15 luglio, 2021

Visto nel Web - 621

 Che tempi, che tempo: normalmente luglio a Torino è afoso quanto mai, ma non quest'anno. E poi c'è da riprendersi dopo la pandemia e io ci sto provando. Ma ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.


A close to drop in replacement for cut that can use a regex delimiter instead of a fixed string
tool, componente software
::: UnixToolTip

Crypto Scammers Rip Off Billions As Pump-and-Dump Schemes Go Digital
crittografia | frodi
::: Slashdot

'By 2030, You Won't Own Any Gadgets'
previsioni del futuro
::: Slashdot

Insider Trading Charges Filed Over Long Island Iced Tea's Blockchain 'Pivot'
crittografia
::: Slashdot

SolarWinds and Kaseya Attacks Shake Faith In SaaS Model
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Some Google Workers Angered by 'Hypocritical' Remote Work Policies
Google | lavoro
::: Slashdot

Could Python Overtake C and Java as the Most Popular Programming Language?
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Edge Beats Firefox To Become the Third-Most Popular Browser
Firefox resisti o dovrò modificare un pakko di scripts; a parte che, oggettivamente, sei il migliore
browser
::: Slashdot

This may be the best chance we get for years to ban federal use of face surveillance and withhold some federal tax dollars from paying for this invasive and dangerous technology
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: EFF


Developers Finally Moving Away from Java 8 to Java 11
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

We ask the European Commission @vonderleyen and @TimmermansEU to #StopFakeRenewables and remove forest biomass from the Renewable Energy Directive. You can plant trees, but you cannot plant forests. Forests are not renewable
ambiente, ecologia | Unione Europea
::: GretaThunberg

Social-media
::: lhunath

Savage Chickens by Doug Savage for July 12, 2021
umorismo
::: GoComics

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson successfully rockets to outer space
spazio, esplorazione
::: CNN

Ukraine Police Bust Massive Crypto Mining Operation Stealing Electricity
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Tor Project Hopes to Replace 'Complex', 'Fragile' C Code With Rust
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot


The best first step towards building a complex end-to-end system is to build a basic end-to-end system -- not to build a submodule of what you think the complex system should look like
programming, codice, snippet
::: fchollet

Everyone knows already that Sci-Hub is the greatest contribution to science and humanity and etc. Where is my Nobel Peace Prize then? I wonder
open source | scienza
::: ringo_ring

Which Energy Future: Power Lines or Rooftop Solar Panels (and Storage Batteries)?
energia
::: Slashdot

Pichai on "AI" (whatever that is): "I view it as the most profound technology that humanity will ever develop and work on. You know, if you think about fire or electricity or the internet, it's like that. But I think even more profound"
artificial intelligence | Google
::: fabiochiusi

Digital contact tracing apps: do they actually work? A review of early evidence
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Science in action! 👩‍🏭 Watch the ATLAS New Small Wheel detector as it is lowered 100 m underground at @CERN
scienza | hardware
::: ATLASexperiment

compileall — Byte-compile Source Files
Python
::: pymotw

Just when big OLED displays were hitting the big time, along comes an even better technology: mini-LEDs
innovazioni, futuro | hardware
::: IEEESpectrum


Volla Phone X rugged phone is available for pre-order with Ubuntu Touch or Android
dispositivi mobili
::: hello_volla

China's Great Firewall is Blocking Around 311K Domains, 41K by Accident
censura
::: Slashdot

Trickbot Strikes Back
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Stumble-proof Robot Adapts To Challenging Terrain in Real Time
robots, automazione, droni
::: Slashdot

Stream-Ripping Can Be Perfectly Legal, French Ministry of Culture Says
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Jordan's Government Used Secretly Recorded Clubhouse Audio To Spread Disinformation
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: Slashdot

An Incredibly Toxic Lake Will Become One of the US's First Lithium Mines
hardware
::: Slashdot

EPA Approved Toxic Chemicals For Fracking a Decade Ago, New Files Show
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot


Amazon Wants to Monitor You in Your Sleep, for Your Benefit
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Amazon
::: Slashdot

Among our most interesting findings is that only 27.2% of vulnerabilities in cryptographic libraries are cryptographic issues while 37.2% of vulnerabilities are memory safety issues
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: zkproofs

A more longform description on my feelings re: Copilot and free software licenses
dati, raccolta | open source | programming, codice, snippet
::: mjg59

.@CenDemTech is joining @fightfortheftr and 17 other human rights, civil liberties, & youth advocacy organizations in calling on school administrators to ban #eproctoring apps in advance of this coming school year
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: CenDemTech

Facebook integrated a decentralized and interoperable protocol (XMPP) for their chat allowing third-party clients, similar to email. Once Facebook’s market dominance was complete, it killed XMPP in April 2014, forcing everyone to use FB messenger UI or app
Facebook | social media
::: okdistribute

I don't want to tell billionaires how they should or shouldn't use their money. I want society to be structured in such a way that single individuals never become so wealthy as to have the power to singlehandedly alter the course of society on a whim
economia, lavoro
::: AstroKatie

Les premiers travaux scientifiques d’analyse de la vague de chaleur historique de fin juin au Canada et aux USA ont été publiés, et les conclusions sont… 😳😳
ambiente, ecologia
::: laydgeur

“Google has been hit with a €500m fine by France's competition authority for failing to negotiate "in good faith" with news organisations over the use of their content”
Google
::: fabiochiusi

The Shanghai Astronomy Museum

We should avoid double column papers. As papers are increasely downloaded and read in electronic format, I do not see any strong motivation for double column pdfs. Dear academic editors, can you remove double column styles? Please?
media
::: glipari

“Every Preference Has a Cost” — Why GNOME Does What it Does
devo entrare in "mode panic?"
Ubuntu
::: dcavedon

Novel Plastic Disintegrates In a Week In Sunlight and Oxygen
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

YouTubers Are Making a Living on Videos About Microsoft Software
altra cosa che mii conferma che sono vecchio (oltre che niubbo)
video, streaming
::: Slashdot

Read Łukasz' blog on his role as CPython Developer in Residence: lukasz.langa.pl/a072a74b-19d7-41ff-a294-e6b1319fdb6e/ - I am so grateful to everyone who made this possible!
Python
::: gvanrossum

Savage Chickens by Doug Savage for July 14, 2021
umorismo
::: GoComics

According to Elon, Starship Could Chomp up Space Junk
spazio, esplorazione
::: universetoday


Windows 11 Will Support Rolling Back To Windows 10, but Not for Long
sistemi operativi | Microsoft
::: Slashdot

How Intel Financialized and Lost Leadership in Semiconductor Fabrication
economia, lavoro | hardware
::: Slashdot

Reddit Orders 'SaveVideo' Bot To Shut Down Or Face Lawsuit
copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Man Wrongfully Arrested By Facial Recognition Tells Congress His Story
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot

Tutorial #uMap: seconda puntata. Ecco il terzo tutorial sull'uso di uMap tradotto dal wiki di @cartocite
open source
::: nilocram

CBL-Mariner Linux 1.0 Released by Microsoft, Here’s How to Install it
Linux distro | Microsoft
::: linuxiac

Microsoft Puts PCs in the Cloud With Windows 365
cloud | Microsoft
::: Slashdot

#1: “The term of #copyright should be reduced”. A long-lasting © is highly detrimental to the accessibility of shared knowledge & culture, yet we are constantly seeing attempts to extend the existing terms of © protection
copyright e brevetti
::: communia_eu

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