30 giugno, 2019

Visto nel Web - 409

Il titolo corretto sarebbe comandante ma per me è La mia Capitana; poi ci sono anche altre cose che ho wisto nel Web.


Requiring skill,
cit.
::: MIT_CSAIL

Google Now Allows Users To Auto-Delete Their Location History
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Cool new programming languages blog, edited by @michael_w_hicks. Read about AI safety as a PL problem and more!
blog | programming, codice, snippet
::: jeanqasaur

YouTube Lets Users Override Recommendations After Criticism
social media | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

ci mancava solo la trolla
cit.
::: Claudiomarang1

New chapter? UK print book sales fall while audiobooks surge 43%
media
::: vev425

Firefox Will Give You a Fake Browsing History To Fool Advertisers
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | ad, pubblicità
::: Slashdot

Tech buzzwords explained
umorismo
::: PPathole

Astronomers concerned by Elon Musk's Starlink CLUTTERING night sky
spazio, esplorazione | ambiente, ecologia
::: MazzucatoM

A complex system that works is invariably found
cit.
::: RichRogersIoT

The new default pseudo-random number generator on Numpy is PCG64
Python
::: lemire

Are you a “textrovert”?
social media
::: The_YUNiversity

Dark patterns are everywhere. In a year-long study we just released, we found dark patterns on over 1,200 sites, with about 200 sites being straight up deceptive
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | frodi
::: random_walker

Craig Allardyce

I’ll document laterumorismo
::: steveg_cs

New Flaw Discovered On Boeing 737 Max
bug
::: Slashdot

Julian Assange should be free. The war criminals he exposed should be in jail
protagonisti
::: LeeCamp

We'll soon need a new Greek prefix to describe the vastness of the data we archive—yotta, as in yottabyte
tecnologia
::: IEEESpectrum

Second Florida City Pays Giant Ransom To Ransomware Gang In a Week
frodi
::: Slashdot

Apple Hires Key Chip Designer From ARM As Own Efforts Ramp Up
hardware
::: Slashdot

Ask a programmer to review 10 lines of code
cit.
::: RichRogersIoT

ie defends his own company profits
Facebook
::: jacopo_iacoboni ::: jeremybmerrill

Researchers Demonstrate How US Emergency Alert System Can Be Hijacked and Weaponized
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

That's why it is so important to avoid public social media trials/witch hunts and rely on justice
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | social media
::: real_fabristol

The empty box in Ginevra #libracoin #Libra
blockchain e crypto* | Facebook
::: gdt62

The @EU_Commission has today launched the pilot phase of the ethics guidelines for trustworthy #AI, as the High-Level Expert Group on #ArtificialIntelligence released its policy recommendations
artificial intelligence | etica
::: EP_SingleMarket

It’s Time for Some Queueing Theory
programming, codice, snippet
::: Gianlucadfiore


reminder: most maintainers of open source software are unpaid volunteers
open source
::: Gankro

The media story of the last decade: advertising has dried up, shifted to Google and Facebook. The question is whether you can get readers to pay instead
ad, pubblicità | Web, Internet
::: spignal

The developer behind Microsoft Word and Excel (who went to space twice), says the Soyuz spacecraft’s digital dashboard was heavily influenced by legacy systems
storia
::: IEEESpectrum

#Researchers at the University of Padua, Italy, published in the online journal #PlosOne a #research that promises to solve the problem of identifying #falseidentities
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Nereide

A few months back @andy_matuschak and I released a prototype "mnemonic essay", an essay system designed to actively help people remember the details of what they read. It does this by building spaced-repetition testing into the essay
no so se sono d'accordo con me, per adesso segnalo soltanto
quantum computing
::: michael_nielsen

A lot of papers on arxiv read like they were generated by a Transformer
tip, suggerimenti
::: fchollet

How do journalists imagine their readers?
media
::: TowCenter

Ericsson To Build 'Fully-Automated' 5G Factory In the US By Early 2020
5G
::: Slashdot

Nel frattempo, le piattaforme digitali consentono agli odiatori dall’alto di bloccare chi li critica, e insieme di violare palesemente le loro condizioni di utilizzo in modi che non sarebbero consentiti a nessun comune utente
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | censura
::: fabiochiusi

Inside China’s battle to keep internet addiction in check
Web, Internet
::: fabiochiusi

Harvard's new RoboBee is the lightest untethered robot to achieve sustained flight
robots, automazione
::: IEEESpectrum

What’s behind the Washington Post’s guide to manipulated video
media | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: journalismfest


In less than 24 hours there have been 1500+ responses to #ProgrammingIn6Words! Here are some highlights
promette bene 🙂🙂🙂
cit. | umorismo
::: MIT_CSAIL

India Reportedly Wants To Build Its Own WhatsApp For Government Communications
social media
::: Slashdot

You don't manage people
cit.
::: RichRogersIoT

Tensor Considered Harmful
deep learning
::: Lambda the Ultimate

Gli alert sulle cretinate dei politici su Twitter aggiunto dalla piattaforma è una buona idea
Twitter | disinformazione, fake news, bufale | politica
::: mante ::: _arianna ::: TwitterSafety

Western Intelligence Hacked Russia's Yandex To Spy On Accounts
cyberattack
::: slashdot

A secretive #startup has been awarded a launch contract for the U.S. military using a rather novel #launchsystem – based on #kineticenergy #technology that would essentially shoot #satellites directly into #space using a #hypersonic vehicle
spazio, esplorazione
::: Nereide

