10 giugno, 2021

Visto nel Web - 611

 Quasi da zona bianca anche se... ma si avvanza verso a "come prima". Intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.

Teach your students
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: ProfFeynman

El Salvador: World's First Country to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender?
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Descrivi la crisi del giornalismo in una foto
giornali, stampa
::: BarbascuraX

Why It's a Big Deal That No One Cares about the Next Version of Windows
riporto am non condivido
Microsoft | sistemi operativi | (forse)
::: Slashdot

Basically, Wikipedia is used like a review article: “Wikipedia is either the largest or second-largest repository of up-to-date review articles articles in the world... Wikipedia is highly likely to also be the first- or second-most influential repository”
Wikipedia | scienza
::: emollick

How Reliable Are Modern CPUs?
bug
::: Slashdot

GCC Will No Longer Require Copyrights Be Assigned to the FSF
programming, codice, snippet | open source
::: Slashdot

TikTok Detected My ADHD Before I Did
uh! riporto, non sono un esperto, anzi...
social media
::: Slashdot

Haut débit à Paris : Une cinquantaine de cyclistes et une cinquantaine de piétons passe en quarante secondes sur une voie de huit mètres de large. Sans bruit
ambiente, ecologia
::: EmmanuelSPV

Here is the obligatory flowchart illustrating the mechanism proposed in the @EU_Commission #Article17 guidance. The mechanism is actually pretty elegant, but is completely undermined by the last minute addition of the ability for rightholders to earmark works (highlighted in red)
copyright e brevetti | Unione Europea
::: communia_eu ::: communia_eu

EFF Argues 'If Not Overturned, a Bad Copyright Decision Will Lead Many Americans to Lose Internet Access'
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Don't regret anything in life
cit.
::: ProfFeynman

Perché la guida autonoma è così difficile: la bufala dell'“intelligenza artificiale”
troppo generalizzatore, imho
automazione | machine learning
::: MauroV1968

#otd in 1974 Barbara Liskov published a paper that laid the groundwork for modern object oriented programming
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL


How Steve Jobs Wrote 'the Most Important Email in the History of Business'
Apple | protagonisti
::: Slashdot

Sidewalk Robots are Now Delivering Food in Miami
automazione | robots, automazione, droni
::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot

Declaring a climate emergency?
ambiente, ecologia
::: MauroV1968

ROM Site Owner Made $30,000 a Year -- Now Owes Nintendo $2.1 Million
pirateria
::: Slashdot

FBI Charges Woman With Writing Code For 'Trickbot' Ransomware Gang
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Windows 10 Notifies Users They Should Make Bing Their Browser's Default Search Engine
Microsoft
::: Slashdot

Apple's MagSafe Devices May Affect Pacemakers
Apple | hardware | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Walmart Will Give 740,000 Employees a Free Smartphone
economia, lavoro | lavoro
::: Slashdot

I open Twitter with the same state of mind of walking on a minefield
Twitter
::: thek3nger

Microsoft’s Kate Crawford: ‘AI is neither artificial nor intelligent
artificial intelligence | etica
::: fabiochiusi

Patented #otd in 1972: the floppy disk, forever known to millennials and Gen Xers as “a 3D-printed Save button"
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

Congratulations to @edri member @chaosupdates for the huge win against #BiometricMassSurveillance in Germany, stopping plans to establish a smart video surveillance system that would analyse passers-by' behaviour! 👏🏽🇩🇪
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: edri


Failure Post-mortems
umorismo
::: _workchronicles

LFE 2.0 has landed
linguaggi di programmazione | Lisp
::: ErlangLisp

I’m proud for this publication which is not yet another coin to accumulate or mine, nor a system that needs a lot of energy to run, but a sincere and collective effort to use #crypto and math for the aims of a green and sustainable agenda @REFLOW_project
crittografia
::: jaromil

Is Apple's App Store Teeming With Scams?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Jeff Bezos a luglio volerà nello spazio con il primo volo della Blue Origin
protagonisti | spazio, esplorazione
::: marina_catucci ::: Slashdot ::: griph

