Victorinox, l'azienda che è sinonimo di coltellino svizzero, si prepara a dire addio alla lama come dotazione standard. E allora noi come lo chiameremo?
Money quote: "We're concerned about the increasing regulation of knives due to the violence in the world," said Carl Elsener, the fourth-generation CEO of the family-run company.
"In some markets, the blade creates an image of a weapon. I have in mind creating a tool that would be useful for cyclists. Cyclists have a need for specific tools but not necessarily a blade," he said. "We already have a tool specifically for golfers.""
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/07/swiss-army-knife-maker-to-produce-version-without-a-blade?
Money quote: "We're concerned about the increasing regulation of knives due to the violence in the world," said Carl Elsener, the fourth-generation CEO of the family-run company.
"In some markets, the blade creates an image of a weapon. I have in mind creating a tool that would be useful for cyclists. Cyclists have a need for specific tools but not necessarily a blade," he said. "We already have a tool specifically for golfers.""
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/07/swiss-army-knife-maker-to-produce-version-without-a-blade?
the Guardian
Swiss army knife maker to produce range without a blade
Victorinox, producer of the celebrated pocket tool, responds to ‘plague of knife crime’ with new variations
Uno sguardo interessante sul modo con il quale funziona la nostra cultura contemporanea oramai filtrata e modellata attraverso gli strumenti di comunicazione digitale (che hanno avuto un impatto simmetricamente a come è successo con stampa, radio, cinema e televisione). Molto interessante.
Money quote: "To say that everything is a cult is a bit of an overstatement, but as a general framework for understanding the world at the moment, it is helpful. The way we consume content, the way fandom works, the ways we sort ourselves into tribes and camps online, even the way lots of industries work, including the news business -- it all has shades of culthood. This is easier to see if you set aside the more extreme examples of cults, like the ones that end in mass suicide or shootouts with the ATF, and instead think of cults as movements or institutions that organize themselves around the belief that the mainstream is fundamentally broken."
https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/24133960/america-cult-internet-culture-end-monoculture-communication-tribalism
Money quote: "To say that everything is a cult is a bit of an overstatement, but as a general framework for understanding the world at the moment, it is helpful. The way we consume content, the way fandom works, the ways we sort ourselves into tribes and camps online, even the way lots of industries work, including the news business -- it all has shades of culthood. This is easier to see if you set aside the more extreme examples of cults, like the ones that end in mass suicide or shootouts with the ATF, and instead think of cults as movements or institutions that organize themselves around the belief that the mainstream is fundamentally broken."
https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/24133960/america-cult-internet-culture-end-monoculture-communication-tribalism
Vox
Everything’s a cult now
Derek Thompson on what the end of monoculture could mean for American democracy.
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A quanto pare l'uso massivo della ai dentro le app di Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp) non sta andando bene.
Money quote: "The introduction of Meta AI--a suite of intentional tools designed to make users' lives easier and, more importantly for the company, spending more time with Meta products, is an intentional salvo into a trendy area of emerging technology. If it fails it'll either be because users genuinely do not want to interact with AI where they're seeing friends' baby pictures, or it'll fail because it's made the entire experience kind of crappy and annoying."
https://www.fastcompany.com/91113437/ai-making-meta-apps-basically-unusable
Money quote: "The introduction of Meta AI--a suite of intentional tools designed to make users' lives easier and, more importantly for the company, spending more time with Meta products, is an intentional salvo into a trendy area of emerging technology. If it fails it'll either be because users genuinely do not want to interact with AI where they're seeing friends' baby pictures, or it'll fail because it's made the entire experience kind of crappy and annoying."
https://www.fastcompany.com/91113437/ai-making-meta-apps-basically-unusable
Fast Company
AI is making Meta’s apps basically unusable
If Meta thinks that users are craving more AI, they’re ignoring the fact that the Facebook and Instagram experience is already full of AI.
Fare il surf tra le piattaforme di streaming - Il mio articolo per Fumettologica su un problema che in molti sentiamo!
https://fumettologica.it/2024/05/streaming-piattaforme-tv-abbonamenti/
https://fumettologica.it/2024/05/streaming-piattaforme-tv-abbonamenti/
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Il fascino di una notizia orribile come questa sta nella assurdità del gesto e nella sua capacità di evocare altre gesta: come Filippode, il soldato della battaglia di Maratona.
