A few months ago I travelled to Russia via Aeroflot (JFK-MOW-JFK) and I was pretty curious for their safety in-flight video. I have to say it is pretty standard, and it just offers English subs (everything is in Russian). Efficient, but not memorable.
Check it out by yourselves.
I was surprised to hear a couple of months ago that a new NYC Subway station would open: the new Hudson Yards station on the 7 Train line. It was so unexpected that I don’t think all maps in all trains and stations reflect the actual expansion.
One day, I decided to take a walk to see how it looks. I did it on one shot, but I was not satisfied with the result, so I had to edit it: my experience with Adobe After Effects / Premiere is good as none, but if you learned the “logic of layering” at other Adobe products such as Illustrator or Photoshop, then it could also work on AE. It did. It took me almost two to three hours. I am not satisfied totally, but I feel it is more organized than the original footage.
Enjoy!!
Apple has launched its new set of toys products for this season. Not bad. Now it has added extra steroids to its iPad, now called iPad Pro. The intention is to gear this product towards the productivity market.
Well job done, Apple! For full functionality you will need a keyboard, which the company will gladly sell you for $169 (yes, around $40 more expensive than Microsoft keyboard for the Surface Pro 3), and will use the same type of connectors around the device so it clicks when you plug it. Funny, isn’t it? It looks very much like a Surface. The same tablet that was maligned in certain tech press due to its “clunkiness” and “excessiveness”.
iPad Pro’s main differentiator (!?) is the stylus, or well, pencil. It is a stylus, people. And Apple will sell it to you, dear consumer, at $69. Yes. Unlike other tablets (Surface, maybe?) it will not be free.
Let’s be clear here: Productivity is about power to run real software, so companies save time and effort, weather in management, manufacturing, communication, or sales. A device that runs a mobile operating system will never be at the same level compared to a device with a full OS. Such is the problem of Adobe suites, for example. They do have versions for mobile devices, but never achieve the same capacities of software running on a desktop/laptop OS (you name it, OSX, Win8/10, Linux…) Technology is not there yet, and it does not seem there will be a solution to that in the near future.
By the way, Windows Central did a quick comparison between both devices. Interesting read.
That is why Microsoft was fucking right: Kill the tablet toys (and that goes for Android as well), fuse the laptop with the tablet, put a powerhorse OS, and create a new segment with great pricing and the benefits of a real computer. I would not be surprised if the MacBook Air turns into a mix of iPad Pro and the MacBook Air. Fanless processors and slimmer parts might do the trick. The time of the tablet is finished.
This video sums up what I think about this Apple-centered mentality that I personally despise.
A long time ago, I remember one of my friends got terribly sick on New Years Day, and I was not able to share with him one of the most important days of the year. I though that was something that would never happen to me. And here I am, at home, sick, coughing, and thinking that it’s going to be a big deal to get out of this pathetic state of health.
I can’t complain. 2014 has been quite an interesting year. I got back into school, and I see an interesting working career that is possible. At the same time, as age goes up, the craving for a company goes up. And I mean, a company that shares your time, that listens to your ideas, desires, and problems; and shares the time of intimacy. After some time without a relationship, there is a growing need to form a bond. But a man is a man too. And a man must play the game to get a girl. There is a high chance that you end up getting emotionally involved despite the other person not really liking you. Sometimes it is hard to let go, and it really hits you when you find yourself at square one again, without the capacity of undo the time and undo the feelings.
I wish I had not gotten sick. I would not be laying down in bed and musing about these things…
Hace algunos dias el gobierno de Perú decidió aprobar el Régimen Laboral General Para Jóvenes de menos de 25 Años, también llamada “Ley Pulpín”. Hay muchos recursos en los cuales uno puede encontrar información suficiente sobre la ley desde ambos puntos de vista, y siempre es bueno tener en cuenta otras opiniones.
