20 maggio, 2021

Visto nel Web - 606

 Fresco di vaccino ecco qua cosa ho wisto nel Web.


An absolutely delightful meditation shared by @mgrnbrg, ostensibly about the file drawer but really about information and retrieval. Just last week I was talking about how "search, don't index" doesn't work. And I found a connection to my current research!
Web, Internet | lavoro | programming, codice, snippet
::: ShriramKMurthi

Over 70 years ago MIT’s Jay Forrester first proposed the idea of core memory, the predecessor to semiconductors
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

Report: 65% of Social Media Anti-vax Propaganda Comes From Just 12 People
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | coronavirus
::: Slashdot

How America Will Improve Its Cybersecurity
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Russia Races to Beat Tom Cruise and NASA With First Movie Filmed in Space
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

Surfing the Internet means that websites you visit collect data about you for advertising. The Blacklight tool uncovers who is getting access to your data. Which site has the most ad trackers?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ProtonMail

*checks calendar. pours coffee.* Today’s a great day to switch to privacy
social media
::: signalapp

Apr 1993, UnixWorld: "Does Steve Jobs have a future in software?"
storia
::: unix_byte

Negli ultimi 30 anni ho perso un cubo da 10km di lato di ghiaccio ad una velocità di 1,3 miliardi di miliardi di tonnellate/anno. Il problema è che non ricordo dove caspita li ho messi. Avete idee? Grazie 💚
ambiente, ecologia
::: Terra_Pianeta

The view from the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster landing
spazio, esplorazione
::: wonderofscience

Si es que no podía ser otra cosa 😅😍 #StarWars #graffitiart
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: andalinux

Prepari una strategia di gestione del rischio
social media | lavoro
::: dottorpax

Breaking out the 10 year anniversary PyCon shirt!
umorismo | Python
::: lvh


"Over the past six months (...) at least 38 states (...) have introduced more than 100 bills to protect people’s data privacy, regulate speech policies and encourage tech competition, according to a tally by The New York Times"
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fabiochiusi

Reattori nucleari «made in China»: il nuovo export cinese è atomico
energia
::: giadamessetti

This App Makes it Easier to Tweak Ubuntu 20.04’s Hidden Settings
Ubuntu
::: dcavedon

I am a big fan of mathematical proof and also of @benorlin's blog post "Against Mathematical Proof"
machine learning | matematica
::: JSEllenberg

Europe's Digital Decade: Commission launches consultation and discussion on EU digital principles
Unione Europea | digitalizzazione
::: flavia_marzano

US Considers Law Requiring Companies to Report All Cyberattacks
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

US Lawmakers Could Restrict the Use of Non-Compete Agreements
lavoro | copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Researchers Build Tiny Wireless, Injectable Chips, Visible Only Under a Microscope
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot

Huawei Could Eavesdrop on 6.5 Million Dutch Cellphone Users Without their Knowledge
ma allora i nostri che usano sac = 100€ e bolon (pron. bulun) = 1000€ hanno (avevano finora) ragione
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Funds a Team with Guido van Rossum to Double the Speed of Python
Python | Microsoft
::: Slashdot

Aluminum-Ion Battery Claimed to Charge 60 Times Faster, Hold 3X the Energy
energia
::: Slashdot


In charts: facial recognition technology
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

With the ordinance in place France has now implemented all articles that strengthen the position of rightholders, authors and creators (articles 15, 17 & 18-23) ahead of the implementation deadline. However it has not implemented any of the Articles that strengthen users' righs
Unione Europea | copyright e brevetti
::: communia_eu

Let's talk about the Tether scandal, why recent disclosures about it are such a big deal, and why it represents a form of systemic risk for the already shady crypto market. (1/)
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | frodi
::: smdiehl

Se si attacca la calamita significa che c'è stata l'inversione parametrica del cromosoma... Qualcuno chiami uno psichiatra, per lui, e un medico che mi spieghi cosa sarebbe l'inversione del cromosoma
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | coronavirus
::: AlbertHofman72

Threat modeling is the cornerstone for teaching all other digital security concepts. Help learners use the question-based methodology for assessing risks, and get them ready to understand what they face as well as to create a plan of action
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: EFF

Magnifique initiative de la Commission européenne via @EU_ISA2 : hackathon en ligne éducation pour améliorer logiciel libre #Jitsi ! Si challenges proposés sont réalisés (breaking rooms, intégration #PeerTube, partage de fichiers...) il ne restera alors plus rien à Zoom & co ;)
open source
::: framaka

A simple Event System in TypeScript
In case you ever wondered how to do it
programming, codice, snippet
::: thek3nger

Sabato 22 maggio torna (in modalità online) @MERGE_it, la conferenza nazionale che riunisce le maggiori realtà italiane attive sui temi delle libertà digitali
open source
::: ItaLinuxSociety

Alexa/Echo Owners Become Part of Amazon's Massive 'Sidewalk' Mesh Network By Default
Web, Internet | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Python syntax in Scala - Scala 3: New, but Optional Syntax
linguaggi di programmazione
::: SteveHarville

This is a really really interesting project looking at making a statically Erlang for serious usage
linguaggi di programmazione
::: rvirding

When you feel guilty about your growing TODO list, check this out
programming, codice, snippet
::: phretor


AT&T Merges Media Assets With Discovery in Blockbuster Deal
economia, lavoro | media
::: Slashdot

Axel Springer and Facebook agree on global cooperation
“The agreement explicitly excludes the future ancillary copyright for press publishers”
Facebook
::: fabiochiusi