Money quote: "Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made history by reaching the summit, a courier named Ten Tsewang Sherpa ran 200 miles to Kathmandu to deliver the news. He died a few weeks later. His story has never been told--until now."
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/everest/everest-hillary-norgay-1953-news/
Money quote: "Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made history by reaching the summit, a courier named Ten Tsewang Sherpa ran 200 miles to Kathmandu to deliver the news. He died a few weeks later. His story has never been told--until now."
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/everest/everest-hillary-norgay-1953-news/
Outside
The Man Who Raced to Tell the World That Mount Everest Had Been Climbed
When Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made history by reaching the summit, a courier named Ten Tsewang Sherpa ran 200 miles to Kathmandu to deliver the news. He died a few weeks later. His story has never been told—until now.
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Mostly Apple è il mio “altro” canale. Pochi aggiornamenti, niente link, solo notizie flash su Apple e dintorni (prevalentemente tech). Costa niente ed è carino, per qualcuno anche utile.
https://news.1rj.ru/str/mostlyapple
https://news.1rj.ru/str/mostlyapple
Telegram
Mostly Apple
Notizie flash su Apple e il resto del mondo tech
Un canale Telegram di Antonio Dini antoniodini.com
Un canale Telegram di Antonio Dini antoniodini.com
Sappiamo che Russia e Cina ovviamente fanno azioni di disinformazione. Ma che la Cina ci investisse così tanto e con così scarsi risultati è molto interessante. E spaventoso.
Money quote: ""Spamouflage is like throwing spaghetti at the wall, and they are throwing a lot of spaghetti," says Jack Stubbs, chief information officer at Graphika, a social media analysis company that was among the first to identify the Spamouflage campaign. "The volume and scale of this thing is huge. They're putting out multiple videos and cartoons every day, amplified across different platforms at a global scale. The vast majority of it, for the time being, appears to be something that doesn't stick, but that doesn't mean it won't stick in the future."
Since at least 2017, Spamouflage has been ceaselessly spewing out content designed to disrupt major global events, including topics as diverse as the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, the US presidential elections, and Israel and Gaza."
https://www.wired.com/story/china-bad-at-disinformation/
Money quote: ""Spamouflage is like throwing spaghetti at the wall, and they are throwing a lot of spaghetti," says Jack Stubbs, chief information officer at Graphika, a social media analysis company that was among the first to identify the Spamouflage campaign. "The volume and scale of this thing is huge. They're putting out multiple videos and cartoons every day, amplified across different platforms at a global scale. The vast majority of it, for the time being, appears to be something that doesn't stick, but that doesn't mean it won't stick in the future."
Since at least 2017, Spamouflage has been ceaselessly spewing out content designed to disrupt major global events, including topics as diverse as the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, the US presidential elections, and Israel and Gaza."
https://www.wired.com/story/china-bad-at-disinformation/
WIRED
Why China Is So Bad at Disinformation
China’s state-sponsored disinformation campaign has been running at a massive scale for seven years—but no one is looking at it.
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Due mesi fa Microsoft si preparava a sconfiggere la concorrenza (Apple) con i nuovi chip Qualcomm sui quali far girare Windows. Dove sono finiti? Che risultati hanno raggiunto? Un mistero chiamato Vaporware?
Money quote: "After years of failed promises from Qualcomm, Microsoft believes the upcoming Snapdragon X Elite processors will finally offer the performance it has been looking for to push Windows on Arm much more aggressively. Microsoft is now betting big on Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon X Elite processors, which will ship in a variety of Windows laptops this year and Microsoft’s latest consumer-focused Surface hardware.
Microsoft is so confident in these new Qualcomm chips that it’s planning a number of demos that will show how these processors will be faster than an M3 MacBook Air for CPU tasks, AI acceleration, and even app emulation. Microsoft claims, in internal documents seen by The Verge, that these new Windows AI PCs will have “faster app emulation than Rosetta 2” — the application compatibility layer that Apple uses on its Apple Silicon Macs to translate apps compiled for 64-bit Intel processors to Apple’s own processors."
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24116587/microsoft-macbook-air-surface-arm-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite
Money quote: "After years of failed promises from Qualcomm, Microsoft believes the upcoming Snapdragon X Elite processors will finally offer the performance it has been looking for to push Windows on Arm much more aggressively. Microsoft is now betting big on Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon X Elite processors, which will ship in a variety of Windows laptops this year and Microsoft’s latest consumer-focused Surface hardware.
