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We always imagine Berber pirates as teachers of pillage, but their greatest art was another: negotiation

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Centuries ago Berber pirates They supposed a true headache for Spanish sailors, a threat to stalking from the coast of Tunisia, Tripoli or Algiers that could make an expedition end up the worst of the ways: with the prey crew, turned into captives of The privateers Or, worse, in slaves who sold to the highest bidder if no one paid their rescue. Today those pirates from North Africa and the Spanish negotiators who were dealing with them suppose something different For economists: a unique opportunity to study negotiation techniques. And they have already left us a few lessons. Learning thanks to pirates. It sounds strange, but that is what a group of economists from the universities of Duke, Harvard and Vienna was proposed for a while: learn from the negotiations between the Pirates of the Mediterranean and the emissaries in charge of paying for hostage rescues. For this they included data from thousands of captives arrested by the Berber more than three centuries, between 1575 and 1692. The result published it A few years ago in An article Signed by Attila Ambrus, Eric J. Chaney and Igor Salitskiy. But … why? For several reasons. The main one, because the researchers detected in those ‘strip and loosen with pirates an interesting example of negotiations with “Asymmetric information”that is, those in which one of the parts that seeks a deal manages more data than the other. After all, when the pirates arrested the passenger of a ship, they could not be certain of what their social status was, if it came from a family with more or less money or if there were people willing to pay a good sum in exchange for their freedom. “There was an asymmetry of substantial information between the Spaniards and the pirates,” The authors explain in his Paperin which they add that, among other issues, the privateers could not know if the delay of a rescue was due to the lack of interest in the hostage, a strategy to lower the price or simply the difficulties to move in pre -industrial Spain, in which the news could take days to arrive from Africa to the center of the peninsula. Uncertainty, the key. “Although the Algiers knew that the Spaniards preferred to rescue certain types of captives Aya could often identify the individuals of greater rank, there is evidence that they faced the uncertainty about what prisoners they wanted to rescue the Spaniards and how much they were willing to pay,” The researchers point out. In fact, they cite instructions from the time that they advised rescue teams to pretend disinterest in the hostages they wanted. To avoid this, the privateers encouraged captivity to identify each other. A not -so -old problem. The second reason why the analysis is interesting is because the problem of piracy and bailouts is not really so old. In Your article The researchers remember that between 1530 and 1780 the pirates captured and enslaved thousands of people and claim to have used records of 4,680 hostages rescued in 22 expeditions, but the reality is that The kidnappings And rescue follow the agenda in the 21st century, a reality that the authors also point out. Ambrus, Chaney E Salitskiy, for example, remember that the payment of bailouts has been an important source of income for terrorist groups such as ISIS or al Qaeda or that Somali pirates managed A political dilemma and Reason for controversy over the last years, with cases particularly sounded. And what have they discovered? After analyzing negotiations with Mediterranean pirates, experts reached an interesting conclusion: the rush is not good companions for those who want to pay bailouts … or directly those who pursue a most favorable possible agreement in a “asymmetric information” scenario. The reason? After analyzing data that include thousands of captives rescued from the claws of the Berber pirates between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the economists concluded that the delays in the negotiations cheated the payments. “We documented a solid negative relationship between delays in negotiation (measured by captivity time) and the prices of rescue,” They conclude The researchers add: “It should be noted that the results are probably more relevant to current rescue and negotiation situations, which are characterized by unilateral private information.” In fact they consider that the way of acting with the Berber privateers “can contribute ideas” to deal with modern Somali pirates. A percentage: 8%. The researchers even went further and concluded that a year increase in the captivity of the host about 8%. It is an even greater reduction than that can be associated with the prisoner’s own aging, which also influenced the bailouts. “Since the sources suggest that the pirates were concerned with preserving the value of the captives they expected to rescue, this suggests that most of the decrease in the price over time was due to the value of the delay.” Common sense … and something else. That most time relationship, less cost ‘may seem simple (even intuitive), but it is not so easy to establish it. The reason is that more factors come in play. For example, pirates could identify the captives of greater “value”, in exchange for those who requested higher amounts and those who were willing to embark on longer negotiations. In the case of prisoners with a lower “valuation”, with low rescue prices, the process would be faster. Another factor to keep in mind is that in preindustrial Spain, not all negotiations were extended for a strategic issue. Sometimes they did it simply because the news about the captivity took days or weeks to arrive from Algiers to the ports of Alicante, Cartagena or Valencia and from there to the peoples where the families of the hostages lived. That without the time had to raise the funds and move them, something that religious orders used to take care of. The importance of strategy. All these factors are relevant because they influence, among other issues, in the imbalance of information that captors and … Read more

Some millionaires decorate their mansions with works of art. Others hang a pagani zonda r evolution as if it were a picture