Microsoft's LinkedIn Accused by Noted China Critic of Censorship
censura | Microsoft
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Teams Launches For Friends and Family With Free All-Day Video Calling
social media
::: Slashdot

Here's everything we know about China's water-divining Zhurong Mars rover, which landed on the red planet's Utopica Planitia Saturday morning along with the Tianwen-1 lander
spazio, esplorazione
::: IEEESpectrum

Amid Public Pressure Audacity Says It Will Not Collect Telemetry Data From Users
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

HotOS papers are up - read them! register! blastoff june 1
sistemi operativi | programming, codice, snippet
::: xexd

A brain-computer interface powered by artificial intelligence can help people with paralysis or limb impairment communicate by translating imagined handwriting into text
artificial intelligence
::: StanfordHAI

Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China
censura | Apple
::: Slashdot

Apple Wants You To Know It Chose Not To Take a Cut of $400 Billion in Physical Goods
Apple
::: Slashdot

Rotten Tomatoes Is Launching a Linear Streaming Channel
video, streaming
::: Slashdot


France embraces Google, Microsoft in quest to safeguard sensitive data
dati, raccolta | Google | Microsoft
::: fabiochiusi

Engineers @Harvard have developed a solid-state lithium-ion #battery that could charge an EV in 10 to 20 minutes, be shrunk to the size of a thick textbook, and last for the lifetime of the vehicle
energia
::: IEEESpectrum

Snowden followed Wang Xing in quoting a Tang dynasty poem on Qin dynasty tyranny: the thousand-year tradition of using historical events/texts to make veiled criticism of the government continues today, because censorship has also continued to the present
Edward Snowden | Cina | censura
::: violazhouyi ::: Snowden

we're like two years off from all academic publishing companies to become analytics mills owned by private equity
dati, raccolta
::: flexlibris

There has been a quiet but sharply accelerating push for turnkey tyranny by a coalition of governments. Read about it
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Snowden ::: matthew_d_green

I hate the framing of this debate in the NYT piece. Algorithms are tools that humans use to make decisions. They are not in opposition to humans making decisions
algoritmi, codice
::: asociologist

Muller's Ratchet
Web, Internet
::: xkcdComic

In my younger years I wrote a bunch of code in hip then-new programming languages. None of that code can really feasibly run anymore
linguaggi di programmazione
::: stylewarning

Chia storage use is very much on the exponential growth curve right now, and I'm curious when shortages will start being felt in US consumer channels
crittografia
::: Pinboard

Hot off the press!!! A Critical Conversation with Alexandra Elbakyan: Is she the Pirate Queen, Robin Hood, a Scholarly Activist, or a Butterfly Flapping its Wings
open source | scienza
::: arasbozkurt ::: Gizmodo

Just blogged: Welcoming the Swedish Government to Have I Been Pwned
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: troyhunt

Python PyQt6 tutorial written. It is a rewrite of the PyQt5 tutorial for the newest version of PyQt
Python
::: janbodnar


Twitter in a nutshell
umorismo
::: bermat

New example on keras.io: node classification with Graph Neural Networks. Learn to classify the topic of a paper given its citation graph!
machine learning
::: fchollet

An Abridged Guide to the Enterprise Linux Landscape
Linux
::: linuxjournal

Scribe, the app that records and transcribes meetings
applicazioni, programmi
::: Genjuro75

Can we develop meaningful standards to evaluate & compare #auditing of #AI/#ADMS? Join the presentation "Towards #accountability in use of #ArtificialIntelligence for Public Administrations"
artificial intelligence | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: algorithmwatch

TensorFlow Cloud has a new documentation site on tensorflow.org - Add one line to your Colab notebook / Kaggle notebook / local script and start running it on multiple GPUs/TPUs in Google Cloud. No extra configuration needed
machine learning
::: fchollet

Google Shows Off Android 12's Huge UI Overhaul
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

NBN Replaces 10,000 Modems After Lightning 'Fries' Devices Across Blue Mountains
hardware | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

'The Monopolist Worm in Apple'
monopolio
::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot

Google and Samsung Are Merging Wear OS and Tizen
sistemi operativi | dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot


Ethereum Staking Will Drop Power Consumption By 99%
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | energia
::: Slashdot

There Are Over 3 Billion Active Android Devices
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

Amazon extends ban on police use of its facial recognition technology indefinitely
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Amazon
::: fabiochiusi

Chrome Now Uses Duplex To Fix Your Stolen Passwords
browser | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Amazon’s Ring is the largest civilian surveillance network the US has ever seen
“In a 2020 letter to management, Max Eliaser, an Amazon software engineer, said Ring is “simply not compatible with a free society”. We should take his claim seriously”
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

China Bans Financial, Payment Institutions From Cryptocurrency Business
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | Cina
::: Slashdot

Gaston, y'a le téléphon qui son
dispositivi mobili
::: Boulet

Scenario per lo zero netto
ambiente, ecologia
::: RadioProzac

Why in hell is the US Postal Service spying on social media users (and a lot more)? And why is it paying the despicable Clearview AI for facial recognition of its customers?
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: dangillmor

Lo spazio è un ambiente davvero inospitale. Tra i tanti pericoli che incontrano i veicoli spaziali c’è anche quello di essere colpiti da micrometeoriti o da detriti provenienti da altri satelliti. (1/16)
thread lungo da uno che li fa (i satelliti)
spazio, esplorazione
::: a_a_f_t

Facebook Calls Links To Depression Inconclusive. These Researchers Disagree
social media
::: Slashdot

Le prime foto da Marte del rover cinese Zhurong
spazio, esplorazione
::: emenietti

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