05 gennaio, 2020

Visto nel Web - 463

Anno nuovo ma sempre le solite cose quelle che ho wisto nel Web.


Anyone have strong feelings about which are the most promising distributed social networks out there today?social media
::: TwoBitHistory

India's Richest Man is Ready To Take on Amazon and Walmart
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Happy Public Domain!!!🔓
open source
::: john_overholt

2020 is the year of Linux on the Desktop because
Linux
::: dustyweb ::: micahflee

I maggiori quotidiani italiani passano il loro tempo a lamentarsi del crollo delle vendite. Ma i loro siti di abbonamento online sono pressoché inutilizzabili. Il digitale è in effetti responsabile del crollo dei loro fatturati, ma solo nel senso che sono incapaci di servirsene
giornali, stampa
::: zacchiro

Intelligenza Artificiale → Bollettino in italiano - Ti interessa l'AI? Iscriviti per ricevere ogni settimana via e-mail le ultime notizie e ricerche
artificial intelligence
::: LucaSambucci

god I’m slowly realizing that if I want my implementation of Eff to be safe for space in all situations, I effectively have to reimplement proper tail calls at the embedded language level
programmazione funzionale
::: lexi_lambda ::: lexi_lambda

Google AI Beats Doctors at Breast Cancer Detection -- Sometimes
attenzione: non esattamente vero, on attesa di ulteriori notizie/precisazioni
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

Chrome Extension Caught Stealing Crypto-Wallet Private Keys
frodi
::: Slashdot

First working day of 2020 ... current status
umorismo
::: mariofusco

Could the #Pentagon Be a #ClimateChange Leader? (Nope...)
ambiente, ecologia
::: RadioProzac

Dopotutto che basti intercettare i mass media per diffondere la propaganda ormai lo hanno capito tutti, compresi i media a cui i click pero' fanno comodo
giornali, stampa | politica
::: evaristegal0is ::: Cla_Gagliardini

2020 - the year a #RighttoRepair case makes it to a supreme court. Henrik Huseby's stand against Apple was accepted by Norway's highest court. Here's his story
hardware
::: RestartProject


È solo uno degli aspetti dell'ubriacatura molesta provocata nella nostra società dalla cosiddetta cultura digitale e dalla sua retorica egemonica. Certo, uno dei più inquietanti per gli storici
media
::: LorenzoTomasin

« We wanted a world where we controlled our computers, but we have created a world where our computers are used to control us. It is not enough to blame the companies involved; we have helped to build this world. » from LWN's 2020 vision OP
Web, Internet | media | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: zacchiro

Radical idea: what if algorithms aren't to blame for our crappy news environment and, instead, they're just feeding the appetites we as information consumers express? Maybe the web's become a tabloid because that's what we've signaled we want
Web, Internet
::: vladsavov

Thread of the Decade: Each day for X number of days I'm going to post a multiplayer game/prototype I worked on in the last decade, starting with C:Medieval, a 100 player arcade game. Server is up!
games
::: crypticsea

Signor Loach, i suoi film sono da sempre uno spaccato sulle vite delle classi sociali più disagiate e una denuncia delle disuguaglianze. Perché ha deciso di girare Sorry We Missed You?
economia, lavoro
::: Valori_it

Barcelona's Car-Free Smart City Experiment
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Visual Studio warning that might as well be saying: "C++ is broken and we need to start over." Sadly, the new as in C++20ish interfaces are not portable, requiring UTF-16 on Windows and UTF-8 everywhere else
linguaggi di programmazione

::: michael90187356

Vivere senza Google – 1
Google | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: cobrampi

And ICYMI, here's how @DraperLab is creating a dragonfly cyborg, called the DragonflEye
robots, automazione, droni
::: IEEESpectrum

Xiaomi to invest $7 billion in 5G, AI and IoT over next five years
5G | Internet of things
::: simopieranni

“Programming Languages You Should Learn in 2020” according to IEEE Computer Society
linguaggi di programmazione
::: hardmaru


Nearly every other legal system in the world condemns coercive confinement, and long ago replaced secret grand juries with public hearings... even knowing I am very likely to stay in jail for an even longer time, I’m never backing down
Chelsea Manning | Edward Snowden
::: Snowden ::: Snowden ::: xychelsea

