John Scalzi è un piacevolissimo scrittore di fantascienza che è riuscito a fare un buon lavoro nel creare serie di libri divertenti e una professione (prima faceva il giornalista) che evidentemente riesce a farlo vivere decentemente. Questo articolo è interessante perché c'è tutto il suo "processo" di scrittura. Una cosa sopra tutto: per scrivere bisogna fondamentalmente scrivere. Lo capisco e condivido.
Money quote: "I’ve been writing books now for 20 years and my experience really is that it’s not complicated, it’s just mostly sitting down and doing it, one day after another. Inspiration for me happens because I’m writing, not the other way around. In talking with other long-time writers, I’ve learned that’s how it works for most of us."
https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/science-fiction-and-fantasy/how-i-write-john-scalzi-author-of-the-collapsing-e
Money quote: "I’ve been writing books now for 20 years and my experience really is that it’s not complicated, it’s just mostly sitting down and doing it, one day after another. Inspiration for me happens because I’m writing, not the other way around. In talking with other long-time writers, I’ve learned that’s how it works for most of us."
https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/science-fiction-and-fantasy/how-i-write-john-scalzi-author-of-the-collapsing-e
Panmacmillan
How I Write: John Scalzi, author of The Collapsing Empire
The Collapsing Empire is the latest book from John Scalzi, author of the New York Times bestselling series The Old Man's War.
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Il The New York Times affronta un tema piuttosto interessante e che sta cominciando a venire lentamente fuori: donne e uomini non sono uguali e servono logiche e modi diversi nell'approccio ad esempio del vestire i corpi.
Money quote: “Women's bodies are anomalies, unwilling to be solved, which is part of why, for as long as the clothing industry has attempted to homogenize them, women have been branching out to make clothes of their own."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/opinion/clothes-plus-size-women.html
Archivio: https://archive.is/VmAJ9
Money quote: “Women's bodies are anomalies, unwilling to be solved, which is part of why, for as long as the clothing industry has attempted to homogenize them, women have been branching out to make clothes of their own."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/opinion/clothes-plus-size-women.html
Archivio: https://archive.is/VmAJ9
NY Times
Opinion | Your Clothes Were Never Meant to Fit You
The fashion industry was never built to cater to women’s bodies. But there’s a simple solution: Just make it, toots.
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Ma questo ChatGPT serve a qualcosa? Pare di nì.
Secondo questa ricerca della Harvard Business School, ChatGPT è sia un aiuto che un vero e proprio ‘Junk Food’ per chi lavora.
Money quote: "Among the tasks involved in the study was brainstorming and creating a business plan for a new type of shoe, writing about it persuasively. The study found that consultants who used ChatGPT produced work that was rated more highly by independent evaluators.
But with tasks requiring reasoning based on evidence, ChatGPT wasn’t helpful. When workers were asked to interpret spreadsheet data and relate it to mock interviews with executives at a fictional company, the consultants who weren’t helped by the AI scored the highest."
https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2023/study-chatgpt-both-helpful-and-junk-food-for-workers/
Secondo questa ricerca della Harvard Business School, ChatGPT è sia un aiuto che un vero e proprio ‘Junk Food’ per chi lavora.
Money quote: "Among the tasks involved in the study was brainstorming and creating a business plan for a new type of shoe, writing about it persuasively. The study found that consultants who used ChatGPT produced work that was rated more highly by independent evaluators.
But with tasks requiring reasoning based on evidence, ChatGPT wasn’t helpful. When workers were asked to interpret spreadsheet data and relate it to mock interviews with executives at a fictional company, the consultants who weren’t helped by the AI scored the highest."
https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2023/study-chatgpt-both-helpful-and-junk-food-for-workers/
PYMNTS.com - What's next in payments and commerce
Study: ChatGPT Both Helpful and ‘Junk Food’ for Workers
A new Harvard Business School study on OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT suggests it is both a help and a hindrance for white-collar workers.
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Dov'è finita la buona vecchia fantascienza da 120 pagine? - La mia accorata indagine sulla fine dei mattoni per Fumettologica
https://fumettologica.it/2024/01/fantascienza-libri-buona-vecchia/
https://fumettologica.it/2024/01/fantascienza-libri-buona-vecchia/
Fumettologica
Dov'è finita la buona vecchia fantascienza da 120 pagine?
