Visto nel Web - 461

Verso la fine dell'anno ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.

The Snail-Mail Card is Taking on More Significance in the Age of Social Mediamaybe, ma me no 🙄
media
::: Slashdot

Uniqlo's Tokyo Warehouse is 90% Robotic
automazione
::: Slashdot

In leap for quantum computing, #silicon quantum bits establish a long-distance relationship
quantum computing
::: physorg_com

Actix web 2.0.0 is released - a small, pragmatic, and extremely fast web framework for @rustlang
linguaggi di programmazione
::: fafhrd91

Finalmente 'sti pseudo-politicanti si stanno togliendo dalle palle da Twitter cercando di invadere altri social come #TikTok e voi li perculate?
social media | politica
::: Genjuro75 ::: redellabaracca

locking horns on the holidays smh
Edward Snowden
::: Snowden

It is very worrying how #Linux development is going down the wrong path. Here a signal from 100% libre distro Hyperbola listing reasons for a switch to BSD
Linux
::: jaromil

I just completed "Tractor Beam" - Day 19 - Advent of Code 2019
Python
::: marcodelmastro

Behind Samsung's $116 Billion Bid for Chip Supremacy
hardware
::: Slashdot

Since Egyptian authorities blocked access to our website in May 2017, we've circumvented the block and made mirrors for the site. But each one we made would eventually be blocked. That’s why we've made a new mirror on the Tor network that can’t be blocked
censura
::: MadaMasr

I’ve been taking the holiday as an opportunity to return to my effect system experiments! I’ve been playing with a different approach based on an implementation of delimited control using “metacontinuations.” Lots of interesting tradeoffs, but I like what I’ve been seeing so far!
programmazione funzionale
::: lexi_lambda

The main reason why FP is taking time to become mainstream is the unnecessary complexities often introduced by many of its evangelists. Special jargon and fancy operators are mostly used to show off cleverness. If you're a FP genius you will be able to explain it in simple words
programmazione funzionale
::: mariofusco

My holiday project has been reading through "How to Design Programs" (HtDP). Enjoying it so far, but not entirely quite sure what to make of it yet (viewing it as a teacher)
thread
programming, codice, snippet | language Racket
::: dabeaz

Iran Curbs Internet Before Possible New Protests
censura
::: Slashdot

Pentagon Wants Open-Source 5G Plan in Campaign Against Huawei
5G | cyberwar
::: Slashdot

What's deep learning? The "common usage" definition as of 2019 would be "chains of differentiable parametric layers trained end-to-end with backprop". But this definition seems overly restrictive to me. It describes *how we do DL today*, not *what it is*
deep learning
::: fchollet

130-page #MachineLearning cheat sheet with classical equations & diagrams, to assist in preparation for job interviews or quick recall of #ML knowledge and ideas
machine learning
::: KirkDBorne

Just published at comp-think.github.io an #OpenAccess #CCBY book I wrote to teach #ComputationalThinking and #Programming in #Python to #DH students — it also includes Python sources, 90 exercises with keys, and additional material, all code licensed with #ISC #OpenEdu #Coding
ancora da vedere ma sembra mooolto-OK
programming, codice, snippet | Python
::: essepuntato

So, "deep learning" is the idea of doing representation learning via a chain of learned feature extractors. It's all about describing some input data via *deep hierarchies of features*, where features are *learned*. A further question is then: is the brain "deep learning"?
deep learning
::: fchollet

Get Issue 1 of @GigaOm's #DeepDiveIntoAI report on Explainable AI for free. Each month I author this in-depth report exploring a key #AI trend or topic
artificial intelligence
::: byronreese

Me scrolling a README and finding the sentence: "For the next version I'm going to rewrite it in Rust"
umorismo
::: jaromil

The US Government Has Approved Funds for Geoengineering Research
boh, chissà...
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Turkey's Wikipedia Ban Violates Rights, Top Court Rules
censura
::: Slashdot

The Obama’s on their wedding day, 1992

How to Install gThumb on Ubuntu 18.04 & Above
Ubuntu | applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

The State of JavaScript 2019
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

I have been rewriting a C++ lib in C over the last few days because I learned that I’m just not capable of writing sane C++ code. It feels much more comfortable to write for sure and readable too
linguaggi di programmazione
::: mitsuhiko

Tech launches by year
innovazioni, futuro
::: MIT_CSAIL

Ring's Security Woes Cause Some Tech Review Sites To Rethink Glowing Endorsements
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

New Rule Would Make it Possible To Track and Identify Nearly All Drones Flying in the US
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | droni
::: Slashdot

How is "large company given tax breaks and grants by its government over the years" considered news? Because China is scary?
economia, lavoro | Huawei
::: corbindavenport

Washington's New Anti-Robocall Law Won't Stop the Calls. Here's Why
web-bot, robocall
::: Slashdot

Robots, anticipazioni della robocalypse
😂...useless box📦
automazione
::: rjkmr__klrz

Amazon Researchers Use AI To Improve the Recognition of Curved Text
tecnologia | artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

√2 raised to itself infinitely many times is 2
matematica
::: InertialObservr

Google Brain's AI Achieves State-of-the-Art Text Summarization Performance
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

I swear every iOS update makes my phone less usable. Last update required me to go to setting to ACTUALLY disable Bluetooth. Now takes me twice as many clicks to move an email to a folder, my most common email activity
innovazioni, futuro
::: wilbowma

Why Do 88% of Americans Use a Second Screen While Watching TV?
media
::: Slashdot

Baidu Has a New Trick For Teaching AI the Meaning of Language
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

