27 febbraio, 2020

Visto nel Web - 478

CoronaConfusione, come se non bastasse la mia autoprodotta. Pessimo questo venti-venti ma intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.


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'Hutter Prize' for Lossless Compression of Human Knowledge Increased to 500,000€
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

Are APIs Putting Financial Data At Risk?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Russian Trolls Now Just Push Divisive Content Created By Others
trolls, disinformazione
::: Slashdot

Amazon Is Collecting Donations For a Scientology-Linked Anti-Drug Charity
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Unexpected
umorismo
::: engineers_feed

Nonprofit Argues Germany Can't Ratify the 'Unitary Patent' Because of Brexit
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Police are using artificial intelligence to predict which youngsters could be drawn into violent crime, in a major government-funded trial
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Will Low-Code and No-Code Platforms Revolutionize Programming?
mi sembra poco chiaro, probabilmente solo perché sono niubbo
programming, codice, snippet | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Symbolic math without explicit symbol manipulation. As I've said: replace symbols by vectors and logic by continuous (or differentiable) functions
programming, codice, snippet | artificial intelligence
::: ylecun

Better alternatives to Android? Not necessarily - but if you're interested to try something different, check these out
dispositivi mobili | open source
::: itsfoss2

Safari Will Stop Trusting Certs Older Than 13 Months
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot


This is not why I have two surface books
umorismo
::: JenMsft

Oracle's Allies Against Google Include Scott McNealy and America's Justice Department
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Ossessione n.8: ho appena installato Void Linux su un Netbook di 10 anni fa rimasto spento per tre anni. È una scheggia. Perché le persone continuino a usare sistemi proprietari rimane per me un mistero (pari all'adesivo della mela sulla macchina)
sistemi operativi | Linux
::: orporick

Google Detects Edge Users Visiting Its Sites, Urges Them to Switch to Chrome
browser
::: Slashdot

полная фигня
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: CANCEL_SAM

New $300 Kitchen Playset For Children Includes Amazon's Alexa
pazzi!
hardware | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Tests of whether a developer-facing library API is any good
thread programmatico, voglio essere così anch'io, cioè il mio codice
programming, codice, snippet
::: fchollet

Python 3 has been around for 10 years. If you’re still writing code that isn’t compatible or haven’t updated the ancient version you embedded into your software for extensions you are the problem. It’s bad enough we’re stuck with this shit language. Stop making it worse
shit a chi?
Python
::: jrozner

Judge Forces America's FCC To Seek New Public Feedback on Its Net Neutrality Repeal
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Amazing! 🤩 In 30 minutes, I visualized 10 years of #opensource history at @RITtigers @RITMAGIC!
open source | storia
::: jflory7

Ho gia' parlato in passato del linguaggio J, successore di APL di Kenneth Iverson. Rispetto ad APL ha il vantaggio di essere scritto in caratteri ASCII, quindi posso incollarvi qui una funzione
il più ostico affrontato finora
linguaggi di programmazione
::: orporick


Thread by @aspide_l: Tracciatura dispositivi mobili, videosorveglianza, riconoscimento facciale e La Storia della Colonna Infame
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: MauroV1968

Deploy your BASIC code to our 6502 data center in just one tweet. Welcome to 8-bit cloud
storia
::: bbcmicrobot

Open Source CPU Architecture RISC-V Is Gaining Momentum
hardware | open source
::: Slashdot

150 PhD economists hired by Amazon! It is the most significant and drastic change in the last 20 years to raise economics at the core of the decision making in firms. It means: microeconometrics works!
ditte | economia, lavoro
::: home

Python and JavaScript: the joys of duck typing
linguaggi di programmazione
::: ChrisShaver64

pkgutil — Package Utilities
Python
::: pymotw

Programming will never advance, so long as we continue to view programming, debugging, and execution as separate activities
programming, codice, snippet
::: pwang

EU Commission To Staff: Switch To Signal Messaging App
social media
::: Slashdot

Our @NASA family is sad to learn the news that Katherine Johnson passed away this morning at 101 years old. She was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten
protagonisti
::: JimBridenstine ::: Mr. Palomar ::: BarackObama ::: IEEESpectrum ::: orporick ::: alicegoldfuss

I still run Linux. It's obv bad, but I always assumed everyone on mac was living in some fantasy land where things work
sistemi operativi
::: moxie ::: _stdio54


Apple To Release First ARM Mac Without Intel Processor in Next 18 Months, Predicts Kuo
hardware | Apple
::: Slashdot

HackerOne's Bug Bounties Skyrocketed To $40 Million in 2019
bug | programming, codice, snippet
::: Slashdot

