22 luglio, 2021

Visto nel Web - 623

 Edizione monstre, ci sono tanti curiosoni, in ritardo se ne sono accorti anche i media italiani (non tutti); e poi il clima, non solo l'afa mia personale, riguarda tutto il pianeta. Insomma ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.


Oggi #wikiquote in #italiano festeggia 17 anni e un record. Con 39.900 pagine è il progetto più ricco a livello globale, grazie a una comunità molto attiva. Il modo migliore per festeggiare è unirsi al loro lavoro di ricerca e aggiornamento!
Wikipedia
::: WikimediaItalia

Deadly heatwaves, floods, storms, wildfires, droughts, crop failures...
This is not “the new normal”. We’re at the very beginning of a climate and ecological emergency, and extreme weather events will only become more and more frequent. #FaceTheClimateEmergency
nelle rsposte il noto negazionista impazza
ambiente, ecologia
::: GretaThunberg

The last major flooding in 🇩🇪 at the river Elbe in 2013 cost the German economy 💶 12 billion. Looks like this flood may easily exceed this dimension. How can we possibly continue to argue - as some do - that we cannot 'afford' the most rigorous measures against climate change?!
ambiente, ecologia
::: GermanAmbUK

New Study Verifies Safety of Rust
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

If it happens once, it's a bug. If it happens twice,
cit.
::: linux_motd

What Ever Happened to IBM's Watson?
artificial intelligence | ditte
::: Slashdot

Bash non fa i calcoli con numeri float allora ecco la mia (ahemmm... nostra) soluzione 🧵
bash script
::: _juhan

Stop what you're doing and read this. This leak is going to be the story of the year
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Snowden ::: martin_u ::: marcosecchi ::: marina_catucci ::: fabiochiusi ::: frontlinepbs ::: mweissenstein ::: MartinxHodgson ::: rosamunde_vb ::: dcuthbert ::: Snowden ::: SalmanSoz ::: Snowden ::: Snowden ::: jsrailton ::: dominikd1 ::: billmarczak ::: MarietjeSchaake ::: ashoswai ::: carolafrediani ::: Snowden ::: jaromil ::: fabiochiusi ::: evacide ::: _juhan ::: mrk4m1 ::: MarietjeSchaake ::: dilettahuyskes_ ::: Rai News ::: MauroV1968 ::: la Repubblica ::: arturodicorinto ::: FbdnStories ::: fabiochiusi ::: Snowden ::: annamasera ::: panyiszabolcs ::: Snowden ::: Snowden ::: rkarnad ::: Snowden ::: privacyint ::: jsrailton ::: zackwhittaker ::: francofontana43 ::: evacide ::: ilmanifesto ::: fabiochiusi ::: fabiochiusi ::: Snowden ::: fabiochiusi ::: fabiochiusi ::: thewire_in ::: Snowden ::: Snowden ::: jsrailton ::: RonDeibert ::: Snowden ::: Rasha_Abdul ::: fabiochiusi ::: carolafrediani ::: PaulLewis ::: fabiochiusi ::: wikileaks ::: AASchapiro

““If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear.” The Pegasus project is likely to put an end to any such wishful thinking”
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

#PegasusProject E anche questa volta avevamo guardato dalla parte giusta. Già 2 anni fa. Infatti di sorveglianza digitale, diritti umani e spyware si sono occupate @Lidia_Sirna @eleonorazocca Elena Kaniadakis con l'inchiesta finalista Mercenari digitali
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: premiomorrione

WikiLeaks publications have exposed the private surveillance industry since 2011 #spyfiles #pegasus
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Julian Assange
::: wikileaks

Read about the Biden, Trump, and Obama officials who accepted blood money from the NSO group to bury any efforts at accountability -- even *after* their involvement in the death and detention of journalists and rights defenders around the world!
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | politica
::: Snowden


Covid, secondo 1.200 scienziati la fine delle restrizioni nel Regno Unito è una minaccia per il mondo
coronavirus
::: MauroV1968

Linus Torvalds suggests Paragon submit a PR for the fs/ntfs3 driver - Why isn't Microsoft contributing NTFS drivers considering that they say day and night how much they love FOSS and Linux?
Linux | Microsoft
::: nixcraft

China Secretively Launches Reusable Suborbital Vehicle for Space Transportation System
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

The Case Against SQL
tool, componente software
::: Slashdot ::: SteveHarville

Will a New Law Help the Chinese Government Stockpile Zero-Days?
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