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There are different examples that illustrate that Having money is not always linked to have good taste for the decoration. There is nothing more than See the attic of the Trump tower where the current tenant of the White House lived. Excentricities apart, the most common is that the millionaires decorate the walls of their mansions and luxury floors With works of art of incalculable value. However, not all these works of art have left the brushes of consecrated artists. In this case, the work of art that have “hung from the wall” is a Pagani Zonda R Evolution of limited edition valued of more than 2.2 million of dollars. Passion for pagani and speed The Argentine expiloto Pablo Pérez Companc is known, in addition to his sports career, for his fondness for supercar. That hobby has led him to gather an important cars collection high -end. Pérez did not settle for park your cars in the garage or expose them in showcases. According to The published by ADPérez decided that his Pagani Zonda R Evolution, an authentic jewel of engineering, had to take a privileged place in the living room of his 300 square meter apartment In Miami valued at about eight million dollars. Beyond being a whole purchasing power displayhaving a zonda exposed on the wall of your salon is a declaration of love for motoring, taken to the extreme of converting a supercar In a work of art contemporary. The Pagani Zonda R Evolution: A masterpiece of engineering The Pagani Zonda R Evolution, also known as Revolution, is a high performance supercar designed for circuits, but with such a spectacular aesthetic that could well be considered a work of art. Pietro Martelletti. Courtesy of RM Sotherby’s Equipped with a 6.0 -liter V12 engine developed by Mercedes AMG, this car is able to deliver the impressive 800 hp figure. The body is manufactured in carbon fiber and titanium, which allows you to reduce your weight to only 1,070 kilos. To put it in perspective, this supercar that measures 4.40 meters long, weighs less than conventional tourism. Its exclusivity is such that only 15 units of this Zonda R have been manufactured, which makes it a piece coveted by collectors. In addition, this is the only unit that is prepared to be hung in a living room. In its manufacture and design, Horacio Pagani himself participated. A car hanging in the living room: the Dark Minion project The Expilet has the habit of baptizing all its cars with unique and personal names. The unit chosen for this project was called “Dark Minion” and was specially modified to be installed on the wall of its living room. Touch the photo to go to the original message Such and as they detail in Robb ReportPagani withdrew the engine and modified several elements to reduce its weight to 360 kilos, but maintaining the appearance and original car design. “Many hours of coordination were needed between our local engineers, the Italian engineers of Pagani and the experts of the construction department to carry out the complexity of this project. There are no precedents in the US of a work of this size,” said Carina Radonich, co -director of Finish My Condo, Design Study Project manager. To support the weight of the body, a special aluminum and carbon fiber column was designed that allows the car “floats” over the room. In addition, the entire Pagani team that participated in the transformation signed the rear wing, turning this unit into an absolutely unique piece. “There is no other zonda in the world,” Pérez said proudly. The difficulties were not limited to their design and modification. Now it was necessary to raise it 27 meters high even in its definitive location. Installing a car of these dimensions and features inside an apartment is not a simple task. To achieve this, it was necessary to gather a team of 25 people, among which they were also Horacio Pagani. The operation required a millimeter planning and the use of specialized machinery to introduce the Zonda R Evolution for the large window of the terrace. “There was an overwhelming moment of silence when they raised the car,” Radonich remembered. Finally, the car was installed in its final location, serving as an original separation between the room and the bedroom of the apartment. A separation of 2.2 million dollars. In Xataka | A millionaire wanted to decorate his living room with an impressive rolls-Royce Ghost. Living on a 44 floor did not seem to import him Image | ZONDA, RM Sotherby’s

A dismembered Lamborghini and a fillet coffee maker with a single goal: to turn them into art

