14 ottobre, 2021

Visto nel Web - 647

 Ce l'ho, ce l'avete vero? che da domani... ok, intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.

Francesca Stucchi

An energy crisis is gripping the world, with potentially grave consequences
energia
::: The Washington Post

Write a simple arcade game in #Lisp on an @adafruit PyBadge
Lisp
::: johnson_davies

Beating C and Java, Python Becomes the #1 Most Popular Programming Language, Says TIOBE
per quel che valgono le classifiche
Python | linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

Python Core Developers Release Version 3.10 -- First Major Release Since Transition from Python 2
Python
::: Slashdot

Lebanon's National Electricity Grid Collapses
troppi preti di troppe sette
energia | economia, lavoro | politica
::: Slashdot

The proximate cause is surging gas prices. But the underlying problem is that despite huge bets on RE, California, Britain, and Germany have chosen fossil fuels over nuclear energy to backstop electrical systems
energia
::: TedNordhaus

What is a Central Bank Digital Currency, you ask? Oh, you know: just a "useful policy tool" for casually annihilating the savings of every wage-worker in the country if they don't spend them fast enough
economia, lavoro
::: Snowden

I heard a strong rumor that the driver of Apple’s client-side scanning plan is Tim Cook. If that’s true then I’m much more worried than I was when I thought it was the initiative of some ambitious lower-level VP
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Apple
::: matthew_d_green

I never understood why some businesses used Facebook instead of an internet site they owned. Maybe I’m old school
perché per tanti Fèissbukk coincide con Internet; tanti me lo ricordavano durante FBdown
Facebook
::: sam_zone

Philanthropy Is a Scam
economia, lavoro
::: RadioProzac

The 3 types of energy stored within every atom - Chemical energy, at best, converts ~0.000001% of its fuel's mass into energy. Nuclear fission gets up to ~0.09%. Fusion reaches ~0.7%. But antimatter annihilation, via E = mc^2, is 100% efficient
ripassino, anzi -one; e quando si arriverà alla fusione controllata...
energia
::: StartsWithABang


Non saremo più quelli di prima perché l'ibrido è già dentro di noi. I luoghi e le nostre azioni si sono spostati in un altro tempo. #nuovanormalità #pandemia
coronavirus | lavoro | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: SergioGridelli

Could Bitcoin Mining Really Provide Crucial Demand For Nuclear Power?
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | energia
::: Slashdot

Former Facebook Staffers React to Company's Unapologetic Response to Whistleblower
Facebook
::: Slashdot

Come prendere coscienza che Facebook è il male, e intraprendere un percorso di riabilitazione. Ispirato a una storia vera
Facebook
::: HicRhodus

Chrome Attempts to Resurrect RSS With a New-Tab Feature That 'Follows' Your Favorite Sites
browser
::: Slashdot

After two years of writing + editing, the (proof-read) hard copy is finally here! Thank you to everyone who helped with this book. I'll tweet about a few unique things about this book. To get a PDF copy of this book
machine learning | matematica
::: stanley_h_chan

Come preservare i #dati presenti sui #software? Ce lo spiega @zacchiro, docente di #informatica
dati, raccolta | artificial intelligence
::: aggsoc

🇯🇵📱 Dopo la #CoreadelSud, ora forse sarà la volta del #Giappone: l'autorità garante della concorrenza di Tokyo ha iniziato un'indagine per determinare se i sistemi operativi di #Google e #Apple costituiscono un monopolio dannoso per il mercato nipponico
antitrust | dispositivi mobili
::: galbcasanova

If you're looking to do some @racketlang web programming, take a look at @bogdanp's koyo package. Once you're down with Racket's overall take on web programming, koyo will help you up your Racket web game and go further
language Racket
::: alamajesse


comizio davanti al logo di Windows XP
Windows è il male?
sistemi operativi
::: fabiobortolotti

An interesting story with an important lesson. Thanks for sharing!
protagonisti | economia, lavoro
::: fchollet

Lol. Javascript. You're such a kidder
linguaggi di programmazione
::: peterseibel

Study finds that few major #AI research papers consider negative impacts
artificial intelligence
::: TamaraMcCleary

