29 agosto, 2019

Visto nel Web - 426

Tempi interessanti, difficile tenersi aggiornati, o sono solo io? Intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.



New Study Finds Humans Experience Greatest Feelings Of Joy When
umorismo
::: TheOnion

Fake #climate science videos have millions of views on YouTube. Here’s what scientists can do about it
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: RadioProzac

When choosing #tech one should always put into account regression issues and perspectives of backward compatibility, especially for public infrastructure. How many #smartcity projects are doing that? enterprise stacks often fail at long term compatibility
economia, lavoro
::: jaromil

Hong Kong protesters took down a “smart lamppost” and found suspicious Chinese-made components that could facilitate state surveillance. The HK government previously announced plans to fill the city with them to “collect traffic and weather data.” The plot thickens...
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jasonyng

UK Cybersecurity Agency Urges Devs To Drop Python 2
Python
::: Slashdot

C'è un'estensione per i browser che si chiama "Twitter Block Chain" e praticamente bloccano tutti i follower di un profilo. Tu scrivi una cosa che loro non condividono, per sbaglio la vedono e bloccano te e tutti quelli che ti seguono. Bah, si troveranno in 4 scemi prima o poi
Twitter
::: barbonmattia

stando abbastanza lontana dai social
umorismo
::: martacagnola

Happy Birthday, Linux!
Linux
::: dcavedon ::: MIT_CSAIL ::: Slashdot

The Facebook Users Who Can't Get Their Accounts Back
Facebook | frodi
::: Slashdot

Pearls Before Swine for August 25, 2019
umorismo
::: _juhan

Some Original Berkeley Unix Pioneers Still Work On The FreeBSD Project
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

Police Sell Cyberattackers $1M Bitcoin Stash To Compensate Victims
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Musk and Bezos' Satellite Internet Could Save Consumers Billions of Dollars
Web, Internet | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot


During one hurricane briefing at the White House, Trump said, "I got it. I got it. Why don't we nuke them?"
politica | ambiente, ecologia
::: fabiochiusi

How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon
ditte
::: fabiochiusi

#Robotic tentacles are here - robotic arms inspired by Octopus
robots, automazione
::: Julez_Norton

Thanks @NASA
umorismo
::: Caterina

We are delighted to announce that guidelines are now available to seamlessly archive research software in @swheritage and reference it in research articles
open source
::: SWHeritage

Circa la metà delle ricerche su Google finisce senza clic verso altri siti
Google
::: emenietti

For those of you going back to work, I salute you. And I’d like to share Section 12 of the OSS’ Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944) (declassified): General Devices for Lowering Morale and Creating Confusion
ehi! interessante 🤩
umorismo
::: monteiro

How can we keep access to news & culture open to people? How can we prevent #paywalls from furthering the #digitaldivide?
open source
::: annamasera

Nihil sub sole novum
umorismo
::: pestapere

*PTSD intensifies*
siamo ancora in ferie
umorismo
::: erikaheidi

This is how a cone-placement machine works
ooh!
::: ThingsWork


site — Site-wide Configuration
Python
::: pymotw

#SBCL 1.5.6 released: now with mostly-functional 64-bit PowerPC support on Linux
lisp(s)
::: ascii19

I am super psyched about this improvement to exhaustiveness checking in GHC 8.8
programmazione funzionale
::: lexi_lambda

It’s a tux race. Just tap a Linux tux and retweet please
umorismo
::: nixcraft

To sum up the position of tech firms
social media | censura
::: DaveLeeBBC

U.S. officials fear ransomware attack against 2020 election
frodi
::: fabiochiusi

Facebook has succeeded in blocking a pioneering order by Germany’s Federal Cartel Office earlier this year that would have banned it from combining data on users across its own suite of social platforms — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — without their consent
dati, raccolta | Facebook
::: fabiochiusi

A developer copying code from @StackOverflow
umorismo
::: biwills

#Fedor si scusa per il ritardo
spazio, esplorazione | robots, automazione
::: AstronautiCAST ::: AstronautiCAST

Facebook sperimenta Threads, una nuova app contro Snapchat
Facebook
::: emenietti

I'll add that you can format your books using @libreoffice - which is how I did all of mine. It was a snap! LibreOffice made it so easy, and the results look great!
applicazioni, programmi | open source
::: jimfhall

"MIT is a bastion of knowledge, yet on global warming politics & the fossil fuel industry, my alma mater exhibits a shocking combination of ignorance, ambivalence, & naiveté." ⬅️ My take to @latimes's @hiltzikm about @MIT's glowing obituary to David Koch
scuola, educazione, cultura | ambiente, ecologia
::: GeoffreySupran


This and the dynamics behind the #freeolabini case are the biggest opportunity to analyse, dissect and trace an intelligence network operating through media manipulation to hit innocent #ethical #hackers for their engagement in changing the world and make it more fair
Web, Internet | disinformazione, fake news, bufale | politica
::: jaromil

Huawei in Talks To Install Russian OS On Tablets For Country's Population Census
politica | sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

Many EU organizations have moved to #selfhosted productivity with #Nextcloud. Time for the Dutch government to follow their footsteps after being "cheesed off at Microsoft"
Web, Internet
::: Nextclouders ::: Nextclouders

wrote a short thread on how awesome bash variable expansion and word splitting rules are for all my followers who are masochists but haven’t gotten into shell programming yet
Lexi continua con le sue lezioni su cose difficili
linguaggi di programmazione
::: lexi_lambda

Yamaha developed an AI system that translates motion into music
ooh!
::: mashable

The Fairphone 3 Packs in Features While Keeping Its Green Credentials
hardware | dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

Exercises to help you learn curl
manuali, how to
::: b0rk

Six years after the @Snowden revelations, two governments describe their mass surveillance programmes - but who even noticed?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: privacyint

Sweden has served its first GDPR fine to a municipality where a high school conducted a pilot program that used facial recognition technology to record student attendance
riconoscimento facciale
::: PrivacyProject

Bernie Sanders Thinks We May Want to Tax Silicon Valley to Save Journalism
media | politica
::: Slashdot

What is one person's axiom is another person's theorem
matematica
::: mathematicsprof

So one piece of advice I give people, generally, about having to do something for the first time is to remember that even if it's brand new for you, it won't be brand new for the people you're dealing with, nor will you be the first newbie that they help
tip, suggerimenti
::: AlexandraErin


Former Google self-driving car engineer charged with theft of trade secrets
automazione | frodi
::: fabiochiusi

A year ago, researchers broke the encryption of the Tesla Model S keyless entry system, showing hackers could wirelessly clone key fobs to steal cars. Tesla made new fobs. Now the same researchers found a bug in the new fobs and cracked them again
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: a_greenberg

Facial recognition is being rolled out in cities worldwide with few safeguards. It's used by ICE, CBP, and across public space. Bad when it fails, bad when it works. It's time for a moratorium
riconoscimento facciale
::: katecrawford

Industrial and commercial applications are becoming the biggest market for the Raspberry Pi
hardware
::: IEEESpectrum

"Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence" by James Lovelock. The Gaia theorist offers the vision of a future epoch-#Novacene- in which humans and #AI together will help the #Earth survive
artificial intelligence
::: Nereide

LIFTHOP!
spazio, esplorazione
::: AstronautiCAST ::: quantizzando

Trojan Dropper Malware Found In CamScanner Android App With 100+ Million Downloads
frodi
::: Slashdot

My favorite part of programming
cit.
::: RichRogersIoT

Funders are ready to pull out Of Facebook's academic data sharing project. They gave the company until Sept. 30 to provide key data
Facebook
::: CraigSilverman

If we start talking reimbursement, it would make much more sense to ask multinationals to reimburse France (and the US, etc) for all the taxes dodged over time
ditte | economia, lavoro
::: gabriel_zucman ::: gabriel_zucman

YouTube just released a letter to creators from @SusanWojcicki and it's notable for how little is relevant to creators. Its theme is keeping YouTube an open platform - and should be read as YouTube trying to frame the narrative ahead of regulation
social media
::: stokel


Several high-profile game developers publicly accused of sexual assault
games
::: formicablu

Three ways that city-living erodes gender inequality
ambiente, ecologia | cose di tutti i giorni, la vita
::: DaveEvansPhD

A wise reality check on claims of the Amazon as a meaningful source of oxygen to Earth’s atmosphere, by atmospheric scientist @AirScottDenning
ambiente, ecologia
::: neiltyson

Bitcoin surpassed PayPal in yearly transaction volume at $1.3 Trillion
blockchain e crypto*
::: JWilliamsFstmed

China’s Long March to Technological Supremacy
politica | Web, Internet | innovazioni, futuro
::: fabiochiusi

Optional chaining syntax is coming to JavaScript!
linguaggi di programmazione
::: v8js

[new blog] @msrconf Paper Review: The @SWHeritage Graph Dataset, the largest publicly available dataset of source code metadata
storia | open source
::: sourcedtech

7 Awesome #Linux Media Center Distros for Your HTPC!
Linux
::: MakeUseOf

Microsoft Readies exFAT Patents For Linux and Open Source
open source
::: slashdot

Telegram Will Launch Its Gram Cryptocurrency By October 31 Or Bust
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Avast and French police take over malware botnet and disinfect 850,000 computers
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: _mrbyte

No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface
cit.
::: RichRogersIoT

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