18 luglio, 2019

Visto nel Web - 414

Viviamo (o sono solo io) tempi interessanti, ma niente panico (compatibilmente con lo stato corrente); intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.


Un parere documentato sul cattivo design di Jony Ive in alcuni prodotti AppleApple
::: cmnit

the most beautiful equation in mathematics
matematica
::: InertialObservr

Inside 'Starshot', the Audacious Plan To Shoot Tiny Ships To Alpha Centauri
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

The 'Vast Majority' of America's Voting Machines Use Windows 7 or Older Systems
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: Slashdot

Da questo grafico si capisce perché la trazione elettrica (con altre transizioni all'elettrico, come il riscaldamento con pompe di calore) sia essenziale per vagamente sperare che quel "Hydro, nuclear, wind, etc" diventi più rilevante
energia
::: cobrampi

Amazon's Alexa Will Deliver NHS Medical Advice in the UK
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

What Happens When Landlords Can Get Cheap Surveillance Software?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Never Commit a Crime When Your Phone Is Connected to a Wi-Fi Network
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

After we achieved artificial social intelligence
artificial intelligence
::: fchollet

Is It Time To Get Rid Of The Caps Lock Key?
dubbi sull'invenzione del tasto: c'era sulle macchine per scrivere mooolto prima
hardware
::: Slashdot

Fabrice Bellard did it again: QuickJS
QuickJS is a small and embeddable Javascript engine. It supports the ES2019 specification including modules, asynchronous generators and proxies. It optionally supports mathematical extensions such as big integers (BigInt), big floating point numbers (BigFloat) and operator overloading.
linguaggi di programmazione
::: jedisct1

The universe can have performed no more than 10^120 logic operations on 10^90 bits in all its history
matematica
::: jgbarah

New blog post, reflecting about my ten years in the #Erlang community, hype phases, the ladder of ideas, adoption, and what changed
linguaggi di programmazione
::: mononcqc

The latest Sci-Hub working domain(Last check time:Sun, 14 Jul 2019 12:28:50 GMT)
open source
::: scihub_love


ok le auto che si guidano da sole
umorismo
::: emenietti

America's FBI Wants To Build a Social Media-Monitoring Tool
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Google Tries Social Networking Again, Challenging Facebook Events
social media
::: Slashdot

Today (July 12), Hayabusa2 returned to the home position as scheduled
spazio, esplorazione
::: haya2e_jaxa

The biggest political donor in British history - the subject of a criminal investigation by the NCA - is using his who-knows-where-it-comes-from millions to take me to court
frodi
::: carolecadwalla

NASA Funds Company To 3D-Print Spacecraft Parts in Orbit
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot

The very best way to find typos in your article
umorismo
::: KeithNHumphreys

Craigslist Founder: Most Online Outrage is Faked For Profit
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot

I forget who said it but I think about this a lot
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Hanzo55

Microsoft Office Clone ‘SoftMaker Office 2018’ Sees Summer Update
applicazioni, programmi | open source
::: dcavedon

TikTok spent ~$1B on ads last year
social media
::: nikkisunstrum

Facebook’s new poker-playing AI could wreck the online poker industry—so it’s not being released
machine learning
::: fabiochiusi

How America's Tech Giants Are Helping Build China's Surveillance State
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

It would cross the line for every common user. How come it doesn’t when it comes from the most powerful man on the planet? Why should racist leaders get free reach on platforms designed for virality? This truly is beyond my comprehension
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | politica
::: fabiochiusi ::: RBReich


Chi di selfie ferisce, di selfie perisce
Twitter
::: carloalberto

Oggi, nel 2006 veniva lanciato twitter
Twitter
::: BeppeBeppetti ::: Dio

Cyber attacks are not only becoming more frequent but also more sophisticated
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | applicazioni, programmi
::: ubuntu

Un primato ce l'hanno 😂 #solocazzate
Movimento Cinque Stelle Primo In Europa A Diffondere Notizie False E Propaganda Russa
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | politica
::: gq_gianni

Multi-threaded WebAssembly
linguaggi di programmazione
::: ColinEberhardt

Really wish you could upvote/downvote tweets. 'Likes' are nonsense. Many people like a tweet to bookmark it. Not because they agree with the sentiment
Twitter
::: Nelus08