Un'amica che lavora in CDS (società HP): tutti in smart e ora con possibilità di scelta tra 80, 60 e 40% di smartwork
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: Leonardobecchet

- Il PdC esprime al Prof. Parisi le più vive e sentite congratulazioni per la vittoria del Premio Nobel, a nome del Governo e suo personale
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: L_Apostata

Listen and be open, but don’t let anybody tell you who you are
protagonisti
::: JeffBezos

A global #AI bill of rights is desperately needed—Algorithmic decision-making has long put technology first, with due diligence an afterthought
artificial intelligence | politica
::: RobMcCargow ::: AlondraNelson46

Microsoft said that an Iranian hacking group has breached Office 365 tenant accounts in a recent password spraying attack. Targets included US and Israeli defense contractors mainly
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: campuscodi

Facebook Whistleblower Fallout Prompts a Push to Calm Employees
Facebook
::: New York Times

John Wallis, 1656

itertools — Iterator Functions
Python
::: pymotw

Google blocca le pubblicità che negano il cambiamento climatico
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: ilmanifesto

Google's Fuchsia Is Expanding To 'Additional Smart Devices and Other Form Factors'
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

Amazon Will Allow Many Employees To Work Remotely Indefinitely
lavoro a distanza/casa | Amazon
::: Slashdot

Is Nuclear Energy Green Energy? 10 EU Countries Call On Brussels To Add It To the List
energia | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

Credit-Card Firms Are Becoming Reluctant Regulators of the Web
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

'We're in a Hurry.' Qualcomm New CEO Scrambles To Cope With a Global Chip Crisis
hardware
::: Slashdot

Facebook's Success Was Built on Algorithms. Can They Also Fix It?
Facebook | algoritmi, codice
::: Slashdot

New tutorial on http://keras.io: text generation with FNet, a highly efficient BERT variant that leverages a Fourier transform-based linear mixer
machine learning
::: fchollet


Google Pulls 'Stalkerware' Ads That Promoted Phone Spying Apps
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

China Has Won AI Battle With US, Pentagon's Ex-software Chief Says
artificial intelligence | Cina
::: Slashdot

Germany Unveils First Self-Driving Train
automazione
::: Slashdot

ok boomer
thread && a volte (anche adesso) mi sento boomer anch'io
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Snowden ::: zerohedge

with a silver medal emoji
protagonisti | economia, lavoro
::: Snowden

i’d argue an even more overlooked aspect of this story is that this actually confirms that Julian Assange is a journalist because the highest honor in journalism is being assassinated by the CIA
Julian Assange
::: SirajAHashmi

Internet memes increase in number and complexity
Web, Internet
::: acerbialberto

Controversial technology surveillance company ShotSpotter, which has been the focus of critical coverage by Vice, is suing the news outlet seeking $300 million in damages
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: thedailybeast

Peter Norvig Leaves Google To Join Stanford AI Unit
artificial intelligence | protagonisti
::: Slashdot

Just so you know, it's still possible to make new submissions to the ARC leaderboard on Kaggle (even though the competition has long ended), if you have a new approach and you want to know your test set score
artificial intelligence | machine learning
::: fchollet


The #cyberattacks statistics for August 2021 are out! #Malware (mainly #ransomware) continues to dominate the #threat landscape, but the impact of #vulnerabilities is getting more and more meaningful month after month
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: paulsparrows

I grandi modelli #deeplearning di classe #transformer per #nlp (e non solo) stanno per raggiungere la scala del trilione di parametri (mille miliardi).
L'addestramento richiede #supercomputer ad alta densità di #GPU. L'IA è diventata la "killer app" dell'HPC
artificial intelligence | dati, raccolta | hardware
::: cmnit

Starship Launch Site
spazio, esplorazione
::: elonmusk

copy-as-org-mode: A Firefox Add-on (WebExtension) to copy selected web page into Org-mode formatted text!
tool, componente software | browser
::: Jose_A_Alonso

Nations Go Nuclear As Prices Spike & Renewables Fail
energia
::: MauroV1968

Solar Panels On Half the World's Roofs Would Power the Planet
energia
::: Slashdot

Revealed: Facebook’s secret blacklist of “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations”
Facebook
::: fede_guerrini

Lavoro agile e PA: spunti e riflessioni per non sprecare quanto fatto finora
lavoro a distanza/casa
::: JvJean1971