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Art is subjective. There are those who think that Everything can be art From the right prism. AND That subjectivity It is what makes us hallucine or grind us in equal parts Conceptual art. Or that a banana attached to a canvas with an insulating tape is art (of 6.2 million dollars, yes). It can also be eternal, and that is a quality that, unfortunately, does not have the objects we use daily. But … what if we could preserve something in your current state forever And, at the same time, to meet the millimeter how is its interior? That is the question that was at some point the head of the Swiss artist Fabian Oefner, who has perfected an artistic process that analyzes the millimeter the objects with which he works, to the point of mixing tactile, aesthetic and conceptual elements in his work. And what do you like? Destroy things. But although that seems to be at odds with the Eternal preservation of the object, in the case of Oefner’s work, it has all the meaning of the world. The art of tear a nikon, a bialetti or a lamborghini Oefner has three weapons: its camera, a lot of resin and … tons of patience. It has several projects, such as which, together with Google Arts & Culture, merged environmental science and visual art to represent the Relation of alpine glaciers. Among other things. His most visual work is ‘Cutup’ and ‘Disintegring’. The two are impressive, but let’s start with the latter. As the name implies, in it Oefner disintegrates the objects he photographs. An image captures a moment, but in ‘Disintegring’, Oefner wants us to imagine a vehicle swollening at full speedwith each piece leaving in full movement Is what he has done with cars Lamborghini, Jaguar or Mercedesbut also with the Riva Aquaramaa ship that shows to what extent the process of performing this photograph is artisanal. To achieve it, Oefner photographed the ship in bird sight, but later in the study, he made another hundreds of photographs of components of the V8 engines, elements of the cabin, the seats or even splinters of the helmet to, once with more than 1,800 snapshots under his credit, compose The image. On the other hand, we have ‘Cutup’. As the descriptionincludes a series of “technical objects that are cut, rearrange and distort in a new way. Objects are encapsulated in resin to capture them in their current state forever.” And it is the evolution of ‘disintegring’, since that 2D vision goes to a three -dimensional plane. To do this, Oefner encapsulates an object in resin. It does it through vacuum and pressure chambers so that there are no air bubbles or foreign elements that may affect the result, and all this in an atmospheric pressure environment and controlled temperature to the millimeter. Once the resin is stabilized, squeezes using powerful presses and, thanks to a mountain range, it is making cross cuts. It is like ‘fillet’ the object. The result is that, for example, it obtains several ‘slices’ from a camera that puls by hand. After this process, that you can see in this videoand when those fillets are transparent enough to show the object without difficulty, place the pieces in the way you want and embody them again in resin to obtain the final form. In this way, we have a “sculpture” of the camera, but being able to see its interior. But ‘Cutup’ has a twist: instead of assembling the object again in a new resin frame, Oefner had an idea: to turn each slide into the page of a book. It is something that you have done with some objects on scale, such as car models, but perhaps its most famous work in this plane is the BIALETTI BOOK. In it, we can see different cross cuts from a Bialetti coffee maker which shows not only the machine, but water in the base, coffee in a state of Extraction in the bush and liquid coffee In the upper chamber. They are very thin sheets that make us appreciate the object inside, but if we put the book vertically and look straight ahead, it is like seeing the complete coffee maker from that angle. OEFTER states that he does not see destruction as something negative and that he uses that process of “breaking” objects and reensating them as a way of enhancing all the pieces and components of the original object, immortalizing that protagonist in his current state. That coffee maker cut into cachitos is sentenced to Prepare coffee For all eternity. However, art is also ephemeral, such as the six million banana we talked about by some paragraphs … than ended in his buyer’s stomach. Images | LamborghiniStudio Oefner In Xataka | Goodbye to Ouka Leele, the artist who painted her photographs and was key to the move

There are more and more physical videogames that are pisapapeles. It is a tremendous problem for the video game as art

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Video games have been traveling the same path as music and cinema for a few years: change towards digital. The releases are now digital and Streaming video game platforms They have been a great jump in the industry. Some -xbox- are so clear that much of their strategy revolves around this technology. If you want the physical format, it is also there, but with an important small print: the album you buy may be empty. AND ‘Doom The Dark Ages‘It has been the last example of this new reality. The controversy of ‘Doom’. The games each time they occupy more and more space. That is why the current physical format, the Blu-ray, has long opted for the double and triple layer of 66 and 100 GB respectively. A lot of information enters an album with that capacity, but the problem is that the recent release of ‘Doom The Dark Ages’ shows that, on the album, barely There are 85 MB in PS5about 320 mb in Xbox Series x. It is a motorcycle of dust in an ocean. What does this imply? Well, when we introduce the album in a PS5 or an Xbox Series X, the data that is installed are not on the disc: it is the files of those 85 MB that give the order to the machine to download the data of the servers of the corresponding companies. That is to say: The new ‘doom’ album is a launcherbut it’s nothing new. The ‘tweet’ of the controversy Ubisoft has taken the taste. Before the last Bethesda game, the controversy in this regard came with each Ubisoft launch. The French company has had some of the largest games in the industry in recent years (such as’Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora‘,’Star Wars Outlaws‘ and ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows‘) And, although not everyone has gone well, they do share something: you need the Internet to install them. Physical format, but not much. It is no longer that you need the Internet to play (‘Gran Turismo 7‘, among others, they require constant connection to Sony servers or we will not be able to play most of the content), but the game must be downloaded even if you bought it in physical format, relegating the box to something that simply occupies space on the shelf. But there are more examples of other companies, such as’Indiana Jones and the big circle‘ either ‘Stalker2‘. Others like ‘GTA Trilogy‘They can be played with disk content, but they are so broken that without patch it is not worth it. And cases like ‘Star Wars Jedi Survivor‘ either ‘Hogwarts Legacy‘They bring the beginning of the game on the album and the rest under download. The alternative? Two albums, as does’Final Fantasy VII Rebirth‘, but that also increases costs for companies. Activism. All this has caused a reaction in users. It is not about being against the digital format, but about the albums that come practically empty because nobody knows what will happen when the servers close. It is a new situation in the industry and we have already seen cases (Ubisoft closing servers of ‘The Crew’ and making it impossible to play something you have paid in physical or digital format) of inaccessible games when the company closes the tap. That is why initiatives such as Stop Killing Games To be the authorities who promulgate laws that prevent our remote games from deactivating, but there are also initiatives by users that allow us to know which games are complete on the disc and, if they need download, to what extent it is mandatory. This is the case of the web Does it play? in which users report the status of physical versions in video games. And the big question. As we say, the most recent mess has formed around the launch of ‘Doom The Dark Ages’, and the question is what will happen to my physical video games in the future. Title Xbox 360 It guarantees me, whenever I have a console, to be able to play it now or within 20 years, but nothing assures me that in 20 years the active Microsoft servers are keeping my copy of ‘doom’. And we focus on the case of almost empty Blu-ray, but we could put the Game Key Card of Nintendo Switch 2 In the bag, since they work in the same way. Green outbreaks. On the one hand, platforms such as Good Old Games They allow us to buy a digital game, but when we get with it, we have an installer to be able to install it offline as many times as we want without depending on servers. Even when they remove games for licenses, recently The case of ‘Warcraft 1 + 2‘, If you had already bought them, they are yours forever. On the other hand, when we have attended Nintendo DS servers closures, Wii or Xbox 360, companies have warned in advance so we can make the necessary purchases Before video games disappear forever, being able to download them in the storage of the system or hard drive to play them in the future. Because Ubisoft or Steam have made it clear that Digital games do not belong to usbut physicists should be ours and, if the servers close in the future, we will have to see what happens with all those albums that only have a launcher inside. Because, in the end, this goes beyond being able to play my physical game within 20 years: it is that it is a practice that Play against the preservation of the video game as art, one that can make many They disappear forever. Main image | Xataka In Xataka | The consoles are still the stars of the video game. Real money is on mobile and microtransactions

