutto perché non diamo mai nomi e cognomi agli autori delle grandi trasformazioni urbane del nostro Paese e poi perché non abbiamo una New York da pianificare. Piuttosto, un GRA da disegnare o una mediocre speculazione edilizia di stampo pasoliniano. Eppure, ce ne sarebbe da dire anche qui da noi.
Money quote: "Dad was brought up in Robert Moses' New York -- a city undergoing major infrastructural development to produce a sprawling highway network. In addition to his unelected political influence and scores of towering turnpikes, Moses was known for spearheading planning projects that splintered local communities. When my father recalled the Bronx that raised him, he described a place that was diverse and down-to-earth, sometimes veering toward mean, but one where people looked out for each other. They recognised one another. You could leave your house keys with your shopowner, whose brother would send condolences to your family when a loved one passed away. Moses was famous for blatantly overlooking this kind of social capital, and for celebrating rather than ignoring proposals that required entire neighbourhoods to be bulldozed. He was notorious for paraphrasing the adage, 'you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.'"
https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-new-york-of-robert-moses-shaped-my-fathers-health
Money quote: "Dad was brought up in Robert Moses' New York -- a city undergoing major infrastructural development to produce a sprawling highway network. In addition to his unelected political influence and scores of towering turnpikes, Moses was known for spearheading planning projects that splintered local communities. When my father recalled the Bronx that raised him, he described a place that was diverse and down-to-earth, sometimes veering toward mean, but one where people looked out for each other. They recognised one another. You could leave your house keys with your shopowner, whose brother would send condolences to your family when a loved one passed away. Moses was famous for blatantly overlooking this kind of social capital, and for celebrating rather than ignoring proposals that required entire neighbourhoods to be bulldozed. He was notorious for paraphrasing the adage, 'you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.'"
https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-new-york-of-robert-moses-shaped-my-fathers-health
Aeon
How the New York of Robert Moses shaped my father’s health | Aeon Essays
My dad grew up in Robert Moses’s New York City. His story is a testament to how urban planning shapes countless lives
Bisogna ammettere che Apple, con l'iPad, ci ha provato. Ma in realtà, dopo cinquanta anni, siamo sempre fermi qui, all'interfaccia mouse-menu-icona etc. Cioè quella dello Xerox Alto.
Money quote: "I'm talking about the Xerox Alto, which debuted in the early spring of 1973 at the photocopying giant's newly established R&D laboratory, the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). The reason it is so uncannily familiar today is simple: We are now living in a world of computing that the Alto created.
The Alto was a wild departure from the computers that preceded it. It was built to tuck under a desk, with its monitor, keyboard, and mouse on top. It was totally interactive, responding directly to its single user."
https://spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto
Money quote: "I'm talking about the Xerox Alto, which debuted in the early spring of 1973 at the photocopying giant's newly established R&D laboratory, the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). The reason it is so uncannily familiar today is simple: We are now living in a world of computing that the Alto created.
The Alto was a wild departure from the computers that preceded it. It was built to tuck under a desk, with its monitor, keyboard, and mouse on top. It was totally interactive, responding directly to its single user."
https://spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto
IEEE Spectrum
50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World
The Xerox Alto, which debuted in the early spring of 1973, is uncannily familiar today, because we are living in a world of computing that the Alto created. Here's how the Alto came to be.
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"Ferrari" è un buon film, ma ha anche dei difetti - la mia recensione per Fumettologica
https://fumettologica.it/2023/12/ferrari-film-recensione-michael-mann-adam-driver/
https://fumettologica.it/2023/12/ferrari-film-recensione-michael-mann-adam-driver/
Fumettologica
“Ferrari” è un buon film, ma ha anche dei difetti
Recensione di Ferrari, film di Michael Mann con Adam Driver, che racconta il peggior anno della vita di Enzo Ferrari.
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Secondo me sono due interpreti straordinari. Live at Apollo di Daryl Hall e John Oats rimane uno dei miei dischi dal vivo preferiti, nonostante un commentatore sul Post anni fa scrisse che avevo "gusti musicali da liceale": eccerto! Ci mancherebbe altro.
Polemiche coi defunti a parte, qui la notizia è che i due ragazzi, ben dentro i settanta, hanno fatto come tanti altri baby boomers stanno facendo nella vita non artistica: divorziano in tarda età. E con un certo malanimo.
