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2026
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A Dream of Venice, with Claude as Editor
Sep 2026
My children can read Italian. Most of their classmates can't. Back in July 2023 I wanted to read the book Un sogno a Venezia by Štěpán Zavřel to their class at school, so first I had to put it into English. Recently I have picked up that project again and used Claude to review it — it's impressive what AI can do with language translation.
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Reading Naples '44 as a database
Sep 2026
I recently read Norman Lewis's Naples '44, and it stayed with me more than most books do.
2014
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Italian public spending data: a review
Dec 2014
The Italian government recently announced a new portal containing data on public spending: http://soldipubblici.gov.it. This is obviously great news; however, the website is still in beta, so in what follows I'd like to put forward a few (hopefully constructive) comments and suggestions for how it could and should be developed further.
2011
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Working toward meritocracy in Italy
Jan 2011
It's no news that thousands of Italian researchers have left their home country in order to pursue their careers; what is news, however, is that we now have a scientific study shedding light on this phenomenon. It was conducted by the Via Academy, an association dedicated to statistical analyses of the research outputs of Italians (published on the TIS reports website).
2010
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The anti-internet saga continues
Feb 2010
Now Italy's government is trying to bog down internet providers by making them responsible for the (supposedly) illicit contents published on the web. In short, a dictatorship-worthy blackmailing proposal.
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Links 4/1/10
Jan 2010
Links on miscellaneous topics from the last week or so:
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