Lying is being loyal to the person who told one to lie, but not to the person one’s lying to.

At WWDC this June, Apple announced that it would let developers easily port iOS apps to the Mac. This new procedure opens up a door to a broader intention: porting stuff from different platforms to others.

When Apple makes software the usefulness of which may not be obvious, think ahead. To make good AR goggles, Apple needs apps. But talking about future products is harmful, so Apple can’t invite over too many developers to work on the alpha. That’s why Apple introduced ARKit now. Apps are made now, to be used now. This makes people interested in new technologies, now. It isn’t comfortable to poke around with an Ikea sofa model on a phone, but it will be with goggles.

Think Memoji is stupid? I did think so too, until I realised how it will scale in the future. Apple is getting people prepared to get used to having a live virtual avatar. In two years, it will be indispensable for AR interactions.

When 2020 comes, all Apple has to do is make a porting mechanism for ARKit iOS apps to aOS, and sell the goggles. Instant success.

People often make incorrect choices when there are more than four variables.

Simple problems require reason, while the complex not so much. When there’s a large variety of items to choose from, get the one that maximises enjoyment.

People memorise patterns without even knowing.

The emotional brain, powered by dopamine, is paramount for making good decisions.

People get addicted out of excitement, not necessity.

People get upset if what we expected didn’t come to fruition.

Being certain about something is a deceptive feeling.

Prize-linked savings accounts work because we like uncertainty.

Psychopaths don’t feel morality, and therefore, their wrongdoing.

People have a larger sense of loss than for win, even when dealing with the same value.

Never say that you wouldn’t do something in the way that that person handles it, because that person is who you would be at that moment in that situation.

When there’s an abundance of information, we may infer the irrelevant. Cut down on the noise, focus on what’s important.

Don’t think too much.

How have driverless trains still not replaced normal ones? I get the situation with cars, as they need approvals and laws, but trains are different.

Moscow metro directors say that the intervals will be longer than with traditional drivers, but this can’t possibly be real. There is much more communication between driverless trains that between normal ones, so the intervals would be the same or smaller. Sure, the technology may need upgrading, but this is a no-brainer for a worthwhile investment.

I’ve been in several driverless trains: Paris’s airport shuttle, Milan’s M5 line, London’s DLR, the Turin metro, Pisa’s airport shuttle. They all work really well and insure more security than regular trains.

Don’t procrastinate, automate!

2015 had hoverboards. 2016 had Pokémon Go. 2017 had fidget spinners. Where’s this year’s fad?

Grom ice cream is the best ice cream I know. I have tried others, but Grom always came out on top. Vittoriana, a Genoese chain, also had quality ice cream, but closed for no apparent reason (tell me if you know why).

I have tried every flavor of Grom ice cream released in the past two years. Those are:

• apple,
• apple cake,
• apricot,
• bacio (hazelnut chocolate),
• blueberry,
• bonet,
• candied chestnuts,
• candied chestnuts meringue,
• chocolate,
• extra dark chocolate,
• chocolate with orange,
• coconut,
• coffee,
• cream,
• “once upon a time” cream,
• crunchy delight,
• farmer pride (sic!),
• hazelnut,
• lemon,
• lemon meringue,
• mango cake,
• melon,
• milk cream,
• minty milk cream,
• nougat,
• nougat pastry cream,
• panettone,
• peach,
• filled peach,
• pear,
• pears with chocolate,
• pink grapefruit,
• pistachio,
• raspberry,
• raspberry mille-feuille,
• sacher,
• salted caramel,
• sicilian cassata,
• stracciatella,
• strawberry,
• tangerine,
• tiramisu,
• cookied vanilla,
• yogurt,
• yogurt with peaches and hazelnuts.

The only bad ones are salted caramel and apple.

A good anthem for a micronation would be “We believe in memes”.

As Apple begins the dark mode revolution, it wants it to be everywhere. I love dark mode, and I agree. A couple of days ago they released a new version of the Safari Developer Preview with support of the CSS feature “prefers-color-scheme: dark”. There is only one website in the world that supports it, and I happen to really like it.

It’s really simple to take advantage of:

@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
//code that is//
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
//code that changes//
}

Yep, it’s my website.