Il 2000 fu un anno davvero notevole per il mondo del cinema (americano). Davvero notevole. Ecco i 10 film più belli di quell'anno.
Money quote: "10) Gladiator: it was a true sensation, and proved that Ridley Scott was still one of the greatest directors of all-time, despite a few failures in the previous decade. Although it was inspired by epic films from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Gladiator made the revenge drama genre more exciting thanks to the incredible scope and scale, which realized the world of Ancient Rome in a manner that was completely groundbreaking"
https://collider.com/best-2000-movies-classics-ranked/
Money quote: "10) Gladiator: it was a true sensation, and proved that Ridley Scott was still one of the greatest directors of all-time, despite a few failures in the previous decade. Although it was inspired by epic films from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Gladiator made the revenge drama genre more exciting thanks to the incredible scope and scale, which realized the world of Ancient Rome in a manner that was completely groundbreaking"
https://collider.com/best-2000-movies-classics-ranked/
Collider
10 Classic Movies from the Year 2000, Ranked
Almost Famous, Gladiator, and Tigerland are all among the very greatest movies of the year 2000 that are now hailed as classics.
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Armi hi‑tech, Tolstoj e il futuro dell'AI secondo Zuckerberg: il nuovo numero di Mostly Weekly 335 esplora dove stiamo andando davvero. È qui:
https://www.antoniodini.com/weekly/335/
https://www.antoniodini.com/weekly/335/
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Chrome è diventato un problema, soprattutto su Android. E gli ad-blocker come uBlock vengono fatti fuori. Come si fa? La storia è semplice: c'è chi suggerisce di passare a Firefox.
Money quote: "With Firefox for Android, you get seamless sync of tabs, bookmarks, passwords between browser and phone2. Let’s face it, Safari between Mac and iPhone is a sublime experience. We can get that with Firefox."
https://kau.sh/blog/how-to-firefox/
Money quote: "With Firefox for Android, you get seamless sync of tabs, bookmarks, passwords between browser and phone2. Let’s face it, Safari between Mac and iPhone is a sublime experience. We can get that with Firefox."
https://kau.sh/blog/how-to-firefox/
kau.sh
🦊 How to Firefox - Kaushik Gopal's Website
Chrome finally pulled the trigger on the web’s best ad-blocker, uBlock Origin.
Now that Chrome has hobbled uBO, Firefox — my beloved —1 is surging again. I want to do my part to convince you to switch to Firefox and show you how I use it.
Now that Chrome has hobbled uBO, Firefox — my beloved —1 is surging again. I want to do my part to convince you to switch to Firefox and show you how I use it.
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Programmare molto spesso (quantitativamente) vuol dire fare applicazioni web. In questo caso, un programmatore di lungo corso riflette sul cambiamento di passo che l'intelligenza artificiale sta portando nel mondo della programmazione. Solo che, come dice lui, è un "grande esperimento che nessuno sta conducendo allo stesso modo".
Money quote: "I've been coding for long enough to remember when we carved HTML tables by hand. When CSS was a suggestion, not a lifestyle. When JavaScript was for mouseover effects and nothing else.
Each era, we abstracted away the previous era's work. Assembly to C. C to Java. Java to Ruby. All the way up to "I describe what I want and it appears."
But this isn't just another abstraction layer. It's something else. Something weirder."
https://worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/nobody-knows-how-to-build-with-ai
Money quote: "I've been coding for long enough to remember when we carved HTML tables by hand. When CSS was a suggestion, not a lifestyle. When JavaScript was for mouseover effects and nothing else.
Each era, we abstracted away the previous era's work. Assembly to C. C to Java. Java to Ruby. All the way up to "I describe what I want and it appears."
But this isn't just another abstraction layer. It's something else. Something weirder."
https://worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/nobody-knows-how-to-build-with-ai
Substack
Nobody Knows How To Build With AI Yet
The future of software development might just be jazz. Everyone improvising. Nobody following the sheet music.
