Grossi guai nel mondo dei ‘puters. Sono niubbo quindi ho raccolto un po’ di roba, senza discriminare (anche se un’idea me la sto facendo). Insomma post troppo lungo di cosa ho wisto nel Web.
Many don’t seem to understand why I object to @Telegram having unsafe, censorable public channels in an app that is promoted as a secure messenger
#:sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Snowden ::: Omid_M
Just for technical and ethical correctness: there are no distributions ubuntu-based, but rather debian-based distributions
#:sistemi operativi
::: b3h3m0th
Iran cuts off internet access in several cities as mass protests continue
#:censura
::: fabiochiusi
That is why Silicon Valley censorship does not defend marginalized groups, and hits them instead
#:censura
::: fabiochiusi
The entirely predictable result of the “liberal” embrace of censorship
#:censura
::: JulianAssange
Fun fact: Twitter has keyboard shortcuts. To show what they are, press “?”
#:social media
::: noop_noob
To Serve Man, with Software
#:programming, codice, snippet
::: Coding Horror
Facebook apologizes after report shows inconsistencies in removing hate speech
#:social media
::: MarieAndreeW
The Most Promising Programming Languages for 2018
#:linguaggi di programmazione
::: thek3nger
2017: The Year in Programming Languages
#:linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot
One last release for 2017. Pandas 0.22.0 is now out
#:linguaggi di programmazione
::: TomAugspurger
La buffa storia dei bot renziani
#:Web, Internet
::: mazzettam
Ars Technica Puts Twitter, Uber On ‘2018 Deathwatch’
nooo! come farei senza Twitter? com’è Mastodon?
#:social media
::: Slashdot
The man behind the ‘Nigerian prince’ scam is a 67yo white American
#:frodi
::: msuiche
This is the Hugo version you really want!
#:Web, Internet
::: GoHugoIO
EFF Applauds ‘Massive Change’ to HTTPS
#:Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
Congo Shuts Down Internet Services ‘Indefinitely’
#:censura
::: Slashdot
Which Programming Languages Are Most Prone to Bugs?
#:linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot
27 open solutions to everything in education
#:free open source software
::: lucaciavatta
Best of Opensource.com 2017: Top 27 articles and resources
#:free open source software
::: lucaciavatta
New Year’s Resolutions For Linux Admins: Automate More, Learn New Languages
#:linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot
Genova
Advertisers are creating invisible login forms to capture any data your password manager is willing to auto-fill
#:sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: sawaba
Germany Starts Enforcing Hate Speech Law
#:sicurezza, spionaggio, virus #:censura
::: Slashdot
Why You Should Buy Into the Emacs Platform
#:tools, componenti software
::: Two Wrongs
2018 Is the Last Year of America’s Public Domain Drought
#:copyright e brevetti
::: Slashdot
Twitter & @Telegram DMs are being used to intimidate Iranians and keep them from participating in the #IranProtests
#:social media
::: Snowden
2018 is exactly halfway between 1970 and 2034 when the epoch ends. we need to prepare NOW
#:sistemi operativi
::: miaubiz
Number of first questions on @StackOverflow each weekday of 2017
#:programming, codice, snippet
::: lizardbill
Please share the Public Money #PublicCode video and ask people to sign the open letter
#:free open source software
::: fsfe
here are some examples of papers which I found incredibly useful as a beginner/intermediate Haskeller
#:programmazione funzionale
::: hdgarrood
Segnalo per chi fosse interessato che su Twitter è in costante crescita la guerra propaganda fra partiti in vista prossima campagna elettorale
#:social media #:caos informativo, fake news, bufale
::: francopizzetti
Google Maps No Longer Lets You Post Negative Reviews About Your Crappy Job
#:social media
::: Slashdot
Antisocial media: why I decided to cut back on Facebook and Instagram
#:social media
::: Francesca_Solmi
Common Gotchas in Go
#:linguaggi di programmazione
::: Donearm
What Telegram Owes Iranians
#:social media
::: fabiochiusi
Many US politicians say they want to help Iranian protesters. If they’re serious, one phone call could get @Google to restore millions of protesters’ ability to connect and organize.
#:social media
::: Snowden
Imagine: some people dare think – and empirically demonstrate – that fake news is actually a byproduct of surveillance capitalism. Can’t they just relax and blame Russia?