The European Commission tech policy recommendations for the next 5 years
politica
::: LauKaya

Aegis, il sistema di Intercettazione cinese powered by Google e IBM
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: lastknight

Governments making “fake news” a crime risk stifling real journalism — accidentally or intentionally
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | regolamentazioni
::: fabiochiusi

statistics — Statistical Calculations
Python
::: pymotw

We’re delighted that Alan Turing has been chosen by the @bankofengland as the face of the new £50 note
protagonisti
::: GCHQ ::: AndrewYNg ::: MIT_CSAIL ::: quinta

Avete presente quando si scherza sui gattini e si dice che domineranno il mondo?
umorismo
::: Dio

Do you have a patent you’d like to sell? The Industry Patent Purchase Program opens today for submissions and seeks patents related to software, cloud computing, location-based services, medical devices and imaging, and more
copyright e brevetti
::: IEEESpectrum


To build the first #moon colony, we need some fancy new tech
spazio, esplorazione
::: IEEESpectrum

Europe Relies on American GPS as Its Own Galileo System Suffers Massive Outage
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

The video of my #scipy2019 talk, "Getting Lost in Community Building
Python
::: powersoffour

Let there be light! Control your lights by posing in a dramatic fashion
artificial intelligence
::: fchollet

Gartner, IDC Agree that PC Sales Are Up -- But They Don't Agree What a PC Is
hardware
::: Slashdot

Little known fact - you can turn any engineer into a 10x engineer
umorismo
::: MarkXA

Si je suis toute seule à faire pression, bien sûr que je n’arriverai à rien. Mais si nous sommes nombreux, nous pourrons faire avancer les choses
ambiente, ecologia
::: GretaThunberg

Taken literally, in the light of existing applications of ML and their flaws, it sounds like a ridiculous idea. But the most functional countries are those ruled by code, not by human leaders w strong personal power. We call it "laws" and "institutions"
machine learning
::: fchollet

Twitter Rebuilds Website For 'Write Once, Run Everywhere' Philosophy
Twitter
::: Slashdot

Oggi #Twitter ha compiuto 13 anni. All’inizio però aveva tutt’altro nome e l'idea di tweet = cinguettio che tanto piace ai media italiani è meno rilevante di quello che si pensa
Twitter
::: terminologia

Morta Maryam Mirzakhani, prima donna a vincere il "Nobel" per la matematica
matematica
::: la Repubblica

Someone told me every C in ‘Pacific Ocean’ is pronounced differently and now I’m havin a bit of a moment if I’m being honest
umorismo
::: ilainabananas

In a couple decades of writing C/C++, I typed many thousands of commas
umorismo
::: greghendershott


Intel's Pohoiki Beach is a Neuromorphic Computer Capable of Simulating 8 Million Neurons
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot

AI Has a Compute Dependency Problem, Facebook VP Says
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

Come Assange trasformò l’ambasciata ecuadoregna in un centro per l’interferenza elettorale
Web, Internet | politica
::: jacopo_iacoboni

To Break Google's Monopoly On Search, Make Its Index Public
Google
::: Slashdot

Amazon Warehouse Workers Around the World Are Striking For Prime Day
lavoro
::: Slashdot

Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency Could Be Misused By Terrorists, Says Treasury Chief Mnuchin
libra | blockchain e crypto* | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Scotland Produced Enough Wind Energy To Power All Its Homes Twice Over
energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

The Wozniak threshold of AI (from @stevewoz ): a robot enters a random kitchen and has to make a cup of coffee
più seria di quanto sembri a prima vista
#.ai
::: fchollet

Social Media, But Not Video Games, Linked To Depression In Teens, Says Study
social media | games
::: Slashdot

Storm #Area51? It’s a Joke, but the Air Force Is Concerned
Web, Internet
::: RadioProzac

Elon Musk's Neuralink Will Detail Progress in Computer-Brain Interface
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot ::: fabiochiusi

You know Vue.js? Now you know native cross-platform mobile
linguaggi di programmazione
::: NativeScript

Facebook to testify its cryptocurrency will not go ahead without full government approval
libra
::: washingtonpost