#NASA’s JPL issued an interesting challenge to scientists around the world as part of the 10th GTOC X. Teams had to devise a process to colonize the #galaxy in the most efficient way possible
idea 💡 | spazio, esplorazione | innovazioni, futuro
::: Nereide

It's important to keep in mind that the recent progress of AI has been in solving specific tasks, rather than in the development of more general abilities (e.g. general intelligence). And that our solutions to these tasks don't exhibit the abilities humans leverage to solve them
(semi-OT: questo thread starebbe bene in in blog-post, con risposte; o un paper, imho)
artificial intelligence
::: fchollet

Jony Ive, iPhone designer, announces Apple departure
Apple
::: paferro ::: HrishiHirway ::: mante

Lessons Learned in Software Development
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: RichRogersIoT

Hate speech is no longer considered part of freedom of speech, it's now on the same level as terrorism
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | Facebook
::: fabiochiusi


Computer genius Stephen Wolfram says the solution to deepfakes is the blockchain
deepfake | blockchain e crypto*
::: mathewi

When You Listen, They Watch: Pre-Saving Albums Can Allow Labels To Track Users on Spotify
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Police Bodycam software company withdraw face recognition because it is too unreliable to justify its use
riconoscimento facciale
::: phat_controller

Google's New ReCAPTCHA Has a Dark Side
web-bot, robocall
::: Slashdot

Nearly 100 Drivers Followed a Google Maps Detour, Ended Up Stuck In An Empty Field
Google | bug
::: Slashdot

la NASA invierà nel 2026 un drone su Titano, la più grande tra le millemila lune di Saturno. Il drone si chiama Dragonfly è arriverà su Titano nel 2034
spazio, esplorazione
::: astrosandro ::: IEEESpectrum

Google Maps Can Now Predict How Crowded Your Bus Or Trail Will Be
Google
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Excel Power Query Feature Can Be Abused For Malware Distribution
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Interesting bit from @CaseyNewton's always interesting newsletter. I wonder: how would Zuck go about defining "deepfakes" in the first place?
deepfake | Facebook
::: fabiochiusi

Many people say I am pessimistic about the pace of technology. But my factual track record over the past decade shows I have been slightly overoptimistic
innovazioni, futuro
::: fchollet

To those who are caught up on whether facial recognition should be allowed: it's not about the tech, it's about consent. There will always be new ways to fingerprint people. The latest is by heartbeat, which seems super hard to disguise 💔
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jeanqasaur

Gmail’s API lockdown will kill some third-party app access, starting July 15
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Gianlucadfiore


Il garante multa #Facebook per un milione di euro
frodi | Facebook
::: RositaRijtano

My typical Friday night in 1999
prima del Web
Web, Internet
::: erikaheidi

Privacy, cookie e big data. Facciamo un esperimento: vediamo come funzionerebbero nel mondo reale le regole che tutti accettiamo senza pensarci sul Web. E scopriamo perché ilmanifesto è differente
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: simopieranni

Full Circle Magazine #146
novità
::: fullcirclemag

Algorithms, and in general "AI", will increasingly serve as our sole interface to a world that is increasingly made of information
artificial intelligence
::: fchollet ::: fchollet

"Digital #Socialism" by Evgeny Morozov (now freely available) is a fundamental, if not even foundational, read on developing a #left political agenda for the era of "#bigdata". Absolutely recommended
programming, codice, snippet
::: zacchiro

Microsoft Seeks To Join the Official Linux-Distros Mailing List
Linux
::: Slashdot

FBI Urges Universities To Monitor Some Chinese Students And Scholars In the US
politica | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: Slashdot

Snap! 5 is here. community site, media computation, data science
linguaggi di programmazione
::: moenig

Four free LibreOffice Online services, an interesting blog post by Drew Jensen
open source | Web, Internet
::: italovignoli

Apple Moves Mac Pro Production To China
Apple | politica
::: Slashdot

Day 24 without internet in Sudan. Day 4 of blocked internet in Mauritania. Ethiopia reportedly starting to restore internet after 6 days blackout
censura
::: gatnash

House Votes To Block Ajit Pai's Plan To Kill San Francisco Broadband Law
Web, Internet | politica
::: Slashdot


Been using Maxima for several years now (sibling to Mathematica via MACSYMA), and maxima-jupyter for a little under a year: tonight, finally tuned my math toolbox
matematica | linguaggi di programmazione
::: oubiwann

I'm Leaving IBM
Bruce Schneier
protagonisti
::: schneierblog

"Finding system information in Ubuntu like Number and type of processors, memory usage, uptime, etc are extremely easy... If you love coding in python, you want to do everything in python. So we will see how to find this information using the python
Python
::: TheLinuxDev

Prima Gad Lerner ieri sul Venerdì, oggi Michele Serra riprendendolo sull’Amaca danno addosso a Wikipedia con le solite risibili motivazioni pantofolaie che ascoltiamo da anni. Mai una curiosità, mai una scintilla
Wikipedia
::: mante ::: mante

Tether, not Libra, may be the cryptocurrency behind bitcoin’s surge
blockchain e crypto*
::: Gianlucadfiore

Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working"
frodi
::: doctorow

I decided to leave Apple because
umorismo
::: JonyIveParody

Trends in programming languages search - python is now beating java and javascript
linguaggi di programmazione
::: markessien

At least 8 ways of creating different kinds of Python virtual environments
Python
::: fulcorno

The Slashdot Interview with FreeDOS founder Jim Hall
sistemi operativi | open source
::: Slashdot

Science and Technology links (June 29th 2019)
novità
::: lemire

The moment @ubuntu_mate say it will support the new @Raspberry_Pi 4 then, no joke, I'm getting one
hardware
::: omgubuntu

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