Don't trust integer overflow. It destroyed my dating life
umorismo
::: cahollenbeck

Electric Bikes and Scooters Will Stay Illegal In New York Thanks To Governor Cuomo
energia
::: Slashdot

YouTube Goes To War With Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

📢 TensorFlow 2.1.0-rc2 has been released!
machine learning | Python
::: TensorFlow

Oggi Sergio Rizzo su Repubblica scrive un impressionante lista di sciocchezze sull’Italia digitale di cui evidentemente non sa nulla. Prima confonde SPID con ANPR, poi dice che @quinta è il presidente di Agid, poi che Agid ha scritto il piano 2025. Un vero disastro giornalistico
giornali, stampa | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: mante

This 40-Year-Old Transistor Changed the Communications Industry
The @Fujitsu_Global high electron mobility transistor is now an IEEE Milestone
storia | hardware
::: IEEESpectrum

Open access discussions
open source
::: valeriadepaiva

Most people reading this have tried using Google Reverse Image Search -- it's pretty easy! But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Our new guide goes into excruciating detail on various reverse image searching engines, and how to creatively use them
Web, Internet | algoritmi, codice
::: bellingcat

Full Circle Magazine #152
Ubuntu
::: fullcirclemag

Wikimedia Says It is Deeply Concerned About India's Proposed Intermediary Liability Rules
censura | Wikipedia
::: Slashdot

China Shows Its Dominance in Surveillance Technology China Shows Its Dominance in Surveillance Technology
Cina | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Open Source ML (Machine Learning) Software and Libs for developers
machine learning | open source
::: nixcraft

#Facebook inoltra reclamo contro ordinanza di riattivazione degli account #Casapound
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | Facebook
::: sdallagata

China To Complete Beidou Competitor To GPS With New Launches
spazio, esplorazione | Web, Internet | Cina
::: Slashdot

This is super cool: @libretro is using AI to add screen reader support to emulated games, so people who are blind can play them
artificial intelligence | games
::: corbindavenport

Facebook Messenger Now Requires a Facebook Account To Join
social media | Facebook
::: Slashdot

I finally completed "Slam Shuffle" - Day 22 - Advent of Code 2019 https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/22 #AdventOfCode. I took me some time to familiarise modular algebra and to recall the sum of a geometrical series, but solution works and it's all mine! Code & note
Python
::: marcodelmastro

The world's 500 wealthiest people gained $1.2 trillion this year, boosting their collective net worth 25% to $5.9 trillion
economia, lavoro
::: business

Something lost in debates about static vs dynamic typing or OO vs FP and so on is your own enjoyment. While it is difficult to objectively measure productivity, developers definitely have personal preferences. All else being equal, just pick the one that makes you happy
linguaggi di programmazione
::: slava_pestov

Gentoo-Based Calculate Linux 20 Now Available For Download
Linux distro
::: Slashdot

Microsoft's Andrew Shuman on the Cortana App's Death, Natural Language, and Alexa
applicazioni, programmi
::: Slashdot

Turkey Unveils First Fully Homemade Car In $3.7 Billion Bet On Electric
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

A headphone equipped with this AI system is unlikely to prevent most pedestrian deaths—but a few seconds of warning might help spare some lives
artificial intelligence
::: IEEESpectrum

The “sample” function in the statistical programming language R is biased
linguaggi di programmazione | bug
::: lemire

Learn what all the fuss is about containerizing apps with this great Ruby on Rails 💎 tutorial
linguaggi di programmazione
::: lisaironcutter

The 1997 LSTM paper by Hochreiter & Schmidhuber has become the most cited deep learning research paper of the 20th century
machine learning | storia
::: slashML

Apple News No Longer Supports RSS
novità
::: Slashdot

An Apple Store employee wrote to me asking why retail workers get the same wages during the holiday period despite busier stores. This was quite alarming as I had no idea we paid them anything at all
umorismo
::: TimothyCookothy

Amazon, Ring Face Class-Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Security Camera Hacks
riconoscimento facciale
::: Slashdot

How to Turn a Raspberry Pi Into a VPN-Secured Travel Router
hardware | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: MakeUseOf

#comingout
umorismo
::: Genjuro75

You Are Literally Working for Silicon Valley and Don’t Know It by Jacob Silverman
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fabiochiusi

Mark Zuckerberg's personal wealth increased by $27.3 BILLION in 2019
protagonisti | economia, lavoro
::: JuddLegum

Want to teach you kids how to code? Several programming tools are available. Here's our choice of the best coding apps for kids
scuola, educazione, cultura | programming, codice, snippet
::: MakeUseOf

Debian vote is tallied: wins "Systemd but we support exploring alternatives" the order of results (B, F, D) shows again a divided community, but with an effective majority of Init Freedom proponents
Linux distro
::: jaromil

In Olanda sentenza storica sul clima: lo Stato, portato in tribunale dai cittadini, condannato a ridurre le emissioni inquinanti. Un precedente fondamentale: per la Corte suprema l’inazione sull’emergenza climatica viola i diritti umani
ambiente, ecologia
::: ellyesse

A proposito di gradini informativi scesi oggi su Repubblica Massimo Arcangeli, esaminatore a un concorso per dirigente scolastico della sottosegretaria M5S Azzolina ci informa che la candidata in quell’occasione prese uno “stramerirato” 0 in informatica e un 5 (su 12) in inglese
scuola, educazione, cultura | politica
::: mante

This Innovative Business Card Also Runs Linux
mooolto interessante 🤩
hardware
::: dcavedon