Microsoft is so confident in these new Qualcomm chips that it’s planning a number of demos that will show how these processors will be faster than an M3 MacBook Air for CPU tasks, AI acceleration, and even app emulation. Microsoft claims, in internal documents seen by The Verge, that these new Windows AI PCs will have “faster app emulation than Rosetta 2” — the application compatibility layer that Apple uses on its Apple Silicon Macs to translate apps compiled for 64-bit Intel processors to Apple’s own processors."
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24116587/microsoft-macbook-air-surface-arm-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite
The Verge
Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple
Microsoft is gearing up for next-gen AI PCs.
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Le sanzioni del 2019 hanno messo Huawei in una posizione molto scomoda, apparentemente. Ma le aziende, sono resilienti, si ingegnano, non si fanno prendere dalla depressione e dall'apatia. E adesso, con il suo sistema operativo alternativo ad Android, l'azienda cinese sta occupando uno spazio enorme che presto vedremo arrivare (tipo boomerang causato dalle sanzioni) anche da noi.
Money quote: "By collaborating with app developers to create HarmonyOS-specific applications and fostering a new generation of programmers skilled in its platform, Huawei is positioning itself as an important player in the operating system landscape. The company has been collaborating with domestic universities since 2021 to train coders in its system.
The development could have an outsized effect in further spurring China's tech industry. Huawei estimated that the creation of apps for HarmonyOS will generate at least 3 million jobs. There are currently just over 380,000 HarmonyOS-certified developers. Huawei pledged to train 100,000 developers a month through online videos and other means."
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Caixin/Huawei-s-HarmonyOS-Next-is-set-to-rival-iOS-and-Android-in-China
Money quote: "By collaborating with app developers to create HarmonyOS-specific applications and fostering a new generation of programmers skilled in its platform, Huawei is positioning itself as an important player in the operating system landscape. The company has been collaborating with domestic universities since 2021 to train coders in its system.
The development could have an outsized effect in further spurring China's tech industry. Huawei estimated that the creation of apps for HarmonyOS will generate at least 3 million jobs. There are currently just over 380,000 HarmonyOS-certified developers. Huawei pledged to train 100,000 developers a month through online videos and other means."
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Caixin/Huawei-s-HarmonyOS-Next-is-set-to-rival-iOS-and-Android-in-China
Nikkei Asia
Huawei's HarmonyOS Next is set to rival iOS and Android in China
Chinese tech giant unveiled new operating system in January
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Francesco D'Isa riflette su alcuni aspetti dell'intelligenza artificiale partendo da un libro che raccoglie una serie di saggi dello scrittore polacco di fantascienza, Stanislaw Lem. Tutto da leggere.
Money quote: "In questo capitolo Lem utilizza la metafora della “scatola nera”, che oggi usiamo più o meno in modo analogo per descrivere dispositivi o sistemi i cui meccanismi interni non sono compresi o osservabili direttamente; ciò che conta sono gli input forniti e gli output ricevuti, senza che vi sia una comprensione completa del processo intermedio. Questa idea è discussa in tempi recenti proprio in merito alle intelligenze artificiali. Anch’esse infatti, soprattutto se costruite con reti neurali profonde, vengono descritte come scatole nere per via della loro opacità. Sono capaci di svolgere compiti complessi che vanno dall’elaborazione del linguaggio naturale alla diagnosi medica, ma i processi esatti tramite i quali giungono alle loro conclusioni rimangono, in molti casi, difficilmente interpretabili persino per i loro creatori."
https://www.siamomine.com/evoluzione-intelligenza-artificiale-summa-technologiaeevoluzione-intelligenza-artificiale-scatola-nera-stanislaw-lem-libri-di-stanislaw-lem/
Money quote: "In questo capitolo Lem utilizza la metafora della “scatola nera”, che oggi usiamo più o meno in modo analogo per descrivere dispositivi o sistemi i cui meccanismi interni non sono compresi o osservabili direttamente; ciò che conta sono gli input forniti e gli output ricevuti, senza che vi sia una comprensione completa del processo intermedio. Questa idea è discussa in tempi recenti proprio in merito alle intelligenze artificiali. Anch’esse infatti, soprattutto se costruite con reti neurali profonde, vengono descritte come scatole nere per via della loro opacità. Sono capaci di svolgere compiti complessi che vanno dall’elaborazione del linguaggio naturale alla diagnosi medica, ma i processi esatti tramite i quali giungono alle loro conclusioni rimangono, in molti casi, difficilmente interpretabili persino per i loro creatori."
