13 febbraio, 2020

Visto nel Web - 474

Altra rassegna di quanto ho wisto nel Web.


This project has been months in the making, but I am extremely pleased to say that my prototype delimited control-based effect system for Haskell now passes every one of my unit tests
programmazione funzionale
::: lexi_lambda

Elementary OS Wants to Crowdfund a Better Distro-Independent 'AppCenter for Everyone'
Linux distro
::: Slashdot

New Ransomware Targets Industrial Control Systems
frodi
::: Slashdot

Almost Every Website You Visit Records Exactly How Your Mouse Moves
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

The best code is code you can
cit.
::: jiffyclub

Windows 7 Bug Prevents Users From Shutting Down Or Rebooting Computers
se vero si può sempre togliere la corrente
bug
::: Slashdot

Weeding is a chore that most farmers would happily hand to robots. This is becoming easier with advances in AI
automazione
::: TheEconomist

Internet search engines have a way of affirming your hypothesis
Web, Internet
::: neiltyson

Intel's 'Clear Linux' Distro Beats Ubuntu and Windows 10 -- on an AMD Laptop
Linux distro | sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

Okay I quit social media but I'm making an exception for this: I won the lawsuit! Open Source Security Inc. will have to pay for my defense, probably around $300,000. Having a $3 million lawsuit hanging over me was some pressure, even though I was helped by the best
open source
::: BrucePerens

JOVE is Jonathan's Own Version of EMACS, and it's ~36 years old -- Jonathan wrote it when he was in high school. This year JOVE is moving to github, and this month we're pushing out our first release in a decade
applicazioni, programmi | linguaggi di programmazione
::: paulvixie

The fact that programmers continue to use "magic" as a derogative for tools they're too lazy to understand boggles my mind. You really have to be an utter killjoy to decide "yeah, magic, I hate that" when your job is literally to invent programs for computers to perform!
programming, codice, snippet
::: dhh

Azz. Non lo trovo
umorismo
::: goldbergvariaz

ALMA Obs

It is essential to ensure astronomers' access to the Universe! @SpaceX and @OneWeb have a huge responsibility
spazio, esplorazione
::: jivedirector

Twitter nutrition tips
umorismo
::: lcamtuf

This is the level of hackability all Linux distributions should aspire to reach
Linux
::: zekjur

Woz Remembers Steve Jobs' Ambition to Change Humanity
protagonisti
::: Slashdot

NASA Brings Voyager 2 Fully Back Online, 11.5 Billion Miles From Earth
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

“Human rights have not been in a crisis like this since the end of the Second World War,” says Manfred Nowak, the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture. We should listen.
Edward Snowden | politica
::: Snowden

China’s government is using drones in increasingly invasive ways to address the coronavirus. But @wang_maya, a senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch, says that it is, "neither effective nor necessary nor proportionate"
robots, automazione, droni | Cina
::: FutureTenseNow

Is Canada's BTLR a Framework For Regulating Internet Content?
censura
::: Slashdot

Facebook To IRS: Refund Me, I'm Irish!
Facebook | economia, lavoro | frodi
::: Slashdot

trust nothing with a computer in it, but ESPECIALLY a locker
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: internetofshit ::: drybones_5

Suspicion and Anger Towards Microsoft Rises After Windows 10 Search Failure
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

All election-related software, whether it’s registering voters, casting votes, delivering election results to a central database, or anything else, should use open design principles
politica | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: theintercept


App Used by Netanyahu's Likud Leaks Israel's Entire Voter Registry
Right-clicking on the Elector app's home page and choosing 'view source' revealed the original code of the internet page. The code revealed all the usernames and passwords of system admins, allowing one to log in and download the registry
politica | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: micahflee

Emacs is a yak of many hairs
cit.
::: greghendershott

NASA Moves Forward With International Space Station 'Hotel'
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

This, from the Washington Post editorial board, is climate denial
ambiente, ecologia
::: KateAronoff

#Librem5 phone hands-on—Open source phone shows the cost of being different
dispositivi mobili | open source
::: zacchiro

Any software project is a collaborative project. It has at least two developers, the original developer and the original developer a few weeks or months later when the train of thought has long left the station
open source | programming, codice, snippet
::: eNinjaPL

Are There Generational Differences In First Coding Languages and Learning Resources?
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

The Future of Press Freedom: The case of Wikileaks 📰 @avilarenata, @smaurizi, @SwaziJAF & @gdelagasnerie discuss the struggle for the right to knowledge and reflect on how the Wikileaks revelations still resonate today
censura
::: decodeproject

Fake News Hoax in Russia Tries Blaming the US For Coronavirus
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot

Bill Gates Orders £500m Hydrogen-Powered Superyacht
una notizia comunque buona per l'ambiente
ambiente, ecologia | protagonisti
::: Slashdot

