12 luglio, 2020

Visto nel Web - 517

A parte l'afa e il virus che ritorna, cose che sapete di certo, ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.


Julian Assange
::: couragefound ::: StellaMoris1 ::: SomersetBean

Rimuovere gli ostacoli per l’installazione di impianti di #TLC e proseguire con la realizzazione delle reti anche quelle #5G così da favorire la competitività del tessuto imprenditoriale ed economico e del #lavoro dell’ #Italia 🇮🇹. ⁦@antitrust_it
⁩#:5g
::: LDRaimondo

Mozilla Suspends Firefox Send Service While It Addresses Malware Abuse
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Facebook is a profoundly unethical company, and it starts at the top, with Mark
Facebook
::: Grady_Booch

Da quando si è preteso che Internet fosse "disciplinato", facendo pressioni affinché i social media adottassero condizioni d'uso restrittive, siamo tutti meno liberi. Peccato che qualcuno non se ne renda conto e qualcun altro addirittura applauda. Ma la libertà è per pochi, si sa
social media | censura
::: vitalbaa

Thousands of Contracts Highlight Quiet Ties Between Big Tech and US Military
ditte
::: Slashdot

Le #biblioteche devono poter continuare il servizio di secoli: comprare un libro e prestarlo. PK chiede al Congresso di chiarire la legge #copyright per evitare che #InternetArchive e altri sprechino anni nei tribunali
politica
::: WikimediaItalia

BREAKING: @Facebook just took down four networks for coordinated inauthentic behavior
Facebook | politica
::: benimmo

Google Scrapped Cloud Initiative in China, 'Sensitive Markets'
cloud | Cina
::: Slashdot


Just released: gif 2.0.0 ✨
matplotlib, altair
Python
::: maxhumber

La SpaceX ha un piccolo cane robotico (Spot) della BostonDynamics, che tiene vicino alla rampa di test a Boca Chica, per osservare da vicino i resti eventuali di prototipi esplosi o andare a vedere da vicino questi durante i test senza mettere in pericolo umani. Ha una sua cucia!
robots, automazione, droni
::: Link4Universe

Google Open Sources Trademarks With the Open Usage Commons
open source
::: Slashdot

Nvidia Eclipses Intel As Most Valuable US Chipmaker
hardware
::: Slashdot

Still no word from Twitter why @freemattdehart has been suspended. I have asked politely for their reasoning. Silence
Twitter | censura
::: Leann02

The Best Programming Languages to Learn in 2020
"best" per il lavoro, non perché "migliori"
linguaggi di programmazione
::: RichRogers_

Over 100 Wi-Fi Routers Fail Major Security Test -- Protect Yourself Now
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot


Police Are Buying Access To Hacked Website Data
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

As #Bitcoin grows in popularity around the world 🌎, some countries have welcomed it with open arms but others not so much. #OKnowledge
blockchain e crypto*
::: OKEx

This science robot did 688 experiments during six straight days working 22 hours in the dark
robots, automazione, droni
::: RitaJKing

Intervista a @flavia_marzano, fondatrice ed ex presidente degli @SGInnovazione: “Il digitale può trasformare il Paese ma ognuno, nel proprio campo, deve fare di più"
digitalizzazione
::: ASviSItalia

Amazon Will Require Third-Party Sellers To Disclose Names, Addresses
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Le verità attuali sul 5G… via @BUTAC - Bufale un tanto al chilo
5G
::: MauroV1968

Il circo dei preprint riguardo al coronavirus.
È comprensibile che gli scienziati vogliano condividere le proprie ricerche il più presto possibile coi colleghi, ma quando questi preprint diventano di dominio pubblico prima di passare per la peer review può essere un problema.
1/n
coronavirus | disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: MauroV1968

A novelty in TF 2.3 is the Keras preprocessing layers API. Check out the docs
machine learning
::: fchollet


Se qualcuno vuole sapere cosa significa veramente la sorveglianza di massa
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: disinformatico

The 1983 version of GW-BASIC, which Microsoft released as open source code, was auto-translated from (8-bit) 8080 to (16-bit) 8086 assembly. Now @lafp is closing the circle by translating it back to run an the (8-bit) Z-80 processor
storia
::: CoolSWEng

Spreading Rock Dust On Fields Could Remove Vast Amounts of CO2 From Air
ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Gentile Ministra @AzzolinaLucia, c'è un motivo particolare per la scelta del MIUR di appoggiarsi ad un software proprietario e non libero per le caselle di posta elettronica? È una scelta tecnica? Economica? Politica? C'è stata una fase di valutazione delle possibili alternative?
digitalizzazione | open source
::: orporick ::: orporick

If you’re afraid of Tik Tok but don’t care about the NSA spying on us through our phones or the CIA through our smart TVs, you’ve been successfully propagandized
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: DecampDave

Google is proud to be a partner in Italy's economic recovery. We're investing more than $900M over 5 years to help transform Italian businesses large and small, including the launch of two @GoogleCloud regions in partnership with @TIM_Official
riusciremo a fregare anche bigG?
Google | economia, lavoro
::: sundarpichai

In #copyright reform, Germany wants to avoid over-blocking, not rule out #uploadfilters – read part 1 of my analysis of the German proposal for implementation of #Article17 on #KluwerCopyrightBlog
copyright e brevetti
::: Senficon


Ha davvero una risposta per qualsiasi richiesta
Web, Internet | umorismo
::: evilripper

Microsoft's New KDP Tech Blocks Malware By Making Parts of the Windows Kernel Read-Only
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

How to push/send message to iOS and Android from Linux CLI
mah...
applicazioni, programmi
::: Genjuro75

Reuters - TIM non ha invitato Huawei a partecipare alla gara per la costruzione della rete core 5G in Italia e in Brasile. Aziende invitate alla gara: Ericsson, Nokia e Cisco, Mavenir e Affirmed Networks, recentemente acquisita da Microsoft
Huawei | 5G
::: LalaHu9

My 3D printer created this masterpiece. I've named it 2020
umorismo
::: perbu

Chrome and Firefox Are Getting Support For the New AVIF Image Format
media
::: Slashdot

Elon Musk Says Tesla Cars Will Be Fully Self-Driving By End Of Year
automazione
::: evilripper

TikTok Mulls Changes to Business to Distance Itself From China
social media
::: Slashdot


More Pre-Installed Malware Has Been Found In Budget US Smartphones
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Power Pioneer Invents New Battery That's 90% Cheaper Than Lithium-Ion
innovazioni, futuro | energia
::: Slashdot

The arXiv icon was originally a skull and cross bones
storia
::: bencbartlett

How #IoT impacts Banks and #Fintech companies
Internet of things
::: TechNative

My Python code was algorithmically sound, but I needed it to run faster. PyPy didn't help perhaps due to heavy use of Pandas. So I re-wrote dominant functions in NumPy and used @numba_jit to only JIT those. And now it runs 18x faster! 😀 Never underestimate such optimizations!
Python
::: MShahrad

Worldwide PC Shipments Grew Due To Work-From-Home Arrangements
economia, lavoro | smart working
::: Slashdot

Nearly 70,000 Tech Startup Employees Have Lost Their Jobs Since March
lavoro | coronavirus
::: Slashdot

US Finalizing Federal Contract Ban For Companies That Use Huawei, Others
Huawei | politica
::: Slashdot


Amazon vieta ai propri dipendenti l'utilizzo di TikTok. All'inizio della settimana Pompeo ne aveva annunciato la possibile messa al bando
oops! errore di sbaglio; sono pazzi queti 'mericani!
social media
::: LalaHu9

KAMAG Self Propelled Modular Transporter
umorismo
::: MachinePix

Google Bans Stalkerware Ads
ad, pubblicità | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Facebook Considers Political-Ad Blackout Ahead of US Election
ad, pubblicità | politica
::: Slashdot

Android 10 Had the Fastest Adoption Rate of Any Version of Android Yet
dispositivi mobili | sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

Respectfully disagree. This is the basis of my "PL semantics as natural science" work and talks. We invented *some* things, but a lot of phenomena were not anticipated (and hence not "invented"). Knowing the atoms doesn't enable you to predict all the behaviors of all molecules
thread*S* ingarbugliati che --oops! fa caldo!
linguaggi di programmazione
::: ShriramKMurthi

Police Surveilled Protests With Help From Twitter-Affiliated Startup Dataminr
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | Twitter
::: Slashdot


Davvero si pensa di convincere gli indecisi sul 5G con le magnifiche sorti e progressive? È questo quello che definiscono "dialogo"? #change5G
5G
::: ivosilvestro

Mpv stops supporting GNOME plenty of good reasons for this move against walled garden approaches on GNU/#Linux
open source | Linux
::: jaromil

#Tesla shares went ballistic this evening. Jumps >1.5k w/some believing the comp could report a 4th consecutive GAAP profit and thus be eligible to enter the S&P 500 index. Mkt cap now $287bn, more than 3 times VW's mkt cap
economia, lavoro
::: Schuldensuehner

40 years of exponential improvement in computer performance, and instead of giving ourselves sequential consistency and memory safety, we gave ourselves 14 copies of Chromium running at once
programming, codice, snippet
::: samth

Let's take a look back at what happened in #robotics last month, with events such as the release of #ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy included
robots, automazione, droni
::: ubuntu

Science and Technology links (July 11th 2020)
novità
::: lemire

Is Twitter Shifting the Balance of Power From Companies to Their Employees?
Twitter
::: Slashdot

Linux is > than macOS, and there’s no data regarding how many Windows users develop/use WSL
sistemi operativi
::: WebReflection

09 luglio, 2020

Visto nel Web - 516

L'afoso luglio imperversa ma non mi blocca a elencare cosa ho wisto nel Web.


Julian Assange
::: DefendAssange ::: ARetVet ::: MaryKostakidis ::: MartySilkHack

Is Our Technology Literally Changing Our Brains?
Web, Internet | tecnologia
::: Slashdot

Oggi scopro che sul trasporto pubblico Torinese si usa Linux. Sono passi avanti!
Linux
::: SteffPy

US Senate Amends EARN IT Act -- To Let States Restrict Encryption
social media
::: Slashdot

Stanford Economist Predicts Working-From-Home Continues, City Centers Decline
smart working | ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot

Siamo passati all'azione contro i pregiudizi e i freni che la demagogia cerca di imporre ad ogni opera pubblica
5G
::: SergioGatteschi

Windows 10 LTSC: La migliore versione per tutti?
games
::: Genjuro75

Facebook is out of control. If it were a country it would be North Korea
Facebook
::: MauroV1968

How Crowdfunding Transformed Tabletop Board Games
games | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Peter Simmering

Why Apple Stopped Updating Over 15,000 Games in China's App Store
Cina | censura | games
::: Slashdot

This must be one of the worst Python advice I have seen. Please always close file handles
Python
::: mitsuhiko

AI Watch. Artificial Intelligence in public services - Overview of the use and impact of AI in public services in the EU
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

Another day in normalising total surveillance: “It has become very natural to click on the apps while going somewhere, just like wearing a mask”
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Bravi, proprio bravi a @ilmessaggeroit. Su 420 parole di Wikipedia avete giusto cambiato "Ha studiato" al posto di "Studiò" e rimosso la riga con la sua appartenenza all'Accademia di Santa Cecilia
giornali, stampa
::: cdaffara

CheckShortURL
CheckShortURL is an expand link facility: it allows you to retrieve the original URL from a shortened link before clicking on it and visiting the destination
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: xmau

Activists in #MENA are having posts deleted, and accounts removed by social media giant #Facebook. “Many people feel that Facebook is no longer a platform they can use to hold the powerful to account”
Facebook | censura
::: accessnow

gc — Garbage Collector
Python
::: pymotw

BMW is Going All-in On In-car Microtransactions
tecnologia
::: Slashdot


Roses are red,
tip, suggerimenti | social media
::: EthicsInBricks

Hong Kong Government Tells Schools To Remove Books Breaching Security Law
censura
::: Slashdot

Facial-Recognition Firm Ends Operations in Canada, Watchdog Says
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: Slashdot

Broadband's Underused Lifeline For Low-income Users
Web, Internet | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

È inaccettabile che la classe dirigente del paese non sia in grado di decodificare informazioni scientifiche
5G
::: f_ronchetti

Supreme Court Upholds Cellphone Robocall Ban
spam
::: Slashdot

socials
::: OliverJia1014

Fujitsu Announces Permanent Work-From-Home Plan
smart working
::: Slashdot


How Google Docs Became the Social Media of the Resistance
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Is Interested In Acquiring Warner Bros. Gaming Unit
games | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Giant Flywheel Project In Scotland Could Prevent UK Blackouts
energia
::: Slashdot

The three pillars of the Arduino CLI
programming, codice, snippet
::: arduino

ScreenKey Shows Keyboard Presses on Screen in Ubuntu
applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

Apparently, the Rust version of the simdjson library is a case study on how Rust can be unsafe… or something…
linguaggi di programmazione
::: lemire

Climate Denial Spreads on Facebook as Scientists Face Restrictions - The company recently overruled its scientific fact-checking group, which had flagged information as misleading
Facebook | ambiente, ecologia
::: skdh

well this seems like a perfectly bad idea
sistemi operativi | dispositivi mobili
::: SnazzyQ

A History of Clojure, for HOPL IV
Lisp
::: richhickey


SCMP’s China Internet Report 2020 finds that Covid-19 has accelerated digitisation of economy
Cina | innovazioni, futuro
::: simopieranni

The United States is 'looking at' banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Pompeo says
social media | censura
::: fabiochiusi

Just launched github.com/lmammino/financial: a zero-dependency #TypeScript/#JavaScript financial library (based on numpy-financial) for @nodejs, @deno_land and the browser 🚀
linguaggi di programmazione
::: loige

#TikTok is the latest social media platform to take action after China's crackdown on pro-independence activities
social media | Cina
::: euronews

Which Linux distro would you consider the hardest to master or learn?
The one which doesn't fit your needs (cit.)
Linux distro
::: nixcraft

Games are the definitive objective proof
games | umorismo
::: thek3nger

Sulla didattica a distanza mi sono gia' espresso. Oggi aggiungo che gli esami orali a distanza sono una disgrazia, e gli esami scritti sono una porcheria. Collegamenti che saltano, audio che non si sente, software che costringe ad avere risorse di memoria e CPU enormi. Puah...
thread
digitalizzazione | scuola, educazione, cultura
::: DarioBressanini

If you are following how AI can be used for #HumanRights work then this thread will be of interest. This work started 4 years ago. In a fast paced world we need to remember that innovation and rigour takes time
artificial intelligence | politica
::: TiranaHassan


E anche nel 2019, 2,6 milioni di euro a Libero
giornali, stampa | politica
::: fabiochiusi

Hackers Are Exploiting a 5-Alarm Bug In Networking Equipment
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Ordinanza anti-#5G, n°7 18/06/20 di Alagna Valsesia. Particolare sciocco: Il governo italiano non ha uno standard
5G
::: Fabio_Galletti

US Online Grocery Sales Hit Record $7.2 Billion In June
economia, lavoro | Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

This blogpost shows how the author reimplemented the (world famous 😝) Clojure Ant Simulation (from 2009) using Clojerl 🦾
linguaggi di programmazione
::: clojerl ::: clojerl

The #Kremlin’s disinformation operations targeting foreign audiences reflect its geopolitical agenda. These tactics are particularly effective in enflaming anti-establishment forces already present in the targeted countries
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | cyberwar
::: ispionline

Alphabet's Loon Launches Its Balloon-Powered Kenyan Internet Service
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

beagle 0.3.0
search regexs
Web, Internet | Python
::: doughellmann


Google Searches Reveal Covid-19 Hot Spots Before Governments Do
Google | coronavirus
::: fabiochiusi

Microsoft Seizes Six Domains Used in COVID-19 Phishing Operations
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Microsoft Brings Android OS Development for Surface Duo In-house With Movial Acquisition
sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot

Nokia To Add Open Interfaces To Its Telecom Equipment
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

AMD Launches Ryzen 3000XT Series CPUs At Higher Clock Speeds To Battle Intel
hardware
::: Slashdot

Maledetto sindaco che ha voluto installare il 5G!
umorismo | 5G
::: PabloScart

Con l’implementazione della legge sulla sicurezza nazionale per #HK da #Pechino i colossi occidentali del web hanno deciso di mettere in pausa la condivisione di dati. Anche la cinese TikTok smetterà di operare?
Cina | censura
::: ispionline

I have bash scripts. You have bash under Windows which works fine. *But* if you pass Windows paths (c:/windows) to bash, things break. Is there a way to ask bash to automatically translate a path from Windows-like to Unix-like?
storia vecchia
sistemi operativi
::: lemire

Brilliant exploit of ETag for tracking :)
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: shoniko


Già vedo i primi sindaci #StopH2
5G | umorismo
::: f_ronchetti

"Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona has begun using a facial recognition system in 40 supermarkets in Mallorca, Zaragoza and Valencia to protect its staff"
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Practical Python Programming - A free course on writing modern & practical Python
Python
::: mattiasgeniar

1/ We looked into TikTok's data collection and privacy policies and here's what we found: A thread about what TikTok collects and why the U.S. is concerned
thread
social media
::: lizalinwsj

Machine learning generates far more carbon emissions than most people realize. A Stanford team has developed a tool to measure the hidden cost
machine learning | ambiente, ecologia
::: fabiochiusi

Puglia contro il 5G: oltre 43 comuni nella provincia di Lecce dicono 'no' alla rete veloce
5G
::: _Sazed

Linux Company SUSE Outbids Competitors for Fast-growing Startup Rancher Labs
Linux
::: Slashdot

Facebook Decisions Were ‘Setbacks for Civil Rights,’ Audit Finds
Facebook | politica
::: emenietti

05 luglio, 2020

Visto nel Web - 515

Vatti a fidare del venti-venti! ma ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.



Julian Assange
::: DEAcampaign ::: DEAcampaign ::: FlickRubicon ::: pen_int ::: nozomimagine ::: pen_int

dear @Twitter, I am pretty sure many asked about this before, but I think a "Follow this thread" option that doesn't let you miss a single post of a thread (same author, not replies) would be very much welcome. Sometimes content creators keep adding tweets and it's hard to follow
Twitter
::: WebReflection

Can't get out vim when working on Linux/Unix server?
umorismo
::: nixcraft

Minecraft Is Now Home To a Virtual Library of Censored Journalism
censura
::: Slashdot

MIT Apologizes, Permanently Pulls Offline Huge Dataset That Taught AI Systems To Use Racist, Misogynistic Slurs
odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | artificial intelligence
::: Slashdot

Tesla Becomes Most Valuable Automaker in Latest Stock Rally
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

Ads Are Taking Over Samsung's Galaxy Smartphones
ad, pubblicità
::: Slashdot

Apple trying to attract Italians with grissini
umorismo
::: stylewarning

Kongregate No Longer Accepting New Games, Shutting Down Forums and Chat
games
::: Slashdot

Batman ‘climbing’ a skyscraper, 1966

sci-hub is so important
scienza | open source
::: jtolds

Multiple Service Providers Are Blocking DuckDuckGo In India
censura
::: Slashdot

I 100% disagree with this framing and hypothesis. No technology is inevitable
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

IBM's Deep Search Tool combs through literature, reads and labels each data point, table, image, and paragraph, and translates scientific content
artificial intelligence
::: IEEESpectrum

This is amazing!!! I already fell in love with this device. The terminal is truly amazing with a keyboard. This is the amazing @thefxtec pro 1 running Ubuntu Touch!
dispositivi mobili | Ubuntu
::: Mariogrip

Thread: A note from Team Snopes
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: snopes

The organizations positioned to lobby against a US ban on facial recognition
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi


A Guiyang bus e metro si pagano col volto tramite riconoscimento facciale, dice Xinhua
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Here is our detailed analysis of the inner workings of the German proposal to implement #article17 of the #copyright directive. We take an in-depth look at the exceptions, the ability to pre-flag legitimate uses and the sanctions for abuse of the system
censura | copyright e brevetti
::: communia_eu

Why general artificial intelligence will not be realized
artificial intelligence
::: RadioProzac

These platforms do not suit this country. We want these platforms to be banned, taken under control
censura
::: fabiochiusi

Si però
programming, codice, snippet | umorismo
::: evilripper

Aprire l’ufficio. Fatto
smart working
::: AlRobecchi

Spies, Lies, and Stonewalling: What It’s Like to Report on Facebook
Facebook | giornali, stampa | politica
::: emenietti

South Africa finally has #dataprotection legislation. After 7-year wait, the "Protection of Personal Information Act" (POPIA) enters into force. It could be considered “adequately protective” in terms of the #GDPR
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: cdteu


EMACS for Unix was originally written by James Gosling in 1981 (yes, the Java guy). In 1984, when Stallman started to develop GNU Emacs, UniPress was selling binary of so-called Gosling EMACS for $375-$2,500 (that's $1,200-$7,700 in today's dollars)
storia
::: unix_byte

Ingegnere confessa: “Uso il 5G
5G | umorismo
::: evilripper

How the IBM PC ended up with an inferior microprocessor, Texas Instruments birthed a loser in the TMS9900, and Motorola’s 68000—a seeming winner—lost, too
hardware | storia
::: IEEESpectrum

Texas Instruments picked its own TMS9900 for its 16-bit home computer, the TI 99/4. The computer, like the chip, was a dog
dietro consiglio di un un amico astrofilo mi decisi a comprarlo; troppo tardi il venditore mi disse che sarebbe presto scomparso (ero giovane allora)
hardware | storia
::: IEEESpectrum

Society if Lisp had been industry standard since 1958
Lisp | umorismo
::: _julesh_

One Out of Every 142 Passwords is '123456'
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Advertisers Will Be Back To Facebook 'Soon Enough', Zuckerberg Assures Employees
Facebook | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni | economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

World's Pile of Electronic Waste Grows Ever Higher: Study
hardware | ambiente, ecologia
::: Slashdot


You can have an edit button when
Twitter | umorismo
::: Twitter

Boeing Quietly Pulls Plug on the 747, Closing Era of Jumbo Jets
tecnologia
::: Slashdot

Google's Fitbit Takeover Probed by EU Regulators
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Working with sources to obtain classified documents of public importance is a well-established and integral part of investigative journalism and protected by the First Amendment
media
::: EFF

Microsoft is Force-Feeding Edge To Windows Users With a Spyware-like Install
browser
::: Slashdot

smartphone (n.) - a pocket device for
cit.
::: PaniczGodek

Facebook Is Shutting Down TikTok Clone Lasso and Pinterest Rival Hobbi
social media
::: Slashdot

Linux Marketshare Climbed to All-Time High in June #linux #opensource
sì ma sempre per pochi e l'utente medio di Windows lo rifugge più del Covid-19
Linux
::: omgubuntu

Buzz Aldrin + Nany Grace Roman, 1965

Always learning
umorismo
::: telmo

Libraries have long digitized physical books they own and lent out secure digital versions--just like traditional library lending. This week @SPARC_NA & @ARLnews stood behind this widespread practice called controlled digital lending
open source
::: internetarchive

Le dimenticanze del vaticanista di Repubblica
giornali, stampa | copyright e brevetti
::: xmau

Mozilla Common Voice Updates Will Help Train the 'Hey Firefox' Wakeword For Voice-Based Web Browsing
programming, codice, snippet
::: Slashdot

From 1965 to 2019, the most popular programming languages
non sempre più usato == migliore
linguaggi di programmazione
::: marcusborba

130M software projects archived, and counting! Continuing our mission is to archive the #source #code of all publicly available #software
storia
::: SWHeritage

Google-backed Groups Criticize Apple's New Warnings on User Tracking
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot


If you want to know what day it is going to be 100 days from now, instead of asking Siri or Alexa, you can simply ask the V REPL
linguaggi di programmazione
::: v_language

Those that don't learn from the past
umorismo | machine learning
::: smdiehl

Linus Torvalds: 'I Do No Coding Any More'
Linux | protagonisti
::: Slashdot

For all future Python code, I think [...]
Python evolve, serve tutto quessto? parliamone
Python
::: dabeaz

[WIKIPEDIA] Quindici anni fa...
Wikipedia
::: xmau

**Quickscript Competition:**
language Racket
::: spdegabrielle

AllaCarta è online: la mia app per i menù digitali
programming, codice, snippet
::: dottorblaster

Facebook, Twitter, Google Face Free-Speech Test in Hong Kong
censura | Cina
::: Slashdot

02 luglio, 2020

Visto nel Web - 514

OK, quasi normale adesso, tranne il caldo, esagerato. Ma intanto ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.


Julian Assange
::: MrsC_Assange ::: LoudClearRadio ::: Melbourne4Wiki ::: jlpassarelli ::: SMaurizi ::: 0rf ::: shadowproofcom ::: SMaurizi ::: StellaMoris1 ::: Slashdot ::: louisviljee ::: NielsLadefoged ::: SMaurizi

Apple 'Suddenly Catches TikTok Secretly Spying On Millions Of iPhone Users', Claims Forbes
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot ::: SofiaSZM

After 19 Years, Python May Finally Get a Pattern Matching Syntax
Python
::: Slashdot

Facebook market value plummets $56 Billion as advertisers flee platform
Facebook | ad, pubblicità
::: Newsweek

Journalist's Phone Hacked: All He Had To Do Was Visit a Website. Any Website
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Opera Integrates #Twitter Into its Desktop Browser
Twitter | browser
::: MakeUseOf

This is what happens when your programming language doesn't have tail call invocations
programming, codice, snippet | umorismo
::: mariofusco

AWS Launches 'Amazon Honeycode', a No-Code App Building Service
Web, Internet
::: Slashdot

Apple Will Force Apps to Ask for Permission Before Tracking Users
ad, pubblicità | Apple
::: Slashdot

Google's Phone App May Soon Tell You Why Businesses Are Calling
idea 💡
::: Slashdot

Deleted TikTok. As useful as it was for any journalist wanting to keep an eye on what the yoof are up to, I’m just not convinced by the infosec explanations/assurances the company has given in recent months
social media | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: JeromeTaylor


Ho aggiornato la mia app con le ultime release delle librerie di #Android, ho fatto refactoring passando a #Kotlin e sono due giorni che non faccio altro che fronteggiare errori di compilazione
cosa già vista, poi passa
linguaggi di programmazione
::: lorenzovngl

5G
::: cobrampi

‘Rolling Rhino’ Lets You Create Your Own Ubuntu Rolling Release
Ubuntu
::: dcavedon

Twitter è l'opposto
non è vero, basta (saper) scegliere
social media
::: alexa1163

Chinese Bank Required Two Western Companies to Use Tax Software With a Hidden Backdoor
manco fossero 'mericani
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

America Pushes Europe to Reject Chinese Baggage Screening Tech
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | politica
::: Slashdot

#DeleteFacebook
::: dangerwolf93

To Keep Trump From Violating Its Rules...Facebook Rewrote the Rules
Facebook | politica
::: Slashdot

The @internetarchive is threatened to close during these hard times of activity in emergency relief. If this is the destructive role of #copyright lobbies in time of crisis, civil disobedience is the only way left
open source | storia
::: jaromil

Martedì 30 il ministero dell'Istruzione, tomo tomo cacchio cacchio, sposterà tutti gli account di posta elettronica sull'infrastruttura di Microsoft. C'è ancora qualcuno cosciente in Parlamento che chieda conto? Una DPIA? Che ne pensa il Garante @meobaldo?
digitalizzazione | open source
::: waltervannini

The real Alice in Wonderland. Alice Liddellì

E peraltro, Repubblica non era il giornale della lotta senza quartiere alle "fake news"?
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: fabiochiusi

Roy Fielding's Misappropriated REST Dissertation
t's been too long, I know, but I finally got around to writing a new post. This one is about how REST APIs should really be known as FIOH APIs instead (Fuck It, Overload HTTP)
programming, codice, snippet
::: TwoBitHistory

Stop ‘Messages from Firefox’ Showing on the New Tab page
browser
::: dcavedon

Nuovo windows manager: vifm #linux
sì, se non hai nuovi che vengono da Windoze (o peggio)
applicazioni, programmi
::: SteffPy

Le immagini delle mappe #OSM visibili in osm.org saranno ora diffuse con sola licenza ODbL invece della tradizionale CC-BY-SA-2.0
open source | copyright e brevetti
::: WikimediaItalia

Oracle Celebrates 'The 25 Greatest Java Apps Ever Written'
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

Shipped @racketlang with this 20 years ago. And with an innovative way to program it, too. If 10 years ago was "radical", 20 was…? (Oh, I know: "obscure", "parenthetical", "academic", "not widely used in industry"….)
language Racket
::: ShriramKMurthi

Twitter promises to fine-tune its 5G coronavirus labeling after unrelated tweets were flagged
Twitter | 5G
::: _Sazed

Sono collegata al sistema della Giustizia inglese che permette a noi giornalisti di seguire le udienze in aula da remoto: ci hanno richiesto di disabilitare #assiatentiVocali come #Siri e #Alexa
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | assistente digitale
::: SMaurizi

Mercedes-Benz and Nvidia Partner On Software-Defined Autonomous Cars
automazione
::: Slashdot


Twitter ha sospeso @LulzSec_ITA e @Anon_ITA. So long
Twitter | censura | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: faffa42

platform — System Version Information
Python
::: pymotw

Apple Declined To Implement 16 Web APIs in Safari Due To Privacy Concerns
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Animated map shows the rise and fall of Blockbuster Video stores in the US from 1986 to 2019
economia, lavoro | tecnologia | storia
::: simongerman600

Indian Govt bans 59 Chinese apps, including Tik-Tok. Full list
politica | applicazioni, programmi
::: ShivAroor

Oh my god, this is massive. Reddit has just banned r/The_Donald. Absolutely one of the most important hubs of his alt-right, hive-mind support base
politica | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: carljackmiller

Twitch Temporarily Bans President Trump
politica | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: Slashdot

Secondo me se clicchi su “1 mese gratis” e non su “salta la prova”
umorismo | social media
::: Tremenoventi

Microsoft Pauses Spending on Facebook, Instagram
Facebook | ad, pubblicità
::: Slashdot

Solo il #SoftwareLibero garantisce la #privacy e lo sviluppo di competenze. La scuola deve investire nel futuro, non diseducare
scuola, educazione, cultura | open source
::: WikimediaItalia


The New York Times Removes Its Articles From Apple News
Apple
::: Slashdot

Using OpenOffice? Get up-to-date with LibreOffice, a successor project! (OpenOffice's last major release was back in 2014.) LibreOffice has extra features, better MS Office compatibility, and regular releases with security updates. And it's still free
applicazioni, programmi
::: libreoffice

A Hacker Gang is Wiping Lenovo NAS Devices and Asking for Ransoms
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

... articles downloaded from Sci-hub were cited 1.72 times more than papers not downloaded from Sci-hub and that the number of downloads from Sci-hub was a robust predictor of future citations
scienza | open source
::: Sci_Hub

“Chi dice il contrario è un cretino”. Chissà come ci si sente a usare toni uguali a quelli di Toninelli: perché sono i toni cui su Twitter (e non solo) qualcuno ricorre da mesi
Twitter
::: vitalbaa

When French Sci-fi Barjavel was asked to imagine the future just after world war 2 : he had it almost right
storia
::: tariqkrim

The Japanese supercomputer Fugaku has taken the Top 500 championship belt by coming in first on all the judges' scorecards
hardware | tecnologia
::: IEEESpectrum

After switching to ARM, expect Apple to buy TSMC, too via I, Cringely: Readers have been asking me to comment on Apple’s decision, announced at last week’s World Wide Developers’ Conference, to start switching to
non so quanto affidabile ma ecco
Apple | hardware
::: cringely

To combat COVID-19, various IEEE sections are developing technologies such as a virus-detection robot, 3D printed PPE, and a hand-washing system
coronavirus | robots, automazione, droni | tecnologia
::: IEEESpectrum


Diving deeper into #machinelearning this weekend with #python’s #scikitlearn. Today’s topic: unsupervised ML & principal component analysis (PCA) - Grow ML muscle, grow 💪👩🏻‍💻 Used resource: @jakevdp’s wonderful “Python #datascience Handbook” 🙏😀
machine learning
::: Ulrike_Boehm