https://www.siamomine.com/evoluzione-intelligenza-artificiale-summa-technologiaeevoluzione-intelligenza-artificiale-scatola-nera-stanislaw-lem-libri-di-stanislaw-lem/
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Dopo averci danzato attorno per un bel po', finalmente qualcuno mette assieme due concetti chiave della nostra epoca: gli alieni e l'intelligenza artificiale. Cioè l'altra mente oltre alla nostra. Adesso, se ci mettessimo dentro religione e pianeta delle scimmie avremmo praticamente fatto la psicanalisi sociale della razza umana.
Money quote: "I’ve wondered about alien minds for a long time—and tried all sorts of ways to imagine what it might be like to see things from their point of view. But in the past I’ve never really had a way to build my intuition about it. That is, until now. So, what’s changed? It’s AI. Because in AI we finally have an accessible form of alien mind."
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/07/generative-ai-space-and-the-mental-imagery-of-alien-minds/
Money quote: "I’ve wondered about alien minds for a long time—and tried all sorts of ways to imagine what it might be like to see things from their point of view. But in the past I’ve never really had a way to build my intuition about it. That is, until now. So, what’s changed? It’s AI. Because in AI we finally have an accessible form of alien mind."
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/07/generative-ai-space-and-the-mental-imagery-of-alien-minds/
Stephenwolfram
Generative AI Space and the Mental Imagery of Alien Minds
AI and the ruliad in the Wolfram Physics Project provide a new way to consider how alien minds might perceive the world. Stephen Wolfram explains how this artificial neuroscience experiment works.
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Una raccolta di detti e massime dal mondo del diritto angloamericano. Non sono brocardi, sono adagi legali di quelli che si raccontano al club per soli avvocati o per soli giudici.
Money quotE: "I call it “The Last Resort Rule.” It was taught to me by a great teacher at Columbia Law School named Jerome Michael, who taught a course in appellate advocacy. At the last moment in the last class of the course, when he had taught us everything he knew, he said: “These are my final words on advocacy. If you have the facts on your side, hammer the facts. If you have the law on your side, hammer the law. If you have neither the facts nor the law, hammer the table.”"
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/07/04/legal-adage/
Money quotE: "I call it “The Last Resort Rule.” It was taught to me by a great teacher at Columbia Law School named Jerome Michael, who taught a course in appellate advocacy. At the last moment in the last class of the course, when he had taught us everything he knew, he said: “These are my final words on advocacy. If you have the facts on your side, hammer the facts. If you have the law on your side, hammer the law. If you have neither the facts nor the law, hammer the table.”"
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/07/04/legal-adage/
Il grande dilemma del nostro tempo sta emergendo: l'aereo inquina. Come fare pace con questa idea e il nostro desiderio (e bisogno) di viaggiare, senza impattare in modo radicale il nostro stile di vita?
Money quote: "Et puis derrière les chiffres, il y a les situations humaines : ceux qui ne peuvent pas prendre le train pour aller voir leur famille, ceux qui volent pour le travail, les adeptes du week-end low-cost qui veulent voyager comme avant le Covid, les amateurs de destinations lointaines qui s’arrangent avec leur conscience écologique, ceux qui pensent aux générations futures et se demandent si nos enfants pourront encore découvrir le lointain…
Derrière les dilemmes individuels, il y a de vrais enjeux pour l’avenir : développer et rendre accessibles des transports plus sûrs pour l’environnement, repenser le voyage et notre rapport à ce dernier, étudier les solutions technologiques nécessaires, penser à la reconversion des travailleurs de ce secteur, mais surtout maîtriser et réduire ce trafic aérien qui a retrouvé son niveau d’avant la pandémie. Il y a là matière à réflexion. De quoi, au moins, occuper nos pensées le temps d’un long voyage en train."