The Chinese brands promised them very happy plagiarizing the design of the Vespa. They ran into a problem: it’s “art”

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There are many copies of motorcycles. And even more with the Arrival of Chinese motorcycles to the market. In fact, there are European manufacturers allowing the Chinese to copy their design to continue earning money: It is a long history. But there is a manufacturer whose design is specially protected: we talk about Vespa. A motorcycle with copyright. Every vehicle manufactured and registered in the EU enjoys 25 years of protection for its design. If you want to go further, you have to register it as creative and artistic work. This is the case of Vespawho enjoys 70 years of author protection since the death of his creator, Corradino d’A Ascanio. This happened in 1981, so the VESPA design is protected until 2051. It is recognized as a work of art, and in case of plagiarism it can be fought before justice, as explained in Motorpasion. It is just what happened, with a bad start. In 2014, Vespa denounced before European justice a Plagiarism committed by Zhejianga Chinese manufacturer who claimed as his the design of a clonic scooter to spring 125. Four years later, in 2019, the General Court of the European Union determined that the intellectual property rights of Piaggio (brand after Vespa) had not been violated on this scooter, and dismissed the appeal. “Since the relevant public that can buy lifts has a high level of attention, it will consider that the style, lines and appearance that characterize the vespa lx sterine are different, from the visual point of view, of those of the Zhejiang lift. Due to the different impressions that the two struts produce, there is no risk of confusion by the relevant public.” According to The initial resolutionthe Intellectual Property Office of the European Union (EUIPO) failed in favor of a Chinese manufacturer who was clearly copying the design of the original VESPA. A subjective interpretation. The Vespa case is governed by European Copyright Lawwhich protects the designs during the aforementioned 25 years, and for the protection of intellectual property of up to 70 years for the creation of original work. One of the main problems of this law is that, in the case of vehicles, there is no absolute framework that supports the possible plagiarism. Everything falls to the Court’s own interpretation, which will determine or not whether there has been an infraction or not of the law. The pillars in which the Industrial Property Code They are the novelty, the creative character and artistic value, elements with an very high subjective load. But he who follows her, gets her. Vespa did not give up the evidence that a Chinese brand were plagiarizing its design. Piaggio resorted to the Court’s decision and, four years later, he got the authority determine that Vespa’s pattern is “unmistakable and cannot be replicated”revoking your previous decision. Image: Motorpasion It is not Vespa’s first legal battle. Already in 2020, in full legal battle against Zhejiang, Grupo Piaggio denounced one of the brands that presumed in the eicma of Milan of their new scooters. One among which was A practically identical model to spring 125. The bikes ended up being removed from the stands of the manufacturers, and not to say that their sale in Europe is completely prohibited. So far, anyone who has dared to copy Vespa, has ended his scooter outside the market. Not the only work of art. Piaggio is the only manufacturer that registered Vespa as the work of art, but in the automobile world there have been some cases. The Porsche 911 is one of themdefending its iconic form in multiple judgments. Other iconic models, such as Ferrari 250 Gtothey were also considered as a work of art after legally facing Ares Desingcompany that wanted to market a model replica. Despite the protection granted by the vehicle as a work of art, this is not a common practice in the automobile world, even in the luxury vehicle. Replicas are still alive. Although legally the Vespa cannot be copied, its design continues to “inspire” numerous brands. Among them, the Spanish Velca. Beyond the similarity in the name, the manufacturer is expanding in Spain with scooters that inevitably remember Vespa. It is not its own design, it comes from China, and is shared with many other brands. Another separate issue is that Piaggio did not want to face the numerous replicas that continue to exist in the market. Who wants a Land Rover … having a Land Wind. Reasonable similarities. Beyond engaging in judgments whose resolution nobody ensures (of not having claimed, Vespa would continue with their clones more alive than ever at the beginning), manufacturers can do little about copies. In the world of the car, Chinese copies are the order of the day, and In most cases nothing happens. In the most rocambolesque cases, such as MV Augusta (one of the most exclusive luxury manufacturers of motorcycles), have come to ally with Chinese giants like QJ Motors to create replicas of the original models. Reason? Al become Chinese manufacturers, let them sell a cheaper substitute and collect benefits. Image | Vespa In Xataka | We have visited the Shenzhen falsification market: China is at another level when it comes to copying other products

