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| Andy Prokh |
::: Slashdot
At the rate we consume, it would take 1.6 Earths to support humanity sustainably
ambiente, ecologia
::: wef
Will More Powerful Processors Super-Charge NASA's Mars Rovers?
innovazioni, futuro | hardware
::: Slashdot
Solar Panels Are Starting to Die, Leaving Behind Toxic Trash
energia | ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot
Is Blockchain 'the Amazing Solution for Almost Nothing'?
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot
Police in Several US Cities Used Facial Recognition To Hunt Down and Arrest Protesters
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot
Open Source Sustainability is Really a People Problem
open source
::: Slashdot
The most powerful corporation on Earth seems bent on preventing end user programming
Apple | programming, codice, snippet
::: jonathoda
Rewrote the pkgsrc checksum validation script in awk, reducing quadratic runtime of the current shell script version down from 8 minutes 12 seconds to just under 4 seconds
programming, codice, snippet
::: jperkin
Remembering the Golden Age of Computer User Groups
storia
::: Slashdot
Dal 1956 la #Cina cerca una via per la autosufficienza nella produzione di microchip. Un percorso che racconta la storia del modello cinese
hardware | Cina
::: simopieranni
I am exceptionally pleased to announce the release of the General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects
spazio, esplorazione
::: planet4589
Apple accoltella WordPress, un brutto precedente per i fan dell'App Store
Apple
::: dottorblaster ::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot
Why do you feel superior?
linguaggi di programmazione
::: PaniczGodek
Google’s new certificate program only takes 6 months to finish, and will be a fraction of the cost of college
scuola, educazione, cultura | lavoro | Google
::: skdh ::: Slashdot
Abstract ideas, like the ones we deal with in the foundations of physics, are hard to get across; having to pipe them through glass fiber cables doesn’t help. As we discuss how to reduce traveling, let us not forget that communication is absolutely essential to science
anche per cose normali, come le mie
scienza | dati, raccolta
::: skdh
Price of 1 GB of mobile data, obtained after studying many data plans
sorprese qui!
dispositivi mobili | dati, raccolta
::: jgbarah
Die bitch!
umorismo
::: evilripper
Twitter says President Trump’s tweet about mail drop boxes violated its rules but will stay visible
Twitter | politica
::: fabiochiusi
SpaceX Now Valued at $46 Billion, Making It America's Top 'Unicorn'
spazio, esplorazione | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot
'This Plane Flies Itself. We Went for a Ride'
automazione
::: Slashdot
Tesla Fights Performance Hacks for Its Electric Cars
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington's Fears About TikTok
social media | Facebook
::: Slashdot
L’@antitrust_it le canta ai sindaci anti #5G: bloccano lo sviluppo del Paese / violano norme 🇮🇹 e 🇪🇺 / sono misure illegittime / principio di precauzione è altro
5G
::: Luke_like
"Automated systems are being rolled out with little transparency or public debate, and risk exacerbating existing inequalities." @POLITICOEurope about 'Five ways algorithms already rule our lives', featuring several examples researched and published by AW
automazione | algoritmi, codice
::: algorithmwatch
GOMBLODDO!!!!!!111!!!!!!1111!!!!
