Visto nel Web - 607

Oggi un po' così ma non posso mancare la rassegna di cosa ho wisto nel Web.

New code example on keras.io: keypoint detection (with data augmentation & transfer learning). Use Keras and the ImgAug library to train a model that detects keypoints in pet images. Implemented by @RisingSayak
machine learning
::: fchollet

I have published this Python script to analyze PDF structure, nothing special, but I have loved the security writeups by @DidierStevens (2008) and @LambdaCube (2010). The funny part is that now you can use malicious PDF documents to hack PDF Web SDKs 🦄
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Python
::: evaristegal0is

Freenode IRC Staff Quit After New Owner 'Seizes' Control of Network
:open
::: Slashdot

Google Plans To Build a Commercial Quantum Computer By 2029
quantum computing
::: Slashdot

The social credit system "has been documented as having banned 11.14 million people from flying & 4.25 million from using a high-speed train"
artificial intelligence | Cina
::: FrankPasquale

Craig Federighi Says the Mac Has An 'Unacceptable' Malware Problem
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Apple
::: Slashdot

Microsoft is Finally Retiring Internet Explorer in 2022
browser
::: Slashdot ::: emenietti

Bitcoin, Dogecoin See Big Drops After China Reiterates Ban On Crypto Services
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

In 47 tweet e quasi altrettante GIF (!!!) @framasoft risponde a chi, mettendola a confronto con Google, chiedeva quante startup, quanti posti di lavoro, quante innovazioni avesse creato. ApplaudireApplaudireApplaudire #softwarelibero #contributopia #GAFAM
open source
::: nilocram

Frase shock di Alicia Breuer, l'influencer 17enne su #TikTok: "Guadagno 10mila euro al giorno con i video, non ha alcun senso andare all’università". Se questo è il presente, il futuro mi inquieta
social media
::: Fabio_DeBunker

Keep an eye on this photo. It's going to start turning up out of context in anti vax rants
hardware
::: sir_eccles

Why is this computer scientist and CS educator campaigning against CS education in a middle school? Here are three reasons: [short thread ↵]
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: ShriramKMurthi

Un giorno gli utenti capiranno che Windows e Office sono due entità distinte
sistemi operativi
::: ITSquOd

se non sarà il 31 giugno, possiamo fare il 38 luglio: che cosa ne dite, voi di @Corriere?
giornali, stampa
::: ilGatt0Pardo

The pandemic has spurred a revolution in remote office work that was long overdue
coronavirus | lavoro
::: IEEESpectrum

A study of 10,000 images found that Twitter’s algorithm favors white people's faces over Black people's faces
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: WIRED

Linux App Support on Chromebooks is Coming Out of Beta
Linux | hardware
::: dcavedon

Opera Brings Its Gaming Browser To Mobile
games
::: Slashdot

Facebook Says Government Internet Shutdowns Are on the Rise
censura
::: Slashdot

CNA Financial Paid $40 Million in Ransom After March Cyberattack
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Releases SimuLand, a Lab Environment To Simulate Attacker Tradecraft
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Microsoft
::: Slashdot

US Treasury Calls For Stricter Cryptocurrency Compliance With IRS, Says They Pose Tax-Evasion Risk
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Crollo in borsa del Bitcoin. Non solo per la scelta cinese
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: ilmanifesto

Taiwan's TSMC Claims Breakthrough On 1nm Chips
hardware
::: Slashdot

Today the 🇩🇪@Bundestag adopted the law implementing the new #copyright directive into German law. The German implementation of #Article17 will not avoid #uploadfilters but it sets a new standard for protecting users' rights
Unione Europea | copyright e brevetti
::: communia_eu

First Physical Google Store Opening In New York City This Summer
Google
::: Slashdot

#otd in 1967 two computer scientists presented a paper about Simula 67, the first programming language to include abstract data types and classes
Sinclair la prende un po' alla lunga ma rockz, come sempre
storia | programming, codice, snippet
::: MIT_CSAIL