Scientists Could Use Aerogel Sheets To Make Mars Surface Fit For Farming
spazio, esplorazione | innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot


Trump's tweet - telling congresswomen to "go back" to the "crime infested places from which they came" - was the first big test for Twitter's new rules against attacks on basis of race or national origin. Experts say: They failed
Twitter | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: drewharwell

#Ostellus is an interactive political #map of the world with a whole new dimension - time
Web, Internet | politica
::: ostellusdotcom

I started seeing type hints in Python code I was working on about a year ago now ...
Python
::: vboykis

An economist explains how to go carbon neutral in our lifetime
ambiente, ecologia
::: wef

Apollo 11 Had a Hidden Hero: Software
“They had to gamble that the kids would rise to the occasion,” says Don Eyles, who in his 20s helped write the software that landed men on the moon
spazio, esplorazione | programming, codice, snippet
::: leHotz

Oh man nobody told me there was a web based Rescue Raiders (Armor Alley)
games
::: codinghorror

Machine Learning Has Been Used To Automatically Translate Long-Lost Languages
machine learning
::: Slashdot

Hey, are you into FONTS? Do you know what KERNING or that other word that typographers use all the time mean? Well, I don't… but that didn't stop me from creating this website that uses your browser to generate weird OpenType fonts
applicazioni, programmi
::: javier

Los Angeles is Finally Ditching Coal -- and Replacing It With Another Polluting Fuel
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
riconoscimento facciale
::: CenDemTech

Three Steps to a Moon Base
50 years ago today, the #Apollo11 astronauts blasted off. Their sortie on the lunar surface lasted 21 hours. Here's the tech that would enable a much longer visit. #projectmoonbase #Apollo50
spazio, esplorazione
::: IEEESpectrum

Ursula von der Leyen's "agenda for Europe" gives great prominence to the ideal of a "new digital world"
thread lungo
regolamentazioni | censura
::: fabiochiusi

Swiss Group That's Supposed To Oversee Privacy For Libra Says It Hasn't Heard From Facebook At All
libra | blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot



Microsoft Word Hits 1 Billion Installs on Google Play
dispositivi mobili | applicazioni, programmi
::: Slashdot

Western Tech Brands Are Recognized in China, But Their Products Are Rarely Used
politica
::: Slashdot

Wall Street Finds Blockchain Hard To Tame After Early Euphoria
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Cause of SpaceX Crew Dragon Explosion Revealed
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

Want Better Integration with Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux? Try This New Metapackage
sistemi operativi
::: dcavedon

an you believe it has been 26 years since the Slackware 1.00 release?
storia | Linux | Linux distro
::: volkerdi

Apple Plans To Bankroll Original Podcasts To Fend Off Rivals
Apple
::: Slashdot

Nokia 2.2 Brings Back the Removable Battery
dispositivi mobili | hardware
::: Slashdot

Very excited to announce that the Microsoft Security Response Center has been investigating @rustlang as a safe alternative for systems programming and is recommending the entire software industry take a serious look into it
linguaggi di programmazione
::: ryan_levick

TikTok is Chinese and FaceApp is Russian. Safe to assume those governments can readily access your data if you use these apps
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: profcarroll

#FaceApp è Russa. Ha una privacypolicy che fa ridere. Addestra le reti neurali russe grazie alla nostra inconsapevole imbecillità e accumula milioni di dati biometrici. Più facile che mandare un Savoini qualsiasi a svendere il paese per 4 rubli
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | riconoscimento facciale
::: CBlengio ::: emenietti ::: SergioGridelli ::: emenietti

#Warning: Every few years, the #FaceApp comes around
riconoscimento facciale
::: scottbudman

Since March 2018, #Chad has blocked social media platforms. The president has decided to finally lift the ban
censura
::: freedomonthenet

An early version of the Apollo guidance computer, known as AGC-3, before
the MIT lab condensed it into a usable model. Photo: Draper.

50 years ago today, Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins and I launched into space on a mission of enormous importance. God bless the 400,000 Americans who helped us get to the moon and back. Together, we Americans can do anything! Never forget July 16, 1969! #Apollo50
spazio, esplorazione | storia
::: TheRealBuzz

La Camera statunitense ha votato una risoluzione che condanna e definisce formalmente razzisti i tweet di Trump contro quattro deputate
Twitter | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: ilpost

...this is a bad time not to be educated. Indeed. #education helps not just to get a #job, it helps as well to understand complex phenomena like #climatechange, #vaccination, #internationaltrade, #evolution or the #EU. And it helps not to be fooled by #FakeNews
scuola, educazione, cultura | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: StNiederhafner

Siamo sicuri di voler dire a Facebook che candidati votiamo alle elezioni?
Ho messo mano ad un paio di documenti ottenuti grazie ad una richiesta FOIA. Come sono stati raccolti i dati di log del prodotto Candidati non è per niente chiaro.
Facebook | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: ORARiccardo

FAQ sulle #emoji per comunicatori distratti
Web, Internet
::: terminologia

Muoversi a Berlino costerà solo un euro al giorno
innovazioni, futuro
::: simopieranni

In Etiopia il nuovo che preoccupa
censura
::: simopieranni

Brexit Party MEP Alexandra Phillips has finally admitted she worked for Cambridge Analytica - the firm for hire to defraud elections in numerous countries - after months of denying she had any connection with the disgraced data company
frodi | politica
::: nicktolhurst

Office 365 declared illegal in German schools due to privacy risks
As a former #HigherEd #CIO, publically elected #K12 school board member, and adjunct university professor, I would never recommend to any educational institution the adoption of any "cloud solutions." They result in vendor lock-in for schools & students
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: massonpj

One of the more interesting charts I have seen about the 2020 contest. Via @sarafischer
's weekly Media Trends newsletter. 'Ad spending by 2020 candidates on Facebook, by topic'
politica | ad, pubblicità | Facebook
::: jayrosen_nyu

.@EU_Commission opens investigation into possible anti-competitive conduct of #Amazon. We will assess whether Amazon's use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace is in breach of @EU_Competition rules
ditte
::: LuciaCaudet

The amazing access to knowledge work of @carlmalamud continues in India where the constitution provides a copyright exception for educational use
scuola, educazione, cultura | copyright e brevetti
::: Joi

Il mondo dei robot disincantati
(OT: Simone è un altro giovane giornalista che rockz! 💥; non solo giornalista)
robots, automazione
::: simopieranni

ACM Conferences and the Cost of Carbon
ambiente, ecologia
::: SIGPLAN Blog


"#PredPol is a software program that uses proprietary algorithms (modeled after equations used to determine earthquake aftershocks) to determine where and when crimes will occur based on data sets of past crimes"
artificial intelligence
::: jaromil

The Journalism AI global survey: what we’ve learned so far
Proud to share some early findings from the #JournalismAI global survey I've been working on in the last months with @CharlieBeckett and @xhgMattia. Expect a full report by this fall, but I can already see some amazing thinking and smart practices here
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

« La narrazione della storia in #Wikipedia: pratiche, ideologie, conflitti » di Nicoletta Bourbaki
frodi | politica
::: zacchiro

Four of the seven Google employees who organized a 20,000-person walkout in November have resigned from the company, including two women who claimed Google retaliated against them for their internal activism
Google
::: WIRED

Netherlands are 1st to share proposal for Copyright Directive implementation, including the education exception. We are thus re-launching the #Copyright for #Education, and begin our monitoring of how new copyright rules will affect educators in EU
copyright e brevetti | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: communia_eu

This is just to say...
cit.
::: CMastication

Pearson Ditches Print Textbooks For College Students in Digital-First Strategy
media | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: Slashdot

Italia, recente decreto golden power ritarda sviluppo 5G
dispositivi mobili | politica | Huawei
::: AndreaPira

Like many other countries, #Australia is heading down an intrusive, authoritarian path online
regolamentazioni | censura
::: accessnow

Microsoft, AT&T Sign Cloud Deal Worth More Than $2 Billion
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

This how excel is meant to be used!
dati, raccolta
::: lemire

Dopo una benedetta moratoria (che a questo punto ricomincerà molto presto) mia figlia
social media
::: cobrampi

The entire Apollo 11 computer code is available on @github
storia | programming, codice, snippet
::: mrpiercEy


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