umorismo
::: evilripper
China's Ministry of IT Picks Gitee To Build 'Independent, Open-source Code Hosting Platform' for the Country As Tension With the U.S. Escalates
Cina | politica
::: Slashdot
This is a lovely write-up. Is really neat how this problem reduces to you-know-what
matematica
::: ShriramKMurthi
Il #Covid19 ha interrotto la fornitura da Oriente a Occidente e immobilizzato larga parte dei mercati finali. L’#Italia è stata travolta dalla pandemia ma ha le potenzialità per cogliere le opportunità intraviste nel #lockdown
coronavirus | digitalizzazione
::: ispionline
The world's top miner, BHP, will broaden plans to exit coal operations
ambiente, ecologia
::: climate
.@AlfonsoFuggetta da leggere: “Il problema della sicurezza esiste, ma non si risolve con la proprietà del mezzo”
politica | Web, Internet
::: FabioGhironi
Chromium's DNS-Hijacking Tests Accused of Causing Half of All Root Queries
Web, Internet | browser
::: Slashdot
The predicted end of a "permissioned #blockchain" made by centralized corporate idiocy is 30M of unmaintainable yet disposable waste
blockchain e crypto*
::: jaromil
China has most of world’s biggest brokerages as deregulation, stock rally, merger prospect fuel upsurge
Cina | economia, lavoro
::: simopieranni
China, by contrast, has been very quick to wield AI in its battle against the disease. AI has been used to identify individuals in contact tracing and to predict how the virus spreads
coronavirus | artificial intelligence
::: simopieranni
A proposito di semiconduttori- In win for Taiwan, ASML opens chip-tool training center for TSMC
hardware | Cina
::: simopieranni
"Cela a été résumé assez fidèlement par nos confrères anglais par une « punition statistique ». L’algorithme a fait au mieux, essayant de limiter la casse en général et a sacrifié 39,1 % de cas particuliers pour atteindre son objectif chiffré"
politica | scuola, educazione, cultura | algoritmi, codice
::: MeTaL_PoU
How data scarcity distorts research" by @nicolaskb, part of @algorithmwatch's campaign to facilitate research on platforms
social media | dati, raccolta
::: RiederB
There is a huge market for "magic"
blockchain e crypto*
::: glipari
What is up with the much hyped natural language generator GPT-3? Our reporter @nicolaskb took a closer look at the tool and had some fun with it. Here is his review
linguaggi di programmazione | artificial intelligence
::: algorithmwatch
Two articles on the worthlessness of the blockchain, and neither really gets into the economic part which is even worse
blockchain e crypto*
::: migueldeicaza ::: enriconardelli
Uffizi, via alla prima "scansione" totale in 3D di Palazzo Pitti @_MiBACT @UffiziGalleries @palazzopittiza @UNI_FIRENZE
dati, raccolta
::: AgCultNews
Even before we delve into the “accuracy” of these systems, there are questions around whether we should be developing such technology at all — nevermind deploying them in public spaces without consent
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: sarahchander
Are PhD students more prone to develop #mentalhealth issues? This study explores the potential impact of current academic working conditions on mental health, particularly on #PhDstudents
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: mendeley_com
If you use #Python >= 3.7.x and you want to drop into ipdb when you place a breakpoint() you can set this environment variable
Python
::: andreagrandi
We just finished the first draft of our book - OCaml Scientific Computing! Hurray!
programmazione funzionale
::: ryan_liang
If people want to play around with that theorem prover tool I am implementing, take a look at it here: liamoc.net/holbert/ Note: it's very pre-alpha, and I'm not looking for bug reports now. This is just if you want to try it!
matematica | programming, codice, snippet
::: kamatsu8
copy — Duplicate Objects
Python
::: pymotw
Happy Monday, surveillance devices are scary: Amazon has provided Alexa data to police 2,000 times so far this year
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Amazon
::: johns_FSF
New tutorial! 🚀 OCR Handwriting Recognition with #OpenCV, #Keras, and #TensorFlow 2
machine learning | Python
::: PyImageSearch
CLI and IDE get better together! Our Tooling Team has been hard at work to come up with solutions to reported issues and feature requests. Today, we're excited to announce new versions of both applications to play with and build your workflows around
applicazioni, programmi | hardware
::: arduino
RegEx
umorismo
::: imbushuo
TikTok Sues US Government Over Trump Ban
social media | politica
::: Slashdot
J'ai pas encore lu, mais ça fait déjà peur
social media | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: zacchiro
Il 24 agosto del 1995 Microsoft lanciò sul mercato #Windows95, il primo sistema operativo che rese popolare l’utilizzo del personal computer
io avevo la beta dall'inverno '94
storia
::: MashableItalia ::: ShriramKMurthi