Money quote: "No hay dúo sin divorcio. Es casi una regla del pop: dos personas comienzan su carrera juntas y alcanzan el éxito juntas. Entonces se distancian y se separan agriadas y prometiendo que juntas, nunca más. De Simon y Garfunkel a Ella Baila Sola. De Eric B. & Rakim a Ike & Tina la ruptura parece inevitable. El último caso, conocido hace solo unos días, es el Hall & Oates, la pareja artística que en 1984, la Recording Industry Association of America, la asociación profesional de la industria musical estadounidense, denominó “el dúo con más éxito de la historia”.
A finales de noviembre, Daryl Hall, de 77 años, presentó una demanda contra John Oates, de 75, alegando el incumplimiento del contrato que el dúo firmó sobre los derechos de su música."
https://elpais.com/icon/2023-12-05/del-exito-masivo-a-una-orden-de-alejamiento-asi-ha-sido-la-agria-separacion-de-hall-oates-el-duo-mas-grande-del-mundo.html
Polemiche coi defunti a parte, qui la notizia è che i due ragazzi, ben dentro i settanta, hanno fatto come tanti altri baby boomers stanno facendo nella vita non artistica: divorziano in tarda età. E con un certo malanimo.
Money quote: "No hay dúo sin divorcio. Es casi una regla del pop: dos personas comienzan su carrera juntas y alcanzan el éxito juntas. Entonces se distancian y se separan agriadas y prometiendo que juntas, nunca más. De Simon y Garfunkel a Ella Baila Sola. De Eric B. & Rakim a Ike & Tina la ruptura parece inevitable. El último caso, conocido hace solo unos días, es el Hall & Oates, la pareja artística que en 1984, la Recording Industry Association of America, la asociación profesional de la industria musical estadounidense, denominó “el dúo con más éxito de la historia”.
A finales de noviembre, Daryl Hall, de 77 años, presentó una demanda contra John Oates, de 75, alegando el incumplimiento del contrato que el dúo firmó sobre los derechos de su música."
https://elpais.com/icon/2023-12-05/del-exito-masivo-a-una-orden-de-alejamiento-asi-ha-sido-la-agria-separacion-de-hall-oates-el-duo-mas-grande-del-mundo.html
El País
Del éxito masivo a una orden de alejamiento: la agria separación de Hall & Oates, el dúo más grande del mundo
Daryl Hall ha denunciado a John Oates, su compañero durante 50 años. Podría ser el fin definitivo de un dúo que nunca convenció a los críticos, pero arrasó entre el público
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La crisi di OpenAI vista da Microsoft. Con alcuni dettagli gustosi.
Money quote: "At around 11:30 a.m. on the Friday before Thanksgiving, Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, was having his weekly meeting with senior leaders when a panicked colleague told him to pick up the phone. An executive from OpenAI, an artificial-intelligence startup into which Microsoft had invested a reported thirteen billion dollars, was calling to explain that within the next twenty minutes the company’s board would announce that it had fired Sam Altman, OpenAI’s C.E.O. and co-founder. It was the start of a five-day crisis that some people at Microsoft began calling the Turkey-Shoot Clusterfuck."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/11/the-inside-story-of-microsofts-partnership-with-openai
Archivio: https://archive.is/s2CdK
Money quote: "At around 11:30 a.m. on the Friday before Thanksgiving, Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, was having his weekly meeting with senior leaders when a panicked colleague told him to pick up the phone. An executive from OpenAI, an artificial-intelligence startup into which Microsoft had invested a reported thirteen billion dollars, was calling to explain that within the next twenty minutes the company’s board would announce that it had fired Sam Altman, OpenAI’s C.E.O. and co-founder. It was the start of a five-day crisis that some people at Microsoft began calling the Turkey-Shoot Clusterfuck."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/11/the-inside-story-of-microsofts-partnership-with-openai
Archivio: https://archive.is/s2CdK
The New Yorker
The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership with OpenAI
The companies had honed a protocol for releasing artificial intelligence ambitiously but safely. Then OpenAI’s board exploded all their carefully laid plans.
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Altra hipsterata per Millennials e GenZ. Viaggiare per mesi con un solo bagaglio, sostanzialmente persi fra aeroporti e stazioni del treno e del bus.