Spain made the subsidies covered to Ryanair an art. Now another country follows its path: Morocco

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Ryanair will stop offering 800,000 places This summer of 2025 in Spain. It was an announcement that fell like a bomb in the middle of the dispute that government and airline have open in relation to the rates that Aena charges the companies that operate in their airports. According to Ryanair, Las Aena rates They are abusive and from the company that manages Spanish airports they defend themselves ensuring that they are essential to guarantee, among other services, the security or cleaning of the facilities. The problem is that Aena had these frozen rates from 2021 and thus had to remain until 2026. However, last year they rose and although The CNMC frozen the rate againnow companies pay 4.9% more than before. In the middle of the dispute, Ryanair was also fined by the State for breaching, in his opinion, the regulations of the hand luggage. Together with other low-cost companies such as Vueling, Norweigan, Easyjet or Volotea, the Irish company was punished but it was also the one that took the worst part: a sanction of 107.78 million euros. This cluster of circumstances led the company to press where it hurts the most in Spanish air mobility: Provinces airports. Ryanair announced that he partially abandoned the airports of Vigo, Santiago, Zaragoza, Asturias and Santander. But, above all, he announced that he was completely left by Jerez and Valladolid. The movement has not been there because In its February statementRyanair already announced that he considered taking action in the same direction if the context did not change. A threat that has recently reiterated. However, then Eddie Wilson, his CEO, already pointed out that “Aena’s decision not to encourage airlines to use the missed capacity of their regional airports has forced Ryanair to relocate aircraft and capacity in more competitive European markets, such as Italy, Sweden, Croatia, Hungary and Morocco, where governments encourage actively growth. “ Now we check the consequences. Empty seats “Ryanair’s airplanes They will attend where there is business opportunity, whether by direct market or by public subsidy. “This is how Víctor P. currás summarizes in The Faro de Vigo The situation with which they have been found in the Galician city with the 61% reduction of the activity of the Irish company in its city. When Wilson pointed out that they would fly to countries “where governments incentive” did not lie. Ryanair has closed a line between Vigo and Barcelona that maintained an average occupation of 90% in favor of a New route to Morocco where just 9% of the seats are busy. These flights are those corresponding to the route that Ryanair has opened with origin in Madrid or Lanzarote and destination Daklha, a Moroccan city in the Sahara that is trying to promote itself as an active tourism. It is another measure within a project you want Transform the city into an economic complex reference in the area. The intention is to turn the city into a showcase for the world during the 2030 World Cup (What Morocco shares with Spain). This is the reason why Ryanair flies with such a low occupation to the Moroccan city. Fatim-Zahra Ammor, Minister of Tourism of Morocco, announced the arrival of the company A few months ago. Behind, obviously, a juicy subsidy in the form of an advertising contract for Ryanair. They collect in the Galician environment that the occupation rate has been poor. The best data has arrived from Madrid with just over 50% occupation. However, the reserved places have been deflating on the Route of Lanzarote to the point of not even reaching 10% of the total offer. This way of acting is nothing less new. In fact, in eldiario.es They explained well that the subsidies camouflaged as advertising contracts to keep the routes in provincial airports alive are a constant for years. By suppuerto, Ryanair has benefited in this way to act. Three examples. The Cantabria government delivered 18 million euros in public promotion to Ryanair. Vigo maintained a route with London in exchange for a disbursement of 625,000 euros in the form of an advertising contract. With the suppression of this connection, Vigo wants sanction the airline with more than 17,000 euros for breaking the contract unilaterally. In 2019, Ryanair maintained routes in Spain by value of 239 million euros of public moneyaccording to ELECONOMIST. Ryanair now applies in Morocco the same formula he has applied in Spain. The company has used Spanish airports in the provinces to press and, aware that New aircraft will not reach them In the short term, these advertising contracts are especially juicy when reorganizing their routes. Photo | Nastya Dulhiier In Xataka | Ryanair does not “fine” if you lose your flight: simply relieved you in the following for a cost of 100 euros

A user bought a state -of -the -art connected dishwasher. There began his nightmare