Me lo stavo chiedendo nei giorni scorsi, sommerso da una nuova valanga di libri che non riuscirò mai a godermi.
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Questa analisi degli ‘streaks’ è fantastica: quali sono le conseguenze e la portata delle attività ripetute e sostenute nel tempo rispetto ai nostri comportamenti e ad altri tipi di attività. Bello.
Money quote: “I also found the way a streak is structured can affect the streak-holder's commitment to it. For example, a streak of meditating at least 20 minutes each day may be more appealing, and lead to more commitment, than a streak of meditating at least 140 minutes each week. While the amount of meditating is the same in both cases, a daily streak adds structure, thus simplifying decision-making, and encourages the person to regularly engage in a beneficial behavior."
https://www.fastcompany.com/91004057/the-duolingo-effect-how-keeping-the-streak-is-changing-the-way-people-behave
Money quote: “I also found the way a streak is structured can affect the streak-holder's commitment to it. For example, a streak of meditating at least 20 minutes each day may be more appealing, and lead to more commitment, than a streak of meditating at least 140 minutes each week. While the amount of meditating is the same in both cases, a daily streak adds structure, thus simplifying decision-making, and encourages the person to regularly engage in a beneficial behavior."
https://www.fastcompany.com/91004057/the-duolingo-effect-how-keeping-the-streak-is-changing-the-way-people-behave
Fast Company
The Duolingo effect: How keeping the ‘streak’ is changing people's behavior
A streak is not a habit. The psychology behind why maintaining a streak is a major motivator.
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Questo articolo, The Downfall of a Great American Airplane Company - An Insider's Perspective, in realtà pubblicato al volo sul forum di AirlinersDotNet, è stato scritto 21 anni fa. Ma predice esattamente cosa sta succedendo oggi a Boeing. La quale, lo ricordo, non solo si è costruita il disastro che è diventata da eccellenza dell'ingegneria aerospaziale tutta da sola e per avidità. Ma è anche in una botte di ferro perché i suoi clienti, cioè le compagnie aeree, non hanno sostanzialmente alternative: il mercato degli aerei di linea è un duopolio (Boeing e Airbus) e la ditta europea non potrebbe coprire gli ordinativi dei clienti di Boeing se questi si volessero spostare. E lo sanno, ragion per cui non lo fanno e tutto, almeno finora, è rimasto così.
Money quote: "The former executives of McDonnell-Douglas (which arguably as a company was, in the end, a complete failure in the design and manufacture of commercial aircraft) have taken control of Boeing and seem determined to gut the commercial airplane business - all in the name of "increasing shareholder value". Harry Stonecipher, John McDonnell and Mike Sears, along with Phil Condit and Alan Mulally are destroying what was very recently a vital, dominant American company. These men will probably enjoy massive short-term gains in the value of their stock options, but there is a price; the loss of the long-term viability of Boeing in the commercial aircraft business. We have to look back less than a decade to see where these men are leading Boeing - to the once glorious McDonnell-Douglas Commercial Aircraft division which has since faded into oblivion."
https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=213075
Money quote: "The former executives of McDonnell-Douglas (which arguably as a company was, in the end, a complete failure in the design and manufacture of commercial aircraft) have taken control of Boeing and seem determined to gut the commercial airplane business - all in the name of "increasing shareholder value". Harry Stonecipher, John McDonnell and Mike Sears, along with Phil Condit and Alan Mulally are destroying what was very recently a vital, dominant American company. These men will probably enjoy massive short-term gains in the value of their stock options, but there is a price; the loss of the long-term viability of Boeing in the commercial aircraft business. We have to look back less than a decade to see where these men are leading Boeing - to the once glorious McDonnell-Douglas Commercial Aircraft division which has since faded into oblivion."
https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=213075
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Ieri niente post sul canale e oggi in ritardo: dovete scusarmi, ma ho un po' di influenza. No problem, ma avevo da tirarmi insieme!
Scoccia solo che sia accaduto: credo sia la terza volta che salto un post giornaliero in tutti questi anni (due di fila non è mai successo).