The machine assembly phase has started at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor in southeastern France, but the project, which began 30 years ago is still a long way from fusing atoms
energia
::: IEEESpectrum
Facebook Blocks Group of One Million Critical of Thai Monarchy Amid Government Pressure
censura | Facebook
::: Slashdot
If your newsroom handles tips from confidential sources, you should take a look at this. The new @SecureDrop Workstation is a huge step forward. This is the kind of tool I wished we had had during the global mass surveillance scandal
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Snowden
Those who do not learn from history
umorismo
::: sarahkendzior
Foxconn, Other Asian Firms Consider Mexico Factories As China Risks Grow
hardware | politica | Cina
::: Slashdot
Nintendo Copyright Infringement Threats Shut Down Switch Payload Injector
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot
Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around the World
frodi
::: Slashdot
Facebook To Pay More Than $110 Million In Back Taxes In France
::: Slashdot
Amazon Go's Cashierless Tech May Come To Whole Foods As Soon As Next Year
Amazon
::: Slashdot
A course that had a major influence on my mathematical thinking was Shadrin's Approximation Theory at Cambridge. It was a "functional analysis for applied mathematicians" course unlike anything I've seen at Cornell or Stanford
matematica
::: jugander
Internet Explorer, initially an optional add-on, was later offered for free or bundled with every copy of Windows, triggering the first browser war. And Microsoft used its market-dominant OS to ruthlessly steamroller those who stood in its way
storia
::: unix_byte
ExxonMobil, the world’s largest co. a decade ago, & the longest-serving co. of the Dow Jones Industrials, got booted today. The end of the #fossilfuel era? I certainly hope so
energia | ambiente, ecologia | economia, lavoro
::: ClimateComms ::: Slashdot ::: TechAltar
You understand a thing if you can recreate it
vero François! (e ottimo l'esempio (anche se il film non racconta la storia vera ma come la vede Hollywood (una fiaba)))
cit.
::: fchollet
Il complottismo si sposta su #instagram dove è più facile evitare gli algoritmi anti-fakenews dispiegati da #Facebook e #Twitter. I contenuti prevalentemente visuali, la possibilità di seguire hashtag e la presenza di utenti giovani rendono Instagram un piattaforma appetibile
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: f_ronchetti
Happy cake day Linux!
Linux
::: nixcraft ::: nixcraft ::: system76
Firefox Daylight For Android Arrives With Enhanced Tracking Protection, New UI
browser | dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot ::: ItalianPolitics
Microsoft's Transcribe in Word Gives Office 365 Subscribers 5 Hours of Transcription a Month
applicazioni, programmi
::: Slashdot
Chrome 85 Arrives With Tab Management, 10% Faster Page Loads, and PDF Improvements
browser
::: Slashdot
Danfo.js is a Pandas-like Library in #JavaScript that’s #MadeWithTFJS, and provides intuitive data structures for manipulating and processing structured data
programming, codice, snippet
::: TensorFlow
My daughter’s maths homework. Can’t say I disagree
programming, codice, snippet | umorismo
::: doozethe
Israeli Phone Hacking Company 'Cellebrite' Sued To Stop Sales To Hong Kong
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot
A New Botnet Is Covertly Targeting Millions of Servers
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | web-bot, robocall
::: Slashdot
After 48 Years, Democrats Endorse Nuclear Energy In Platform
energia
::: Slashdot
Man Sues Patent Office For Deciding an AI Can't Invent Things
artificial intelligence | copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot
Facebook Begins Ghosting the 'Oculus' Moniker In Its VR Division
virtual reality | Facebook
::: Slashdot
Long Ago...
umorismo
::: savagechickens
📣 .NET 5 Preview 8 is here folks and it's just full of #Blazor awesome sauce!! 🔥
programming, codice, snippet
::: chris_sainty
Facial recognition designed to detect around face masks is failing
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
Biogen Conference Likely Led To 20,000 COVID-19 Cases In Boston Area
coronavirus
::: Slashdot
Le @Europarl_FR compense son #CO2 à 2 euros la tonne
ambiente, ecologia
::: F_Rohart
Firefox 80 Released with Optional GPU Acceleration on Linux
browser
::: dcavedon
An Open-Source Book About the Open Source World
open source
::: Mte90Net
App confinement and permissions in Ubuntu Touch
dispositivi mobili | Ubuntu
::: UBports
Experiment Update - We’ve earned the hat trick. Coming off the third 12 hour suspension
Twitter | politica
::: SuspendThePres
Deeply unappreciated fact: the most "impactful" person in science right now is this Kazakhstani hacker queen. She is the one-woman bridge to the largest repository of scientific knowledge ever collected
scienza | Web, Internet
::: Rohan_Naidu
Will Your Code Run Ten Years From Now?