The science events to watch for in 2020
scienza
::: dcastelvecchi

Get those files transferred so fast it'll make your head spin
tool, componente software
::: MakeUseOf

I Asked My Students To Turn In Their Cellphones and Write About Living Without Them
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

Sarebbe interessante vedere questa tecnologia applicata al viaggio inteplanetario. Se ha velocità così fantascientifiche in atmosfera figuriamoci nello spazio!
tecnologia
::: real_fabristol

Finally got to updating "Things you’re probably not using in Python 3 – but should" post to reflect #Python 3.8!
Python
::: Weenkus

US Tests Ways To Sweep Space Clean of Radiation After Nuclear Attack
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

Apple’s latest filing in the Corellium case is HORRIFYING. It effectively will set a precedent which makes unsanctioned research of Apple products *ILLEGAL*. This “security focused” company is sending a clear message here: look into our shit and we will ruin your life
ne so niente, riporto per --chissà...
Apple | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jamiebishop123

Mass surveillance of social networks, facial recognition, collection of travel data, repression of journalists and whistleblowers, police impunity. Macron's "StartUpNation" is a police state in the service of business
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | riconoscimento facciale
::: listnux

Interesting lock
cose che mi sarebbe piaciuto fare io
tecnologia
::: FabulousWeird

Fast Retailing, the World's Third-Largest Retailer, Says It's Cracked the Final Barrier To Full Automation
automazione
::: Slashdot

Tails will soon support Secure Boot! This will remove a major blocker for less tech-savvy users to adopt Tails :-)
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Tails_live

Spotify Joins Twitter in Suspending Political Ads in 2020
ad, pubblicità | politica
::: Slashdot

Happy birthday to Linus Torvalds, the father of #Linux
protagonisti
::: MIT_CSAIL ::: al3hex

According to Google trends, the interest in specialized functional programming languages seems to go down. At the same time, the interest in functional programming is again increasing since 2011 and the interest in lambda functions exploded
programmazione funzionale
::: uncanny_static

Visto nel Web - 460

Anche durante le feste, in versione leggermente ridotta, ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.

Good News For Climate Change: India Gets Out of Coal and Into Renewable Energy
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Many Security-Critical Military Systems Are Now Using Linux
Linux
::: Slashdot

Interesting and important in light of the potential changes to the Official Secrets Act being trailed this week. "The police went as far as to argue that publishing the Snowden files was itself a terrorist act, thereby explicitly conflating journalism with terrorism"
Edward Snowden
::: shashj

YouTube's Top Earner For 2019? An 8-Year-Old Who Made $26M
social media
::: Slashdot

Vox Media Fires Hundreds of Freelance Writers, Blaming California's 'Gig Economy' Law
lavoro
::: Slashdot

The U.S. Navy Bans TikTok from Government-Issued Mobile Devices
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

'We Tested Ring's Security. It's Awful'
social media
::: Slashdot

Let's keep writing, every day, to @TheOfficialACM to remind them we haven't forgotten their perfidy and aren't going to (nor their bullshit "clarification"). If we stop writing, they're going to think they weathered the storm
open source
::: ShriramKMurthi

An excellent article providing strong evidence against "open access involves a lot of cost"
open source
::: vj_chidambaram

With all the bad decisions Apple is making and the good ones Microsoft is making, I’m giving Windows with WLS 2 a real shot as a dev machine
sistemi operativi
::: wilbowma

insignificant
umorismo
::: Mr_Nohmer

8 Classic Operating Systems You Can Access in Your Browser
questo mi fa sentire vecchio 🙄
storia
::: MakeUseOf

Newly discovered Mac malware uses “fileless” technique to remain stealthy
frodi
::: lucaferrari15

Is this the best prediction in the history of tech?
innovazioni, futuro | storia
::: AlecStapp

Ecco, una inchiesta che dura da anni, basata sui dati, che produce database di servizio per i cittadini. Giornalismo che conta. Giornalismo digitale
giornali, stampa
::: tedeschini

Il decennio di Apple
Walt Mossberg, temuto e rispettato giornalista di tecnologia, ha fatto un bilancio dei successi e dei molti inciampi dell'azienda sotto la guida di Tim Cook
Apple
::: emenietti

Bloomberg Fined $7.6M For Re-Publishing Info From Fake Press Release
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot

China Could Be Turning On Its 'Artificial Sun' Fusion Reactor Soon
innovazioni, futuro | energia
::: Slashdot

ALBERT is a new, open-source architecture for natural language processing that achieves state-of-the-art performance on multiple benchmarks with ~30% fewer parameters than #BERT
natural language processing
::: GoogleAI

Many of Kubernetes 2,000 TODO Comments Appear to Be Forgotten
cloud
::: Slashdot

How to Use Darktable, the Free Adobe Lightroom Alternative
alternativa a GIMP, da provare
applicazioni, programmi
::: MakeUseOf

n every Scheme with a decent module system (e.g. @guilelang or @racketlang) you can shadow existing bindings with your own ones, effectively making the language look exactly the way you want. That's how I added destructuring to lambda and let forms
language Racket | Scheme
::: PaniczGodek

General Electric: Freeze the pensions of 20,000 workers in order to cut costs. Also GE: Avoid billions in federal taxes for years while handing out huge paychecks for execs (CEO Larry Culp made $15,000,000 last year alone). We must end this corporate greed and protect workers
economia, lavoro | lavoro
::: RBReich

BBC could restrict journalists’ use of Twitter
giornali, stampa | Twitter
::: tedeschini