Woman allegedly hacked a flight school where she used to work at, clearing planes with maintenance issues to fly. "It was a situation that could have endangered human life,” CEO of traning school company told police
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: lorenzofb


CIA Funding Arm Gave Encrypted App Wickr $1.6 Million
Into the trash it goes
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Snowden

kilimanjaro: plotsdam — A veneer for plotting in Common Lisp with Vega Lite
applicazioni, programmi
::: NewLispRepos

How to blow the whistle on Facebook – from someone who already did
Facebook
::: simopieranni

Google unveils new security programs, 'Cybersecurity Action Team' and partnerships with CrowdStrike, Palo Alto
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: CyberFactsIT

ok here's a thorny little semantics problems for the peanut gallery: for optimization purposes LLVM can assume that malloc does not fail. as we can see here, alive2 is fine with that sort of optimization
programming, codice, snippet
::: johnregehr

Deep learning helps predict traffic crashes before they happen
deep learning
::: MIT_CSAIL

La lezione danese
coronavirus | informazione
::: RadioProzac

Coinbase is Launching a Marketplace for NFTs
non capisco, sono boomer
non-fungible tokens
::: Slashdot

Google Cloud Will Now Show Its Users Their Carbon Footprint In the Cloud
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

Magic Leap Somehow Raised $500 Million To Make Another AR Headset
augmented reality
::: Slashdot


Study Reveals Android Phones Constantly Snoop On Their Users
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Google's policies already ban stalkerware companies from taking out ads for their products, but folks like @zackwhittaker keep finding companies that manage to get around the ban
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: evacide

Peraltro no, non aiuta la ricerca
Facebook
::: fabiochiusi ::: fabiochiusi

1/3 AI for police, yes or no? @Europarl_EN is sending mixed signals.🤷🏽‍♀️ After showing strong commitment to protect #HumanRights against biometric mass surveillance & predictive policing last week, @EP_Justice just validated its report allowing @Europol to develop AI for policing
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Unione Europea
::: edri

sticks and stones may break my bones but a professor said tweets are violence
Twitter
::: Snowden

On Twitter, I get much more of the ability to wander in and out of conversations, like a in-person hallway track. In the virtual hallway track, I must make a conscious effect to sit in front of my camera and mic and be in the "hallway track" video conference room
Twitter
::: wilbowma

"This technology allows for further surveillance of and unlawful data collection on Palestinians, and facilitates expansion of Israel’s illegal settlements on Palestinian land. We cannot look the other way"
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

I believe 10x engineers really do exist, but a hard truth about them is that if one of them were to join your startup, chances are you would have no idea what to do with her/him. To utilize an exceptional person, you need the right project and the right environment
lavoro
::: fchollet

Watching a Model Train
vero, imho, anche per cose più piccole, 💥Vsevolod rockz!
programming, codice, snippet
::: Lisp, the Universe and Everything


OpenSea fixes vulnerabilities that could let hackers steal crypto with malicious NFTs
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: CyberFactsIT

Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch
hardware
::: Slashdot

Computer Space Launched the Video Game Industry 50 Years Ago
games | storia
::: Slashdot

China readies plan to elevate status of antitrust unit. "Under a new structure under consideration by the government, the antitrust bureau would become the National Antimonopoly Bureau and be elevated to deputy-ministerial status"
copyright e brevetti | antitrust
::: AleColarizi

Microsoft Agrees To Human Rights Review in Deals With Law Enforcement, Government
Microsoft | etica
::: Slashdot

This is how to translate in Google Sheets
applicazioni, programmi
::: basic_knowledg

Windows 11's First Update Makes AMD CPU Performance Even Worse
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

"Hasselmann’s statement that he would rather have “no global warming and no Nobel Prize” captures the ambiguity that many of us feel in successfully predicting events and trends that we don’t want to come true"
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: BVerheggen

Amazon Copied Products and Rigged Search Results To Promote Its Own Brands, Documents Show
Amazon
::: Slashdot

o credo che una spiegazione di tutto questo proliferare di bufale, complotti e idee sceme sia che alcune persone hanno molto più tempo libero di quello che la loro mente può permettersi
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: a_smeriglia

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