programming, codice, snippet
::: slashdot ::: textfiles
OMG 😱 If you divide 1 by 998,001 you get all three-digit numbers from 000 to 999 in order, except for 998
umorismo | matematica
::: mathladyhazel
L. Peter Deutsch invented the first interactive #Lisp REPL in 1963 when he was 17 He implemented Lisp on the PDP-1
storia | Lisp
::: RainerJoswig ::: oubiwann
Vuoi aprire la tua #scuola al mondo #Wikimedia e #OpenStreetMap? Col bando Wiki-imparare di Wikimedia Italia potrà acquistare pc e tablet per attività sulle due piattaforme, col supporto di un wikimediano. C'è ancora tempo per partecipare!
scuola, educazione, cultura | Wikipedia
::: WikimediaItalia
Opposite effects of increased reliance on automated filters for content moderation observed in YouTube and Facebook: YT doubled video removals, whereas FB and IG saw "steep declines"
social media | politica
::: fabiochiusi
India: Facial recognition, Iris scans may be used for welfare scheme payouts
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi
a short thread on cos(π/3)
bravo Daniel! 💥 (appena ho tempo vedo se followarti); anche perché hai scatenato le masse
umorismo
::: littmath
Is there any Android app that would make my phone smell like a dusty old book (or at least a print from a copy machine) when I read some old books stolen from http://libgen.is?
Web, Internet
::: PaniczGodek
Ireland: "The HSE’s Covid-19 Tracker app has been deleted over 500,000 times since its launch, leading to questions as to how effective it can be"
coronavirus
::: fabiochiusi
So, I’m working on a book that takes place in the twenties and thirties, partly in Germany. For research I’ve been watching some archival footage from Nazi Germany, and now suddenly YouTube feeds me 100% ads for Trump re-election, the NRA, and firearm accessories. 😬
social media | ad, pubblicità
::: SeamusBlackley
When “What Will It Take?” Seems Beyond Possible, We Need To Study How *Immense Challenges* Have Been Successfully Dealt With In The Past
protagonisti | innovazioni, futuro
::: girba
I've spent a lot of time this past few weeks making my thesis code as reproducible as possible, for future paper-submitting-me and for my lab. Here's what I learned
gran lavoro Valentin!
programming, codice, snippet
::: VLucet
⚠️ Incendio al parco giochi: bambino con microchip “5G” prende fuoco
5G | umorismo
::: CBugliano
A Chrome Feature is Creating Enormous Load on Global Root DNS Servers
browser | bug
::: Slashdot
Glimpse 0.2.0 Released, Based on GIMP 2.10.18
applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon
White House Announces Creation of AI and Quantum Research Institutes
artificial intelligence | quantum computing | politica
::: Slashdot
me: why is this code so complicated?
umorismo
::: juldanjou
Have you noticed my website has a new face?
language Racket
::: racketlang
We are investigating an issue with our Media Service impacting Confluence, Jira Core, Jira Service Desk, Jira Software, and Bitbucket pipeline builds for Atlassian Cloud customers. This issue will impact any attachments, downloads, imports or exports within these products
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jaromil
I’m thrilled to share that this morning, @ozm published a landmark new text by @doctorow: How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism. It’s one of the most ambitious projects of @ozm’s short existence, and was only possible by the tireless work of @bcmerchant
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: mvzelenks
This is a really interesting shift in thinking about what "autonomy" means and what kind of autonomy is really useful
automazione | robots, automazione, droni
::: MikellTaylor
New Zealand Stock Exchange Halted by Cyber-Attack
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Facebook says apps using its advertising network could see revenue drop 50 percent, now that iOS 14 will require users to opt in to sharing their device info
ad, pubblicità | Apple | Facebook
::: sarahfrier
I see this kind of coding pattern a lot in Python
io uso il primo modo; differenze: non so
Python
::: dabeaz
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