«Il 25 aprile e 1° maggio sono ancora date importanti nella nostra vita? Forse sì. I nostri genitori e nonni ce ne hanno parlato, sembrano appartenere a un passato remoto, eppure continuiamo a festeggiarle. Possono essere vacanze, ma anche occasioni di incontro e riflessione sui valori della nostra comunità».

Con queste parole il Teatro delle Ariette presenta l’edizione 2025 di Feste d’altri tempi, che il 25 aprile e il 1° maggio propone spettacoli e momenti conviviali nel teatro in mezzo ai campi, con il patrocinio del Comune di Valsamoggia.

Gli ospiti di quest’anno, Marco Baliani e Saverio La Ruina, portano in scena due spettacoli profondamente legati alla memoria e al presente. Come da tradizione, l’accoglienza sarà segnata dal “grande tavolo della pace”, couscous e vino.

Il 25 aprile, per l’80° anniversario della Liberazione, si inizia alle ore 13 con il couscous condiviso, seguito alle 15 da Del coraggio silenzioso di e con Marco Baliani, musiche di Mirto Baliani. Cinque storie di coraggio nascosto, lontano dall’eroismo eclatante, ma intenso e umano. Antigone, simbolo arcaico di questa forza silenziosa, è il filo che lega parole e musica in una narrazione essenziale e potente.

Il 1° maggio, Festa del Lavoro, dopo il pranzo condiviso, alle 15 va in scena Via del popolo di Saverio La Ruina (Premio UBU 2023). Una strada del Sud come metafora del cambiamento: due uomini, due tempi, una riflessione sulla perdita di relazioni e identità. È un viaggio di 200 metri che attraversa memoria, appartenenza e trasformazione.

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Do you say "Please" or "Thank you" to ChatGPT? If you're polite to OpenAI's chatbot, you could be part of the user base costing the company "Tens of millions of dollars" on electricity bills.

User @tomiinlove wrote on X, "I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying 'please' and 'thank you' to their models."

OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, responded, "Tens of millions of dollars well spent - you never know." Thanks for lowering the world's anxiety around an AI uprising, Sam. We'll all be sure to waste even more energy by saying "Please" or "Thank You" from now on.

In February, Future PLC, the company that owns TechRadar, compiled a survey of more than 1,000 people on their AI etiquette. The survey found that around 70% of people are polite to AI when interacting with it, with 12% being polite in case of a robot uprising.

Obviously, there's an energy cost when using ChatGPT, which has massive AI-powered servers that run the whole operation. But as these tools thrive in popularity, are most of us even aware that one simple message, or one AI-generated meme, is impacting the planet?

TechRadar reached out to OpenAI for comment, we'll update this story when we hear back.

Should we be polite to AI?

If being polite to AI can have such an impact on energy consumption, should we even bother being nice to ChatGPT?

Presumably, these 'Tens of millions of dollars' Altman speaks of are due to users saying "Please" or "Thank You" in a contained message rather than at the end of a prompt. Hopefully, OpenAI will respond to our query to give us more of an understanding of how people frame these particular messages.

TechRadar writer Becca Caddy stopped saying thanks to ChatGPT and found that being polite to an AI chatbot might actually help with responses.

In her article, she wrote, "Polite, well-structured prompts often lead to better responses, and in some cases, they may even reduce bias. That’s not just a bonus – it’s a critical factor in AI reliability.

As AI evolves, it will be fascinating to see whether politeness itself becomes a built-in feature. Could AI favor users who communicate respectfully? Will models be trained to respond differently based on etiquette?"

So while it may not be energy-efficient, being polite to AI could in fact give you a better experience while interacting with ChatGPT. But is it worth the environmental cost?

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ChatGPT spends 'tens of millions of dollars' on people playing 'please' and 'thank you', but Sam Altman says it's worth it

You never know...