I think there are a lot of valid points for not being defensive in this post
linguaggi di programmazione
::: WebReflection

This. Sure, taking a phone to a protest is unsafe, but *going* to a protest is unsafe, because the problem isn't your phone—it is the decades of authoritarianism that made it a weapon. Your phone will be safe when everyone is safe, and that won't come without taking some risk
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Edward Snowden
::: Snowden

we juste passed the threshold of 130 M projects archived by @swheritage
storia | open source | programming, codice, snippet
::: zacchiro ::: zacchiro

A Boston, un robot con raggi UV, girerà per i depositi per disinfettarli uccidendo eventuali microorganismi nell'aria
robots, automazione, droni
::: Link4Universe

La televisione, il 5G e le nuove tecnologie
5G | innovazioni, futuro
::: MauroV1968 ::: f_ronchetti

Lo scandalo Wirecard
frodi
::: MauroV1968

Hans Boehm on an API for real numbers
programming, codice, snippet
::: vivekhaldar

This is 100% #JuliaLang code. It trains a dense neural network using the #Keras Python library. If you replace the first 3 lines with "import tensorflow as tf; from tensorflow import keras", you can run the exact same code in Python. Talk about excellent interoperability! 🤝
Julia ha un futuro, imho (sì, lo lovvo, assay!)
linguaggi di programmazione | Python | machine learning
::: aureliengeron

"If we were just to use the technology by itself, to identify someone, I would say 96 percent of the time it would misidentify" -- Detroit Police Chief
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi


Il 5G di una volta
5G
::: _Sazed

FCC Declares Huawei, ZTE 'National Security Threats'
politica | Cina
::: Slashdot

Uber's New Strategy: Buy Unprofitable Companies, ???, Profit
uhmmm, siamo sicuri che...
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

The V language is officially out of alpha and now has a backwards compatibility guarantee
linguaggi di programmazione
::: v_language

E intanto il comune di Roma fa altri "contratti" con Microsoft, in barba anche alle sue stesse delibere
open source
::: libreitalia

400 TB Storage Drives In Our Future: Fujifilm
hardware
::: Slashdot

Someone Mysteriously Sent Almost $1 Billion In Bitcoin
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

As TikTok continues to grow, I think it should be scrutinized and be held accountable for how they collect and use user's data just like any other major social media platforms - FB started as an innocent social site for college students and I think TikTok has a similar beginning
social media
::: wongmjane

USTPC urges an immediate suspension of the current and future private and governmental use of facial recognition technologies in all circumstances known or reasonably foreseeable to be prejudicial to established human and legal rights
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

#censorship & #copyright Un bell'articolo di @faffa42 sull'oscuramento del progetto #Gutenberg di #libripertutti "Perché il Progetto Gutenberg sarà sotto sequestro per sempre"
censura | copyright e brevetti
::: arturodicorinto


Facebook to boost news articles with original reporting in algorithm
mah... vedere cammello
Facebook
::: mathewi

«What’s next for #RegisteredReports?» #openscience #reproducibility #msr2020 (h/t @neilernst)
scienza
::: zacchiro

Meet the Phoenix, a propellerless blimpthat propels itself by rising and falling—and moving like a porpoise
tecnologia | idea 💡
::: IEEESpectrum

Google Docs is the social media of the resistance
social media
::: techreview

SSV3/Ken & Dennis got early PDP-11/45, which had real memory management, rewrote kernel in C, and signal was in 4th Edition, the one I started with in Fall 1973, ~same week as we got our 11/45 for PWB/UNIX
parte di una storia che noi vecchi...
storia
::: JohnMashey

This year, people will take more than 1.4 trillion photos
storia
::: IEEESpectrum

La pressione dei marchi mondiali farà sì che i social, per non fallire, soggiaceranno a regole (censorie) dettate da Stato e giudici, e questa è la direzione che sta prendendo la regolazione Ue e quella Usa, partendo da punti diversi
censura | social media
::: vitalbaa

vi(m) è la tua salvezza quando da console o dumb terminal devi sistemare qualche config di rete o altro se non funziona nulla, tantomeno X e i vostri bei desktop
applicazioni, programmi
::: cmnit

'It's really hard to find maintainers': Linus Torvalds ponders the future of Linux
Linux | protagonisti
::: TheRegister

Lombrosiani del terzo millennio? La comunità AI si oppone alla rete neurale fisiognomica: una raccolta di firme ha impedito la pubblicazione di una ricerca che ambiva a riconoscere i criminali partendo dai tratti somatici del volto
artificial intelligence
::: LucaSambucci