Last year, I decided to give back, in a small way, the amount I receive from projects, services, apps, or people through a “gratitude subscription.” Every month, a contribution of around €10 as a thank you for using it, for the information, or for existence itself1. I repeated the experiment.
Yesterday we were having lunch at my parents’ house. At the end of lunch, my daughter, driven by some unknown motivation, asked her mother if Santa Claus really exists. She’s getting on in years, and we expected the question sooner or later. We hoped later rather than soon.
“Blackness” still implies something. I think death is the absence of anything at all. Just like before you were born: there’s no consciousness, no awareness, no blackness. Simply nothing.
I’ve been working a lot with AI lately. Wait, don’t run away. I know it’s a boring and unpleasant topic, about which everything and its opposite has been said, but it’s a topic that can’t be ignored. And anyway, I’m only telling you a side story. So, listen, go ahead.
Questa cosa, quella di andare a leggere i post del giorno come quello di ieri ma del 2021, questa cosa mi ha fatto ricordare che una volta, solo pochi anni fa, una volta il focus di questo blog era anche un altro. Adesso, se mi leggi, e se magari mi leggi in inglese, adesso è tutta tecnologia e cose digitali. E tutto, inoltre, è tutto un lamento. Un po’ perché sono invecchiato anche io, col blog. E un po’ perché forse scrivere è riflettere, e riflettere per poi scrivere in inglese1 per me è più complicato.
I’m someone who likes to frequently change default applications. Anyone who occasionally checks this page will have noticed that modifications happen quite often.
I’ve been using only Apple devices for a few years now. I don’t have a Windows PC or an Android smartphone. I don’t even have headphones or accessories from other brands. I subscribe to iCloud+ and use various Apple services, such as Music, Arcade, and email with a custom domain. In short, I’m a user who is totally immersed in the Cupertino ecosystem, but I’m not a satisfied user at all.
‘Se Natale nun venesse ‘cchiù,
chi chiagnesse ‘e lacreme ‘cchiù amare?
‘e commercianti o ‘e creature?