Money quote: "When my husband and I set off to sample the digital nomad life, we consolidated everything we brought into just a carry-on and small backpack each. When we boarded our one-way flight out of West Palm Beach, all our travel gear was within reach: our backpacks fit under the seat in front of us and contained toiletries plus work/fun items like our laptops, chargers, pens, passports, and other important documents; our carry-ons in the overhead bin were reserved for clothes, shoes, and other essentials.
We remained on the road for over six months. After traveling so long with so little, I learned how to pack correctly (read: lightly). Below I’ll cover what I packed, how I packed it, and some advice to help you pack lightly for short or long-term travel."
https://paktbags.com/blogs/news/pack-a-carry-on-for-months
Money quote: "When my husband and I set off to sample the digital nomad life, we consolidated everything we brought into just a carry-on and small backpack each. When we boarded our one-way flight out of West Palm Beach, all our travel gear was within reach: our backpacks fit under the seat in front of us and contained toiletries plus work/fun items like our laptops, chargers, pens, passports, and other important documents; our carry-ons in the overhead bin were reserved for clothes, shoes, and other essentials.
We remained on the road for over six months. After traveling so long with so little, I learned how to pack correctly (read: lightly). Below I’ll cover what I packed, how I packed it, and some advice to help you pack lightly for short or long-term travel."
https://paktbags.com/blogs/news/pack-a-carry-on-for-months
Pakt
How to Travel for Months at a Time with Only a Carry-on
When my husband and I set off to sample the digital nomad life for a six month span, we consolidated everything we brought into just a carry-on and small backpack each. Here's my packing list, how I packed it, and some advice to help you pack lightly for…
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Come ogni domenica, torna la mia newsletter gratuita Mostly Weekly. Enjoy.
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/250/
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/250/
Mostly Here
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Threads, i futuri di X e Office su Meta Quest
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Una lunga camminata dove avrei voluto esserci anche io, raccontata da Craig Mod: "Walking the Heck out of Thailand".
Money quote: "There were twelve of us. Ten invitees and Kevin Kelly and myself. This was our sixth “Walk and Talk” we had organized in as many years."
https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/175/
Money quote: "There were twelve of us. Ten invitees and Kevin Kelly and myself. This was our sixth “Walk and Talk” we had organized in as many years."
https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/175/
Craig Mod
Walking the Heck out of Thailand
Notes on my recent Walk and Talk with Kevin Kelly
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Un'idea interessante: il grande cambiamento della società con la condivisione di selfie e social è in realtà iniziata con l'invenzione dello specchio. Perché per millenni gli esseri umani non avevano la possibilità di vedersi così spesso e costruivano la propria identità e idea del sé non basata sulla propria immagine, come invece facciamo ora.
Money quote: "It didn’t always used to be like this. Our ancestors’ realities were hugely different to our own. Before mirrors were invented, the earliest type of “mirror” used was nature – reflections in ponds, lakes and rivers when waters were calm enough to reveal a flat surface. But even then, we had never truly “seen” ourselves and, because of this, we had a very different concept of who we were. In his book Millennium: From Religion to Revolution: How Civilisation Has Changed Over a Thousand Years, author Ian Mortimer argues that before the invention of the mirror, the concept of individual identity that we have today didn’t exist. “The development of glass mirrors marks a crucial shift, for they allowed people to see themselves properly for the first time, with all their unique expressions and characteristics,” he writes."
https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/60860/1/we-were-never-supposed-to-see-our-faces-this-much-social-media-zoom
Money quote: "It didn’t always used to be like this. Our ancestors’ realities were hugely different to our own. Before mirrors were invented, the earliest type of “mirror” used was nature – reflections in ponds, lakes and rivers when waters were calm enough to reveal a flat surface. But even then, we had never truly “seen” ourselves and, because of this, we had a very different concept of who we were. In his book Millennium: From Religion to Revolution: How Civilisation Has Changed Over a Thousand Years, author Ian Mortimer argues that before the invention of the mirror, the concept of individual identity that we have today didn’t exist. “The development of glass mirrors marks a crucial shift, for they allowed people to see themselves properly for the first time, with all their unique expressions and characteristics,” he writes."
https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/60860/1/we-were-never-supposed-to-see-our-faces-this-much-social-media-zoom
Dazed
We were never supposed to see our own faces this much
From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections – and it is completely changing the way we conceive of ourselves
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