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“I will not connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud.” That has been The declaration of intentions From Jeff Geerling, a well -known YouTuber, after buying a new household appliance. It is something that we are living for years: the condemnation of the products that force us to spy on everything they do because if they do not work as they should theoretically. Premieving dishwasher. This week Geerling explained in his blog and also In a video on YouTube How he bought a new dishwasher from the Bosch brand. Specifically, one of the 500 series, because I had seen it recommended in Consumer Reports, a well -known organization of consumers and users in the US. After the installation the surprise came: I could not turn it on and put it to work without more. Wi-Fi and Mandatory Online Account. When trying to start it and start a clarified cycle, Geerling realized that he could not activate that option. After reading the manual he knew why. I needed to do two things first. The first, connect your dishwasher to your domestic wi-fi network. The second, create an account in the Bosch Home Connect service, which would allow you to access the option of clarified and some additional options, such as ecological or medium load mode. I could not even use the basic options via Bluetooth for example: it had to connect it to the Wi-Fi network and create the account yes or yes. If you want screen, it’s time to pay more. The dishwasher that bought this youtuber is a model that costs around $ 1,000. In spite of this – or precisely because of that – it did not have physical buttons, and the controls are tactile and are at the dishwasher door when opening it. There is also no screen that allows you to know how much time it remains for the washing cycle to end, for example. The upper series, the Bosch 800, do have that screen, but there is to pay $ 400. Why do I need a dishwasher app? As Geerling indicated, a local application with some type of direct wireless connection – but without connection to the outside or the rest of the local network devices – could make sense, but this did not have it. That you have to control virtually all the options and information of your washing machine mandatory through an app and a Wi-Fi connection was absurd according to your opinion. “I don’t need internet in my dishwasher,” he said. Few and bad options. This YouTuber is a technology expert and is accustomed to finding solutions to these types of problems. He talked about how maybe I could not use those advanced options, but if you spend $ 1,000 in a dishwasher it seems like not strange not to be able to use them. He also thought of using a VLAN network for IoT devices (a separate and isolated network). Nor hack it compensates too much. There is even an even more technical option, because someone has made reverse engineering of the Bosch protocol and has created a HCPY protocol To control these dishwashers without the manufacturer being able to do anything. However, that would force him to devote several more hours to putting everything in motion and all he wanted was to be able to use his dishwasher in a simple way. And he could return the appliance, but he had also invested time and effort to install it at home. A dishwasher should not connect to the Internet. For Geerling Bosch’s strategy is an absolute mistake. Among other things because if you depend on an application and a cloud service to use your dishwasher, Bosch will have to manage and maintain that service, which means two things: either they are selling the data of your use of the appliance, or will end up closing the service or migrating it to be a subscription service, something that has passed in similar scenarios. And a potential security hole. But it is also that a dishwasher is part of your domestic network opens another potential attack vector. If someone manages to find vulnerability in Bosch dishwasher, they will have access to the rest of your local area network. That It has also happened. Not onebut several times. Not everything needs to be connected. Geerling’s conclusion – with which we agree – is that IoT appliances and products should be designed with a maximum: first that they work at home, and then, if perhaps, they work in the cloud as something optional. This dishwasher is an example of a trend that can make sense in some areas, but not of course in this concrete. Image | Jeff Geerling In Xataka | We are running out of “dumb” appliances. The latest LG is a microwave with screen and speakers

