24 febbraio, 2022

Visto nel Web - 685

Momenti tragici, passa la voglia ma bisogna resistere; ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.

Thierry Legault

Listen to an AI voice actor try and flirt with you
h/t @fabiochiusi
artificial intelligence | web-bot, robocall
::: verge

Corn Ethanol Worse for the Climate Than Gasoline, Study Finds
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

Scientists warn new AI may be ‘slightly conscious’
dubbioso
artificial intelligence
::: fede_guerrini

New Open Source-Loving Microsoft Celebrates .NET's 20th Anniversary
mah... Micro$oft
Microsoft
::: Slashdot

In 10 Years, Will 'Remote Work' Simply Be 'Work'?
lavoro da remoto | smartwork
::: Slashdot

Oh, right. C meeting is over. C23 added: [...]
linguaggi di programmazione
::: __phantomderp

I downloaded all the data Amazon has on me, and honestly the creepiest thing about it is that they sent me the *actual audio files* of every time I spoke* to Amazon Alexa
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: AlinaUtrata

It looks like it’s time to finally switch from bash to zsh. What’re your favorite tips?
PaM, Sole et al. ricordate?
applicazioni, programmi
::: doughellmann

I love crypto but... Could we just have one peaceful week sometime were this doesn't happen? I would enjoy that week
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: lisperati

web3 could be the biggest anti-poverty mechanism in the history of the world
dubby, assay
Web3 | bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | (forse)
::: gitcoin

Rafael Araujo

Data
umorismo
::: DinaPomeranz

100 Billion Face Photos? Clearview AI tells investors it's On Track to Identify 'Almost Everyone in the World'
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot

The average carbon footprint in the top 1% of global CO2 emitters is >75-times higher than the footprint in the bottom 50%. The top 10% contributes ~50% of all emitted CO2
economia, lavoro | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: heimbergecon

Biden Administration Halts New Drilling in Legal Fight Over Climate Costs
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: New York Times

AI-generated faces have crossed the uncanny valley and are now more trustworthy than real ones
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

“Design for ethics. Bake your values into your creations”
bellissimo, imho
programming, codice, snippet
::: Medium

Zuckerberg Has Burned $500 Billion Turning Facebook to Meta
Facebook | economia, lavoro
::: fabiochiusi

Leaked bank records show how Credit Suisse helped dictators, corrupt politicians, spies, and criminals hide their illicit fortunes. This is #SuisseSecrets, one of the world’s largest investigations into the world of Swiss banking 🇨🇭
hackers at work | frodi
::: OCCRP ::: fede_guerrini ::: irpinvestigates ::: pressgazette

Government surveillance software has only gotten more invasive. To understand what’s going on and what can be done about it, @JuliaAngwin turned to @citizenlab’s @RonDeibert
spyware
::: themarkup

Molto bella la pagina della #privacy policy di 500px: è il solito pistolotto legalese, ma accanto ad ogni paragrafo c'è una spiegazione breve e comprensibile. Da prendere come esempio
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: madbob


Is It More Energy-Efficient to Program in Rust?
programming, codice, snippet | energia
::: Slashdot

Crypto Enthusiasts' DAO Tries Raising $4 Billion to Buy a Football Team
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

A Hacker Is Actively Stealing High-Value NFTs From OpenSea Users
not fungible token
::: fabiochiusi

La webcam spenta è diventata la modalità predefinita delle videoconferenze. Accenderla è una questione di apprendimento. E di educazione. #netiquette #webinar #formazioneonline
Web, Internet
::: SergioGridelli

Slate's 25th Anniversary Marked with Warning on Echo Chambers, Memories of 'Motivated Reasoning' on Microsoft
media
::: Slashdot

After Blackouts, Texas Became a Top State for New Solar Installations as Thousands Install Microgrids
energia | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

Linux Developers Patch Bugs Faster Than Microsoft, Apple, and Google, Study Shows
bug
::: Slashdot

Launch and catch tower at Starbase destacking Starship
spazio, esplorazione
::: SpaceX

Learn TypeScript, and thank me later
linguaggi di programmazione
::: gethackteam


In 1957, John Conway built a water computer called WINNIE (Water Initiated Numerical Number Integrating Engine)
storia | protagonisti
::: fermatslibrary

The great tragedy of the internet is that when you have a chunk of text you want to post online, we never figured out a way to make it easier to just host that text by firing up you own webserver on a new domain, versus handing your text over to Facebook/etc
Web, Internet
::: lisperati

On this day in 1991 Guido van Rossum released the first version of #Python (0.9) to the Usenet group alt.sources. As of 2021, there were more than 11 million Python software developers across the globe
storia | Python
::: MIT_CSAIL

Il cambiamento climatico è un moltiplicatore di tutte le forme di disuguaglianza sociale
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale | economia, lavoro
::: valigiablu

#Usa starebbero lavorando a legge per aumentare controlli su investimenti in #Cina specie a startup tecnologiche (legge bipartisan)
Cina
::: simopieranni

With Growing Revenue But Slipping Market Share - Is Firefox Okay?
browser
::: Slashdot

Anche in #Cina si guarda alla legge su criptovalute approvata da #Kiev giovedì (e ai suoi utilizzi)
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: simopieranni

Questa sera scorrere Twitter fa paura, e — per una volta — per le cose vere che si leggono
Twitter
::: fabiochiusi

“..it also revealed the extent of its plans to cash in on the metaverse including using deeply personal data to sell ads in more targeted ways.” Metaverse vs employment law: the reality of the virtual workplace
metaverso | lavoro | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: Velislava777


Molti studi stanno cercando di dimostrare che l’impatto globale degli esseri umani sull’ambiente è tale da aver dato inizio a una nuova era geologica: l’Antropocene. Entro l'anno varie commissioni scientifiche dovranno prendere una posizione ufficiale
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: DomaniGiornale

Andrew Yang announces plans to fight poverty with a lobbying group that distributes voting power in proportion to how much you pay
crittografia | politica
::: web3isgreat

We have an exciting announcement to make: The rust-analyzer project is now officially a part of the wider Rust organization! 🎉
linguaggi di programmazione
::: rustlang

Worldwide Gender Differences in Public Code Contributions: and how they have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
new #preprint! of upcoming @ICSEconf SEIS paper where, with D. Rossi from @Unibo, we study at very large scale (50 years, 150 million projects) gender diversity in #FOSS, with (and that is the really novel part) a worldwide geographic angle
programming, codice, snippet | open source | coronavirus
::: zacchiro

'Crypto Ruined My Life': the Mental Health Crisis Hitting Bitcoin Investors
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

EU Accuses China of 'Power Grab' Over Smartphone Technology Licensing
Unione Europea | Cina | copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

New EU Antitrust Frontier Emerges for Microsoft and Google: Spam Ads
antitrust | Unione Europea | spam
::: Slashdot

Amazon's Sprawling Grocery Business Has Become an 'Expensive Hobby' With a Cloudy Future
Amazon
::: Slashdot

A Crypto Winter Would Be Welcomed by Top Developers, Says Vitalik Buterin
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

White Castle To Hire 100 Robots To Flip Burgers
robots, automazione, droni
::: Slashdot


UK Ready To Launch Retaliatory Cyber-attacks on Russia, Defence Secretary Says
cyberwar
::: Slashdot ::: laurenscerulus

Atlassian Co-Founder Wants To Buy Australia's Biggest Polluter To Make It Greener
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: Slashdot

Algorithms: I want to solve a problem
algoritmi, codice | artificial intelligence | bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: djcapelis

traceback — Exceptions and Stack Traces
Python
::: pymotw

Learning Branch Probabilities in Compiler from. Datacenter Workloads
programming, codice, snippet | linguaggi di programmazione
::: johnregehr

It's interesting to me, watching people as they get older: Some people seem to get less eccentric, other people more eccentric - I guess it has to do with a personal preference they have, which side of their personality/worldview they are more interested in cultivating
non sta parlando solo di me
umorismo
::: lisperati

Image prediction: tiger
umorismo
::: ResNeXtGuesser

Workers at Starbucks have ignited a nationwide movement united in the struggle for dignity and respect on the job. They're organizing in New York, in Tennessee, in California, and in states all across this country
h/t @marina_catucci
lavoro
::: BernieSanders

NASA and HeroX are Crowdsourcing the Search for Life on Mars
spazio, esplorazione
::: universetoday


Come chi cerca lavoro tenta di aggirare i software di analisi dei curriculum
lavoro
::: dilettahuyskes_

The Home Office has quietly introduced a system of 24/7 GPS surveillance as a condition of immigration bail, & will use this data against people in their immigration applications
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: privacyint

Ieri, fra un bug e l'altro, ha debuttato Truth Social, la piattaforma di Trump
social media
::: marina_catucci ::: fede_guerrini

Il conflitto in Ucraina è anche, e soprattutto, un conflitto di informazioni. Negli ultimi giorni, le menzioni di una "aggressione ucraina" sono triplicate all'interno dei media in lingua russa
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | politica
::: DomaniGiornale

La dipendenza dell'Italia (e dell'Europa) dai combustibili fossili in un grafico
energia
::: DomaniGiornale

cat | tac
umorismo
::: Umbrado

The US Copyright Office Says an AI Can't Copyright Its Art
artificial intelligence | copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot

Artificial Intelligence as a Public Service: Learning from Amsterdam and Helsinki
artificial intelligence | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Floridi

Ending 3G Service Sparks Fears of an 'Alarmaggedon'
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot


Manchester City Begin Building World's First Football Stadium Inside the Metaverse
metaverso
::: Slashdot

Previste tre missioni sulla Luna, il rientro sulla Terra di un campione di Marte, l’assaggio di un asteroide, un potente telescopio spaziale simile ad Hubble e un rivelatore spaziale di onde gravitazionali
spazio, esplorazione | Cina
::: Agenzia_Ansa

Amazing news! Revolab, a startup from the EIT Digital equity portfolio and a winner of the 2020 EIT Digital Venture Program, was featured among “10 skyrocketing Lithuania-based startups to watch in 2022” by EU-Startups. Congrats to the Revolab team
startup
::: EIT_Digital

"I wrote a program that sends cats to my phone when I'm sad at the computer"
autoserveglianza?
programming, codice, snippet
::: dcavedon

My God! The JAX type promotion documentation by @jakevdp is a work of art!
Python
::: jnuneziglesias

Climate Scientists Warn of a ‘Global Wildfire Crisis’
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: New York Times

Twitter has permanently suspended over 240 accounts from its platform after an investigation we @mozilla did uncovered how groups with ties to the European far right have been running influence operations on Kenyan Twitter
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | Twitter
::: Odangaring

Behind the Stalkerware Network Spilling the Private Phone Data of Thousands
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Details 'Planet-Scale' AI Infrastructure Packing 100,000+ GPUs
Microsoft
::: Slashdot

oday we can reveal that Proctorio, an eproctoring company widely criticized for its invasive, discriminatory surveillance software, is trying to silence @fightfortheftr by harassing us with a subpoena. We're fighting back & have filed a motion to quash
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: evan_greer

Albert Einstein, Hideki Yukawa, John Wheeler, and Homi Bhabha

;; 9

Tesla Is Working To Make Steam Video Games Work In Its Vehicles
games
::: Slashdot

Facebook 'Lets Vigilantes in Ethiopia Incite Ethnic Killing'
Facebook | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: Slashdot

Hundreds of Salesforce Employees Object To NFT Plans
not fungible token
::: Slashdot

A months-long @TechCrunch investigation uncovered a massive spyware operation exposing the call records, messages, photos, browsing history and precise location data of ~400k phones, including Americans
spyware
::: zackwhittaker

App - Savage Chickens for February 23, 2022
umorismo
::: _juhan

You remember the "Harvest Effect" Church of the Innumeracy monks? i have soooo many memories Covid19
coronavirus
::: gianlucac1

“Algorithmically mediated reputation systems in a DAO appear as a sort of distributed panopticon – where one is always visible, partly scrutinizable, and rewarded for behaving according to the norm, and encoding, of what is considered to be ‘good’”
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: FrankPasquale

Another beautiful piece of work by Nicolas. Support him if you can; otherwise still read the book! @matplotlib book is online
Python
::: NPRougier

Google Chat To Fully Replace Classic Hangouts for Workspace Users from March
social media
::: Slashdot

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