More Bitcoin Miners Head to America, Partly for Cheaper Energy
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Abbiamo Over50 che non si vogliono vaccinare e voi pensate che il peggioramento dell'istruzione sia iniziato con la Dad
scuola, educazione, cultura | coronavirus
::: foisluca84

Le terre rare e il lato B dell’innovazione
innovazioni, futuro
::: MauroV1968

Siberia permafrost ablaze with hundreds of wildfires in world’s coldest region – Half are burning unchecked due to firefighter shortage
ambiente, ecologia
::: MauroV1968

there are 8 (!) types of usb-c to usb-c cables and they all look identical. i kept confusing them so i colour coded them with nail polish
hardware
::: _saljam


Both Dogecoin Creators are Now Criticizing Cryptocurrencies
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Vinyl Album Sales Jump 108% In First 6 Months of 2021
non capisco ma non importa
hardware
::: Slashdot

what's the solution to an out-of-control #spyware industry? start with a global moratorium on sale/transfer & move toward this (from my report to @UN_HRC in 2019)
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: davidakaye

Potrei essere io...
umorismo
::: Gigi_Piada75

Dopo due settimane di Catalogna dove praticamente tutti girano con la mascherina anche se non è obbligatoria, vedere a Bologna tutti senza è come passeggiare a Pompei nel Luglio del 79 dc
coronavirus
::: bermat

Next on the upgrade path
storia
::: fogus

The White House/Facebook debate over vaccine misinformation is incredibly frustrating and full of implicit false binaries
Facebook | politica
::: BrendanNyhan

This is one of the best and most important short videos on the Assange persecution, from @Reason. It documents why his prosecution is such a profound threat to press freedom and yet, shockingly, it's subservient corporate journalists most supportive
Julian Assange
::: ggreenwald

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | games
::: Snowden

this is a go-to guide to thinking through legal issues in the global #spyware problem
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: davidakaye

L'infaticabile opera di negazionismo climatico dell'IBL (che annovera diversi suoi membri tra i consulenti del governo mariodraghi) 🥰🥰🥰
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | ambiente, ecologia
::: ale336CO2 ::: AlbertoAgliotti


“la generazione del uebbe” che non riesce nemmeno a compilare un form online
giornali, stampa
::: bermat

PA e #softwarelibero: la Francia ci prova. L’Italia?
open source
::: flavia_marzano

zipfile — ZIP Archive Access
Python
::: pymotw

In housekeeping news, I'll start tweeting on automated decision-making (i.e. my work for @algorithmwatch) under this handle: @AutomatdSociety
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: nicolaskb

KDE Connect is Now Available to Windows Users
applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

This repository on ML operations has free talks, books, papers and more
machine learning
::: MIT_CSAIL

La Terra raddoppia lo squilibrio energetico in soli 14 anni
ambiente, ecologia
::: MauroV1968

Quantum computers are notoriously error-prone, but using Google's 54-qubit Sycamore computer, researchers have found a way to drastically reduce error rates
quantum computing
::: IEEESpectrum

Amazon Asked Apple To Remove an App That Spots Fake Reviews, and Apple Agreed
Amazon
::: Slashdot ::: Slashdot

t just looks good on a #VollaPhone Put a mechanical Keyboard with bluetooth next to it and you got your mobile dev-setup always with you. @UBports does a great job with updates and their community. get your Volla Phone with pre-installed #UbuntuTouch
dispositivi mobili | Ubuntu
::: hello_volla

China Tech Billionaires Ramp Up Donations As Beijing Cracks Down
Cina | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot


Man Behind LinkedIn Scraping Said He Grabbed 700 Million Profiles 'For Fun'
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Da leggere e meditare
giornali, stampa | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: MauroV1968

30 Million Solar Homes Would Create 1.77 Million Jobs and $69 Billion In Energy Savings, Report Finds
energia | ambiente, ecologia | lavoro
::: Slashdot

The United States and its allies are accusing China of a global cyber espionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries to publicly call out Beijing for hacking
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Cina
::: ReutersIndia ::: giuliapompili

Viral Video Shows Malaysian Police Destroying 1,069 Bitcoin Mining Rigs With a Steamroller
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Quantum Computing Hype is Bad for Science
I am glad to see this. 9 out of 10 quantum computing researchers will agree with the sentiments in private, but they usually find it best not to do so publicly
quantum computing
::: quantum_graeme ::: stylewarning

If you've bin waiting for the latest version of GNU binutils, you don't have to anymore. Version 2.37 is out today
tool, componente software
::: fsf