Microchip Pioneer Chuck Peddle, Lead Designer of the Historic 650x Microprocessors, Dies
protagonisti
::: Slashdot

Wikipedia Search v10 is now rolling out to Chrome and Opera! It includes multi-language support, a lot of bug fixes, and more
Web, Internet | Wikipedia
::: corbindavenport

20+ years ago, a guy who disagree with me copied Ruby repo & replaced my name in copyright notices. He wanted his version of the lang. Technically it was license violation but I didn't say anything. I was curious about his ideas. No move for months. The repo disappeared. 1/
linguaggi di programmazione | copyright e brevetti
::: yukihiro_matz

Update: the 20 accounts described in this thread have all been banned, but a new (and evolved) batch has arisen to take their place. By exploring the followers of accounts listed in #MAGA train tweets, we found 32 accounts, all created Dec 14th or later. We may have missed some
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | politica
::: conspirator0

After a bit of a delay, my latest creation: a digital simulation of an algorithmic poetry generator from 1677. It's handy if you need to compose some Latin verses, but you can't read or write!
storia | algoritmi, codice
::: JeffMBinder

“Guerra digitale. Il 5G e lo scontro tra Stati Uniti e Cina per il dominio tecnologico” di Francesca Balestrieri e Luca Balestrieri
5G | cyberwar
::: pandorarivista

Almost 200 face recognition algorithms—a majority in the industry—performed worse on Asian, African American, and Native American faces than on Caucasian faces
riconoscimento facciale | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: techreview

Usare la potenza di calcolo per connettere #dati: un progetto per raccontare in modo nuovo la storia della #schiavitù
dati, raccolta
::: formicablu

Buying a new PC? You have more operating system choices than ever. Which is the best operating system for your computer?
io penso che dipende da chi sei e cosa vuoi farne; semplice, anzi tutto qui
sistemi operativi | hardware
::: MakeUseOf

I quite like #Python3 with #mypy #gradualtyping, but I still miss proper algebraic data types (ADT) support. I'm giving pypi.org/project/algebraic-data-types/ a try. Hit me if you've better suggestions/tips!
Python
::: zacchiro

14 Ways to Make Windows 10 Faster and Improve Performance
tip, suggerimenti
::: MakeUseOf

As the hype around "AI" leveled off in 2019, the impact of automated decision-making made itself seen. Regulators & civil society fought hard to rein in Big Tech, but much remains to be done to achieve a good balance
artificial intelligence
::: algorithmwatch

If you love having your personal data used against you with targeted ads, NOBODY IS INTERESTED IN STOPPING YOU! I’m sure Google and Facebook would be thrilled to offer a data dumpster where you could upload your location data, medical information, purchase histories, whatever
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | dati, raccolta
::: dhh

The Lost Worlds of Telnet
storia
::: fcambus

Day 3303 of the unlawful and arbitrary detention of politically persecuted WikiLeaks publisher and multi-award-winning journalist Julian Assange in the UK
Julian Assange
::: moniquejolie

Must admit, Dr. Racket's support for images as a first-class object you can just paste into code is kind of blowing my mind. I should unleash this on the kids once I get a bit better at playing with it
language Racket
::: dabeaz

Your smartphone broadcasts your exact location thousands of times per day to dozens of different companies. Each has the power to follow individuals wherever they go, in near-real time. That’s not a glitch in the system. It is the system
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Edward Snowden
::: Snowden

fnmatch — Unix-style Glob Pattern Matching
Python
::: pymotw

You might have heard about the Wayland display server. Here's what that is and how it affects your Linux computer
Linux
::: MakeUseOf

Ethiopia Has Launched its First Satellite Into Space
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

Chinese Hacker Group Caught Bypassing 2FA
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Bringing Rocks Back From Mars
non l'immaginavo xosì difficile; ortunati voi giovani che ne vedrete delle belle!
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

California Gives a Green Light To Companies Testing Driverless Delivery Vehicles
automazione
::: Slashdot

50 Funny Wi-Fi Names for Your Router's Network SSID
umorismo
::: MakeUseOf

Boeing Fires CEO Dennis Muilenburg
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot ::: A_W_Gordon

Twitter Bans Animated PNG Files After Online Attackers Targeted Users With Epilepsy
Twitter | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Google/Alphabet's 2018 revenue was 137 billion
Google
::: michael_nielsen

The 8 Smallest Linux Distros That Are Lightweight and Need Almost No Space #linux
Linux
::: MakeUseOf

I don't need @BullshitQuantum to know that this is bullshit. #StopHype
Sabine non ci crede; Sabine la sa lunga e allora io entro in mode dubby ok
quantum computing
::: skdh

It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: AViLUG

No, just no! There is so much wrong with these systems that enable universities to track students. I hope that faculty refuse to participate in this surveillance by not using the data in their evaluation of students
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: EADHistory

The Next Big Streaming Trend? Recommendations From Actual People
ad, pubblicità
::: Slashdot

Baltimore Police Back Pilot Program for Surveillance Planes, Reviving Controversial Program
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Why the Wikimedia Foundation Has Not Signed on To the Contract for the Web
Wikipedia | Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

A Natale scopri che i tuoi zii sono identici ai complottari
social media
::: Zziagenio78

anche la corea del sud dismette il nucleare. una seconda centrale atomica viene chiusa per puntare sulle rinnovabili
energia
::: jacopogiliberto

#Pentagono fortemente impegnato affinché in reti #5G ci siano SOLO imprese e tecnologie #USA, o del #PerimetroAtlantico, ed escluse "in toto"quelle #Cinesi, con #Huawei.Idem #Germania,#UK,#Francia.@GiuseppeConteIT dia seguito a #RapportoCopasir!
5G
::: GiulioTerzi