Mapping Wikipedia
Wikipedia
::: Slashdot

Google Cloud CEO Called Oracle Cloud a 'Disgrace'
cloud
::: Slashdot

GIMP 2.10.18 Arrives with Major Changes, Including a New 3D Transform Tool
applicazioni, programmi | open source
::: omgubuntu

What do we need for performant *quantum* software? Intelligent, open-source tools (like optimizing compilers) and low-level control are two things I talked about recently at #RigettiAdvantage2020
quantum computing
::: stylewarning

ZX Spectrum Next, An Advanced Version of the Original 8-Bit Home Computer, Has Been Released
hardware
::: Slashdot

r/NoSleep, One of the Largest Subreddits On Reddit, Goes Dark In IP-Theft Protest
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Supreme Court Rejects Apple Appeal In Patent Fight With VirnetX
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Planned vs. Budgeted
umorismo
::: ismonkeyuser

The utility Hydro-Québec has signed a deal to commercialize a glass battery developed in part by Nobel Prize winner John Goodenough
energia
::: IEEESpectrum


Questo è uno dei motivi per cui non vi conviene seguire account "breaking news" riguardo il coronavirus se non siete certissimi di chi lo gestisce. È un momento d'oro per chi deve creare account, aumentare i follower per poi ripulire i tweet in futuro e rivendere gli account
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: evaristegal0is

The Big Switcheroo
language Racket
::: greghendershott

Il problema maggiore nell'insegnamento della matematica è che quasi mai viene introdotta per quello che è: un linguaggio, forse l'unico linguaggio veramente universale
matematica
::: dottorpax

AI Deception: When Your Artificial Intelligence Learns to Lie
How to define it, and how we can prepare against it
artificial intelligence
::: IEEESpectrum

Happy birthday @MacRumors! 🥳🎉 Been a fan for probably a decade at this point
Apple
::: corbindavenport

Parents sharing photos, stories, and private details of their children on the Internet often do so without fully understanding the long-term repercussions on data surveillance and privacy
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: NewYorker

Evviva - si comincia a discutere di cose vere: il mercato rilevante ai fini della concorrenza è quello dei dati. La via per alcune soluzioni di problemi legati alle grandi piattaforme è più libertà e più concorrenza, non più controlli
dati, raccolta
::: tedeschini

Big "tech companies will have to open up their troves of data to smaller rivals, as other sectors such as financial services already do, the European Commission said, in proposals aimed at breaking down the monopolies such as those of Amazon and Google"
antitrust
::: rasmus_kleis

documenti UN finora inediti ricevuti da @wireditalia descrivono attività cyber Corea del Nord per aggirare sanzioni internazionali, tra #hacker e #criptovalute. Pyongyang è accusata di aver attaccato anche Palazzo di Vetro, fino a gennaio 2020
cyberwar
::: faffa42

Il trend dal 2007 al 2019 di chi legge un quotidiano cartaceo almeno una volta alla settimana
media
::: DataMediaHub

if you like minimalism, and you don't like classes verbosity, but you do like native Custom Elements (instead of wicked/hooked) you might also like µce
programming, codice, snippet
::: WebReflection


Reddit published their 2019 transparency report. - 53M content removals (1,8% of total), mostly spam
social media | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: luca

#Common_Lisp State of Common Lisp Survey 2020
Lisp
::: reddit_lisp

TSA Bans Employees From Using TikTok
social media
::: Slashdot

Calling a programming language “simple” is like
cit.
::: stylewarning

When a phone lands in @xach’s backyard
umorismo
::: stylewarning

I long believed that Linux unlike all other desktop OSes has a steep learning curve during the which you believe it's "bad". Once you reach the intermediate/expert level, it spoils you all other OSes for how "good" it is
sistemi operativi | Linux
::: Gianlucadfiore

In case you missed it! #DigitalEU #digitalpolicy
digitalizzazione
::: cdteu

Ecco i paesi dove il ritorno economico di una #laurea è più alto
scuola, educazione, cultura | lavoro
::: Luca_Gualtieri1

PayPal Accounts Are Getting Abused En-masse For Unauthorized Payments
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Firefox To Enable DNS-over-HTTPS by Default To US Users
browser | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot ::: schneierblog

Japan Urges Telecommuting, Staggered Shifts To Curb Coronavirus
lavoro | Web, Internet
::: Slashdot


The German NetzDG may have contributed to the advance of internet censorship in Africa
censura
::: fabiochiusi

Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them To Public Domain
algoritmi, codice | open source
::: Slashdot