Canada tested facial recognition tech on millions of travellers to identify people for DEPORTATION. Without public knowledge or oversight - the largest government deployment of tech
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: _PMolnar

What China Expects From Businesses: Total Surrender
Cina | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

C# AngleSharp tutorial written. Learn how to parse HTML documents in C# with AngleSharp library
programming, codice, snippet
::: janbodnar


Report Finds Big Telecom Spends $230,000 on Lobbying Every Day
Web, Internet | politica
::: Slashdot

iFixit CEO Names and Shames Tech Giants For Right To Repair Obstruction
diritto di riparare
::: Slashdot

A GPIO driver in Rust
programming, codice, snippet
::: lwnnet

'Facebook Isn't Killing People' -- Biden Walks Back Attack Over Vaccine Lies
Facebook | politica
::: Slashdot ::: mmasnick

English language obituary for Philippe Aigrain, who passed away earlier this month by @laquadrature. Philippe was an early an influential member of COMMUNIA who inspired many of us. Merci, Philippe!
R.I.P.
::: communia_eu

OpenAI Disbands Its Robotics Research Team
artificial intelligence | robots, automazione, droni
::: Slashdot

Some good news. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has shut down infrastructure and accounts linked to surveillance vendor NSO Group, Amazon said in a statement
Amazon | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: nixcraft

Il vero errore dei terrapiattisti è che si sono scelti una pseudoscienza universalmente rigettata e poco finanziata. Se si fossero dedicati al negazionismo climatico o alla frenologia nessuno avrebbe tolto loro una rubrica su Quillette o sul Foglio, o i soldi di un think tank
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | politica
::: ilcontealmaviva

The Forever Virus
A Strategy for the Long Fight Against COVID-19
coronavirus
::: RadioProzac

Ghana to become first country to use contactless biometrics in national vaccination program
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | coronavirus
::: fabiochiusi

iMessage, Apple Music used by Pegasus to attack journalist iPhones
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: dcavedon


Face recognition and "innovative" biometric tech will be implemented in the France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: EveDaRib

Facial recognition tech rolled out to fight Covid-19 in China's Ruili city
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

iOS and Android Activations Now Split Evenly In the US, Research Shows
dispositivi mobili | sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

Cos’è il #6G e come si differenzia dal 5G?
6G
::: ItalianPolitics

Windows Hello bypassed using infrared image
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: dcavedon

Not aiming at anyone's lunch but, as usual, we could do with contributions from people who can do some real damage in terms of UX and programming!
applicazioni, programmi
::: GIMP_Official

If you tell me to use a tiling window manager I will block you
umorismo
::: wilbowma

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 20, 2021
social media | umorismo
::: GoComics

Rispondere ai #troll di destra è utile quanto discutere con un piccione
trolls, disinformazione
::: tartaro7

🔴🚁 9 vols sur #Mars pour #Ingenuity, mais quelle trajectoire ? Aurélien, étudiant, a élaboré un code pour suivre la trajectoire de l'hélicoptère de la mission #Perseverance à partir des photos prises la caméra embarquée
spazio, esplorazione | robots, automazione, droni
::: RevesdEspace


#Belgium’s🇧🇪 planned #nuclear phaseout by 2025 is expected to increase the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and energy imports, a report by the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB) found
energia
::: FORATOM_nuclear

Published #otd in 1958: a local news story about a new concept called "mobile telephones." "You see you're going to be late for dinner. So you pick up the phone, call your hostess & tell her to hold up the steaks a bit"
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

The Easy Way to Enable ‘Minimize on Click’ in Ubuntu
Ubuntu
::: dcavedon

China Calls Out Amazon, ByteDance, NetEase for Violating Users' Rights in Latest Crackdown
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Cina
::: Slashdot

How else can NSO's country-code targeting prohibition be bypassed? Simple
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Snowden

8 Best Icon Themes for Ubuntu (2021 Edition)
Ubuntu
::: dcavedon

Pro e anti-covid
coronavirus
::: RadioProzac

Why NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Will Never Live As Long As Hubble
spazio, esplorazione
::: StartsWithABang

EU AI Act paper w/ @fborgesius now ✨forthcoming✨ in Computer Law Review International (CRi) in Aug. Some minor tweaks in the updated pre-print, available freely on SocArXiv
artificial intelligence | Unione Europea
::: mikarv

Until we get energy too cheap to meter and/or molecular disassembly, design for disassembly seems to be a smart choice. So maybe instead of banning plastic straws we should ban glue?
ambiente, ecologia | economia, lavoro
::: anderssandberg