The first two algorithms for constructing a minimum spanning tree (MST) were discovered by Czech mathematicians, Otakar Borůvka in 1926 and Vojtěch Jarník in 1930. Both published their algorithms in the same Czech journal
storia | matematica
::: mhyee

A Twitter App Bug Was Used To Match 17 Million Phone Numbers To User Accounts
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Hillary & Bill Clinton on their wedding day, 1975

New York Governor Promises Net Neutrality Legislation In 2020
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

BBC News - Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet
censura
::: dcavedon

Apple pulls ToTok because it's built to spy. As @UW research shows, you can turn a phone into an intel source just by cleverly purchasing ads. For $1000, you can track a person's location, tell what apps they use and more
#sic
::: rcalo

Bushfires Release Over Half Australia's Annual Carbon Emissions
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

MIT Reveals First Ever Laser Ultrasound Pictures of a Human Body
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

Mike Bloomberg Is Plowing Millions of Dollars Into a Secretive Tech Firm Called Hawkfish
innovazioni, futuro | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

5 Bold Predictions for Linux & Open Source in 2020
Linux | Ubuntu
::: dcavedon

"my business card runs linux" has a pretty impressive bill of materials
hardware
::: johnregehr

Chinese Apps Are Losing Their Hold on India
Cina
::: Slashdot

A moment of silence please to remember Chuck Peddle whose 6502 chip powered the Apple II, Commodore PET and other 1st gen PC's. The 6502, fondly remembered, was the only chip I ever did any assembly language programming for
protagonisti
::: mkapor

Chi è chi - biografie essenziali sui social-cosi

Nessuno che ci fa caso, nessuno che è intressato a quanto pare. Tranne me (io) e pochi altri, bravi! hanno il mio plauso, ecco 💥

Se non fosse chiaro sto parlando di quello ch Twitter chiama Bio nel Profilo e Facebook In breve nella colonna a sinistra della pagina del proprio nome.

Ah! sì, le mie sono trascurabili, citazione da un inno ispirazionale e parole in libertà, Non leggetele.

Invece, parlo di Twitter, c'è chi ha fatto le cose per bene, mi piacciono tanto che le copyopasto qui, eccole:

• Somewhat functional assortment of 7 billion billion billion atoms
• I've gone to look for myself. If I return before I get back, please ask me to wait.
• [Non seguitemi. Potrei girarmi.]
• Sono molto di più di ciò che scrivo, sono tutto ciò che cancello
• Not an HPC Guru, but I play one on Twitter 😎
• Cosmic vocab. Conjuring spirits in a magical language called LISP
• Views expressed here are like black holes: they don't reflect anything
• RT=endorsement of all possible interpretations
• Professionally awkward, dangerously mundane. 4/2 of devplebs. Never learned fractions
• I Came, I Saw, I Retweeted
• I fundamentally disagree with you
• May the fork be with you
• Son of superhero (single mom)
• Nasco in coincidenza di un giorno dell'anno. Mi evolvo, cresco, mi espando. Di recente ho scoperto anche di avere il pollice opponibile
• La liberté de la presse ne s'use que quand on ne s'en sert pas
• Ici, on ne s’insulte pas, sinon je bloque
• we can only see what we think is possible
• Reproducible bugs are candies
• 我是美的意
• Save battery, turn the capslock off
• You could ask my advice but generally I'm just going to tell you to add more hygienic macros, cayenne, and/or cowbell
• 「まずは処刑ーー判決はその後」「ばかげてるわ！」
• Canadian 🇨🇦 Astronomy PhD student at @MIT looking for bits of rock and gas we call exoplanets
• Banca Centrale Rettiliana -Hayek Brigade - Reagan Batallion- HIC SUNT LEONES -  GARRA CHARRUA - NON PRAEVALEBUNT

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Visto nel Web - 459

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Facebook Is Still Prioritizing Scale Over Safety
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

I'm not saying that having upgraded all desktop from Windows to #Linux and #OpenSource would have avoided this catastrophe at @jlugiessen but... No, this time I'm actually saying it! Get rid of Windows and Office already!
sistemi operativi
::: Vecchi_Paolo

Kramnik and AlphaZero: How To Rethink Chess
tecnologia | artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

TurboPLONK means Universal SNARKs can now outperform Groth16 on certain circuits, and gas costs are almost identical. Brings fast privacy on Ethereum a huge step closer
blockchain e crypto*
::: trpocock

Four years ago I setup bash to keep a history of all the commands I type
programming, codice, snippet
::: CoolSWEng

Bitcoin Was the Best Investment of the Decade
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

"The internet is the largest coal-fired machine on the entire planet." ascinating piece by @krevinlorenzo on the realities of a warming world and the prospects for a greener web
ambiente, ecologia | Web, Internet
::: bentarnoff

Microsoft contributing to Shenandoah GC and @OpenJDK. Good times! 👍😊
open source
::: rkennke

Walt Mossberg: Tim Cook's Apple Had a Great Decade But No New Blockbusters
Apple
::: Slashdot

ESA’s #Cheops lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in #Kourou, French Guiana today. The #SoyuzFregat launcher also delivered the Italian #space agency’s #CosmoSkyMed Second Generation #satellite, and 3 #CubeSats – including #ESA’s OPS-SAT – into space
spazio, esplorazione
::: Nereide