Meno male che la newsletter è (quasi) pronta!
https://antoniodini.com/iscrizione/
Scoccia solo che sia accaduto: credo sia la terza volta che salto un post giornaliero in tutti questi anni (due di fila non è mai successo).
Meno male che la newsletter è (quasi) pronta!
https://antoniodini.com/iscrizione/
Mostly Here
Iscrizione
Iscriversi a Mostly Weekly è facile: basta mettere la propria mail e premere invio
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Stavo cercando una recensione decente del Kindle Scribe: non una fatta appena spacchettato l'apparecchio ma qualcosa più di sostanza. Eccola qui,
Money quote: "Seven months have passed and the Kindle Scribe remains as my on-the-go note-taking tablet. When I first reviewed the device, I listed seven improvements I wanted to see on the Scribe, which we'll revisit later in this article. Since then, Amazon has rolled out three firmware updates this year. So the question now is, "How much better has the Kindle Scribe gotten?" Here's the verdict."
https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-kindle-scribe-review/
Money quote: "Seven months have passed and the Kindle Scribe remains as my on-the-go note-taking tablet. When I first reviewed the device, I listed seven improvements I wanted to see on the Scribe, which we'll revisit later in this article. Since then, Amazon has rolled out three firmware updates this year. So the question now is, "How much better has the Kindle Scribe gotten?" Here's the verdict."
https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-kindle-scribe-review/
ZDNET
Amazon Kindle Scribe review: 7 months later, it's so close to perfect
Since its launch, Amazon has released three significant updates for the Kindle Scribe. Here's how it's aged.
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Viviamo in un mondo che complessifica le cose, anziché semplificarle. Eppure ci sarebbe bisogno della semplicità, non della complessità. La politica fa esattamente il contrario (semplifica cose complesse che dovrebbero invece essere capite bene: all'estremo diventa populismo).
La complessità però può essere ridotta. Nei prodotti e in molte altre cose.
Money quote: "When Apple was working on the first iPod, Steve Jobs applied a rigid test: If he wanted a song or a function, he should be able to get there in three clicks. And he insisted the clicks be intuitive.
Despite all of the complexity inside of the iPod, Jobs knew that for us as consumers to feel instantly comfortable with it, the device had to be insanely simple. That meant being both familiar in its look and use (even though we’d never seen it before). Not only did the clickwheel feel simple because the action is prototypical, but using the interface wasn’t at all tasking on our working memory."
https://medium.com/swlh/the-psychology-of-simple-fd5d25a3ca
La complessità però può essere ridotta. Nei prodotti e in molte altre cose.
Money quote: "When Apple was working on the first iPod, Steve Jobs applied a rigid test: If he wanted a song or a function, he should be able to get there in three clicks. And he insisted the clicks be intuitive.
Despite all of the complexity inside of the iPod, Jobs knew that for us as consumers to feel instantly comfortable with it, the device had to be insanely simple. That meant being both familiar in its look and use (even though we’d never seen it before). Not only did the clickwheel feel simple because the action is prototypical, but using the interface wasn’t at all tasking on our working memory."
https://medium.com/swlh/the-psychology-of-simple-fd5d25a3ca
Medium
The psychology of simple
Why is simple so damn hard to get right?
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Ci si può dopare anche senza il "dope": basta saper respirare. Questo studio sugli effetti della iperventilazione mi pare che eviti alla grande di indicare quali sono i pericoli potenziali per il cervello dell'eccesso di ossigeno (iperossiemia), ma per il resto come lettura culturale è assai intrigante. Meglio che fare il pane in casa.
Money quote: "Dr. JJ Pursell, a naturopathic doctor from Oregon, was among the trainees who walked into the early October session skeptical that a couple of hours of intense breathing could induce anything close to a psychedelic trip. But she was stunned.
“The depth of what I experienced was so similar to psilocybin,” Dr. Pursell marveled, referring to the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms. “It was trippy.”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/style/therapy-breathing-psychedelics.html
(archivio: https://archive.is/R2q7A )
Money quote: "Dr. JJ Pursell, a naturopathic doctor from Oregon, was among the trainees who walked into the early October session skeptical that a couple of hours of intense breathing could induce anything close to a psychedelic trip. But she was stunned.