Here is our proposal how the complaint & redress mechanism required by #Article17 can protect users’ rights. By giving users the ability to declare that a use is lawful, we can prevent that lawful uploads are blocked by filters and can only be restored after a lengthy process
copyright e brevetti | censura
::: communia_eu

I wrote something about getting started contributing to CPython
Python
::: gvanrossum

A little bit of sass in the IBM 704 manual
storia
::: geoffwozniak


Sto cercando di studiare per corso antincendio col cellulare vicino
dispositivi mobili
::: profmanontroppo

The Windows 10 Start Menu Now Harasses Firefox Users
open source
::: Slashdot

85 years ago today, three East Harlem teens find a full-grown alligator in the sewer, fueling one of New York's more enduring urban legends
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: BoweryBoys

Intelligent Arxiv: Sort daily papers by learning users topics preference
machine learning
::: skdh

You can check out the lessons I'm publishing at sneklang.org/docs to see what some pretty simple robots look like
robots, automazione, droni
::: keith_x11

Troll Hunter – Mycroft’s Position on Patent Trolls
copyright e brevetti
::: mycroft_ai

abc — Abstract Base Classes
Python
::: pymotw

Seriamente, abbiamo iniziato io e @DarioBressanini un paio di anni fa a usare IG per fare divulgazione e oggi la cosa è decisamente interessante (sia in termini numerici sia in termini di riscontro del pubblico. Un pubblico totalmente nuovo rispetto a quello nostro classico)
social media
::: divagatrice ::: DarioBressanini

FBI is Investigating More Than 1,000 Cases of Chinese Theft of US Technology
copyright e brevetti | Cina
::: Slashdot

A prototype of Toshiba's algorithm was able to find the best arbitrage opportunities from among eight currencies and issue a trade order in microseconds, the company says
algoritmi, codice
::: IEEESpectrum

Justice Dept. Charge China-backed Hackers Over Equifax Breach
frodi | Cina
::: Slashdot

When it comes to number of tech jobs, California won’t be losing its crown anytime soon
economia, lavoro
::: IEEESpectrum


North Korea's Internet Use Surges, Thwarting Sanctions and Fueling Theft
Web, Internet | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Software that Swaps Out Words Can Now Fool the AI Behind Alexa and Siri
assistente digitale | natural language processing
::: Slashdot

⚠️ Prevenzione coronavirus: vietati smartphone cinesi
umorismo
::: CBugliano

TCL Came Out of Nowhere To Capture the US TV Market. Up Next: Cheap Phones
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

The @EU_Commission just announced that they will share the their views on the Guidelines about #Article17 #Copyright Directive on 30 March. Small step towards #transparency. 42 fundamental organisations asked for the draft guidelines
copyright e brevetti | censura
::: evasimon_info ::: communia_eu

Yahoo and Tumblr Lost 33% of Their Web Traffic in the Past Several Years
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Wearable Microphone Jamming
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: johnregehr

Software Error Exposes the ID Numbers For 1.26 Million Danish Citizens
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

South Korea's Government Explores Move From Windows To Linux Desktop
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

È a rischio l’uomo, non la Terra
ambiente, ecologia
::: sdallagata

are we absolutely sure that the Romans didn't have lower and upper case letters?
umorismo
::: DannyBate4

IBM Picks Slack Over Microsoft Teams For Its 350,000 Employees
social media
::: Slashdot


White House Earmarks New Money For AI and Quantum Computing
artificial intelligence | quantum computing
::: Slashdot

Tesla Ramps Up Solar Tile Roof Installations In US, Eyes China and Europe Expansion
energia
::: Slashdot

Semi-Transparent Solar Cells Could Make Greenhouses Self-Sufficient
energia
::: Slashdot

9to5Mac: Popular iOS and Mac email apps scrape inboxes to profit from personal data, report finds
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: mozthunderbird

Basta un po' di #consapevolezzadigitale per fare di Internet un posto migliore #SaferInternetDay
Web, Internet
::: suxsonica

Why Can We Write Software To Get To the Moon, But Not To Count Votes
dove lavoravo illo tempore c'era appesa la fotocopia di un testo (di non ricordo atore e titolo) che recitava "4. siate semplici."; bei tempi (ero giovane)
programming, codice, snippet
::: Slashdot

Taika Waititi Slams Apple's MacBook Keyboards After Winning First Oscar
Apple
::: Slashdot

The ATLAS Experiment at @CERN releases 13 TeV #OpenData for Science Education
open source | scienza
::: ATLASexperiment

Quantum technologies: New insights into superconducting processes
quantum computing
::: jpdowling