Lawmakers balk after Facebook explains how it collects and monetizes location data of users who have denied location services in their smartphone OS for its app
Facebook
::: Techmeme

Russia Joins Race To Make Quantum Dreams a Reality
quantum computing
::: Slashdot

Google, this is a lie
Google
::: CassidyJames

Vladimir Putin 'Still Uses Obsolete Windows XP' Despite Hacking Risk
sistemi operativi | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot ::: Flavio_MfM

Can anyone relate?
umorismo
::: ProgrammersMeme

More than 38,000 People Will Stand in Line this Week To Get a New Password
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

As humans, we comfortably use zero in mathematical operations. But the concept of “nothing” has yet to enter the realm of artificial intelligence
uhmmm...
artificial intelligence
::: IEEESpectrum

UK To Create Regulator To Police Big Tech Companies
politica | ditte
::: Slashdot

Software runs the millions of daily ad auctions at Google. Algorithms decide which cars offer rides on Uber. It sets the price of headphones on Amazon and runs the robots that clean floors in some Walmart locations
automazione
::: RichRogersX

Samsung Chair Imprisoned and 24 Others Found Guilty In Union-Busting Case
frodi | ditte
::: Slashdot

Tesla Is Nerfing Autopilot In Europe To Comply With New Regulations
automazione
::: Slashdot

MIT bioengineers have developed a way to store invisible vaccine records under the skin
tecnologia
::: IEEESpectrum

Judge Rules Edward Snowden Can't Profit From His Book
Edward Snowden
::: Slashdot ::: Snowden

Instagram, Facebook Bans Influencers From Getting Paid To Promote Vaping, Tobacco, and Weapons
Facebook | ad, pubblicità
::: Slashdot

Wow. “Peter Thiel behind Facebook's political ad policy. Thiel pressed Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg to maintain a policy of not fact-checking political ads that appear on the social-media network”
Facebook | protagonisti | politica | ad, pubblicità
::: Benioff

Manhattan, New York City, 1918

House Calls 'Save the Internet Act' One of Its Biggest 2019 Accomplishments
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Not good: "In general, Bing returns disinformation and misinformation at a significantly higher rate than Google does. Across the top 50 results for 12 separate queries... Bing returned at least 125 sources of disinformation and misinformation, while Google returned 13"
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: BrendanNyhan

Quantum computing is coming! Get a (very simple) taste of how quantum computer programs modify bits of #quantum information in this #QuantumAtlas interactive
quantum computing
::: thequantumatlas

Japan to tighten screws on tech giants to ensure transparency
The new law would oblige tech giants, including Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon to disclose the terms of contracts with customers and to report to the government about their operations
regolamentazioni
::: fabiochiusi

I'm confused about people wanting new HTML elements when custom elements don't appear to even be interoperable across browsers yet :/ Can we a least finish one thing before we move onto the next thing?
Web, Internet | programming, codice, snippet
::: marcosc

Traduco. Se vuoi dare 1500 €/mese al tuo dipendente, ne devi sborsare 3750. Il resto va a pagare una PA di notoria efficienza e una legione di pensionati
lavoro | economia, lavoro
::: MarcoCantamessa ::: danieleviotti

The kinds of stress tests that are standard in the development of an automobile (such as crash tests and climate challenges), for example, are rarely seen in AI. AI could learn a lot from how other engineers do business
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

2020 should be the year of human rights in AI
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

Le pubblicità personalizzate sui social sono talmente “intelligenti” e “mirate” che da quando mi sono trasferito a Berlino assumono abbia magicamente imparato il tedesco — e dunque mi mostrano solo contenuti totalmente incomprensibili e inutili
ad, pubblicità
::: fabiochiusi

A study commissioned by the @risj_oxford argues that when it comes to news, young people are most concerned with 'what it can do for them as individuals—rather than society as a whole
novità
::: risj_oxford

Communications blackout in Delhi, India's capital, to thwart protests against Modi govt's bigoted, unconstitutional and dangerous
censura
::: Shehla_Rashid

not a bad way to end the decade
umorismo
::: h0mberto

📢🎁🤸‍♂️ Today is the day -- #Debezium 1.0 is here! Powerful low-latency #ChangeDataCapture for a variety of databases, fully open-source. A big thank you to all the fantastic people in the community who made this possible, you're truly amazing!
tool, componente software | open source
::: debezium

As robots and AI systems become a more prominent part of our lives, their ability to explain what they are doing (and why) will be a critical factor in allowing us to trust them
artificial intelligence | robots, automazione, droni
::: IEEESpectrum

#TikTok cresce in Italia: 2,4 milioni gli utenti attivi - 236 video al minuto postati soprattutto all'ora di pranzo e dopo le 20.
social media
::: LalaHu9

Fantastic @ProjectJupyter notebook tutorial on #networkscience #visualization by @jkbren @hneutr and Alec Kirkley on using #networkx @matplotlib 😍
il link è da correggere eliminando la parte dopo "#"
Python
::: artistjaneadams

🖊️ 80 organisations, dont le @reseau_ritimo demandent au gouvernement et au Parlement d'interdire les dispositifs de #ReconnaissanceFaciale sécuritaires présentes et à venir. #lettreouverte #Technopolice
riconoscimento facciale
::: reseau_ritimo

Blockchain Browsers — How DLT Could Affect Web Surfing
blockchain e crypto* | browser
::: hsianghui

An Investigation Into the Smartphone Tracking Industry
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Thank you so much for your feedback about synthetic and manipulated media. We received more than 6,500 responses during the open comment period, which will help shape our new policy
Twitter
::: TwitterSafety