“The depth of what I experienced was so similar to psilocybin,” Dr. Pursell marveled, referring to the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms. “It was trippy.”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/style/therapy-breathing-psychedelics.html
(archivio: https://archive.is/R2q7A )
NY Times
Breathing Their Way to an Altered State
As psychedelics move from the underground to mainstream medicine, clinicians aspiring to work in the field are inducing altered states with deep breathing.
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Essere produttivi. Ci sono almeno due milioni di articoli che ne parlano, di lunghezza variabile tra "molto lungo" e "infinitamente lungo". Questo è molto breve, non a caso, e indica le uniche due cose che servono per essere produttivi: scrivere come prima cosa la mattina; e poi: quando si lavora si lavora, quando si gioca si gioca.
Money quote: "That’s it. That’s all the productivity advice I got."
https://blog.ayjay.org/all-the-productivity-guidance-i-got/
Money quote: "That’s it. That’s all the productivity advice I got."
https://blog.ayjay.org/all-the-productivity-guidance-i-got/
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Visto il successo che ha avuto, riprendo il punto di vista dell'esperto di ieri: oltre agli unici due consigli per la produttività (i due principi-guida), si aggiungono altre due cose:
Money quote:
- My only task-management tool is a calendar; and
- I use that calendar to schedule regular times for reviewing my notes and drafts.
https://blog.ayjay.org/doin-thangs/
Money quote:
- My only task-management tool is a calendar; and
- I use that calendar to schedule regular times for reviewing my notes and drafts.
https://blog.ayjay.org/doin-thangs/
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Oggi negli Usa si può prenotare l'Apple Vision Pro, oltre che provarlo negli Apple store. Nel 1984 Apple lanciò il Macintosh con un meccanismo non dissimile. (La mega cronologia di Apple in questo sito è fatta davvero molto bene).
Money quote "Apple launches the “Test a Mac” promotional program. Prospective customers can take a Mac home from a retailer for 24 hours to try it out, free of charge. Although the promotion was unique and innovative up to that point, the program does not show the desired success. For one thing, too few Macs are initially available. And many customers do not bring the computers back to the stores in perfect condition, incurring significant repair costs."
https://www.mac-history.net/2022/12/16/timeline-the-history-of-apple-since-1976/
Money quote "Apple launches the “Test a Mac” promotional program. Prospective customers can take a Mac home from a retailer for 24 hours to try it out, free of charge. Although the promotion was unique and innovative up to that point, the program does not show the desired success. For one thing, too few Macs are initially available. And many customers do not bring the computers back to the stores in perfect condition, incurring significant repair costs."
https://www.mac-history.net/2022/12/16/timeline-the-history-of-apple-since-1976/
Mac History
Timeline: The history of Apple since 1976 - Mac History
(as of July 2020)
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La vicenda del volo di Alaska Airlines al quale si è staccato un portellone/pezzo di fusoliera in fase di ascesa dopo il decollo è pazzesca. Le conseguenze per Boeing spero saranno notevoli. Però c'è altro da dire. Siccome nessuno c'è rimasto secco, Alaska Airlines gioca a far finta che si trattasse di poca cosa. Per questo è significativo secondo me leggere questa storia madre-figlio. Il nome della madre non è noto al pubblico e inizialmente non voleva raccontare la sua storia alla stampa. Ha cambiato idea solo dopo che l'Alaska Airlines ha presentato una versione dei fatti che ha fatto sembrare l'incidente molto più tranquillo di quanto fosse chiaramente.
Il fatto che gli sia andata bene, ad Alaska e a Boeing, non deve essere la scusa per far finta di nulla.
Money quote: "When the Boeing 737 MAX 9’s side blew out explosively on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Friday evening, a 15-year-old high school student was in the window seat in the row directly ahead, his shoulder beside the edge of the gaping hole.
His mother, who was seated beside him, in the middle seat of row 25, described the moment as a very loud bang, like “a bomb exploding.”
As the air in the passenger cabin rushed out, the Oregon woman turned and saw her son’s seat twisting backward toward the hole, his seat headrest ripped off and sucked into the void, her son’s arms jerked upward.