The art of knowing

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It may seem obvious, but doing so is very unusual and usually has an unexpectedly positive response. Jobs learned it With 12 years, Altman cost a few more years. There are those who will never learn The art of knowing. HP? I need your help With only 12 years, Steve Jobs had nothing better to do with his free time than to build his own frequency counter. However, in 1967, the necessary components to build this device were not in any store and only had access to them the large technology companies. Far from throwing the towel due to the lack of pieces, the preteen Jobs had the audacity to call the office Bill Hewlett, Hewlett-Packard co-founder (HP), and directly ask for the components. As Steve Jobs himself remembered In an interview 1994, Bill Hewlett responded to his surprised call. “I said ‘Hello, my name is Steve Jobs, I am 12 years old, I study at the institute, I am doing a frequency meter and I am missing some pieces, and I wondered if you had plenty of spare parts that I could use,’ he laughed, he gave me the pieces and offered me a summer job mounting frequencimeters in the HP mounting chain. I was in paradise,” Jobs confessed in the video. This early experience not only provided Jobs experience and technical knowledge, he also confirmed that ask for things what do you need can take you to get them. “I never found anyone who didn’t want to help me if I asked for it,” Jobs recalled. Sam Altman’s secret: ask for what he needs Another example of success is Sam Altman, which after many years in the trench of the startups, began to create OpenAi. In his Interview for Bill Gates Podcast Unconfuse meAltman shared one of his most tips important to achieve success: “Ask for whatever you want.” Altman already shared this Council in his popular Decalogue for success “How to Be Successful” he published in 2019 in his personal blog. According to the founding millionaire of Openai, “you will not normally get it, often the rejection will be painful. But when this works, it does so surprisingly well,” he said. As Altman himself explained, the secret of this method is that it implies overcoming the fear of expressing your desires openly and directly for fear of rejection or seem insistent, thus self -limiting the success options. Why work for help Although it may seem simple, the disposition of Jobs and Altman to ask for help has psychological roots in which the belief of that oneself have to solve all your problems. A study From the University of Columbia, he studied this psychological block to ask for help, and the researchers concluded that people tend to underestimate the probability (50%) that others access their direct requests for help. Is what is known as Substimation bias. According to this study, help applicants tended to focus more on the instrumental costs of aid, that is, the effort that implies helping, without taking into account The social cost of refusing -the discomfort of saying “no” -, of the person who receives the petition. Social psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorsson, in her book ‘Reinforcements: How to get people to help you ‘He explains that a application for clear, specific help and does not put the other person in an awkward position is more likely to be successful. Wayne Baker research, a professor at the University of Michigan, suggests that between 75% and 90% of the aid provided in the work environment begins with a simple request and people who ask for help at work are seen as more competent, no less, as many believe. These people improve their skills and knowledge with what they learned from their classmates. “Most people are willing to even help strangers if they ask for it. The problem is that most people do not ask for what Professor Baker said in An interview for the podcast of Harvard Business Review. Amanda Palmer, author of ‘The art of asking‘, argued in his Ted Talk That we all have the right to ask for what we need. According to the singer and writer, denying someone that right can have negative consequences in their well -being and in their interpersonal relationships. Already be face to facethrough a phone call like Steve Jobs made to Bill Hewlett, an email or a crowdfunding campaign, the key is in overcome fear of rejection and dare to ask What you need. In Xataka | In 2005, Steve Jobs revealed in Stanford the keys to his success. Two decades later, Sam Altman has traced his speech Image | AppleFlickr (Techcrunch), Unspash (Rémi Walle)

The number of young Chinese enrolled in the art schools in Japan has shot. It’s a springboard to stay

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For some time to this part Japan has been living A arrivals boom from abroad. We do not talk only about tourists, since a percentage of the people who arrives do it with the bags to stay. In fact, a nation stands out in these statistics. The Chinese are traveling in mass to not return due to economic opportunities and socio -political challenges themselves. That is why, many young people are aiming at the university to study art. Art as a way for residence. Chinese migration to Japan is reaching unprecedented levels. It We have recently: With the flexibility of Visa requirementsthe migratory flow from China has expanded beyond the wealthy elite, also covering to the middle class. Moreover, it is estimated that by 2026 the number of Chinese citizens residing in Japan It will exceed one million. This increase is transforming not only the demographic structure, but also the culture, lifestyle and educational systems in Many Japanese cities. And within this phenomenon, a group has gained particular relevance: Chinese art studentswho see in Japanese universities an opportunity to establish themselves permanently in the country. The case of Li Yalin. Nikkei told him The weekend with an example. Li Yalin, a 28 -year -old girl, reflects the trend. After obtaining his degree in China, he moved to Japan in 2019 to study Japanese at a language school in Tokyo. However, the pandemic forced her to return to her country. Determined to return, he approved the entrance exam at the University of Arts of Kyoto remotely and today resides in Japan, specializing in Videogame characters design. Raised in a middle class family in Guangzhou, Li grew immersed in Japanese culture, especially through video games like Pokémon. Now he has achieved work in a video game company in Tokyo, where this spring will begin to work. With just a few years in the country, he is already evaluating his way to The permanent residence. A growing phenomenon. The number of Chinese students in the main art universities in Japan It has increased exponentially. He Nikkei study revealed That there are currently 245 Chinese students at the University of Arts of Tokyo, 462 at the University of Art of Musashino, 448 at the University of Art of Tama, 692 at the University of Arts of Kyoto and 823 at the University of Kyoto Seika. In total, Chinese students represent 70% of international students In these universities, which reflects a clear migratory pattern that links education with long -term residence. The 2017 inflection point. He counted the medium in his analysis that the phenomenon It took strength in 2017when the Japanese government relaxed the requirements To obtain permanent residence. The measure was especially beneficial for international students, allowing them to request residence in just one to three years, instead of the five required above. Not just that. Politics is part of the “Cool Japan” initiativewhich seeks to boost the Japanese cultural industry, such as anime, design and video games. As a result, facilities have been implemented in obtaining work visas for foreigners in these sectors, which has made careers animation, design and video games into quick accesses to permanent residence. How they get the residence. Apparently, Japan evaluates residence applicants through A point system which takes into account the academic level, work experience, annual income, age or mastery of the Japanese language. Those who reach 70 points are classified as “highly qualified professionals”, while those who exceed 80 points can request permanent residence In just one year. Ren Junying, 30, is Another successful example. Originally from Hebei, he completed a doctorate at the University of Arts in Tokyo and now works as a jewelry designer in the Japanese capital. Despite having less than a year in the labor market, it has reached 90 points in the evaluation system, which will allow you to obtain residence shortly. Chinese migration and labor structure. Japan has a unique massive hiring system of recent graduates, which facilitates international students to find employment more efficiently than in other developed countries such as the United States or Europe. As a result, the number of Chinese with permanent residence in Japan has grown 40% since 2017, reaching 330,000 in June 2024. Not just that. Permanent residence too benefits spouseswho can obtain unrestricted work visas. In recent years, the number of people under this category has increased significantly, even more strengthening the Chinese community in Japan. Universities such as “Migrant” springboard. Nikkei explained Cases such as the Coach Academy, a preparatory school for Chinese students in Shinjuku, Tokyo, has seen an increase in the registration of young people seeking to enter Japanese art universities. Yang Kailin, 25, arrived in Japan in April 2023 to prepare for a postgraduate degree at an University University. “My goal is to work for a Japanese toy company and, if possible, obtain permanent residence,” I assured the environment. The school introduced an art course in 2015 with just 10 Chinese students. Today, the figure has exceeded 200. Plus: a new phenomenon has emerged. Chinese parents are the ones who drive their children’s migration to Japan. In this regard, an employee of a preparatory academy pointed to the environment that he saw “more enthusiasm to study art in Japan by parents, rather than the students themselves.” The reason? If a student obtains the permanent residence in Japan as a highly qualified professional, Your parents can also benefit of a possible migration. Chinese migration expands. It We counted recently. Japan’s appeal as a migration destination is not limited to art universities. In a context where the Chinese economy shows signs of stagnation and increasing unemployment, many young people seek Alternatives abroad. In fact, the growth of the Chinese community in Japan is transforming the social structure of the country, where the combination of flexible immigration policies, labor access and a high standard of living have turned the Nation into an attractive destination for those who seek stability outside China. Image | Toshihiro Gamo In Xataka | The Chinese … Read more