Amazon is threatening to fire courageous workers who are demanding the company cut emissions in line with science. Tell @Amazon + @JeffBezos that the planet is burning + self-styled climate leaders don't silence people who are sounding the alarm
lavoro | economia, lavoro | ambiente, ecologia
::: NaomiAKlein

La dataveglianza può essere sconfitta
dati, raccolta | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ilmanifesto

KDE Plasma Plans New Look and New App Menu for 2020
applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

Xiaomi Camera Feed is Showing Random Homes on a Google Nest Hub, Including Still Images of Sleeping People
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot

Anche Macron è stato colpito dagli #uploadfilter per cui si era battuto nella direttiva #copyright #UE: una TV francese ha fatto bloccare il suo discorso di fine anno in YouTube (ora è stato ripristinato)
copyright e brevetti | censura
::: WikimediaItalia

Now I'm really confused @TheOfficialACM. The @arstechnica piece is absolutely correct that « [#ACM] has faced a backlash from its own members » and that your « bureaucratically worded statement did little to mollify critics ». And now you're… taking pride in that?
open source
::: zacchiro

I updated my "Python Plotting for Exploratory Data Analysis" website (http://pythonplot.com) to show examples contributed by @roycoding for @jakevdp and @ellisonbg's Altair library
Python
::: tdhopper

Volkswagen has come up with a concept for a way to charge any #ElectricVehicle in a parking garage, using an autonomous mobile #robot that can ferry #battery packs around and plug them directly into your car
energia
::: IEEESpectrum

TikTok Reported Highest Takedown Requests From India and US, Zero From China
social media
::: Slashdot

45 years ago today Bill Gates and Paul Allen pitched software to the company MITS to be used on MITS' Altair 8800 computer. In the contract, they referred to their new (microprocessing) software team as "Micro-Soft"
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

Not committing your entire career to one specific tool enables you to be more objective about its strengths, its limitations, and its future potential
cit.
::: fchollet


Great reporting from @_hoffingtonpost, who has always been first to this story. Today, the Lockport City School District turned on its Aegis facial recognition system for its schools, the first documented example in New York
riconoscimento facciale
::: daveyalba

L'ascesa del Fintech in Asia e quanto fanno gola i (nostri) dati ai governi
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | economia, lavoro
::: econopoly24

Here is our summary of the fourth meeting of the #Article17 stakeholder dialogue that took place in the week before the holidays. This time we learned that neither rightholders nor platforms can be trusted & that it is all about transparency
copyright e brevetti | censura
::: communia_eu

A Computer Made From DNA Can Compute the Square Root of 900
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot

The Return of the Lithium-Metal Battery
XNRGI nears commercialization of its porous silicon anode lithium-metal battery
tecnologia | energia
::: IEEESpectrum

Il normale vecchio e nuovo
Circa dieci anni fa, i climatologi hanno cominciato a usare "the new normal" per descrivere eventi meteo da record, nel senso di mai registrati prima
ambiente, ecologia
::: RadioProzac

6 things that can help propel girls in STEM
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: IEEESpectrum

I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Why I Left
Google | censura | Cina
::: micahflee

Thread by @VPrasadMDMPH: “The Google AI mammogram paper is FLAWED”
artificial intelligence | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: fabiochiusi

The Internet does not forget
Twitter | storia
::: MikeNelson

"La culture chinoise est plus encline à accepter une intrusion de surveillance de la vie privée que la culture française" ➡️ extrait du rapport de l'INHESJ sur la #reconnaissancefaciale & recommandations pour une "meilleure acceptation" 😱
riconoscimento facciale
::: MariePochon


There is a fair bit of irony (or rather evil corporate fuckery) in this story about music industry folks using @YouTube to extend EU #copyright in @RollingStones sound recordings that would have otherwise entered the #publicdomain in 2020
copyright e brevetti
::: paul_keller

Sai i droni? Era propaganda cinese. Sembra. Però che peccato (sto cercando altre fonti, ‘spettate un momento)
robots, automazione, droni
::: sasakifujika

A déplier absolument pour comprendre en quelques lignes l'énorme boulot de la qudrature du net (et bien sûr donner de sous à la fin)
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: mloyat

I've been working on stateless #Ethereum research for a while now and there are some results of my experiments
dati, raccolta
::: mandrigin

Seoul To Install AI Cameras For Crime Detection
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Pretty sad but honest review about Chrome OS, confirming I've made a good choice sticking with Linux
sistemi operativi
::: WebReflection

[Come è cambiata la diplomazia del clima della Cina] Next year, #China will host one of the most important global forums on biodiversity in Yunnan and before the COP 26 in Glasgow, China is also expected to work on a separate climate deal with the Eu
ambiente, ecologia | Cina
::: simopieranni

.@JohannaWithAnH: "We don't think [NY] State Ed. Depart. has done due diligence in getting a grasp on how this tech works. It seems from the letter they are not familiar with the tech at all. The concept that no student data will be retained is flawed"
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | riconoscimento facciale
::: CenDemTech

What the Death of iTunes Says About Our Digital Habits
“So what really failed, maybe, wasn’t iTunes at all—it was the implicit promise of Gmail-style computing.” Terrific @yayitsrob piece on the shift from managing digital stuff in the 90s/early-00s (scarce local storage) to today (nigh-infinite cloud storage)
cloud
::: pomeranian99

Hard and Soft Modularity
programming, codice, snippet
::: yonkeltron

Huawei now has its own news channel with stories about Huawei
Huawei
::: AleColarizi

EU Patent Office Rejects Two Patent Applications in Which an AI Was Designated As the Inventor
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot


Our new products feature HD Pixel Art. 32x32 sprites
umorismo
::: dustyweb

Segway's Newest Self-balancing Vehicle is an Egg-Shaped Wheelchair
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

Why We Keep Sending Music To Extraterrestrials
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

Thanks to these AI-powered robots, every broccoli will get the attention it needs to be the best broccoli it can be
artificial intelligence | automazione
::: IEEESpectrum

Never copy
cit.
::: RichRogersX

Company Shuts Down Because of Ransomware, Leaves 300 Without Jobs Just Before Holidays
frodi
::: Slashdot

What is the safest major source of energy today?
energia
::: ylecun

Suddenly, a flood of Iran experts on Twitter—many saying with full confidence what’s coming
Twitter
::: timurkuran

Intel Releases the Horse Ridge Chip for Quantum Computing
quantum computing
::: jpdowling

Here's how much of their wealth the 10 richest Americans gave to charity in 2018
economia, lavoro
::: Public_Citizen

It has come to our attention that several Battlefield 5 players have recently been banned for playing on Linux, and that EA has chosen not to revert these wrongful punishments. Due to this, we advise to refrain from playing any multiplayer games published by @EA in the future
games | censura
::: LutrisGaming


Sony's Robot Dogs Are Helping Japanese People Find Companionship
robots, automazione, droni
::: Slashdot

Cities Struggle To Boost Ridership With 'Uber for Transit' Schemes
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

Oracle re-implemented Amazon's S3 API, which could be copyright infringement under Oracle's legal theory in its lawsuit against Google. Did they have a license?
copyright e brevetti
::: binarybits

Google News Ends Digital Magazines and Refunds Active Subscriptions
novità | Google
::: Slashdot

A second, fully robotic Mayflower will sail the same route as the first—sans passengers, sans crew
automazione
::: IEEESpectrum

New digital technologies cannot simply be superimposed on existing processes, they require you to think differently and re-optimize your operations. Smaller companies, with a lighter bureaucratic structure, have an advantage
innovazioni, futuro
::: RichRogersX

Here's a fun thing to do-- copy/paste the following into your twitter search bar
funziona, poi lo racconto anche sul blog 💥🤩
Twitter
::: TomCokeIsABlunt

¡¡¡ "You may request deletion of your Personal Data by us, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your request, but please note that you will not be able to use your eero Devices if we have deleted the Personal Data in your Account." !!!
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ShriramKMurthi

Breaking: President of #Mexico just demanded @wikileaks founder Julian #Assange freedom
Julian Assange
::: avilarenata

Apple Targets Jailbreaking In Lawsuit Against iOS Virtualization Company
Apple | copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Instagram is LA, Twitter is New York and Facebook is Florida
l'unico gioco in US; il fatto che debba essere spiegato (nel thread) dice --imho-- della sua popolarità (nei 15 minuti correnti); però probabilmente user finto solo 127 tweets (in raffica)
social media
::: MissMeganMilan