^{John-Anthony Disotto (TechRadar)}

“There’s always room to increase productivity… but that’s not what the DOGE/Musk/Trump team has been about. They are gutting this agency’s staffing with a chainsaw, and they are driving it into a total system collapse,” O’Malley said. “It’s going to be extremely expensive to put Humpty Dumpty back together again once they wreck it.”

“I suppose that if they want the $2.7 trillion surplus that this agency has – no other agency generates and runs a surplus like Social Security does – 
I suppose they can't do that in an agency that's respected... and trusted by the public,” O’Malley told Salon. "They appear to be wrecking it so that they can rob it and get away with it," he said.

"They want to rob it": Former Social Security head says Musk, Trump are "wrecking" agency to raid it

The former steward of the benefits program says DOGE's cuts put Americans' benefits in jeopardy.

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La fatica che ho dovuto esercitare per non spoilerare in anticipo di qualche misero giorno anche questo ennesimo mirabolante #acquisto è stata tanta, ma ecco qua: finalmente ieri mi è arrivato un preziosissimo taccuino/quadernino/cosodicarta, per soli 37 centesimi di euro europeo (€0.37!) da Amazon.it… con spedizione magicamente gratuita, nonostante io non abbia Prime e il […]

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Unboxing Pokémon: Taccuino a Tema Rotom Pokédex / Pokédex Rotom Themed Notebook (Amazon)

La fatica che ho dovuto esercitare per non spoilerare in anticipo di qualche misero giorno anche questo ennesimo mirabolante #acquisto è stata tanta, ma ecco qua: finalmente ieri mi è arrivato un preziosissimo taccuino/quadernino/cosodicarta, per soli 37 centesimi di euro europeo (€0.37!) da Amazon.it… con spedizione magicamente gratuita, nonostante io non abbia Prime e il costo dell’ordine sia stato a dir poco misero. Ci è voluta metà settimana perché arrivasse, ma l’importante è averlo ora, e dunque godere. (E prendermi il tempo per provarlo bene… se mi andrà poi scriverò una recensione mezza pazza sul prodotto.) 🤗
https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01M11LHMX?smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&psc=1💖💣, [13/04/2025 22:40]minkia 37 cent???💖💣, [13/04/2025 22:41]NGUL, non chiede spedizione da pagare💖💣, [13/04/2025 22:41]comprar???💖💣, [13/04/2025 22:42]taccuino unemployed 🔥" title="[...], [13/04/2025 22:36]ti lascio un regalo che ho trovato per puro caso:https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01M11LHMX?smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&psc=1💖💣, [13/04/2025 22:40]minkia 37 cent???💖💣, [13/04/2025 22:41]NGUL, non chiede spedizione da pagare💖💣, [13/04/2025 22:41]comprar???💖💣, [13/04/2025 22:42]taccuino unemployed 🔥" class="has-alt-description">Già di per sé il fatto che sia a copertina bella rigida, con pagine di medio spessore e quindi con un buon feeling, e in generale appaia di più che buona fattura, è stato un ottimo motivo per comprarlo, dopo che un grande navigatore nel gruppo dello spacc lo ha trovato letteralmente per caso; e infatti siamo stati in ben 3 a prenderlo, tanto che l’offerta non si può rifiutare… Ma il punto più interessante è che non è un quadernino comune, affatto… ✨youtube.com/shorts/O6Iz0sIDMko
Infatti questo non è un blocco appunti generico senza marca, e nemmeno uno di una marca famosa tremendamente scontato… è di un’azienda (ad oggi) specializzata in legge: #Nintendo. È un taccuino a tema Pokémon Sole e Luna, ispirato al Rotom Pokédex, che a quanto pare (leggendo una delle recensioni) veniva venduto in una promozione assieme al new 3DS a tema con quei giochi lì, per appena 1 centesimo in più all’epoca. E allora, se questo coso è stato da prendere già solo perché un articolo di questa stessa qualità normalmente non lo si paga meno di 3 o 4 euro, con l’aggiunto valore collezionistico non bisogna pensarci due volte. 💝
Che poi, in non si sa che modo (o meglio, certo che lo so: questi sono chiaramente fondi di magazzino che, 9 anni dopo il 2016, ora Amazon deve smaltire in qualche maniera, essendo sia venditore che spedizioniere), questo sembra apparso giusto qualche mese fa, partendo appunto da un prezzo normale, per poi calare piano piano fino a costare centesimi, come adesso… Qualcosa di completamente assurdo, come al solito, ma per una volta in senso positivo. 🙏
Forse, l’unica cosa di cui mi pento è proprio di averlo comprato fin troppo subito… se avessi aspettato almeno fino a ieri, ora lo avrei pagato soli 30 centesimi (sembrano pochi 7 centesimi di differenza, ma sono addirittura il ~20%…). Certamente, più scende di prezzo e più le scorte si esauriranno, ma Amazon in genere dice quando rimangono solo poche unità di un prodotto, quindi non c’è motivo di andare di fretta… e infatti, ancora adesso è disponibile e non sembra svanirà molto presto: https://www.amazon.it/Taccuino-a-Tema-Rotom-Pokédex/dp/B01M11LHMX. Regà, compratene tutti, finché potete e ancora scende! (VIETATO FARE SCALPING.) 💸