https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/editorial/arreter-de-prendre-lavion-un-probleme-de-riche-mais-un-probleme-quand-meme-20240507_5YUBEGXOIJAWBNKIH3DQLGFXMI/
Money quote: "Et puis derrière les chiffres, il y a les situations humaines : ceux qui ne peuvent pas prendre le train pour aller voir leur famille, ceux qui volent pour le travail, les adeptes du week-end low-cost qui veulent voyager comme avant le Covid, les amateurs de destinations lointaines qui s’arrangent avec leur conscience écologique, ceux qui pensent aux générations futures et se demandent si nos enfants pourront encore découvrir le lointain…
Derrière les dilemmes individuels, il y a de vrais enjeux pour l’avenir : développer et rendre accessibles des transports plus sûrs pour l’environnement, repenser le voyage et notre rapport à ce dernier, étudier les solutions technologiques nécessaires, penser à la reconversion des travailleurs de ce secteur, mais surtout maîtriser et réduire ce trafic aérien qui a retrouvé son niveau d’avant la pandémie. Il y a là matière à réflexion. De quoi, au moins, occuper nos pensées le temps d’un long voyage en train."
https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/editorial/arreter-de-prendre-lavion-un-probleme-de-riche-mais-un-probleme-quand-meme-20240507_5YUBEGXOIJAWBNKIH3DQLGFXMI/
Libération
Arrêter de prendre l’avion : un problème de riche mais un problème quand même
Pour celles et ceux qui ont les moyens de fréquenter les aéroports, se pose avec toujours plus d’acuité la question de l’impact sur le réchauffement climatique de ce mode de déplacement. L’occasion de repenser le rapport aux voyages.
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Il sommario, qui sotto nel money quote, dice tutto. La domanda rimane: come possiamo fare a rendere più informate le persone? Forse rendendo meno ignoranti i gioranlisti? Buona lettura...
Money quote: "A huge proportion of tech journalism is characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research. Can we fix it?"
Money quote: "There is great technology journalism being done today, but it tends to appear in specialist publications that cater to tech-savvy audiences. If we want a well-informed public, we need to figure out how to raise the quality of journalism consumed by ordinary people — those who lack the expertise and financial means to identify and subscribe to specialist publications."
https://asteriskmag.com/issues/06/debugging-tech-journalism
Money quote: "A huge proportion of tech journalism is characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research. Can we fix it?"
Money quote: "There is great technology journalism being done today, but it tends to appear in specialist publications that cater to tech-savvy audiences. If we want a well-informed public, we need to figure out how to raise the quality of journalism consumed by ordinary people — those who lack the expertise and financial means to identify and subscribe to specialist publications."
https://asteriskmag.com/issues/06/debugging-tech-journalism
Asteriskmag
Debugging Tech Journalism—Asterisk
A huge proportion of tech journalism is characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research. Can we fix it?
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Lo sapete: siamo a domenica, c'è Mostly Weekly, la mia newsletter gratuita. Con un sonetto di Pier Paolo Pasolini, tra le altre cose (il numero 15, per essere precisi). Enjoy
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/274/
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/274/
Mostly Here
~274
Sulle passioni, il clima e la commedia balneare
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Ho scoperto una fantastica, piccola rivista che si mette in tasca se vi piace far flanella nelle città del mondo e che mi piace tanto perché non è una guida. La metto nel pacchetto delle riviste che compro e leggo. Si chiama "Desiderd Landscapes", l'ha creata una architetta greca, Natassa Pappa, che è una persona estremamente curiosa e gentile. Fa la rivista, un po' di merchandising, visite guidate ad Atene e altri posti che poi sono delle camminate, e vive a una velocità molto diversa.
Qui di seguito, oltre a una intervista, il link anche a un altro paio di storie e ovviamente al loro sito. Se lei riesce a vivere facendo davvero tutto questo che segue, è un genio.
Money quote: "On my right side, there is a console with four drawers including everything I need for distribution: folders, wrapping paper, stamps, scissors, tape, etc. Almost next to it, there is a bookshelf as a mini version of the warehouse, hosting all the products available on our e-shop. Across from my desk, there is my small collection of guidebooks found on flea markets and my trips abroad. This is where I go when I need inspiration for the magazine. Or, I go to the reading room, right behind me, where I keep favorite books and magazines. In the middle of my office room, there is a pole, for my dance breaks. (told you: ‘modular, to fit any creative process’)"
https://desired-landscapes.com
https://magculture.com/blogs/journal/natassa-pappa-desired-landscape
https://www.lifo.gr/culture/vivlio/neo-bibliopoleio-toy-kentroy-einai-krymmeno-se-mia-stoa-gemati-me-astikoys-mythoys
https://www.archisearch.gr/interviews/natassa-pappa-interview/
Qui di seguito, oltre a una intervista, il link anche a un altro paio di storie e ovviamente al loro sito. Se lei riesce a vivere facendo davvero tutto questo che segue, è un genio.