“He and his seat were pulled back and towards the exterior of the plane in the direction of the hole,” she said. “I reached over and grabbed his body and pulled him towards me over the armrest.”
The boy had been wearing a T-shirt and a V-neck pullover windbreaker. Both were ripped off his body. “I could see his back,” Faye said. “My mind just assumed his shirt had been pulled up by me grabbing him. I did not know that it had been torn off. It didn’t even occur to me.”"
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/when-hole-opened-on-alaska-flight-1282-a-mom-held-tight-to-her-son/
(Ottime anche le infografiche).
Il fatto che gli sia andata bene, ad Alaska e a Boeing, non deve essere la scusa per far finta di nulla.
Money quote: "When the Boeing 737 MAX 9’s side blew out explosively on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Friday evening, a 15-year-old high school student was in the window seat in the row directly ahead, his shoulder beside the edge of the gaping hole.
His mother, who was seated beside him, in the middle seat of row 25, described the moment as a very loud bang, like “a bomb exploding.”
As the air in the passenger cabin rushed out, the Oregon woman turned and saw her son’s seat twisting backward toward the hole, his seat headrest ripped off and sucked into the void, her son’s arms jerked upward.
“He and his seat were pulled back and towards the exterior of the plane in the direction of the hole,” she said. “I reached over and grabbed his body and pulled him towards me over the armrest.”
The boy had been wearing a T-shirt and a V-neck pullover windbreaker. Both were ripped off his body. “I could see his back,” Faye said. “My mind just assumed his shirt had been pulled up by me grabbing him. I did not know that it had been torn off. It didn’t even occur to me.”"
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/when-hole-opened-on-alaska-flight-1282-a-mom-held-tight-to-her-son/
(Ottime anche le infografiche).
The Seattle Times
When Alaska flight 1282 blew open, a mom went into ‘go mode’ to protect her son
"I was just holding him and saying repeatedly, 'It's OK. It's OK. It's OK, buddy. It's OK. It's OK.' "
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Faranno una piscina nel mezzo dell'Hudson, oh yes.
Money quote: "L’idea della piscina che galleggia sul fiume e filtra le sue acque nasce da quattro giovani designer Archie Lee Coates IV, Dong-Ping Wong, Jeffrey Franklin e Oana Stanescu aveva guadagnato popolarità grazie anche alla campagna di crowdfunding da cui si cominciarono a cercare i fondi per realizzarla. La volontà alla base di questa iniziativa era trovare un modo per pulire l’Hudson River e realizzare una struttura di architettura pubblica aperta a tutti."
https://living.corriere.it/architettura/la-piscina-che-galleggia-di-new-york-si-fara/
Money quote: "L’idea della piscina che galleggia sul fiume e filtra le sue acque nasce da quattro giovani designer Archie Lee Coates IV, Dong-Ping Wong, Jeffrey Franklin e Oana Stanescu aveva guadagnato popolarità grazie anche alla campagna di crowdfunding da cui si cominciarono a cercare i fondi per realizzarla. La volontà alla base di questa iniziativa era trovare un modo per pulire l’Hudson River e realizzare una struttura di architettura pubblica aperta a tutti."
https://living.corriere.it/architettura/la-piscina-che-galleggia-di-new-york-si-fara/
Living
La piscina che galleggia di New York si farà
Pensato per filtrare le acque dell'Hudosn River, il progetto ha trovato dopo molti anni i fondi per diventare realtà
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Volete veramente prendervi un dottorato di ricerca? Una decina di anni fa Andrej Karpathy (cofondatore di OpenAI e capo dello sviluppo della guida autonoma di Tesla) ha messo giù una guida su come sopravvivere a un PhD. Utile anche in retrospettiva.