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Un breve e ben spiegato racconto di come funziona internet.
Money quote: "Having a smaller website makes it load faster — that's not surprising.
What is surprising is that a 14kB page can load much faster than a 15kB page — maybe 612ms faster — while the difference between a 15kB and a 16kB page is trivial.
This is because of the TCP slow start algorithm. This article will cover what that is, how it works, and why you should care. But first we'll quickly go over some of the basics."
https://endtimes.dev/why-your-website-should-be-under-14kb-in-size/
Money quote: "Having a smaller website makes it load faster — that's not surprising.
What is surprising is that a 14kB page can load much faster than a 15kB page — maybe 612ms faster — while the difference between a 15kB and a 16kB page is trivial.
This is because of the TCP slow start algorithm. This article will cover what that is, how it works, and why you should care. But first we'll quickly go over some of the basics."
https://endtimes.dev/why-your-website-should-be-under-14kb-in-size/
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È estate, pimpate il vostro Casio.
Money quote: "I modified the firmware to remove Imperial units and 12 hour clock (which I never want) and to choose my own selection of screens (I added the tally, accelerometer and light sensor screens)."
https://blog.jgc.org/2025/07/pimping-my-casio-part-deux.html
Money quote: "I modified the firmware to remove Imperial units and 12 hour clock (which I never want) and to choose my own selection of screens (I added the tally, accelerometer and light sensor screens)."
https://blog.jgc.org/2025/07/pimping-my-casio-part-deux.html
blog.jgc.org
Pimping my Casio: Part Deux
Close to three years ago I wrote about using Oddly Specific Objects' alternate "motherboard" to modify a classic Casio F-91W watch: Pimping...
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È uscito un po' di tempo fa, ha fatto anche un po' scalpore ma praticamente nessuno l'ha letto. Ecco qui il piano per l'intelligenza artificiale dell'amministrazione di Donald Trump.
Money quote: "America is in a race to achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI). Winning this race will usher in a new era of human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security for the American people. Recognizing this, President Trump directed the creation of an AI Action Plan in the early days of his second term in office. Based on the three pillars of accelerating innovation, building AI infrastructure, and leading in international diplomacy and security, this Action Plan is America’s roadmap to win the race."
https://www.ai.gov/action-plan
Money quote: "America is in a race to achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI). Winning this race will usher in a new era of human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security for the American people. Recognizing this, President Trump directed the creation of an AI Action Plan in the early days of his second term in office. Based on the three pillars of accelerating innovation, building AI infrastructure, and leading in international diplomacy and security, this Action Plan is America’s roadmap to win the race."
https://www.ai.gov/action-plan
www.ai.gov
AI Action Plan
Explore President Trump's AI Action Plan, America's roadmap to win the AI race focused on Three Pillars: Accelerating Innovation, Building AI Infrastructure, and Leading in International diplomacy and Security.
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Un paio di anni fa Amazon ha aperto un nuovo palazzo per uffici a New York. La storia del palazzo è notevole e la sua nuova ristrutturazione ancora di più.
Money quote: "Amazon has opened the doors to its newest office, Hank, in Midtown Manhattan. Previously the home of department store Lord & Taylor, the building has undergone a years long renovation and restoration effort.
With the building designated a landmark in 2007 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee, it was important to Amazon that the project both honor the fashionable roots and original design of this iconic New York City building, while still providing comfortable and collaborative workspaces for the more than 2,000 employees coming to work here."
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/amazon-offices/amazon-new-york-office-hank-photo-tour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_%26_Taylor_Building
Money quote: "Amazon has opened the doors to its newest office, Hank, in Midtown Manhattan. Previously the home of department store Lord & Taylor, the building has undergone a years long renovation and restoration effort.
With the building designated a landmark in 2007 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee, it was important to Amazon that the project both honor the fashionable roots and original design of this iconic New York City building, while still providing comfortable and collaborative workspaces for the more than 2,000 employees coming to work here."