Money quote: "On my right side, there is a console with four drawers including everything I need for distribution: folders, wrapping paper, stamps, scissors, tape, etc. Almost next to it, there is a bookshelf as a mini version of the warehouse, hosting all the products available on our e-shop. Across from my desk, there is my small collection of guidebooks found on flea markets and my trips abroad. This is where I go when I need inspiration for the magazine. Or, I go to the reading room, right behind me, where I keep favorite books and magazines. In the middle of my office room, there is a pole, for my dance breaks. (told you: ‘modular, to fit any creative process’)"
https://desired-landscapes.com
https://magculture.com/blogs/journal/natassa-pappa-desired-landscape
https://www.lifo.gr/culture/vivlio/neo-bibliopoleio-toy-kentroy-einai-krymmeno-se-mia-stoa-gemati-me-astikoys-mythoys
https://www.archisearch.gr/interviews/natassa-pappa-interview/
Desired Landscapes
Desired Landscapes creates editorial experiences that connect people to cities and capture the sense of place – through publishing that extends to walking tours, writing clubs, and gatherings.
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Craig Mod si è convertito all'eBook ultra-leggero (e costoso) per le sue camminate: il BOOX Palma. Dimensioni di un telefono con lo schermo da 6,13 pollici, solo WiFi, schermo eInk, sistema operativo Android (quindi con l'app funziona anche da Kindle), tantissima batteria e 400 euro se lo comprate online. Perché? Perché Amazon (e Rakuten-Kobo) hanno castrato gli eBook reader stoppandone lo sviluppo e l'evoluzione. Invece, altri modi di concepire questo tipo di dispositivi è possibile.
Money quote: "BOOX has a rather confusing lineup, but the two devices I grabbed are the BOOX Palma and the BOOX Tab Mini C. If I had to recommend one, it would be the Palma. It’s just too delightful to have a smartphone-sized E Ink device purely for reading joy and reading joy only. The Palma is ethereally light (167 grams by my scale), and yet feels well-made. I shove it in pockets and bags and never worry about it. (Mine came with a free case that felt so terrible I threw it away; and anyway, it’s nice unsheathed, nimble in hand.) The battery easily lasts … a week? (at least a few days) … despite reading on it for hours each day."
https://craigmod.com/roden/091/
Money quote: "BOOX has a rather confusing lineup, but the two devices I grabbed are the BOOX Palma and the BOOX Tab Mini C. If I had to recommend one, it would be the Palma. It’s just too delightful to have a smartphone-sized E Ink device purely for reading joy and reading joy only. The Palma is ethereally light (167 grams by my scale), and yet feels well-made. I shove it in pockets and bags and never worry about it. (Mine came with a free case that felt so terrible I threw it away; and anyway, it’s nice unsheathed, nimble in hand.) The battery easily lasts … a week? (at least a few days) … despite reading on it for hours each day."
https://craigmod.com/roden/091/
Craigmod
New Pop-up Walk, Reading Digitally in 2024 — Roden newsletter issue 091
Walking the Tōkaidō, reading on a BOOX Palma
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Volete fare quella salsa al formaggio perfetta per i vostri taco o qualsiasi altra porcheria vogliate consumare? Liquida ma compatta, solida ma cremosa? Insomma, una vera schifezza? Basta un Alka-Seltzer e lo spirito dei pionieri del piccolo chimico (o essere americani)
Money quote: "What if I told you that there's a way to make a cheese sauce as smooth and creamy as a jar of Velveeta from just about any melting cheese with nothing more than a single innocuous ingredient that is possibly already in your medicine cabinet. That's right: no emulsifying salts that require a special order, no futzing with cornstarch and evaporated milk, and no floury roux. The secret ingredient is Aspirin-Free Alka-Seltzer and today is the day that I reveal its cheese-sauce-making superpower to the world. It's been hiding in plain sight all along, each tablet formulated with a few basic ingredients that drive a chemical reaction that, yes, can treat indigestion, but—as will be clear once you understand the science—are just as good at making the elusive perfect cheese sauce for nachos and mac and cheese."