#acquisto #Amazon #Nintendo #notebook #Pokémon #Pokemon #quaderno #Rotom #taccuino

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With no advance notice, roughly 1,500 CFPB employees received news Thursday afternoon that they're being fired, a major step toward billionaire Trump lieutenant Elon Musk's stated goal of deleting the bureau. The mass terminations, if upheld, would leave the CFPB with a "skeleton crew" of around 200 staffers.

"This is another assault on consumers and our democracy by Trump's lawless administration," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a key driving force behind the creation of the CFPB in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. "We will fight back with everything we've got."

'Victory for Scammers' as Trump Fires 90% of Consumer Protection Agency Staff

"This is another assault on consumers and our democracy by Trump's lawless administration," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. "We will fight back with everything we've got."

^{jake-johnson (Common Dreams)}

Where are the nationwide protests? The national strikes against the destruction of what is left of U.S. democracy? As for the eerie complacency of the Democrats, it is hardly surprising why there is such a huge loss of trust in the leadership of the Democratic Party.

A Nation of Sheep? Trump's Fascist Tactics Working All Too Easily

^{cj-polychroniou (Common Dreams)}

Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit to help families pay for private school tuition and homeschooling, Idaho has shut down a program that helped tens of thousands of public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other educational expenses.

The Republican leading the push to defund Idaho’s Empowering Parents grants said it had nothing to do with the party’s decision to fund private schools. But the state’s most prominent conservative group, a strong supporter of the private school tax credit, drew the connection directly.

Idaho Created a $50M Voucher Program. Then It Cut $30M for Public Schools.

A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped public school students buy laptops and other materials wasn’t linked to the creation of a private school tax credit. The state’s most prominent conservative group says it should be.

^ProPublica

Soon, those 40 veterans grew to 275 a month. Then 275 soared to 500. Last year, Taylor and Greenblatt’s company Veterans Guardian assisted about 30,000 veterans with benefits claims, according to Taylor. “We have your back,” the company’s website says. “Together we can uncover all the benefits you deserve.”

With no accreditation, the company is charging veterans thousands of dollars for guidance that veterans service organizations and other nonprofits advise vets on for free.

A whistleblower lawsuit from one of Veterans Guardian’s former employees claims the firm’s business practices are “permeated with fraud and deceit” and cheating the federal government out of millions of dollars. A lawsuit filed by veterans alleges the company “preys on disabled veterans by unfairly and deceptively taking tens of millions of dollars of their disability benefits in violation of federal law.”

This Company is Spending Millions to Profit Off Veterans’ Benefits. Why Won’t Lawmakers Stop It?