Curious about climate tipping points? @CarbonBrief has the epic explainer you need
ambiente, ecologia
::: hausfath

Facial recognition: 'No justification' for Police Scotland to use technology
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Old Book Illustrations
Spero che abbiate la mattina libera, perché qui c'è il mondo
open source | media
::: fguglieri


We conclude that the UK does not need a specific AI regulator, but all regulators must adapt to the challenges that AI poses to their specific sectors
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

The End of Privacy as We Know It?
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: thek3nger

#Alibaba, la grande società cinese di ecommerce, vuole espandersi in Europa e sta costruendo un enorme centro di smistamento in Belgio, tra qualche preoccupazione
ok, come Amazon
economia, lavoro
::: konrad_ilpost

Dopo 8 mesi di lavoro e ricerca. finalmente riusciamo a identificare la propagazione delle fake news di 3 paesi Europei con alta % di russo parlanti. E senza conoscere la lingua :) #stopfakenews
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: alex_orlowski

1 / In our "Gluing Manifesto" we define a new category of centralized tools which 1) Are not custodial 2) Are replaceable 3) Can fail. We also explain why relayers, watch towers, oracle connectors, ZKP aggregators and gas station networks are #GLUERS
Web, Internet
::: HAL_team

#TERRA2FEMMINISMO Non le conoscete, ma (soprattutto quella a destra) hanno messo a punto il miglior sistema di proiezione olografica per realtà aumentata low-cost, e nonostante abbiano raccolto oltre 1,7mln$ su Kickstarter il nuovo ufficio se lo stanno ristrutturando a manina
virtual reality
::: Terra2itter

The CIA Secretly Bought a Company That Sold Encryption Devices Across the World. Then, Its Spies Read Everything
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot ::: fabiochiusi ::: gregpmiller ::: Snowden ::: CoolSWEng ::: jaromil ::: schneierblog ::: CoolSWEng

Il mio libro #RiprendiamociLaRete è stato scaricato 5000 volte, grazie. Oggi presentiamo la sua versione aggiornata alla @LinkCampus
per celebrare il #SaferInternetDay alla presenza degli studenti e in collegamento con le scuole. Il libro digitale sarà sempre gratis. Buona lettura
Web, Internet | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: arturodicorinto

Moscow Activists Protest Widespread Facial Recognition With Face Paint
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: evan_greer

FIFA Experiments With AI For More Accurate Offside Calls
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Will No Longer Force Bing By Default For Office 365 ProPlus Customers
applicazioni, programmi
::: Slashdot

Keras Tuner allows you to scale up your hyperparameter search to hundreds of parallel trials, each running on multiple GPUs or TPUs
machine learning | Python
::: TensorFlow


Demand for engineers with expertise in AR and VR is exploding
augmented reality | #vr
::: IEEESpectrum

FTC Will Review Past Mergers by Facebook, Google and Other Big Tech Companies
economia, lavoro | antitrust
::: Slashdot

Ditelo alle grandi, da Amazon a VW, che sbagliano tutto. I loro investimenti miliardari sono soldi buttati... L’Italia rimarrà in questa agonia, finché tutte queste imprese zombie non si saranno estinte
economia, lavoro | innovazioni, futuro
::: MarcoCantamessa

Samsung Announces Galaxy Z Flip With the World's First Foldable Glass Display
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

Sony has opened up Aibo to programmers by providing visual programming tools and an API. Here's how it works
robots, automazione, droni
::: IEEESpectrum

MATE Desktop 1.24 Release Arrives with a Slew of Improvements
applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

La "nuova frontiera" dei vigili torinesi: una super volante con sei telecamere. Ce l'hanno venduta gli israeliani. Filmato impressionante; tutto registrato e automatizzato. Ma davvero è questa la città dove vorreste vivere? E' questa la vostra "casa"?
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: CBlengio

Super simple starting point with TPU's
machine learning
::: benhamner

I’ve waited my whole life for this
idea 💡
::: VancityReynolds

Huawei Can Covertly Access Telecom Networks, US Officials Say
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Huawei
::: Slashdot ::: bopanc ::: evacide ::: fabiochiusi

One IEEE senior member's passion for engineering history led him to found the Pavia Museum of Electrical Technology
storia
::: IEEESpectrum

Microsoft Promises Windows 10X Updates Will Take 'Less Than 90 Seconds'
sistemi operativi | dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot


Nikola Motors Unveils Hybrid Fuel-Cell Concept Truck With 600-Mile Range
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

KDE Plasma 5.18 Released
applicazioni, programmi
::: slashdot

Apple Pay Is On Pace To Account For 10 Percent of All Global Card Transactions
economia, lavoro | applicazioni, programmi
::: Slashdot

NASA Puts a Price On a 2024 Moon Landing: $35 Billion
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