https://www.seriouseats.com/alka-seltzer-cheese-sauce-recipe-8643844
Money quote: "What if I told you that there's a way to make a cheese sauce as smooth and creamy as a jar of Velveeta from just about any melting cheese with nothing more than a single innocuous ingredient that is possibly already in your medicine cabinet. That's right: no emulsifying salts that require a special order, no futzing with cornstarch and evaporated milk, and no floury roux. The secret ingredient is Aspirin-Free Alka-Seltzer and today is the day that I reveal its cheese-sauce-making superpower to the world. It's been hiding in plain sight all along, each tablet formulated with a few basic ingredients that drive a chemical reaction that, yes, can treat indigestion, but—as will be clear once you understand the science—are just as good at making the elusive perfect cheese sauce for nachos and mac and cheese."
https://www.seriouseats.com/alka-seltzer-cheese-sauce-recipe-8643844
Serious Eats
The Genius Ingredient for Perfect Gooey Cheese Sauce
Alka-Seltzer contains two key ingredients—baking soda and citric acid—that react to form sodium citrate, the emulsifying salt that is the secret to all processed cheese sauces. This recipe leverages that salt to give you the smoothest, creamiest cheese sauce…
Atlas, La mia recensione per Fumettologica.
https://fumettologica.it/2024/06/atlas-netflix-recensione-film-jennifer-lopez/
https://fumettologica.it/2024/06/atlas-netflix-recensione-film-jennifer-lopez/
Signore e signori, ecco a voi "Landing". Meglio di Pinterest, meglio di Instagram. E molto più camp.
Money quote: "One site capitalizing on both Pinterest's popularity and faults that has exploded with its unfaithful is Landing. Landing’s creators even acknowledge the comparisons to Pinterest on their website, “Many Landing creators are active Pinterest users, and many of the creators on Landing actually discovered Landing through Pinterest!”
It was when I was scrolling through Instagram for more inspiration for my invitation that I came across an ad for Landing, pitching itself as my new “creative escape”. I signed up for the app and a bright, oxidized yellow landing page greeted me as I searched disco on their main page. I was able to collect over a dozen images that I then assembled into my disco invitation."
https://www.bylinebyline.com/articles/landing
Money quote: "One site capitalizing on both Pinterest's popularity and faults that has exploded with its unfaithful is Landing. Landing’s creators even acknowledge the comparisons to Pinterest on their website, “Many Landing creators are active Pinterest users, and many of the creators on Landing actually discovered Landing through Pinterest!”
It was when I was scrolling through Instagram for more inspiration for my invitation that I came across an ad for Landing, pitching itself as my new “creative escape”. I signed up for the app and a bright, oxidized yellow landing page greeted me as I searched disco on their main page. I was able to collect over a dozen images that I then assembled into my disco invitation."
https://www.bylinebyline.com/articles/landing
Byline
A New Space For Fun On The Internet
When Pinterest gets you down, try Landing.
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Liberation in occasione degli ottanta anni dallo sbarco in Normandia racconta la storia del reportage radiofonico che si è dato per perso per quarant'anni.
Money quote: "A l'occasion du 80e anniversaire du Débarquement, «Libération» raconte l'histoire d'un reportage audio réalisé le 6 juin 1944. L'enregistrement, perdu durant des années, a été retrouvé dans une cave en 1994."
https://www.liberation.fr/sciences/histoire/on-dirait-que-nous-allons-avoir-une-sacree-nuit-ce-soir-le-debarquement-a-travers-un-reportage-radio-ressurgi-de-loubli-20240606_6ATORZ23NBCFFNJFNAMSS4NPIY/
Money quote: "A l'occasion du 80e anniversaire du Débarquement, «Libération» raconte l'histoire d'un reportage audio réalisé le 6 juin 1944. L'enregistrement, perdu durant des années, a été retrouvé dans une cave en 1994."
https://www.liberation.fr/sciences/histoire/on-dirait-que-nous-allons-avoir-une-sacree-nuit-ce-soir-le-debarquement-a-travers-un-reportage-radio-ressurgi-de-loubli-20240606_6ATORZ23NBCFFNJFNAMSS4NPIY/
Libération
«On dirait que nous allons avoir une sacrée nuit ce soir» : le Débarquement à travers un reportage radio ressurgi de l’oubli
A l’occasion du 80e anniversaire du débarquement, Libération raconte l’histoire d’un reportage audio réalisé le 6 juin 1944. L’enregistrement, perdu durant des années, a été retrouvé dans une cave en 2019.