Veterans Guardian says it’s fighting to give veterans a choice. Critics say they’re guardians of greed.

^{Mother Jones}

Just as an experiment, it appears that drawing maps isn't one of the strengths of AI.

Made with le chat, ChatGPT does a little better.

“Ginocchio – Apologia della patella” di Cristiana Bullita
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Inginocchiarsi? Il ginocchio nella cultura alta e in quella popolare
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Donald Trump grumbled that he’s unable to “go after” the members of the House select committee that investigated the events surrounding the January 6 riots because of Joe Biden’s preemptive pardon, which the former president said he issued to prevent his successor from prosecuting them.

Besides raging about his inability to exact retribution on the lawmakers who probed the attempted insurrection and his role in inciting the rioters, Trump also patted himself on the back for pardoning most of those convicted of crimes related to the Capitol attack.

Trump fumes to Fox News that he ‘can’t even go after’ January 6 investigators pardoned by Biden

‘Biden gave them all their freedom because they were dead,’ the president declared in a recent interview with Fox News’ Spanish-language show

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The former prime minister’s ‘free speech media network’ will be unveiled soon, she announces at a cryptocurrency conference in Bedford

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German public news outlet Tagesschau reports (source: YouTube) on an ESA video game that helps train a future moon lander's guidance AI to spot craters. Games have already helped collect visual data on millions of craters. The University Darmstadt developed the game, called IMPACT, to support ESA's efforts to establish a base on the moon. An older article from August 2024 provides further details on the project.

ESA Video Game Trains AI To Recognize Craters On the Moon - Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: German public news outlet Tagesschau reports (source: YouTube) on an ESA video game that helps train a future moon lander's guidance AI to spot craters.

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$150 billion: that’s the grand total of savings Elon Musk revealed last Thursday that he and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team are expecting to make after months of ruthless and often mindless cuts.

Musk’s “savings” represent just 15% of the trillion dollars he originally promised he would slash.

However, government spending so far under Donald Trump has actually gone up compared to the last two years under Joe Biden.

“Musk will have effectively crippled the modern American state and ripped vital services away from ordinary Americans in order to pay for more waste at the Pentagon.”

Elon Musk Decimated the Government and Saved Almost Nothing

Elon Musk’s cuts may have “saved” the public less than half a percent of the national debt, but they are already making Americans poorer and sicker and forcing them to spend hours waiting on phone help lines.

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Hi! I've been working with Hugo for a while and I also created a free MIT licensed theme with it!. I love the flexibility and the ease of use.

But I'll have to wok on a bit more complicated project than a simple showcase website/blog.
The content to be published on it is not a lot, but it would be definitely better if I could:
- Get/Post some content with API to avoid posting multiple times the same articles on different platforms, getting modifications as well.
- Send posts digests via email / Download PDF post digests.
- Post on social medias (?)
- Parse some content from CSV files / I don't know anything about databases.

Now I know that I can do something like this with a little systemd service I might write on my own and something like Zapier + RSS feed + Mailchimp. Also I could leverage Hugo modules and the .GetRemote / transform.unmarshal command, to get content from remote sources.

Now I'm not really a lot more than an amateur developer, I was thinking a headless CMS could pheraps do this stuff and more in a better way (?).
I'm not a webdev and I know only really really basic JavaScript, I can use Bootstrap for frontend confidently and add SCSS to it.
I know a bit of Rust too.

Would it be worth to take the time learning how headless CMS's work?
I don't really want to go back managing Wordpress plugins, updates ecc.

Do you think I'm going out of a static site generator purpose with this kind of project?

GitHub - ololiuhqui/magnolia-free-hugo-theme: A simple, completely customizable, multilingual Hugo theme thought for professionals and small businesses.

A simple, completely customizable, multilingual Hugo theme thought for professionals and small businesses. - ololiuhqui/magnolia-free-hugo-theme

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