Sull'impatto dei tablet a scuola
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: andcapocci

Haven’t released an iOS update for a while
umorismo
::: federighiOS

We just released Rust 1.40.0 to the world, featuring #[non_exhaustive], NLL errors in Rust 2015, and much more! 🎉
linguaggi di programmazione
::: rustlang

Peppermint 10 ‘Respin’ Released with Updated Theme and New Utilities
Linux distro
::: dcavedon

Worried About 5G's Health Effects? Don't Be
5G
::: Slashdot

Question: Is Rust's macro system powerful enough to, say, implement a class system that feels like its a native part of rust? (In fact, does any language besides Racket and Scheme have a macro system powerful enough for that?)
linguaggi di programmazione
::: LeifAndersen

Facebook is Building an Operating System So it Can Ditch Android
sistemi operativi | Facebook
::: Slashdot

Windows 7 è morto ma salviamo il computer
hardware | sistemi operativi
::: Genjuro75

I answered a few questions about measuring progress towards generality in AI 🤖🎮
artificial intelligence
::: fchollet

UK-U.S. treaty bans extradition of Assange, lawyer says
Julian Assange
::: aiww ::: disinformatico

The log-in credentials for 3,672 Ring camera owners were compromised this week, exposing log-in emails, passwords, time zones, and the names people give to specific Ring cameras, often the same as camera locations
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fabiochiusi

Africa's Internet Management Body Mired Again by Corruption Allegations
frodi
::: Slashdot

La sorveglianza commerciale sul web usa il fingerprinting
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ilmanifesto

Absent sweeping reform, this is the whole world in ten years. Remember: both parties in the US defend mass surveillance programs. China's "advantage" here is not technological, but that there's no strong civil opposition to slow the descent into nightmare
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Edward Snowden
::: Snowden

Smash This Robot
The robotic bugs survived being flattened by a fly swatter and after being peeled off from the surface, they continued crawling
robots, automazione, droni | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: IEEESpectrum

Can an AI Fact-Checker Solve India’s #FakeNews Problem? Tl;dr: no
artificial intelligence | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: RadioProzac

“The greatest trick technology companies ever played was persuading society to surveil itself” | Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: hare_brain

Facebook to ban misleading posts and ads about the U.S. Census, including those spread by politicians, in response to concerns raised by civil-rights groups that the site could be weaponized to scare minorities, immigrants and others
Facebook | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: TonyRomm

A long, long overdue, PyCX 1.0 is finally here
Python
::: HirokiSayama

Vivaldi To Change User-Agent String To Chrome Due To Unfair Blocking
browser
::: Slashdot

Breaking news! @mozilla is going to replace IRC with @matrixdotorg / Riot as the instant communication platform! This is a huge step towards helping an open-source, safe, accessible, decentralized platform, and it makes me quite happy 🤗🎉🍾
browser | open source
::: bnjbvr

This is becoming a real trend -- Facebook promises lots of data to help researchers, but provides very little. Twitter isn't much better
social media
::: mathewi

As a scientist, I'm very surprised that @TheOfficialACM signed this letter, given their generally good policy on stuff like not requesting © transfer for scientific articles. As a member of the organization, I oppose this signature and ask they reconsider
copyright e brevetti
::: zacchiro ::: csperkins

Facebook admitted this week that they track your location even when you’ve turned off location tracking — and then sell that data to advertisers. Your data is your property. Tech companies should absolutely not be allowed to use it without your permission
Facebook | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: AndrewYang

IBM says its new battery has no heavy metals, can recharge to 80 percent in under 5 minutes, and is made from materials derived from seawater. But the company offered few details by which to evaluate its claims
energia
::: IEEESpectrum

FB's terms of service forbid much of the investigative work that would expose the platform's influence on society. FB knows this, but has refused to create a safe harbor that would protect good-faith and public-interest investigations on the platform
Facebook
::: AlexanderAbdo

Xor Filters: Faster and Smaller Than Bloom Filters
programming, codice, snippet
::: lemire

SpaceX Is Lobbying Against Amazon's Internet-Beaming Satellites
spazio, esplorazione | Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Another big win for democratic governance over surveillance technology fatalism & techno-economic determinism! Special thanks to @onekade & all of the other amazing people at @ACLU_Mass who have been working non-stop to protect civil liberties.
riconoscimento facciale
::: EvanSelinger

Why the Second-Hand eBook Market May Never Take Off
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

I believe deep thinking can only be done in writing
cit.
::: fchollet

Researchers filmed 88 students walking. Some were told to "hide" an object. Those hiding ="deceptive." They trained an AI model to detect patterns across "deceptive" videos Based on this, they claim their AI can ID deception as a feature of walking 🚫
artificial intelligence
::: mer__edith

Thanks to Eric Marsden and a somewhat-functional-programmer, ABCL can now host SBCL again
Lisp
::: ArmedBear

Copasir: Escludere le aziende cinesi dal 5G per ragioni di sicurezza nazionale, ma Huawei domina il settore mentre nel 6G è avanti il Giappone
5G
::: LalaHu9 ::: giuliapompili

The software behind Facebook’s new Supreme Court for content moderation
Facebook
::: verge

Researchers want to put machine learning on low-power microprocessors on the edges of networks
machine learning
::: IEEESpectrum

Russia will temporarily cut off some internet access in test of new system designed to isolate, track, control citizens
censura
::: harikunzru

Et je trouve bien plus intéressant de directement parler des abus policiers que de potentiels biais des algo, qui sont souvent une question repoussoir pour ne pas parler des intentions politiques de la police/gouvernement
algoritmi, codice | politica
::: Oncela5Eva