Firefox for Mac and Linux To Get a New Security Sandbox System
browser | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Il Joint Artificial Intelligence Center del Pentagono ha pubblicato cinque principi etici che i militari USA adotteranno sia nei sistemi #AI impiegati in combattimento, sia in quelli usati per altri scopi
artificial intelligence | etica
::: LucaSambucci ::: _pdarragh

Plasma 5.18.2 released
applicazioni, programmi
::: kubuntu

Pearls Before Swine for February 26, 2020
Twitter | umorismo
::: _juhan

Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images Into Public Domain
open source
::: Slashdot

The Go port of simdjson (the fast C++ JSON parser) now uses Intel AVX-512 instructions to accelerate parsing… As the name suggests AVX-512 comes with 512-bit registers
linguaggi di programmazione
::: lemire

Cyborg plants are real, and we should make more of them
automazione
::: mashable

Through FOIA, @knightcolumbia and @ACLU have obtained thousands of documents relating to the government’s sweeping censorship system of prepublication review. We’ve been releasing these on a rolling basis, and today we’re highlighting some of the latest
censura
::: Meenu_Krishnan ::: FaizaPatelBCJ ::: bartongellman ::: JameelJaffer ::: Snowden ::: corbindavenport


Microsoft Wants To Do Away With Windows 10 Local Accounts
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

Singapore Airlines Is Using Aeroponics To Upgrade In-Flight Meals
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot

Facebook: “We recently implemented a policy to prohibit ads that refer to the coronavirus and create a sense of urgency, like implying a limited supply, or guaranteeing a cure or prevention”
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: fabiochiusi

Was Knuth really framed by Jon Bentley?
sviluppi attuali di un'epopea classica! e "So my claim is that the power of the Unix tools is often vastly underestimated. In my everyday work, I use Unix commands many times daily to perform diverse and very different tasks. I very rarely encounter tasks that cannot be solved by joining together a couple of commands."
programming, codice, snippet
::: CoolSWEng

Really enjoying @AustinZHenley @barik and others' work on pain points of computational notebooks, includes some I hadn't realized
programming, codice, snippet | Web, Internet
::: ShriramKMurthi

Android 11 makes it easier to discover DNS server problems
dispositivi mobili
::: AndroidPolice

Here's How Facebook's Brain-Computer Interface Development is Progressing
Bit by bit, the social media giant is pushing forward efforts to pick up signals through the skull that tell what you're thinking
Facebook
::: IEEESpectrum

Scuola chiusa per il #CoronaVirusItalia? Si può comunque tenere lezione da remoto, usando ad esempio la piattaforma #opensource Jitsi: nessun account, nessuna registrazione, nessuna applicazione da installare
scuola, educazione, cultura | Web, Internet
::: ItaLinuxSociety

Crypto: 10 Years, 3.1 Billion Transactions. 1.1B transactions in 2019 alone. And they said it was a bear market 😏
blockchain e crypto*
::: cburniske

Historically crypto as nearly no correlation with any other asset classes
blockchain e crypto*
::: Alexintosh

For a long time, no robot company had a business model worth funding. "We were no exception," writes @iRobot CEO @colinangle. "We tried 14 business models before we arrived at one that sustainably worked." #robotics #startups
robots, automazione, droni
::: IEEESpectrum


The International Maritime Organization wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime sector by at least 50% from 2008 levels by 2050
ambiente, ecologia
::: ispionline

The Beacon Chain Ethereum 2.0 explainer you need to read first
blockchain e crypto*
::: josephch

Uber and Lyft Generate 70 Percent More Pollution Than Trips They Displace, Study Finds
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Internal Docs Show Why the US Military Publishes North Korean and Russian Malware
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

La Cineteca di Milano mette tutto il catalogo (e che catalogo) in streaming. Basta andare sul sito per iscriversi gratuitamente
Web, Internet | media
::: MarikaSurace

The EU may force phone manufacturers to bring back replaceable batteries. I really hope so
dispositivi mobili | hardware
::: latentexistence

Google To Spend $10 Billion on Offices, Data Centers in US This Year
Google
::: Slashdot

Flaw in Billions of Wi-Fi Devices Left Communications Open To Eavesdropping
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

The law says Chelsea Manning must be freed from prison
Chelsea Manning
::: philipdisalvo

If you're bored and looking for something fresh, enter the Abstraction & Reasoning Challenge - The best entrants currently have algos that can autonomously develop solutions to 3 novel tasks out of 100
artificial intelligence
::: fchollet

"Lithium isn't enough now." —Vilas Pol, professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University
hardware
::: IEEESpectrum

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