Can China still lead the world in tech without a new Jack Ma?
Cina | protagonisti
::: _juhan

Yes, the military is serious about rocketing supplies around the planet
tecnologia
::: universetoday

Germany warns: AI arms race already underway
artificial intelligence | politica
::: fabiochiusi

Google Stadia Heads To Chromecast With Google TV, Android TV Devices on June 23
games
::: Slashdot

I guess @Replit is not doing well
programming, codice, snippet
::: mitsuhiko ::: stylewarning

Reducing Poverty Can Actually Lower Energy Demand, Finds Research
energia | politica
::: Slashdot

✍️ Open letter calling for a global ban on biometric recognition technologies that enable mass and discriminatory surveillance
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

China’s firewall is spreading globally
censura
::: fabiochiusi


Notepad++ Drops Bing After 'Tank Man' Censorship Fiasco
browser
::: Slashdot

Sci-hub, una battaglia in rete per l'accesso alle pubblicazioni accademiche
open source | scienza
::: ilmanifesto

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers
applicazioni, programmi
::: UnixToolTip

Not easy to understand from today's perspective: for many people in 1992 having Unix for PC was worth paying $995 ($1,800 in today's dollars)
storia
::: unix_byte

there's a huge web outage going on right now. Twitch, Reddit, Amazon, and even The Verge is down. Looks like a key CDN might be down
Web, Internet
::: tomwarren ::: verge ::: marina_catucci ::: fastly ::: ilmanifesto ::: C___CS ::: marina_catucci ::: dormando ::: emenietti

It’s time to ditch Chrome
browser | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: quinta

Apple Announces iCloud+ With Privacy-focused Features
cloud | Apple
::: Slashdot

US Recovers Millions in Cryptocurrency Paid To Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Hackers
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | frodi
::: Slashdot

PGP Turns 30
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

France Fines Google $268M for Adtech Abuses and Gets Interoperability Commitments
ad, pubblicità | Google
::: Slashdot

Ukraine Warns of 'Massive' Russian Spear-Phishing Campaign
cyberwar
::: Slashdot

Mozilla Launches Ideas Platform To Improve Communication With Its Userbase
browser
::: Slashdot


Engineers At MIT Have Created Actual Programmable Fibers
hardware
::: Slashdot

made an is_even function in bash
devo acora studiarla; per ora *buio*
(forse) | programming, codice, snippet
::: 8051Enthusiast

L'agence spatiale chinoise a publié 2 photos avant/après obtenues par la caméra HiRIC de l'orbiteur martien Tianwen-1 : on y voit le bouclier thermique (en bas à gauche), puis le parachute et le bouclier arrière et en haut, le rover Zhurong et sa plateforme d'atterrissage
spazio, esplorazione
::: thomas_appere ::: thomas_appere

The New York Times paywall works great for the New York Times, but the same strategy hasn't worked as well for smaller publications
media
::: binarybits

This is, fair to say, not the human rights community's view of the take-down time limit... I wonder if, like the NetzDG, we're just going to be left with no real idea of the impact of these laws
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: evelyndouek

Today we launch our #eurovision DSM contest website tracking the implementation of the new #copyright directive in the 27 EU Member States
copyright e brevetti | Unione Europea
::: communia_eu

I think C-Reduce is just flexing on me now cause it crashed my code using this
programming, codice, snippet
::: johnregehr

Tim, Leonardo e Fincantieri. Cosa può andare storto?
cloud
::: Terra2itter

Apple Announces macOS Monterey, the Next Mac Desktop Operating System
Apple | sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot ::: fabiochiusi ::: mikarv ::: hackylawyER ::: Genjuro75 ::: Slashdot

my day today #fastly
umorismo
::: vikkio88

bash lets you use &> to send stdout and stderr to a file. Version 4 or later
tip, suggerimenti
::: UnixToolTip

Over 40 years ago today Intel released the 8086 processor, the first of its "x86" architectures that power virtually all modern PCs and laptops
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