Apple Has Secret Team Working on Satellites To Beam Data To Devices
innovazioni, futuro | dati, raccolta
::: Slashdot

C'est officiel: la France déploie ses premiers drones armés au Sahel après trois tirs de validation réussis. Nos photos #AFP d'un Reaper français armé de GBU 12, avant le premier tir d'expérimentation dimanche à Niamey
robots, automazione, droni
::: phnou

Boeing Capsule Goes Off Course, Won't Dock at Space Station
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

Cox Owes $1 Billion To Record Labels for Harboring Music Pirates, Jury Decides
pirateria
::: Slashdot

I've been meaning to explain the dangers of #Article17 of the EU #copyright directive to my US friends for a long time, so here it is, just published with @BKCHarvard: Why Americans Should Worry About the New EU Copyright Rules
copyright e brevetti
::: Senficon ::: IlvesToomas

WeWork's Sudden Fall Reveals the Cracks in the Startup Economy
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

The US-China trade war has since morphed into what looks very much like a cold war over who will own the high-growth digital industries of the future, from artificial intelligence to quantum computing
artificial intelligence | quantum computing
::: marioricciard18

Over 267 Million Facebook Users Reportedly Had Data Exposed Online
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

CERN Endorsing Microsoft Alternatives Like ownCloud, Kopano, Alt-Office Suite
open source | applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

State of Apple's Catalyst
Apple | programming, codice, snippet
::: Slashdot

Amazon's AI Creates Synthesized Singers
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

Dystopia Alert: Pro-Trump anti-China Epoch Times Media group using deep fake style face generation tools to build fake accounts instead of stealing real images/identities. Hyperreal simulations of fake humans convincingly generated by machines
frodi | disinformazione, fake news, bufale | politica | Facebook
::: profcarroll

Facebook Removes Deceptive BL Network Following Snopes' Reporting
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: RadioProzac

The Big Business of Being a Space Janitor
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

Volkswagon Has 'massive' Software Problems With New ID3 Electric Vehicles
bug
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Research came up with an A.I. model to predict the number of bugs in a code base
artificial intelligence | programming, codice, snippet
::: Carnage4Life

Wawa Announces Data Breach Potentially Affecting More Than 850 Stores
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Brookline Votes To Ban Face Surveillance
riconoscimento facciale
::: Slashdot

When I was a MS student, my advisor told me to multiply projected budgets & timelines by 3 because things will run over. I thought that was ridiculous
programming, codice, snippet
::: FuSchmu

With all the bad decisions Apple is making and the good ones Microsoft is making, I’m giving Windows with WLS 2 a real shot as a dev machine
sistemi operativi
::: wilbowma

The XBox Series X is very monolith looking
games
::: nerdist

Twitter Removes Nearly 6,000 Saudi-Backed Accounts For Platform Manipulation
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot ::: TwitterSafety ::: evaristegal0is ::: evaristegal0is

Silicon Valley’s vigorous promotion of “ethical AI” has constituted a strategic lobbying effort, one that has enrolled academia to legitimize itself
artificial intelligence | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: fabiochiusi

Le nuove scritte "from Facebook" sotto le app di WhatsApp e Instagram mi stanno donando un certo senso di inquietudine che fatico a descrivere
Facebook | social media
::: ciarlariellos

Really looking forward to converting all my Slack friends to DeltaChat one of these days
social media
::: wilbowma

More about ACM’s many open-source options later today. But as @ScienceMagazine says, the real problem is changing the 2013 policy dramatically, without public hearings or stakeholder input to ensure the changes are feasible
open source
::: ACM_president ::: wilbowma ::: bcombemale ::: ReaderMeter ::: rdicosmo ::: emeryberger ::: science_dot ::: wilbowma ::: samth ::: ShriramKMurthi ::: samth ::: JAldrichCMU ::: r_speer ::: lambda_calculus ::: zacchiro ::: zacchiro ::: random_walker ::: cristalopes ::: j2simpso ::: weskerfoot ::: mikarv ::: positiveblue2 ::: geomblog

The network is among the first to make widespread use of artificially generated profile pictures and spent more than $9 million on advertising > important work by ⁦@Graphika_NYC⁩ and ⁦⁦@DFRLab
Facebook | artificial intelligence | ad, pubblicità
::: MarietjeSchaake

E sulla concorrenza l’Europa batte gli Usa
economia, lavoro
::: FPanunzi

E se Trump avesse ragione
open source
::: RadioProzac

The Digital Revolution put a computer on every desk, in every home, & in every pocket. The Industrial IoT revolution will put a computer in every machine. The Corporate IT team needs to very quickly become the Corporate IoT team
Internet of things
::: RichRogersX

I just completed "Space Stoichiometry" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2019 #AdventOfCode (I took me a week after many failed attempts: I was not properly considering the reaction leftovers... but I learned the use of #python defaultdict and Queue()!)
Python
::: marcodelmastro

Atari's Home Computers Turn 40
storia
::: Slashdot

Quantum Information Edge, a nationwide alliance of national labs, universities, and industry launched today to advance the frontiers of quantum computing systems
quantum computing
::: BerkeleyLab

Science fact of the day: nobody has ever learned C++
??? o ragazzi appena usciti dalla scuola lo usano al posto di Python
linguaggi di programmazione
::: zooko

Science and Technology links (December 21st 2019): wind turbines may be worse for global warming than fossil fuels on the short term, tiger populations are going up, neural networks for mathematics
novità
::: lemire