Art of Vengeance ‘has convinced me that the new Ninja fashion is the best recent resurrection in the industry

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We are not going to fool ourselves: I have a weakness for the ‘Shinobi’ saga. The first installment came to obsess me in the times of the recreational, and its relatively quiet rhythm and its clear and easy mechanics to dominate them became one of the few arcades that I managed to end in its day, not without a considerable investment of time and money . Since then, ‘Shinobi’ has been one of my untouchable absolute video games of the eighties. The best thing was yet to come. And that we still had to see the best incarnations of ‘Shinobi’. After taste practically all the domestic ports of the recreational (special kudos for the crazy version of Master System), I had the opportunity to immerse myself in the magnificent ‘Shinobi’ for Mega Drive: ‘Shinobi II’ and ‘Shadow Dancer’. Absolute 2D wonders that multiplied the possibilities of the original recreational. Ninja avalanche. I was never too interested in the lazy 3D adventures of the ‘Shinobi’ franchise in PlayStation 2 or portable, but his spirit I think they picked up and amplified the ‘Ninja Gaiden’ in 3D, especially the first two, under the direction of Tomonobu Itagaki: Brutal and ruthless, of the most difficult and satisfactory games in history. Laugh from the ‘souls’. I have always been excited about the original trilogy of NES, a kind of accelerated and insane version of the ‘Shinobi’ themselves, and even the original arcade ‘Shadow Warriors’, but in my diet ninja the thing has always worked like this: in 2D,’ Shinobi ‘; In 3D, ‘Ninja Gaiden’. And between them, Cannon’s films. The return of the Ninja. The point is that, riding the nostalgic fever that ravages the entertainment industry, both franchises have allowed themselves to return with new versions and sequelae that we can enjoy in the coming months. On the one hand, we have a new sequel to the main saga of Ninja Gaiden, A fourth installment (Perhaps the project that interests the least, despite the fact that the participation of Plantinum Games always attracts attention); ‘Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound‘, on the other hand, it is a 2D and pixelated reformulation at the hands of the’ Blasphemous’ team, and which seems to guarantee a deep and demanding game; And finally, ‘Ninja Gaiden II Black‘, a total and already available remake of the original 360 game and demonstrates why we continue to contemplate it as a masterpiece. The art of revenge. But it is that ‘Shinobi’ also returns with ‘SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance‘, And as’ Ragebound ‘, with a team of bells expert in retro mechanics behind: Lizardcube, responsible for the superb and recent’Streets of Rage 4‘. It will arrive in August and in addition to a mechanic that pays tribute to the 16 -bit originals, we have an absolutely magnificent graphic finish, which honors not only the first games, but also the anime and the European comic. Ninjas for a resurrection. Here you are not going to see us launch alive to the eternal cyclical returns of the industry and their retail constant of success franchises. But ‘Shinobi’ and ‘Ninja Gaiden’ seem to me differently: a taste is seen in these new versions that goes beyond the exploitation of nostalgic corpses. In addition, neither of the two franchises has abandoned certain principles (demanding, violent and visually very polished games), which gives them at least the benefit of the doubt: until now, after all, they have not disappointed us. Header | SEGA In Xataka | You do not need Windows to play ‘doom’: someone has managed to work on the bios of a PC

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