Money quote: "First, should you want to get a PhD? I was in a fortunate position of knowing since young age that I really wanted a PhD. Unfortunately it wasn’t for any very well-thought-through considerations: First, I really liked school and learning things and I wanted to learn as much as possible, and second, I really wanted to be like Gordon Freeman from the game Half-Life (who has a PhD from MIT in theoretical physics). I loved that game. But what if you’re more sensible in making your life’s decisions? Should you want to do a PhD? There’s a very nice Quora thread and in the summary of considerations that follows I’ll borrow/restate several from Justin/Ben/others there. I’ll assume that the second option you are considering is joining a medium-large company (which is likely most common). Ask yourself if you find the following properties appealing"
https://karpathy.github.io/2016/09/07/phd/
Money quote: "First, should you want to get a PhD? I was in a fortunate position of knowing since young age that I really wanted a PhD. Unfortunately it wasn’t for any very well-thought-through considerations: First, I really liked school and learning things and I wanted to learn as much as possible, and second, I really wanted to be like Gordon Freeman from the game Half-Life (who has a PhD from MIT in theoretical physics). I loved that game. But what if you’re more sensible in making your life’s decisions? Should you want to do a PhD? There’s a very nice Quora thread and in the summary of considerations that follows I’ll borrow/restate several from Justin/Ben/others there. I’ll assume that the second option you are considering is joining a medium-large company (which is likely most common). Ask yourself if you find the following properties appealing"
https://karpathy.github.io/2016/09/07/phd/
karpathy.github.io
A Survival Guide to a PhD
Musings of a Computer Scientist.
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Internet sta producendo il frutto più velenoso della storia: il ritorno della destra ultrafascista, questa volta su scala mondiale, sotterranea e centrata su valori suprematisti: il potere degli uomini bianchi, la salvaguardia della religione cristiana, la sottomissione della donna e delle altre culture e religioni, la teoria della cospirazione. Sono cavoli.
Money quote: "Esta alarma ha alcanzado cotas mucho más elevadas en países como Alemania, Francia, Reino Unido o los países nórdicos. Solo un ejemplo: en Berlín, el ministro del Interior anunció en mayo de 2021 que la ultraderecha era ya la principal amenaza para la seguridad del país, por delante del terrorismo yihadista. La declaración llegó tras una lista de atentados que se han cobrado 23 muertos en las dos últimas décadas. En diciembre de 2022, 3.000 policías alemanes participaron en una operación que desarticuló un grupo extremista que planeaba dar un golpe de Estado por “medios militares” para derrocar al Gobierno federal."
https://elpais.com/eps/2024-01-20/terror-invisible-asi-es-la-nueva-ola-de-ultraderecha-que-defiende-pasar-a-la-accion-terrorista.html
Archivio: https://archive.is/mErIh
Money quote: "Esta alarma ha alcanzado cotas mucho más elevadas en países como Alemania, Francia, Reino Unido o los países nórdicos. Solo un ejemplo: en Berlín, el ministro del Interior anunció en mayo de 2021 que la ultraderecha era ya la principal amenaza para la seguridad del país, por delante del terrorismo yihadista. La declaración llegó tras una lista de atentados que se han cobrado 23 muertos en las dos últimas décadas. En diciembre de 2022, 3.000 policías alemanes participaron en una operación que desarticuló un grupo extremista que planeaba dar un golpe de Estado por “medios militares” para derrocar al Gobierno federal."
https://elpais.com/eps/2024-01-20/terror-invisible-asi-es-la-nueva-ola-de-ultraderecha-que-defiende-pasar-a-la-accion-terrorista.html
Archivio: https://archive.is/mErIh
El País
Terror invisible: así es la nueva ola de ultraderecha que defiende pasar a la acción | Especial
Las fuerzas de seguridad alertan de un fenómeno global soterrado que trasciende a los esquemas clásicos. En base a ideas compartidas en internet, se mueven en torno al supremacismo blanco, la salvaguarda de la cultura cristiana occidental, la sumisión de…
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Se sognate il Giappone, sognate di girarlo, sognate di perdervici, allora preparatevi a prendere il treno. Tanti treni.
Money quote: "It’s likely that anyone traveling to Japan will end up on a train at some point. Yet if you want to create a thorough train itinerary to see the best of the country, some advanced planning is necessary. Where to start? Which trains to take? Where to go? How much time to spend? Japan Rail Pass or not?
I’ve spent more than a decade visiting Japan, often multiple times a year, and traveling by train across this beautiful and fascinating country is one of my favorite things to do in the world.