Es evidente que muchos sectores de la economía peruana se están desacelerando, pero más notorio aún es la posición de ciertos grupos empresariales, que ante cualquier cambio fuera de sus predicciones, reaccionan con una particular incidencia contra parte del sistema laboral del país, en particular ciertos derechos relacionados con remuneraciones y beneficios. “Hay que reducir los sobrecostos”, dicen. Bien, una empresa necesita equilibrar los costos laborales para ganar. Se entiende. Lo que no me queda claro es si realmente este régimen laboral puede ayudar a reducir estos costos como para aumentar beneficios. Y si se tratase de solo aumentar beneficios para las empresas, ¿sería legal y adecuado que exista una ley que en teoría tendría que beneficiar a la sociedad en conjunto, solamente beneficie a un sector empresarial en perjuicio de otro sector mayoritario?
En un interesante post de facebook del blog Grancomboclub, Silvio Rendón explica que la baja de costos no genera mayor empleo. Lo que sucede en realidad, es que los empresarios se quedan con las CTS no ganadas como beneficios, y que la redistribución hacia estos mismos, u otros empresarios que genera el dar estos beneficios se elimina, lo que significa, eventualmente, menor demanda de productos en el mercado. Obvio que esto es un análisis es muy economicista, y hay que considerar otros elementos sociales. Lo que queda en evidencia es que, ante la histórica inutilidad del gobierno peruano de hacer respetar las propias normas que ella elabora, intenta crear nuevas leyes para llenar vacíos en la sociedad. Si se quiere que ciertos sectores aporten al sistema y reciban sus beneficios, sería mejor que el Ministerio de Trabajo hiciera su labor: fiscalizar. Pero claro, con apenas 200 (o quizás menos) inspectores laborales, eso es quimera. Como la quimera de decir que es un régimen voluntario, como si los trabajadores tuviesen algún tipo de poder negociador al decidir sus condiciones de trabajo. Yo creo que no todas las empresas cuajan dentro del régimen general, pero primero habría que asegurarse como flexibilizar con la menor reduccion de beneficios laborales posible. Por cierto, no hay jovenes vagos. Mi experiencia es extraña. He buscado por mucho tiempo trabajo remunerado, y no es que haya tenido la suerte de lograrlo. Todos te quieren de practicante, y nadie te quiere pagar. Como si la vida se viviese respirando del aire. Por ese mismo motivo, los comprendo.
Algunos videítos sobre la protesta.
Interesante explicacion sobre la ley
http://youtu.be/E22yw4HAkag
Otros videos más
http://youtu.be/gZwDu4Y8ZVY
This numbers station operated out of the defunct German Democratic Republic. It belonged to the People’s National Army of the German Democratic Republic. Its headquarters and, seemingly it transmitters as well, were close to the infamous Berlin Wall. Crazy enough, the Army was infiltrated by an informal network of Stasi agents to guarantee the fidelity of this corps. So, no doubt, Stasi and the NVA coordinated the operation of this “Gong Station” (ENIGMA denomination “G03”.)
When I checked some information on Wikipedia about the Stasi, I found out they even had a “Garbage Analysis division”, which spied on suspect people’s garbage to detect any acquisition of food or materials from the Western world. Would they also analyze human manure?
Now notice the voice reading the numbers. The people behind this managed a few German stereotypes. The language of Goethe in some parts of the world has been perceived as harsh, vertical, and authoritarian because of its cadence. The creators openly embraced this stereotype to woo potential unwanted listeners. But its robotic rhythm also reminds us of a society that the Western world perceived as bleak and unimaginative. It was not just a machine with a pre-programmed string of numbers to read, but also an aural representation of the minds that sought to intervene in every little aspect of a person’s life, and to guide them to the world of perfect socialism.
It is so scary that I made it into my daily alarm on my cell phone.
Reading of A Matter of Faith, a short story at Fairleigh Dickinson University. December 2012.
This is an article published at the Spanish newspaper O Correo Galego in 2002, about clandestine stations. It was originally written in Spanish, and translated and published in Galician.
Este es un artículo publicado en el periódico O Correo Galego en el 2002 sobre emisoras clandestinas en onda corta. Originalmente escrito en Español. Traducido y publicado en Gallego.
This is a short story in Spanish that was published on the literary magazine of Universidad de Lima in 2007.
Este es un cuento publicado en la revista literaria de la Universidad de Lima en el año 2007.
Until I figure out how to classify texts in Spanish and English accordingly, this blog will feature entries in English and Spanish in just one page. Do not worry. In fact, just relax, rest yourself onto the back of your chair, and pick up what you want to read.
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