I have written a short update for @creativecommons on the work @communia_eu is doing with @lazarova_legal, @mzeinstra and others on updating http://copyrightexceptions.eu ahead of the changes to the EU #copyright framework that will come into effect next month
Unione Europea | copyright e brevetti
::: paul_keller

There's a nifty new browser-based IDE framework (WebContainers). It has nice features. But their marketing-speak has this lovely para. Innovating over this "legacy model" is what WeScheme has been doing since 2009 and @PyretLang since about 2013
applicazioni, programmi | Web, Internet | programming, codice, snippet | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: ShriramKMurthi

Nella vita, è importante avere delle passioni sulle quali poter... contare! Se anche a voi piace la matematica: ho raccolto tutti i miei thread sulla regina delle scienze nel meta-thread qui sotto
matematica
::: emme_emi

The first seL4 implementation was written in literate Haskell. seL4's development pioneered a new way to write OS kernels by prototyping in a functional programming language that served as a lingua franca between kernel- and proof-engineers
sistemi operativi | programmazione funzionale
::: tobycmurray ::: GernotHeiser

Snap's New Spectacles Let You See the World in Augmented Reality
augmented reality
::: Slashdot

Apro il mio corso - appena concluso - al pubblico. Grazie a @ReteGARR
ho potuto usare software libero anche per la parte interattiva. Se le università italiane collaborassero con il GARR qualsiasi docente potrebbe offrire una teledidattica libera e pubblica
scuola, educazione, cultura | open source
::: MCPievatolo

@linuxjournal interview with Brian Kernighan (2003): "I suggested Unics for Ken's new system, because it was small and had at most one of anything... Someone else spelled it with the letter X; no one can remember who"
protagonisti | storia
::: unix_byte

G7 agrees to stop international funding for coal -- this is a big win for the climate and for UK diplomacy. It was a G7 presidency priority and they got it over the line
ambiente, ecologia
::: AlbertoNardelli

FBI Says Conti Ransomware Gang Has Hit 16 US Health and Emergency Networks
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot

BIG! France is offering car owners the chance to trade aging vehicles for €2500 euro ($2975) toward the purchase of an electric bike. “For the first time, it’s recognized that the solution is not to make cars greener, but simply to reduce their number”
ambiente, ecologia | energia
::: BrentToderian

World's First EV-Charging Highway Trial to Start In Italy
energia
::: Slashdot

San Francisco at night from Space

Activist Archivists Are Trying to Save the 'Pirate Bay of Science'
open source | scienza
::: Slashdot

Se il ministro loda l’alternativa dell’energia nucleare | il manifesto
no, l'energia (e gli OGM) non vogliamo capirci neanche un po'! e non ci facciamo mancare i prodotti biodinamici
energia
::: ilmanifesto

Google Unit DeepMind Tried and Failed to Win AI Autonomy From Parent
Google | artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

China Calls out ByteDance, Kuaishou, and LinkedIn For Illegal Data Collection
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Bitcoin has basically been a speedrun of teaching libertarians how we got all our banking regulations
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: swolecialism

Human mistakes are understandable because our own mental models match the mental models operated by others humans. Meanwhile, ML algorithms share little resemblance to these mental models, even though they were trained from human-labeled data. They fail in inscrutable ways
machine learning
::: fchollet

World-changing technology usually doesn't seem very impressive in its first iteration -- merely *intriguing*. Good things happen when you follow the gradient of curiosity
innovazioni, futuro
::: fchollet

I just realised that between the first powered flight of the Wright brothers in 1903 and landing of the Apollo 11 in on the Moon in 1969 only 66 years passed: less than a lifetime! #science, #research and human #ingenuity can make giant leaps!
innovazioni, futuro
::: marcodelmastro

Cryptocurrency Miners Are Now Abusing the Free Tiers of Cloud Platforms
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot