30 gennaio, 2022

Visto nel Web - 678

Capitano cose, l'entropia aumenta, ma devo raccontare cosa ho wisto nel Web.

Emanuele Balboni - Orione e Sirio sopra la Val Chisone

"riders working for food delivery platforms incessantly create a complex repertoire of tactics and develop hidden transcripts to resist the algorithmic control of digital platforms" #algosov
lavoro
::: jaromil

Six characteristics define the net-zero transition
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale | economia, lavoro | energia | politica
::: MauroV1968

AI systems can learn to avoid unsafe situations by imagining hypothetical situations, even in complex 3D environments
artificial intelligence | machine learning
::: MIT_CSAIL

Just 10 streams carry 95% of all river-borne plastic into the ocean. If you want to fix ocean pollution here is a good starting point…
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: simongerman600

Israelis were mostly unbothered about NSO’s spyware — until it was reportedly turned on them
spyware
::: fede_guerrini

White House Attempts To Strengthen Federal Cybersecurity After Major Hacks
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Teams Surpasses 270 Million Monthly Active Users
Microsoft
::: Slashdot

Government Demands To Remove Twitter Content Hit Record High
Twitter
::: Slashdot

Amazon Ends Widely Mocked Scheme That Turned Workers Into Twitter 'Ambassadors'
Amazon
::: Slashdot

In the 🇨🇳 version of Lord of War, which is about 30 minutes shorter than the original, replaces the ending with a new caption, saying the arms dealer “confessed all the crimes officially charged against him in court, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.” #ChinaEditChallenge
censura | Cina
::: 1fanboh


Je trouve que ce sujet est assez rapidement passé à la trappe. Alors je voudrais revenir sur ce qui représente pour moi une très grosse anomalie en 2022: la redevance pour copie privée. 1/15
copyright e brevetti
::: GrablyR

Rumours suggest all is not well in the JingOS camp. Their online store on Shopify is down, and some of the team have allegedly been fired. Support for the JingOS x86 port was axed last week, but they did say they'd continue with the JingOS ARM vers that runs on the JingPad tablet
dispositivi mobili
::: omgubuntu

The infrastructure we give people to develop who they are and express themselves plays a critical role in bringing out the best -- or the worst -- in them. Tech is never neutral. Your product decisions and technical decisions actively shape humanity
social media
::: fchollet

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal for January 27, 2022
programming, codice, snippet | umorismo
::: _juhan

This is an interesting study showing that people prefer human decision-makers to algorithms because they value the (in my view, perceived rather than real) human freedom to deviate from moral principles at will...
algoritmi, codice
::: JohnDanaher

Worldwide #IndigenousPeoples, supported by 170 NGOs, say that the European Union’s landmark anti-deforestation law is likely to fail unless businesses are required to respect international laws and standards on land rights
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Fern_NGO

John Arrillaga Sr., the real estate developer who physically transformed Silicon Valley into tech office parks from orchards and became a major donor to Stanford University, died on Monday in Portola Valley, Calif. He was 84
protagonisti | R.I.P.
::: nytimestech

How does a new investor make sense of crypto and its constantly changing landscape? The short answer: It’s impossible
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: nytimestech

NFTs Are, Quite Simply, Bullshit
not fungible token
::: FazDeotto


Lockbit 2.0 just gave the French Justice Ministry two weeks to pay up or else see its data published on the dark web
frodi
::: laurenscerulus

LG Announces New Ad Targeting Features for TVs
ad, pubblicità
::: Slashdot

Both #AppleMaps and #GoogleMaps have entirely blurred out #Apple CEO #TimCook's home, presumably following recent reports of him being stalked
protagonisti
::: appleinsider

If you think OpenAccess agreements in #scientific #publishing with traditional publishers are the solution, think again! @Springernature has an OpenAccess publishing agreement with @tudelft. Great! We (@jhejderup, @gousiosg) wanted to use it. However, ... (1/n)
scienza | open source
::: Inventitech

Why Online Stars Are Mad at Apple
the creators who want to make a living online say the fees are too high
Apple
::: nytimestech

#GNU poke 2.0 is out
applicazioni, programmi
::: amszmidt

Perché Google deve sapere che iscrivo mio figlio alla scuola pubblica?
Google | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: nilocram

“The press is the intelligence service for a free society”
censura
::: SKjeldtoft

macOS 12.3 Will Break Cloud-Storage Features Used By Dropbox and OneDrive
cloud | Apple
::: Slashdot

Louis Armstrong, 1930

Top 10 Techniques for Deep Learning that you Must Know
deep learning
::: MauroV1968

Social Media Scammers Stole At Least $770 Million In 2021
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

SpaceX Planning To Launch Up To 52 Missions In 2022
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

Amazon settled a price-fixing investigation by the Washington State attorney general’s office on Wednesday, agreeing to pay $2.25 million and end a program that gave it control over the prices of products supplied by third-party sellers on its marketplace
Amazon
::: nytimestech

Last month, @alfredwkngn and I revealed that Life360 was one of the location data industry's biggest sources of raw location data. Yesterday Life360 announced that it will stop selling users’ precise location data
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jonkeegan

Messenger's End-To-End Encrypted Chats and Calls Are Available To Everyone
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Google Relents: Legacy G Suite Users Will Be Able To Migrate To Free Accounts
Google
::: Slashdot

Android Malware BRATA Wipes Your Device After Stealing Data
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Apple Revenue Pops 11% To $123.9 Billion Despite Supply Chain Concerns
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot


This NFT on OpenSea Will Steal Your IP Address
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | not fungible token
::: fabiochiusi ::: glipari

Clima: energia, politica e sesso
energia
::: RadioProzac

Booby-trapped Sites Delivered Potent New Backdoor Trojan To macOS Users
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Il testo della Commissione Ue su gas e nucleare non cambia
energia | Unione Europea
::: ilmanifesto

The difference between Github and Gitlab
programming, codice, snippet
::: MIT_CSAIL

Literally any efforts at transparency and accountability would be better than this. If you are going to take down content based on a policy, post the goddamn policy somewhere where people can read it
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: evacide

Commento sotto ad un TED a tema blockchain
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: ITSquOd

La mappa creata dalla NASA delle emissioni fuggitive di metano legate all'estrazione di petrolio, gas, alle raffinerie e alle infrastrutture. A COP26 c'è stato l'impegno globale a ridurle del 30% entro il 2030, ma intanto sono arrivate ai massimi di sempre
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: FerdinandoC


Anytime Elon Musk tweets, ask yourself this
protagonisti
::: StartsWithABang ::: parismarx

The only real play in the software industry is to find the best talent and empower it to build things. It's a creative industry. The work culture of the best tech companies is what it is because it has evolved around this fact (though some of them sometimes lose their way)
programming, codice, snippet
::: fchollet

someone asked me in a conversation today to elaborate on why I have such an intensely negative opinion of SICP, and seeing as I took the time to type out my answer, I figure I might as well post it here, because it’s something people have often seemed surprised about
uh! non sono d'accordo con Lexi (che peraltro rockz, assay)
Lisp
::: lexi_lambda

Pillole di pubblica amministrazione digitale #7
digitalizzazione
::: Reale_EU

“InstructGPT still makes simple errors, sometimes producing irrelevant or nonsensical responses. If given a prompt that contains a falsehood, for example, it will take that falsehood as true”
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman ridicules start-up fundraising process
startup
::: fabiochiusi

L'UE, gli esperti e il nucleare: la mail di un nostro lettore e la nostra risposta
OGM-free & non contiene olio di palma
energia
::: fabiochiusi

Provocatorio e ambiguo, il re dei podcast che ha scalzato Neil Young
social media | coronavirus
::: ilmanifesto ::: Snowden ::: fabiochiusi

Texas Governor Candidate Plans To Make Texas the 'Citadel For Bitcoin'
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot


This is a crisis! This is a disaster. This is a catastrophe. This is loss and damage!
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Riseupmovt

Today @QubitFin got hacked, the exploiter made the astronomic sum of $80.000.000 (200.000 $BNB)!!! How did this happend?
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: YannickCrypto

A Quine is a computer program which takes no input and produces a copy of its own source code as its only output. Here is a quine in Python
mettere le parentesi a print per la versione 3
Python
::: fermatslibrary

Sciopero per il clima sotto la Regione Piemonte
bravi ma la Regione è sul lato a fianco (e senza impalcature, la foto sarebbe venuta meglio)
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: FFF_Chieri

The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon
spyware
::: fede_guerrini

Dozens of US States Say Apple Stifles Competition, Back 'Fortnite' Maker Epic
Apple
::: Slashdot

Israel used it as a tool of diplomacy. The F.B.I. tested it for domestic surveillance. Then everything soured. Here are highlights of a yearlong investigation by The New York Times into the cyberweapon Pegasus
spyware
::: nytimestech

We Already Have the Technology to Save Earth From a "Don't Look Up" Comet or Asteroid
spazio, esplorazione | tecnologia
::: universetoday

Invisible machine readable labels identify and track objects
tecnologia
::: MIT_CSAIL


"More than telling readers anything new about the dangers of technology, though, “The Loop” provides evidence that tech criticism itself is calcifying into a mainstream genre"
tecnologia
::: fabiochiusi

DeFi platform Qubit Finance begs hacker to return $80 million in stolen funds
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Grady_Booch

More Than 80% of NFTs Created For Free On OpenSea Are Fraud Or Spam, Company Says
not fungible token | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair Argues Nuclear Power Isn't a Climate Solution
energia
::: Slashdot

Waymo Sues State DMV To Keep Robotaxi Safety Details Secret
automazione
::: Slashdot

The Lego brick is 64 today. This is the original patent
idea 💡 | hardware | storia
::: presentcorrect

The Project MAC slash AI lab PDP-6, a photo timeline
storia
::: larsbrinkhoff

Full Circle Magazine #177
media | Ubuntu
::: fullcirclemag

The Downfall of One of the World’s Biggest Brains
“the technology, certainly the generation of technology that they had, was nowhere near ready to accomplish the things that they set out to accomplish and promised that they they could accomplish”
tecnologia | artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi


Crypto Co-Founder Revealed To Be Infamous Fraudster, Investors Shaken
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

My last article was just published in #OpenAccess. It calls for open, public, #GDPR-compliant (non - #GAFAM) platforms for distance learning: "Istruzione e GAFAM: dalla coscienza alla responsabilità"
scuola, educazione, cultura | coronavirus
::: paolomonella

Bitcoin mining's energy use has more than tripled since 2019, consuming as much energy as entire countries. It's even driving up electricity costs and harming local environments. I want six cryptomining companies to provide answers on their impact
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | energia | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: SenWarren

unsafe Rust is an ergonomic and mental complexity nightmare and worse than writing C++
programming, codice, snippet
::: mitsuhiko

I do not think people are bad for not knowing something; exactly the opposite, in fact. I am saying that sometimes you have to learn new things
programming, codice, snippet
::: lexi_lambda ::: lexi_lambda ::: lexi_lambda

"Il business dei No Vax: guadagnano milioni per diffondere bugie e sospetti sui vaccini" (Repubblica) - Centro di ricerca inglese ha fatto i conti: "Video e articoli generano un giro d’affari di 36 milioni di dollari l’anno diviso tra 22 aziende appartenenti a 12 individui"
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | coronavirus
::: janavel7

Secondo lo studio di @DisinfoEU, nel 2020 in Italia, tra i principali diffusori di notizie false sulla pandemia, ci sono stati diversi politici, affiancati dai “super-diffusori” (le star tra cospirazionisti e no vax) e da alcuni scienziati e medici
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | coronavirus
::: PagellaPolitica

If we tried to convince an alien civilisation that we are an intelligent species just by sending a sequence of numbers what would it be? Which signal would we recognise as made by intelligent aliens? 1/13
h/t @marcodelmastro
scienza
::: martinmbauer

Everyday Objects Can Run Artificial Intelligence Software
una volta si diceva per i sistemi esperti (si usano ancora?)
artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

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