Exporting Chinese surveillance: the security risks of ‘smart cities’
New data shown exclusively to the FT reveals that the adoption of China’s safe and smart city technology by countries around the world is accelerating
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi


The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing
economia, lavoro
::: fabiochiusi ::: lorenzofb ::: fabiochiusi ::: simopieranni

Twitter in particular has been an important forum for scientific discussions during the pandemic and has been facilitated by a robust, open debate
social media | coronavirus
::: CrossWordsCW

Misplaced hype around quantum computing often stems from a grave misunderstanding of how they function. In a new column for Quanta, computer scientist Scott Aaronson disentangles these oversimplifications
quantum computing
::: QuantaMagazine

Twitter Restricts Accounts In India To Comply With Government Legal Request
censura | Twitter
::: Slashdot

Ultra-High-Density HDDs Made With Graphene Store Ten Times More Data
hardware
::: Slashdot

Apple's New 'Private Relay' Feature Will Not Be Available in China
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot

New York Times Publishes Then Deletes Article Claiming Watermelons Were Found on Mars
giornali, stampa | (forse)
::: emenietti

Russia Puts the Squeeze on Social Media to Police Its Critics
censura
::: Slashdot

Europe's AI Rules Open Door To Mass Use of Facial Recognition, Critics Warn
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Unione Europea
::: Slashdot

Digital rights and consumer protection groups around the world are calling for a global ban on facial recognition that enables mass and discriminatory surveillance by both governments and corporations
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Melissahei

My wife (who started programming more recently) asked me today about what "floating point" was. It took me 30 seconds to get to the point where she informed me in no uncertain terms that she didn't want to hear any more
matematica | programming, codice, snippet
::: m_ninepoints

Happy birthday to Web inventor & MIT professor Tim Berners-Lee!
protagonisti | Web, Internet
::: MIT_CSAIL


The real problem for talking about "IDEs" is that emacs in 2002 was definitely not an IDE and emacs in 2021 is definitely an IDE (with the right configuration) but emacs itself hasn't changed much in that time frame
applicazioni, programmi
::: samth

Les 2 premières photos prises par la sonde @NASAJuno lors de son survol rapproché de Ganymède nous sont parvenues. C'est la 1ère fois en 20 ans qu'une sonde s'approche aussi près de la + grande lune de Jupiter ! 1/3
spazio, esplorazione
::: thomas_appere

You're right, it goes some times faster on a multi-core machine. Doug Lea once said "only 12 times faster than C means you haven't started optimizing"
programming, codice, snippet
::: nodefunallowed

Negli anni '90 l'amministrazione Clinton voleva obbligare i produttori di telefoni a installare un chip particolare, per aumentarne la sicurezza. Il chip avrebbe crittografato le comunicazioni con un algoritmo sviluppato dalla NSA. Le chiavi erano divise in due parti. (segue)
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | storia
::: mrk4m1

Investors call for ethical approach to facial recognition technology
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | etica
::: fabiochiusi

Canada's border agency urgently developing biometric plans in response to COVID-19
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | coronavirus
::: fabiochiusi

Instagram says it wants to shed more light on how its newsfeed works
social media
::: algorithmwatch

1st infringement procedure against an EU privacy regulator since GDPR came online
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Unione Europea
::: NicholasVinocur

New Middle East and North Africa Coalition to Combat Digital Surveillance
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Is HBO Max Broken?
video, streaming
::: Slashdot

Google Will Let Rivals Appear As Default Search Engine Options On Android For Free
browser | dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

il 3 luglio2011,quando Julian #Assange fece 40anni era agli arresti domiciliari da 7mesi, sono passati 10anni, Julian #Assange NON ha MAI riacquistato libertà:è passato da arresti domiciliari,confinamento ambasciata, prigione massima sicurezza.Questa è libertà stampa in Occidente
Julian Assange
::: SMaurizi

Biden To Revoke and Replace Trump's Executive Order That Sought To Ban TikTok
social media | politica
::: Slashdot

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