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/amazon-offices/amazon-new-york-office-hank-photo-tour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_%26_Taylor_Building
US About Amazon
Photos: Look inside Amazon's newest NYC office, a restored city landmark that is also helping to revitalize Midtown
Amazon restored many of the unique architectural features found at one of the first department stores in the country.
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Anteprima!
Infiniti che svaniscono, città che brillano nel buio e un giro tra libri, filosofia, tecnologia, cronache e storie d'estate: il numero 336 di Mostly Weekly è pronto:
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/336/
Infiniti che svaniscono, città che brillano nel buio e un giro tra libri, filosofia, tecnologia, cronache e storie d'estate: il numero 336 di Mostly Weekly è pronto:
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/336/
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Il mercato del tracking, cioè il modo per cui i vari soggetti che ne profittano si scambiano i nostri dati. Come funziona?
Money quote: "After more than couple dozen hours of trying, here are the main takeaways:
I found a couple requests sent by my phone with my location + 5 requests that leak my IP address, which can be turned into geolocation using reverse DNS.
Learned a lot about the RTB (real-time bidding) auctions and OpenRTB protocol and was shocked by the amount and types of data sent with the bids to ad exchanges.
Gave up on the idea to buy my location data from a data broker or a tracking service, because I don't have a big enough company to take a trial or $10-50k to buy a huge database with the data of millions of people + me.
Well maybe I do, but such expense seems a bit irrational.
Turns out that EU-based peoples` data is almost the most expensive.
But still, I know my location data was collected and I know where to buy it!"
https://timsh.org/tracking-myself-down-through-in-app-ads/
Money quote: "After more than couple dozen hours of trying, here are the main takeaways:
I found a couple requests sent by my phone with my location + 5 requests that leak my IP address, which can be turned into geolocation using reverse DNS.
Learned a lot about the RTB (real-time bidding) auctions and OpenRTB protocol and was shocked by the amount and types of data sent with the bids to ad exchanges.
Gave up on the idea to buy my location data from a data broker or a tracking service, because I don't have a big enough company to take a trial or $10-50k to buy a huge database with the data of millions of people + me.
Well maybe I do, but such expense seems a bit irrational.
Turns out that EU-based peoples` data is almost the most expensive.
But still, I know my location data was collected and I know where to buy it!"
https://timsh.org/tracking-myself-down-through-in-app-ads/
tim.sh
Everyone knows your location
How I tracked myself down using leaked location data in the in-app ads, and what I found along the way.
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Lettura per la domenica
La straordinaria avventura - quasi realizzata - con uno dei romanzieri più affascinanti del nostreo tempo. L'occasione per riscoprire James Clavell.
Money quote: "So being the gutsy girl (for the time) that I was, I wrote Mr. Clavell for more info about the word, especially how it was used in the Orient . And he ANSWERED me! See below. He wrote with his personal address in Vancouver, B.C. and invited us to sail up and anchor at his injectable stanozolol house on Vancouver Island, offering a cup of tea!"
https://www.writeratplay.com/2018/07/06/tai-pan-shogun-and-james-clavell-nostalgia/
https://web.archive.org/web/20210306043556/https://www.writeratplay.com/2018/07/06/tai-pan-shogun-and-james-clavell-nostalgia/
La straordinaria avventura - quasi realizzata - con uno dei romanzieri più affascinanti del nostreo tempo. L'occasione per riscoprire James Clavell.
Money quote: "So being the gutsy girl (for the time) that I was, I wrote Mr. Clavell for more info about the word, especially how it was used in the Orient . And he ANSWERED me! See below. He wrote with his personal address in Vancouver, B.C. and invited us to sail up and anchor at his injectable stanozolol house on Vancouver Island, offering a cup of tea!"
https://www.writeratplay.com/2018/07/06/tai-pan-shogun-and-james-clavell-nostalgia/
https://web.archive.org/web/20210306043556/https://www.writeratplay.com/2018/07/06/tai-pan-shogun-and-james-clavell-nostalgia/
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Guardare la natura con un binocolo è bello. Se quest'ultimo è stabilizzato si tratta di una vera rivoluzione.
Money quote: "Sul campo, la differenza si percepisce dal primo istante di utilizzo. Attivare la stabilizzazione equivale a passare da un'osservazione faticosa e approssimativa a una visione fluida e precisa, che permette di cogliere dettagli impossibili da apprezzare altrimenti. Durante una sessione di birdwatching, la capacità di seguire senza sforzo uno stormo in movimento trasforma l'esperienza da esercizio quasi ginnico di coordinazione a puro piacere contemplativo. L'effetto è così immediato da risultare quasi magico per chi prova per la prima volta un binocolo stabilizzato. La notte il binocolo aumenta in maniera significativa la già ottima visibilità degli astri: si vedono le stelle invisibili a occhio nudo, si distinguono chiaramente i satelliti in movimento (tendenzialmente gli Starlink di Elon Musk) e la superficie della Luna diventa non solo più chiara e visibile, ma soprattutto fissa."
https://www.italian.tech/2025/07/26/news/binocolo_nikon_stabilized_12x25_s_la_prova_la_tecnologia_al_servizio_dell_osservazione-424754068/
Money quote: "Sul campo, la differenza si percepisce dal primo istante di utilizzo. Attivare la stabilizzazione equivale a passare da un'osservazione faticosa e approssimativa a una visione fluida e precisa, che permette di cogliere dettagli impossibili da apprezzare altrimenti. Durante una sessione di birdwatching, la capacità di seguire senza sforzo uno stormo in movimento trasforma l'esperienza da esercizio quasi ginnico di coordinazione a puro piacere contemplativo. L'effetto è così immediato da risultare quasi magico per chi prova per la prima volta un binocolo stabilizzato. La notte il binocolo aumenta in maniera significativa la già ottima visibilità degli astri: si vedono le stelle invisibili a occhio nudo, si distinguono chiaramente i satelliti in movimento (tendenzialmente gli Starlink di Elon Musk) e la superficie della Luna diventa non solo più chiara e visibile, ma soprattutto fissa."
https://www.italian.tech/2025/07/26/news/binocolo_nikon_stabilized_12x25_s_la_prova_la_tecnologia_al_servizio_dell_osservazione-424754068/
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Il 44 per cento del credito erogato all'Argentina da parte del FMI è andato. Evaporato a causa della diga di capitali. In un mese e mezzo.
Money quote: "En apenas mes y medio, la fuga de capitales absorbió el 44 por ciento del primer desembolso del FMI, lo que muestra que los dólares se agotan a poco de ingresar al país. Según el último informe del Centro CIFRA de la CTA, el monto de formación de activos externos registrado en mayo superó los promedios mensuales de todos los años relevados por el Banco Central. El modelo económico impulsado por el Gobierno se caracteriza por la salida neta de divisas y el creciente endeudamiento externo, facto 10.000 millones de dólares 30.000 millones 35.000 millones"
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/843624-se-esfumo-el-44-por-ciento-del-credito-del-fmi
Archivio: https://archive.is/s19hX
Money quote: "En apenas mes y medio, la fuga de capitales absorbió el 44 por ciento del primer desembolso del FMI, lo que muestra que los dólares se agotan a poco de ingresar al país. Según el último informe del Centro CIFRA de la CTA, el monto de formación de activos externos registrado en mayo superó los promedios mensuales de todos los años relevados por el Banco Central. El modelo económico impulsado por el Gobierno se caracteriza por la salida neta de divisas y el creciente endeudamiento externo, facto 10.000 millones de dólares 30.000 millones 35.000 millones"
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/843624-se-esfumo-el-44-por-ciento-del-credito-del-fmi
Archivio: https://archive.is/s19hX
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Se esfumó el 44 por ciento del crédito del FMI
La fuga de capitales totalizó 5247 millones de dólares en un mes y medio
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Ho usato a lungo Dropbox, come moltissime altre persone. Per un periodo persino a pagamento. Poi l’ho mollato perché non mi piaceva il tipo e il modo di servizio che offrivano e non volevo vincolarmi a un unico fornitore dal quale dipendere. Adesso praticamente non lo uso più: per questo scoprire che stanno facendo fuori alcuni dei loro servizi (come il password manager, in questo caso) mi fa pensare soprattutto allo scampato pericolo.
Money quote: "Dropbox has given users of its password manager until the end of October to extract their data before pulling the plug on the service.
The discontinuation of Dropbox Passwords will happen in phases. In less than a month, on August 28, Dropbox Passwords will become view-only in both the mobile app and browser extension, and the autofill functionality will be deactivated.
On September 11, the mobile app will stop working completely, although data will remain accessible through the browser extension.
Finally, on October 28, Dropbox Passwords will be entirely discontinued. Users will lose access to all their data, and all saved usernames, passwords, and payment information will be "permanently and securely deleted."
Dropbox has recommended 1Password as a replacement."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/dropbox_drops_dropbox_passwords/
https://help.dropbox.com/en-us/installs/dropbox-passwords-discontinuation
Money quote: "Dropbox has given users of its password manager until the end of October to extract their data before pulling the plug on the service.
The discontinuation of Dropbox Passwords will happen in phases. In less than a month, on August 28, Dropbox Passwords will become view-only in both the mobile app and browser extension, and the autofill functionality will be deactivated.
On September 11, the mobile app will stop working completely, although data will remain accessible through the browser extension.
Finally, on October 28, Dropbox Passwords will be entirely discontinued. Users will lose access to all their data, and all saved usernames, passwords, and payment information will be "permanently and securely deleted."
Dropbox has recommended 1Password as a replacement."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/dropbox_drops_dropbox_passwords/
https://help.dropbox.com/en-us/installs/dropbox-passwords-discontinuation
The Register
Users left scrambling for a plan B as Dropbox drops Dropbox Passwords
: Read-only in weeks, deleted forever in months
Le 15 regole per far ridere di David Zucker, parte del mitico trio Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker dietro all’Aereo più pazzo del mondo e Una pallottola spuntata (gli originali degli anni Ottanta).
Money quote: "1. JOKE ON A JOKE: Two jokes at the same time cancel each other out. When an actor delivers a punchline, it should be done seriously. It dilutes the comedy to try to be funny on top of it. Likewise, if there is something silly going on in the background, the foreground action must be free of jokes and vice-versa".
https://creativecreativity.com/2017/07/30/david-zuckers-15-rules-of-comedy/
Money quote: "1. JOKE ON A JOKE: Two jokes at the same time cancel each other out. When an actor delivers a punchline, it should be done seriously. It dilutes the comedy to try to be funny on top of it. Likewise, if there is something silly going on in the background, the foreground action must be free of jokes and vice-versa".
https://creativecreativity.com/2017/07/30/david-zuckers-15-rules-of-comedy/
Creative Creativity
David Zucker’s 15 rules of comedy
David Zucker, one of the minds behind movies like Airplane and The Naked Gun, set out these fifteen rules for comedy. They’re smart rules. If you break them, people probably won’t laugh…
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Non sapevo niente della svolta mistica di Federico Faggin, l'italiano che ha inventato il microchip. Stranissima cosa, basata sulla meccanica quantistica.
Money quote: "Nei suoi libri, lei descrive il corpo come diretto da una coscienza che è altrove, una sorta di anima che lo precede e gli sopravvive. Si è mai sperimentato in quella dimensione?