What’s Next for Blue Origin After Today’s Successful Flight?
spazio, esplorazione
::: universetoday


Jeff Bezos On Critics of Billionaires Going To Space: 'They're Mostly Right'
protagonisti
::: Slashdot

GlobalFoundries' expansion plans in the United States have garnered close attention from those watching how semiconductor manufacturing affects geopolitics
hardware
::: IEEESpectrum

Nasty Linux Systemd Security Bug Revealed
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Stockfish Sues ChessBase
open source
::: Slashdot ::: newsycombinator


Bitcoin Crashes Below $30,000 As Cryptocurrency Free-Fall Accelerates
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

US Needs Japan and Korea To Counter China Tech, Says Google ex-CEO
tecnologia | Cina
::: Slashdot

SQLite Extraction of Oracle Tables Tools, Methods and Pitfalls
programming, codice, snippet
::: linuxjournal

Venmo Drops the Global Social Feed That Could Make Your Payments Visible To Strangers
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Biden To Name Google Foe Jonathan Kanter as DOJ Antitrust Chief
antitrust
::: Slashdot

What does Copilot mean for open source? We don't have all the answers yet, but we have some thoughts about what should happen next
programming, codice, snippet | open source
::: OpenSourceOrg

Fact check: Flood image of BMW with anti-Greta Thunberg sticker is a fake
ok, ma rende bene l'idea 🤓
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | ambiente, ecologia
::: CNNPolitics


You are under no obligation to remain the same person
cit. | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: ProfFeynman

Ma la crisi climatica non aspetta e produce già oggi suoi effetti devastanti, irresponsabile non agire
ambiente, ecologia
::: AngeloBonelli1

Dopo il centro Europa, anche la Cina colpita da devastanti alluvioni: nella provincia centrale dello Henan centinaia di migliaia di sfollati, 12 morti nella capitale Zhengzhou
ambiente, ecologia
::: LalaHu9

Le rover #Perseverance a réalisé hier son 1er forage sur Mars !
spazio, esplorazione | robots, automazione, droni
::: thomas_appere ::: thomas_appere

Follow the FSF's thirty-five years of advocating for software freedom with our new timeline project
open source
::: fsf

PINE64 launches PineTime, its Open Source Smartwatch @thepine64
dispositivi mobili | open source
::: itsfoss_net

We have declared a provincial state of emergency in response to the increasingly severe wildfire situation in BC. It’s all-hands-on-deck to support communities, and we’ll continue using all available resources to protect people
ambiente, ecologia
::: BCGovNews ::: fchollet ::: marina_catucci ::: ajplus

Astronomers Push for Global Debate on Giant Satellite Swarms
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

EU Plans To Make Bitcoin Transfers More Traceable
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

China Unveils 'Fastest Ground Vehicle In the World'
tecnologia
::: Slashdot


Has anyone created a handwired replica of the Space cadet Keyboard?
ooh! | hardware
::: fogus

Most people I meet overestimate what deep learning can do (it's curve-fitting, don't expect it to do discrete symbol manipulation, it will solve symbolic tasks via embedding + interpolation) and simultaneously underestimate what you can do with curve-fitting given enough data
machine learning
::: fchollet

Timothy Roscoe's keynote at #atc21 #osdi21 had both aspects --- soul searching about current state of OS research and a call to arms with actionable items
sistemi operativi | innovazioni, futuro
::: bagchi_saurabh

I can finally reveal the real reason I went to so much effort to rewrite my blog in Scribble: mostly so I can build a little DSL for typesetting mathematics so I don’t have to write LaTeX by hand
language Racket
::: lexi_lambda

cosa può fare chi non ha IG?
social media
::: _juhan

Jeff Bezos per il suo giro nello spazio sa 10 minuti ha prodotto 300 tonnellate di CO2. Un albero assorbe circa 20-30 kg di CO2 in un anno
protagonisti
::: dcavedon

Inizio a notare che la batteria del mio iphone 12 mini non dura più niente: 10 ore per arrivare al 5%
thread
dispositivi mobili | applicazioni, programmi
::: bermat

Il governo ha scelto di prendere a modello l’Australia nell’attuazione della direttiva Ue sul copyright
copyright e brevetti
::: fabiochiusi

Intel's Mobileye Begins Testing Autonomous Vehicles In New York City
automazione
::: Slashdot

Qui è dove un giornalista di primo piano pensa e afferma che non ci si possa sbattezzare
giornali, stampa
::: _Sazed

This diagram represents what's widely considered to be the world's first "non-trivial" computer program, developed in 1843 by Ada Lovelace for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

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