01 agosto, 2019

Visto nel Web - 418

Fa caldo, troppo, e tutti che sono in ferie o vacanze e postano cose diverse dal solito; ma resisto e vi dico cosa ho wisto nel Web.


Aneddoto non #buonista, sul perché i #social c’entrano fino ad un certo punto #razzismo #Mediasocial media | media
::: sdallagata

This algorithm can tell if you got an AI to do your homework for you
artificial intelligence
::: techreview

'YouTube's Plan To Rein In Conspiracy Theories Is Failing'
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot

ESO's #VLT counteracts the blurriness of stars caused by the atmosphere through use of the 4 Laser Guide Star Facility (4LGSF), which creates artificial stars acting as reference points
tecnologia
::: ESO

Thread on a crucial issue of our times: political journalism must change, fundamentally and now
media
::: fabiochiusi

Magnus Carlsen in 1600 #Rubik's Cubes! I had never seen something like this. @cubearting, thanks. That's so very cool! I'm a real fan of @MagnusCarlsen
ooh!
::: Nereide

Ho la macchina col rilevatore di stanchezza
umorismo
::: barba_emme

Thought exercise: a friend texts you from an unknown number saying they've been hacked, asking for some sensitive info. If you assume that the hackers got access to their email and potentially their social media as well, what questions can you ask to verify they are who they say?
al momento manca ancora la 42
cose di tutti i giorni, la vita
::: jeanqasaur

Hot Weather Cuts French, German Nuclear Power Output
energia
::: Slashdot

AI protein-folding algorithms solve structures faster than ever
artificial intelligence
::: marcoscan

What percentage of all global fossil fuel CO₂ emissions since 1751 have occurred in my lifetime
ambiente, ecologia
::: neilrkaye

Remember the guy who hit a drone with a javelin at a medieval reenactment thing?
automazione
::: panarin_misha ::: Jillbles

My unpopular Twitter opinion: There should be no edit button. Our annoyance w typos isn’t worth the new form of gaslighting it would enable
Twitter
::: biochembelle

Looks like it took a while for us to learn about that whole aerodynamics thing
innovazioni, futuro
::: devonzuegel


YouTubers Union Teams With Actual Labor Union To Pressure YouTube
social media
::: Slashdot

Privacy-Focused Android Q Still Lets Advertisers Track You
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Time for witches to upgrade from brooms 🧙‍♀🧹
umorismo
::: devonzuegel

Which processes are listening on a specific port
tip, suggerimenti
::: commandlinefu

Is The Internet Making Us Better Writers?
Web, Internet | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: Slashdot

Facebook's Co-Founder Is Now Lobbying the Government To Break Up The Company
Facebook
::: Slashdot

Results from our new paper on data-driven physics simulation for games. Produces 300 to 4000 times speedup over standard physics simulations by combining Machine Learning, subspace simulation, and lots of training data!
machine learning
::: anorangeduck

Algorithmic recommendations are bad for you!—>”Algorithm Overdependence: How the Use of Algorithmic Recommendation Systems Can Increase Risks to Consumer Well-Being”
algoritmi, codice
::: evgenymorozov

Even top-performing facial recognition systems misidentify black people at rates 5 to 10 times higher than they do white people
algoritmi, codice | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: WIRED

5G May Drain Batteries, While Base Stations Will Require Three Times As Much Power
5G
::: Slashdot

Great article by @MayaPosch to cut through the hype of #brain-#computer #interface.Settles what can be done and what is useful for: very little IMHO, mostly reverse-engineering non-deterministic signals
innovazioni, futuro
::: jaromil

Madrid banned cars from the city center. Then a new right wing coalition reversed it. Then the courts and mass protests forced the government's hand to keep the ban in place. Banning cars is now mainstream politics
ambiente, ecologia
::: A_W_Gordon

The #! magic, details about the shebang/hash-bang mechanism on various Unix flavours
notevole; quante cose non sapevo (ma non so se servono); ripensandoci: cose vecchie & mi ha fatto perdere tempo; ma OK
programming, codice, snippet | storia
::: jpmens

Meet the Canon Cat, the forgotten 1987 alternate-reality Mac
storia
::: rossrubin


Decades-Old Computer Science 'Boolean Sensitivity' Conjecture Solved in Two Pages
matematica
::: Slashdot

When you cannot find a satisfying name for a variable or a method
umorismo
::: mariofusco

In this series of articles, Al Jazeera examines how Twitter in the Middle East has changed since the #ArabSpring
politica | Twitter
::: AJEnglish

And /mnt/fd0 is no more. Rest in peace dear floppy
Linux
::: Gianlucadfiore

EFF Argues For 'Empowerment, Not Censorship' Online
censura
::: Slashdot

Skybot F-850
robots, automazione
::: roscosmos

Stephan Pastis 28-7
umorismo
::: stephanpastis

Lesson here — don't learn React only, also learn JavaScript. Don't only learn Bootstrap, also learn CSS
programming, codice, snippet
::: jensimmons

These are called Borwein integrals named after David and Jonathan Borwein, father-and-son mathematicians who first introduced them in 2001. If you extrapolate you will find that when you add the next obvious factor sinc(x/15) this sequence fails
matematica
::: fermatslibrary

sbcl-1.5.5 released -- get it while it's fresh! #sbcl #lisp
lisp(s)
::: ascii19

"...the recent data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica does not represent a false start but the dark future of digital communications management"
frodi
::: evgenymorozov

Can Robots Solve America's Recycling Crisis?
robots, automazione | ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Do y’all remember, before the internet, that people thought the cause of stupidity was the lack of access to information?
cose di tutti i giorni, la vita | Web, Internet
::: bamafangrl


Learn #Rust - The Hard Bits
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Gianlucadfiore

The Anatomy of Web Components
programming, codice, snippet
::: Gianlucadfiore

Block all IPv4 addresses that has brute forcing our ssh server
tip, suggerimenti
::: commandlinefu

Did Facebook End The Encryption Debate?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

BiGAN implementation in Keras to detect similarities between images of landscapes
TensorFlow e Keras
::: fchollet

'Never-Googlers' Take Extreme Measures To Avoid Data Tracking
mi sembra eccessivo, decisamente
dati, raccolta
::: Slashdot

Malicious code in the purescript NPM installer
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: newsycombinator

namespaces in C++ are what I would call a “bad good idea”
linguaggi di programmazione
::: lemire

The Great Hack
politica | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | dati, raccolta
::: jacopo_iacoboni

Here's the next PEG installment
Python
::: gvanrossum

'No More Ransom' Decryption Tools Prevent $108M In Ransomware Payments
frodi
::: Slashdot

Privacy Group Challenges FTC's Small Facebook Settlement, Also Wants an Admission of Guilt
Facebook
::: Slashdot

Which means these are bad rules
Twitter
::: fabiochiusi


Why we fight for crypto
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: carolafrediani

Al „La La Lab – Die Mathematik der Musik“ dell'Heidelberg Laureate Forum sono stato subito attratto da una tastiera con quattro diverse intonazioni: equabile, pitagorico, naturale e mesotonico
matematica | hardware
::: dionisoo

Se usate @ProtonMail attenzione a una pericolosa campagna di phishing
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: carolafrediani

Open Source RISC-V License Helps Alibaba Sidestep US Trade War
hardware | politica
::: Slashdot

Migliorare il proprio codice Elixir in tre mosse
programmazione funzionale
::: dottorblaster

Quest'anno partiranno le installazioni del #5G la #Tecnologia che promette la rivoluzione delle nostre reti in tre mosse: collegamenti più veloci, connettività per milioni di apparati e reti completamente dinamiche
5G
::: Scientificast

Twitter’s second-quarter profit balloons to $1.1 billion on one-time tax benefit; number of daily users rises to record 139 million
Twitter
::: gdt62

Programming Algorithms: A Crash Course in Lisp
lisp(s)
::: Lisp, the Universe and Everything

Comparisons in C++20
linguaggi di programmazione
::: b3h3m0th

"Firmware Security" Why It Matters and How You Can Have It
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: b3h3m0th

Latte Dock 0.9 Brings More Bling to the Plasma Desktop
tool, componente software
::: dcavedon

Understanding Malware
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: b3h3m0th

Quando i genitori non leggono - Il Sole 24 ORE
non riesco a capire perché si riferiscano a Twitter e non a Facebook; o frequento gente atipica?
social media
::: zacchiro


GitHub Confirms it Has Blocked Developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea
censura | politica
::: Slashdot

Researchers from Tokyo Tech were able to power an LED light with this new battery by using a hot plate as the heat source
innovazioni, futuro
::: IEEESpectrum

How to use cyclical learning rates to train your models faster
machine learning
::: fchollet

What happens to repression when information is abundant and manipulation invisible. Some very good points here by @peterpomeranzev. The disinformation age: a revolution in propaganda
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: fabiochiusi

A new AI-based tool can detect the telltale sign of a deepfake image at the level of single pixels #deepfake #AI #ML
machine learning
::: IEEESpectrum

New @pewresearch data that Americans have become less positive about tech companies. There is a 21-point drop in views about firms' impact on the way things are going in the country - and backers of both parties are similarly disillusioned
ditte | tecnologia
::: lrainie

Ring has never disclosed how many partnerships it has with police. I obtained documents via a public records request — they show Ring told police that it’s partnered with 200 law enforcement agencies around the country
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: carolineha_

I ~never want a site to send me browser push notifications
ad, pubblicità | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: devonzuegel

5 Programming Languages That Are Probably Doomed
c'è anche Haskell tra i 5, credibile?
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

Grand Theft Auto Maker Has Paid No UK Corporation Tax in 10 Years
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

For a year, I dove into a dark corner of Facebook and Instagram, where con artists impersonate American servicemen to scam vulnerable women. To illustrate the fraud's personal toll, I followed one scam, from Florida to Nigeria. Here is that tragic story
frodi | Facebook
::: jacknicas

One of the fun techniques to black-box
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: LeaKissner

Tesla Cars Will Soon Be Able To Stream Netflix and YouTube
social media
::: Slashdot

Canada Invests $65 Million in Satellite Company To Narrow Broadband Gap For Remote Areas
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot


#Machinelearning has the potential to make some real inroads against our biggest threat. Some of the biggest names in #AIresearch have laid out a road map suggesting how machine learning can help save our #planet and humanity from imminent peril
machine learning
::: Nereide

76% of UK's National Health Service PCs Not on Windows 10 Despite Looming Deadline
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

200 Million Devices -- Some Mission-Critical -- Vulnerable To Remote Takeover
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

The Google Pixel 4 Will Have Built-In Radar and Unlock With a Face Scan
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

US Files Lawsuit Against Bitcoin Exchange That Helped Launder Ransomware Profits
blockchain e crypto* | frodi
::: Slashdot

Amazon Is Quietly Exploring Unusual Grocery Store Format, NYT Report Says
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot

CBS News Investigation Finds Fraudulent Court Orders Used To Change Google Search Results
frodi
::: Slashdot

Scientists Create Contact Lenses That Zoom When You Blink Twice
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot

In a 1st, Doctors In US Use CRISPR Tool To Treat Patient With Genetic Disorder
innovazioni, futuro | etica
::: Slashdot

Gia, ci sono SERISSIMI problemi in vista: usare gli strumenti di Facebook su un sito web rende co-titolari... #GDPR
social media | regolamentazioni
::: lastknight

Capital One Says Hacker Breached Accounts of 100 Million People; Ex-Amazon Employee Arrested
frodi
::: Slashdot

Huawei's first-half revenue growth accelerates despite U.S. sanctions
Huawei
::: simopieranni

Plan 9 from Bell Labs Gets Early Support for the Raspberry Pi 4
sistemi operativi | hardware
::: nixcraft


A recently released report provides some detail on what happened—and a reminder that for all the delivery drone hype, there are some basic problems that are still not totally solved
robots, automazione
::: IEEESpectrum

Nel laboratorio cinese dei sogni hi-tech: Pubblichiamo un reportage da Pechino uscito sul Manifesto, che ringraziamo. di Simone Pieranni Cina. Smart city, veicoli a guida autonoma e controllo: Innoway è la via di Pechino
innovazioni, futuro
::: giovannidalloli

US Issues Hacking Security Alert for Small Planes
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

If a binary tree wore pants
umorismo
::: MIT_CSAIL

This transistor is the shape of things to come. And it's not going anywhere
The Nanosheet Transistor Is the Next (and Maybe Last) Step in Moore’s Law
hardware
::: IEEESpectrum

Apple's AWDL Protocol Plagued By Flaws That Enable Tracking and MitM Attacks
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Chapter 9 of "Deep Learning with JavaScript" was recently released to #MEAP. It covers the basics of generative deep learning (VAE, GAN, & RNN-based sequence generation) and how to train and serve such models in TensorFlow.js
machine learning
::: sqcai

Qualcuno di voi si ricorda la prima interfaccia di Twitter? Non aveva la funzione Retweet e dovevate copiare il testo e poi aggiungere RT. Chris Wetherell inventore del RT dichiarò : il pulsante RT è stato come dare una pistola carica a un bambino di 4 anni
Twitter
::: alex_orlowski

Imagining a new interface: Hands-free communication without saying a word
Today we’re sharing an update on our work to build a non-invasive wearable device that lets people type just by imagining what they want to say. Our progress shows real potential in how future inputs and interactions with AR glasses could one day look
innovazioni, futuro
::: boztank ::: Slashdot ::: IEEESpectrum

The Sun has set on "The Network Is the Computer," but the tagline has risen with another company. Thoughts?
storia
::: IEEESpectrum

Don't forget to tune in later today for our earnings call
umorismo
::: TimothyCookothy

'Five Eyes' nations discuss backdoor access to WhatsApp
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fabiochiusi ::: carolafrediani

It's 2019, and One Third of Businesses Still Have Active Windows XP Deployments
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot


Ecco allora un giochino (semplice) per l'estate
matematica
::: orporick

Today, we are very excited to announce #xrdesktop, a new #opensource project sponsored by #Valve, enabling interaction with traditional #Linux desktop environments
chissà...
Linux
::: Collabora

Blender 2.80 is Here, And It Blows the Pants Off Any Release Before It
applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

Sony and LG Continue To Struggle To Sell Smartphones
dispositivi mobili | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

‘No way to prevent this’, Says Only Development Community Where This Regularly Happens #NPM #Javascript
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Carnage4Life

Google Reveals Fistful of Flaws In Apple's iMessage App
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot ::: carolafrediani

Government wants aces to your private communications - today it’s for child abuse, drugs and terrorism. But what might a Government tomorrow use it for?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: paullewismoney

The Hottest Phones For the Next Billion Users Aren't Smartphones
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

China Is On Track To Beat Its Peak-Emissions Pledge
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Why did the Industrial Revolution start when it did? Why did Silicon Valley happen in California rather than Japan or Boston? Human progress is understudied, and @patrickc and @tylercowen want to change that
innovazioni, futuro
::: TheAtlantic

Researchers: Anonymized data does little to protect user privacy
The best approach is to not collect the data in the first place. This is why elementary is so careful when it comes to user data—we actually deeply care about your privacy, and just don’t collect anything from you
dati, raccolta
::: CassidyJames

Purity
vecchia ma fondamentale
scienza | matematica
::: xkcd

University of California Sues Five Major Retailers Over Edison-Style LED Bulbs
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Twitter Suspends Conspiracy Account After Trump Retweet
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | Twitter
::: carolafrediani


E gnente...questo parte da "-1"...deve esse dei 5Stelle....
Twitter
::: SignorErnesto

Cos’è la “finestra di vulnerabilità”? Perché è fondamentale aggiornare sempre i nostri dispositivi?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: marcogovoni

Essay with Louis J. Kang as companion piece to WIRED article on Impact Investing
non so bene come classificarlo
::: Joi

Questo tweet è il miglior editoriale possibile sul 2019
social media | scuola, educazione, cultura | politica
::: fabiochiusi

Instagram Purges Meme Accounts, Shutting Down Pages With Millions of Followers
social media
::: Gianlucadfiore

Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in data-sharing project
The Data Transfer Project wants to make it easy to move data between services
dati, raccolta
::: fabiochiusi

Linux Mint 19.2 is Now Available to Download
Linux distro
::: dcavedon

Drawing is a Promising ‘Microsoft Paint’ Alternative for Linux
applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

iPhone Bluetooth Traffic Leaks Phone Numbers -- in Certain Scenarios
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Memory is really the bottleneck
Michigan team builds memristors atop standard CMOS logic to demo a system that can do a variety of edge computing AI tasks
hardware
::: IEEESpectrum

North Carolina County Lost $1.7 Million in BEC Scam
frodi
::: carolafrediani

Clear, practical, useful advices for journalists in order to enhance their digital security. I recommend it -> Digital Safety Kit - Committee to Protect Journalists
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: carolafrediani

Your Next iPhone Might Be Made in Vietnam. Thank the Trade War
hardware | politica
::: Slashdot


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