«Una volta, ho esperito la mia coscienza ovunque: era dentro il corpo, ma anche fuori. Guardavo fuori dalla finestra e la mia coscienza era anche nel prato, negli alberi, nel fabbricato che avevo davanti, nel cielo. Ho sentito che sono un campo che esiste ovunque. Questa esperienza è stata diversa dall’altra che le ho raccontato. Stavolta, non ero più nella stanza in cui stavo fisicamente, ma ero dentro quello che vedevo».
Altre esperienze?
«In un’altra, la mia coscienza è proprio uscita dal corpo, ero tipo quello che si guardava dall’alto. Solo che ho avuto un po’ di paura e sono stato risucchiato subito dentro. Alcune esperienze le ho vissute con l’Holotropic Breathwork, una tecnica di respirazione. Non ho mai usato droghe. Molti praticano l’Artificial spirituality, ma un’esperienza che non viene in risposta a delle domande non è attendibile. Il punto di partenza è: Uno vuole conoscere se stesso»."
https://www.corriere.it/cronache/25_agosto_08/federico-faggin-intervista-bab0e738-df64-4171-a317-fd49be70cxlk.shtml
Money quote: "Nei suoi libri, lei descrive il corpo come diretto da una coscienza che è altrove, una sorta di anima che lo precede e gli sopravvive. Si è mai sperimentato in quella dimensione?
«Una volta, ho esperito la mia coscienza ovunque: era dentro il corpo, ma anche fuori. Guardavo fuori dalla finestra e la mia coscienza era anche nel prato, negli alberi, nel fabbricato che avevo davanti, nel cielo. Ho sentito che sono un campo che esiste ovunque. Questa esperienza è stata diversa dall’altra che le ho raccontato. Stavolta, non ero più nella stanza in cui stavo fisicamente, ma ero dentro quello che vedevo».
Altre esperienze?
«In un’altra, la mia coscienza è proprio uscita dal corpo, ero tipo quello che si guardava dall’alto. Solo che ho avuto un po’ di paura e sono stato risucchiato subito dentro. Alcune esperienze le ho vissute con l’Holotropic Breathwork, una tecnica di respirazione. Non ho mai usato droghe. Molti praticano l’Artificial spirituality, ma un’esperienza che non viene in risposta a delle domande non è attendibile. Il punto di partenza è: Uno vuole conoscere se stesso»."
https://www.corriere.it/cronache/25_agosto_08/federico-faggin-intervista-bab0e738-df64-4171-a317-fd49be70cxlk.shtml
Corriere della Sera
Federico Faggin: «Inventai il touch screen: Steve Jobs lo voleva, rifiutai. Sono uscito dal mio corpo e ora so da dove veniamo»
Il fisico, inventore e imprenditore: «Una notte, mentre aspettavo di riaddormentarmi, sentii emanare dal mio cuore un ampio fascio di luce bianca, scintillante, viva»
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La "cara figlia" del dittatore della Corea del nord, Kim Jong-un, potrebbe essere anche la sua erede.
Money quote: "She holds no known official noscript in North Korea. The outside world has never heard her voice. The North’s state media has not even named her, referring to her only as the “most beloved,” “respected” or “dear” daughter of its leader.
But intelligence officials and analysts in South Korea are paying close attention to the young woman whom they consider to be her father's most likely successor.
She is believed to be just 12."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/09/world/asia/kim-jong-un-daughter-kim-ju-ae-north-korea.html
Money quote: "She holds no known official noscript in North Korea. The outside world has never heard her voice. The North’s state media has not even named her, referring to her only as the “most beloved,” “respected” or “dear” daughter of its leader.
But intelligence officials and analysts in South Korea are paying close attention to the young woman whom they consider to be her father's most likely successor.
She is believed to be just 12."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/09/world/asia/kim-jong-un-daughter-kim-ju-ae-north-korea.html
Nytimes
How North Korea Promotes Kim’s ‘Dear Daughter’ as a Worthy Heir
Kim Jong-un’s daughter is rising in status through increasing state media coverage. Experts say that she is perhaps being groomed to take the reins of the isolated, nuclear-armed regime one day.
Letture per la domenica.
A quanto pare il mondo della tecnologia, quello che chiamiamo semplificando "la Silicon Valley" si sta innamorando dell'idea che la democrazia sia un ostacolo all'innovazione. E questo è un gran problema.
Money quote: "The logic might seem compelling at first: regulations slow us down, politicians don’t understand tech, wouldn’t it be better if someone who “gets it” could just cut through all the bureaucratic nonsense? But this line of thinking leads directly to the neoreactionary conclusion that what we really need is a “tech-friendly” strongman to sweep away democratic institutions and let the smart people (spoiler: they mean themselves) run things.
It seems like it might be useful to point out how incredibly dangerous and counterproductive that utter nonsense is. The idea of a benevolent dictator to get past the nonsense is appealing for those who can’t think more than a step or two ahead and consider what happens next"
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/
A quanto pare il mondo della tecnologia, quello che chiamiamo semplificando "la Silicon Valley" si sta innamorando dell'idea che la democrazia sia un ostacolo all'innovazione. E questo è un gran problema.
Money quote: "The logic might seem compelling at first: regulations slow us down, politicians don’t understand tech, wouldn’t it be better if someone who “gets it” could just cut through all the bureaucratic nonsense? But this line of thinking leads directly to the neoreactionary conclusion that what we really need is a “tech-friendly” strongman to sweep away democratic institutions and let the smart people (spoiler: they mean themselves) run things.
It seems like it might be useful to point out how incredibly dangerous and counterproductive that utter nonsense is. The idea of a benevolent dictator to get past the nonsense is appealing for those who can’t think more than a step or two ahead and consider what happens next"
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/
Techdirt
Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…
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Innovazione e democrazia possono convivere? Mostly Weekly 337 con storie, dati e divagazioni su come si intrecciano tecnologia e potere
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/337/
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/337/
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La Silicon Valley. Il paradiso della tecnologia, il posto dove andare per far fortuna, giusto? O forse è meglio non prendersi in giro e guardare qualche numero.
Money quote: "Economic inequality has reached a staggering milestone in Silicon Valley: just nine households hold 15% of the region’s wealth, according to new research from San Jose State University. A mere 0.1% of residents hold 71% of the tech hub’s wealth.
The findings come from the 2025 “Silicon Valley Pain Index”, a report published by SJSU’s Human Rights Institute each year since 2020. The report aims to quantify “structured inequalities” in Silicon Valley, and measures “pain” as “both personal and community distress or suffering”.
This year’s index reports that the wealth divide has widened in Silicon Valley at double the rate of the whole United States over the past decade. The nine wealthiest households in the valley control $683.2bn – a $136bn increase over the past year.
At the same time, 110,000 households reported nearly none or no assets.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/silicon-valley-income-wealth-gap
Money quote: "Economic inequality has reached a staggering milestone in Silicon Valley: just nine households hold 15% of the region’s wealth, according to new research from San Jose State University. A mere 0.1% of residents hold 71% of the tech hub’s wealth.
The findings come from the 2025 “Silicon Valley Pain Index”, a report published by SJSU’s Human Rights Institute each year since 2020. The report aims to quantify “structured inequalities” in Silicon Valley, and measures “pain” as “both personal and community distress or suffering”.
This year’s index reports that the wealth divide has widened in Silicon Valley at double the rate of the whole United States over the past decade. The nine wealthiest households in the valley control $683.2bn – a $136bn increase over the past year.
At the same time, 110,000 households reported nearly none or no assets.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/silicon-valley-income-wealth-gap
the Guardian
Nine households control 15% of wealth in Silicon Valley as inequality widens
Report finds wealth divide widened in Silicon Valley at double the rate of the whole US over the past decade
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