A lot of folks seem surprised that flying (commercial and military) represents about ~2% of global greenhouse emissions
tutto il thread
ambiente, ecologia
::: GlobalEcoGuy


Tesla Tops Wall Street Estimates With 112,000 Vehicle Deliveries In Fourth Quarter
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

anyone need a slide rule for figuring out if you should buy a fax machine for your business?
io il regolo so usarlo; siamo (credo) rimasti in pochi: io e Rapicom; ah e il fax...
umorismo
::: Foone

Wrote an answer to the question “What are algebraic effects?” from a Haskell perspective in a reddit comment
programmazione funzionale
::: lexi_lambda

To Replace Gas Taxes, Oregon and Utah Ask EVs To Pay For Road Use
energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Twitter dovrebbe introdurre i Tweet senza commenti. Oramai qui la gente vuole solo il cuore o retweet senza ricevere opinioni, rotture di cazzo o discutere
Twitter
::: ptkdev

I hate to say this but sometimes the ethical way to design and implement AI is not to design and implement AI
artificial intelligence | etica
::: Abebab

Ogni giorno un piccolo passo verso l’egemonia culturale delle destre
sorveglianza, privacy, spionaggio
::: fabiochiusi

Unity Game Optimization is now available
programming, codice, snippet
::: thek3nger

Though many factors contribute to wildfires, the reason the Australian wildfires are so much worse this year than other recent years is the combination of record drought and record heat. #AustraliaFires
ambiente, ecologia
::: RARohde

entry_point_inspector 0.1.2
Entry Point Inspector is a tool for looking at the entry point plugins installed on a system
tool, componente software
::: doughellmann

50 years ago this week an obscure Japanese energy journal published a piece about the “uncanny valley” of robotics. Read the translation of Masahiro Mori’s essay
robots, automazione, droni
::: MIT_CSAIL


Jinja is going to rename the package back to "Jinja" with 3.0. I am still very upset Python packaging didn't manage to gain multi version installs in all these years. I wrote an import hook in 2011 as a proof of concept
Python
::: mitsuhiko

The Raft algo operates on a collection of servers...all of which should maintain a consistent set of data...
roba tosta qui --temo
programming, codice, snippet
::: HeyChelseaTroy

Éric Sadin, la critica della ragione artificiale e la resistenza al governo attraverso gli algoritmi
algoritmi, codice | politica
::: ilmanifesto

Wonder what @UPS is doing with your data? What do they collect?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: wbm312

Good thread to read about an expert seeing a child learning to program. I don't agree with all the views here, but it's still educational to read
thread lungo, intrigante, tipo "parliamone"
programming, codice, snippet | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: ShriramKMurthi

The best part of #CES2020 is the moment you spot a tiny treasure—that little gadget that is absolutely useful and perfectly designed. Here's a peek at potential treasures hand-picked by our consumer electronics editor
tecnologia | energia
::: IEEESpectrum

My top 3 reccs for new material
novità | dati, raccolta | algoritmi, codice | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: EvanSelinger

La ministra dell’innovazione Paola Pisano, vicinissima a Casaleggio, dice a Radio1 che username& password digitali di ciascuno dovrebbero essere uniche e fornite dallo stato anche, per esempio, per fare acquisti su Amazon, perché: “sa quante truffe ci sono?!”
non è giusto chiamare queste cose solo #marattinate, sono anche --soprattutto-- #pisonate
ministra #Pisano, #pisonate, #Marattin, marattinate, censura, pensate farlokke | sorveglianza, privacy, spionaggio | censura
::: silvia_sb_ ::: thek3nger ::: MauroV1968 ::: Genjuro75 ::: Genjuro75 ::: fabiochiusi ::: BiondoNik

This is a lovely little primer that deserves more attention
social media
::: ShriramKMurthi

I'm not yet done with the latest 2019 #AdventOfCode puzzles, but I decided to restructure repository and make notebooks executable on @mybinderteam. Was a good exercise to prepare repository for my next #physics course at #esipap school at @ESIArchamps
Python
::: marcodelmastro

Man Faces Felony Charges After His Apple Watch Proves That He Lied To the Police
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

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