`eff` in small pieces: the complete definition of a Coroutine effect, and a tiny example of using it
quelli mooolto più nerd di me (facile, io sono boomer & niubbo)
programming, codice, snippet
::: lexi_lambda

Coronavirus Crisis Disrupting Flow of Mail Into China
non sempre e non tutto si può fare in digitale
Cina
::: Slashdot

Who Should Control the Internet's .Org Addresses?
Web, Internet
::: RadioProzac

Quanto vale il business degli spot politici per Google e Facebook?
ad, pubblicità
::: sole24ore

Dopo il fallimento nel New Hampshire si ritira dalle primarie democratiche Andrew Yang, il candidato-imprenditore che voleva mettere in orbita un grande specchio per frenare il cambiamento climatico. #geoengineering
ambiente, ecologia | politica
::: andcapocci

wow missed this, French climate activists now going after global carbon financiers
ci sono anche ambientalisti che non mi piacciono
ambiente, ecologia
::: DanielaGabor

#Riconoscimentofacciale, passo indietro della Ue: “Decidono gli Stati se vietarlo in spazi pubblici”
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Key4biz

One of the Most Destructive Botnets Can Now Spread To Nearby Wi-Fi Networks
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | web-bot, robocall
::: Slashdot ::: ebobferraris

L'ossequiosità "femminile" e la servilità espressa dagli assistenti vocali, sempre giovani donne, fornisce una potente immagine degli stereotipi di genere codificati nella tecnologia. Siri, Cortana, Alexa hanno voci femminili perchè assistenza=donna?
assistente digitale
::: lracrr


Titolista ubriaco che non legge articolo che in grassetto dice che non è a causa del cambiamento climatico ma dell'accumulo di troppa neve. E questi vorrebbero proteggerci dalle fake news?
i giornaloni, a volte...
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: real_fabristol

Tout prétexte est bon pour mettre nos villes et nos vies sous surveillance au nom de technologies intelligentes du #futur
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: laquadrature

The Price of a .Com Domain Is Set To Rise, and Some Sellers Aren't Happy
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Safe Systems Programming in Rust: The Promise and the Challenge
linguaggi di programmazione
::: johnregehr

Is a $1000 Aftermarket Add-On As Capable As Tesla's Autopilot and Cadillac's Super Cruise?
automazione
::: Slashdot

Google has stopped listing arguably my most successful post because it apparently infringes on a reality show called "Dance India Dance"?!
Google | censura
::: TwoBitHistory

Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing
quantum computing
::: skdh

Professors. Please don’t post mocking samples of your students work, even with their name erased, on twitter. It is unethical. Your students are on twitter. Don’t punch down
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: Lollardfish

Let’s Get Real About How Important Our Phones Are
dispositivi mobili
::: daringfireball

La storia di Whitfield Diffie e Martin Hellman, e dell'invenzione che avrebbe rivoluzionato il nostro modo di comunicare online: la “crittografia a chiave pubblica”, un’intuizione che oggi sfruttiamo continuamente, dalle transazioni finanziarie alle chat
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | storia
::: ilTascabile

We're making our Unity Analyzers open-source
programming, codice, snippet
::: jbevain

Are you a #JavaScript developer who loves semicolons?
umorismo
::: joelnet


Super-leaker Snowden punts free PDF* of tell-all NSA book with censored Chinese parts restored, underlined
Edward Snowden
::: TheRegister

[ITA] Voto elettronico, l’Italia rischia il flop come in Iowa - Tutto a causa di @g_brescia che ignora o vuole ignorare le esperienze all’estero, per soddisfare le visioni di Davide Casaleggio che richiedono il Voto Online
politica | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fpietrosanti

What is the problem we solve? Gave a talk today on what @risj_oxford research tells us about the public's attention to and valuing of news and journalism, few slides, highlights, and links in thread 1/4
media
::: rasmus_kleis

Ubuntu Kylin's UKUI Desktop Switches to Qt, Looks Phenomenal
Ubuntu
::: omgubuntu

On South American trade deal, Italy sides with Bolsonaro over the Amazon
ambiente, ecologia
::: manifestoglobal

Mozilla lost the browser wars. It still thinks it can save the internet
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | browser
::: marcoscan

Probably soon to be an irreplaceable tool for future science #sciencetwitter
scienza | media
::: PaoloBarucca

WhatsApp Hits 2 Billion Users
social media
::: Slashdot

Could algorithms ever really be bias-free? Researchers are finding ways to make them more fair
algoritmi, codice
::: IEEESpectrum

Trump Signs Order To Test Vulnerabilities of US Infrastructure To GPS Outage
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

This App Automatically Cancels and Sues Robocallers
robots, automazione, droni
::: Slashdot

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