Here’s how to build your own Japan rail trip."
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/train-travel-trip-japan-planning-guide
Money quote: "It’s likely that anyone traveling to Japan will end up on a train at some point. Yet if you want to create a thorough train itinerary to see the best of the country, some advanced planning is necessary. Where to start? Which trains to take? Where to go? How much time to spend? Japan Rail Pass or not?
I’ve spent more than a decade visiting Japan, often multiple times a year, and traveling by train across this beautiful and fascinating country is one of my favorite things to do in the world.
Here’s how to build your own Japan rail trip."
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/train-travel-trip-japan-planning-guide
Lonely Planet
How to see Japan by train - Lonely Planet
Japanese railway enthusiast John Walton shares advice on how to stretch your yen as far as possible on a train trip through Japan.Whether you’re a train…
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Steven Levy, la penna senior di Wired Usa, ci regala una bella riflessione in occasione dei 40 anni dal lancio del Macintosh.
Money quote: "My own relationship with the computer dates back to its beginnings, when I got a prelaunch peek some weeks before its January 1984 launch. I even wrote a book about the Mac—Insanely Great—in which I described it as “the computer that changed everything.” Unlike every other nonfiction subnoscript, the hyperbole was justified. The Mac introduced the way all computers would one day work, and the break from controlling a machine with typed commands ushered us into an era that extends to our mobile interactions. It also heralded a focus on design that transformed our devices.
That legacy has been long-lasting."
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-apple-secret-40-year-old-mac-still-rules/
Archivio: https://archive.is/jKEAB
Money quote: "My own relationship with the computer dates back to its beginnings, when I got a prelaunch peek some weeks before its January 1984 launch. I even wrote a book about the Mac—Insanely Great—in which I described it as “the computer that changed everything.” Unlike every other nonfiction subnoscript, the hyperbole was justified. The Mac introduced the way all computers would one day work, and the break from controlling a machine with typed commands ushered us into an era that extends to our mobile interactions. It also heralded a focus on design that transformed our devices.
That legacy has been long-lasting."
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-apple-secret-40-year-old-mac-still-rules/
Archivio: https://archive.is/jKEAB
WIRED
Apple Shares the Secret of Why the 40-Year-Old Mac Still Rules
The pioneering PC revolutionized how people interact with computers. As the Mac enters its fifth decade, Apple says it will continue to evolve.
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"The Orville" ha una marcia in più - la mia rubrica per Fumettologica alla scoperta di questo che è un vero "classico nascosto"
https://fumettologica.it/2024/01/the-orville-serie-tv/
https://fumettologica.it/2024/01/the-orville-serie-tv/
Fumettologica
"The Orville" ha una marcia in più
The Orville, ideata Seth MacFarlane, il creatore dei Griffin, è una serie tv di fantascienza che ha una traiettoria eccentrica.
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La moda al tempo degli antichi romani doveva essere complicata, o forse la vediamo male noi da qua, chissà.
Money quote: "Pur rimanendo l'abito formale per eccellenza, malgrado gli inviti ad indossarla in particolare nelle occasioni pubbliche, ben presto i Romani preferirono l'uso del più pratico pallium, molto simile all'himation greco, o della lacerna, un pallium colorato, o della paenula, un pallium con cappuccio. Osservava infatti Giovenale che ormai «in gran parte dell'Italia nessuno indossa la toga, tranne il morto.» Si usava infatti nelle cerimonie, funerali compresi."
https://www.romanoimpero.com/2018/11/abbigliamento-dei-romani.html?m=0
Money quote: "Pur rimanendo l'abito formale per eccellenza, malgrado gli inviti ad indossarla in particolare nelle occasioni pubbliche, ben presto i Romani preferirono l'uso del più pratico pallium, molto simile all'himation greco, o della lacerna, un pallium colorato, o della paenula, un pallium con cappuccio. Osservava infatti Giovenale che ormai «in gran parte dell'Italia nessuno indossa la toga, tranne il morto.» Si usava infatti nelle cerimonie, funerali compresi."
https://www.romanoimpero.com/2018/11/abbigliamento-dei-romani.html?m=0
romanoimpero.com
ABBIGLIAMENTO DEI ROMANI
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