#:caos informativo, fake news, bufale
::: evgenymorozov
How I teach open source to true newcomers
#:free open source software
::: lucaciavatta
Best open source tutorials in 2017
#:free open source software
::: lucaciavatta
Teaching open source graphic design is a learning experience
#:free open source software
::: lucaciavatta
Bots, I said? La seconda puntata dei bot “IS” – I disabili e Matteo Salvini
#:social media #:caos informativo, fake news, bufale
::: lastknight
#SocialDemocratici Cosa ha dedotto Facebook dopo le misure adottate per contrastare la disinformazione e il linguaggio dell’odio in rete
#:social media #:caos informativo, fake news, bufale
::: giusyrus
Per la prima volta nella storia il sistema operativo più usato a livello globale nell’ultimo anno non è Windows ma Android
#:sistemi operativi
::: marcofromsicily
So many ways to run OCaml on Windows
#:sistemi operativi
::: keleshev
Google’s ‘Dutch Sandwich’ Shielded 16 Billion Euros From Tax
#:ditte
::: Slashdot
Toutiao, One of China’s Most Popular News Apps, is Discovering the Risks Involved in Giving People Exactly What They Want Online
#:censura
::: Slashdot
Contro l’anonimato sui social network, un’aberrazione della libertà d’espressione
non sono d’accordo; anzi bene il contrario
#:Web, Internet
::: MauroV1968
in 1975 Bill Gates & Paul Allen named their company “Micro-soft”, a portmanteau of MICROprocessors and SOFTware
#:storia
::: MIT_CSAIL
“Illeciti sulla privacy dei dati personali in Rousseau”: il Garante bacchetta il M5s
#:sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: fabiochiusi ::: valigiablu
North Korean Hackers Hijack Computers To Mine Cryptocurrencies
#:sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
LinuxJournal, Which Ceased Publication Last Month Citing Poor Financial Condition, Secures Fresh Fund From Readers To Resume Operation
#:media
::: Slashdot
Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) version 1.4.3 released
#:lisp(s)
::: jonatack
Google’s Mysterious Fuchsia OS Can Now Run On the Pixelbook
#:sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot
In 2018, digital security is only going to become more important. Here are steps you can take now to lock down your digital data and protect your privacy
#:sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: EFF
‘Kernel Memory Leaking’ Intel Processor Design Flaw Forces Linux, Windows Redesign
#:hardware #:bug
::: Slashdot
I’m really trying to take discussion about Haskell build tooling seriously, but that’s very challenging
#:programmazione funzionale
::: larsr_h
Ad targeters are pulling data from your browser’s password manager
#:sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: troyhunt
Apple Will Replace Old iPhone Batteries Regardless of Diagnostic Test Results
#:ditte
::: Slashdot
Number of Tor users in Iran increasing after the clerical regime blocked Telegram and Instagram while demonstrations continue
#:censura
::: AJMartinSky ::: durov
Trump uses social media as a weapon to control the news cycle
#:social media
::: GeorgeLakoff
18/01: Torino Hacknight OpenStreetMap
#:free open source software
::: TorinoTechScene
100.000 tweet e 200 Bot: una occhiata nella BotNet “politica” IS
#:caos informativo, fake news, bufale
::: lastknight
71% of Europeans use the internet every day. They shop online, use digital public services or connect with friends & family via social networks
#:Web, Internet
::: ViolaRoberto
Amazon Brings its Linux Distro to the Enterprise – And Its Making Red Hat Worry
#:sistemi operativi
::: dcavedon
While everyone is focussed on EU copyright reform, the EU is secretly negotiating at Free Trade Agreement with south American countries that will cause a lot of damage to the #PublicDomain
#:copyright e brevetti
::: communia_eu
Porting a roguelike game to WebAssembly
#:linguaggi di programmazione #:Web, Internet
::: thek3nger
Seven studies about mis- and disinformation from 2017
#:Web, Internet
::: fabiochiusi
#Brython is designed to replace Javascript as the scripting language for the Web
#:linguaggi di programmazione #:Web, Internet
::: zacchiro
A Gentle Explanation of the Intel Speculative Execution CPU Bug
#:bug #:hardware
::: Good Math/Bad Math
I’m so excited to write and illustrate “best practice” guides for all common chart types. Here’s the first one about pie charts
#:manuali, how to
::: lisacrost
Macron proposes new law against fake news
#:caos informativo, fake news, bufale
::: CBlengio ::: tedeschini ::: AntonioCasilli
Intel Responds To Alleged Chip Flaw, Claims Effects Won’t Significantly Impact Average Users
#:bug #:hardware
::: Slashdot
Spotify Files To Go Public
#:ditte
::: Slashdot
2 Years Later, Security Holes Linger In GPS Services Used By Millions of Devices
#:sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot
Long live Linux Journal 2.0! It’s back and kicking bottom
#:media
::: bitfield
FaCT: A Flexible, Constant-Time Programming Language
#:linguaggi di programmazione
::: johnregehr
Amazing: Mozilla confirms that the leak attack can be exploited from JavaScript
#:Web, Internet
::: migueldeicaza
Yes, Your Amazon Echo Is an Ad Machine
#:ditte
::: Slashdot
This small patch, to the Linux Kernel, is the most epic burn on @Intel by @AMD
non così semplice; questa è pubblicità
#:bug #:hardware
::: BryanLunduke
Now with full details. CPU bugs Kudos
#:bug #:hardware
::: argvee ::: Slashdot
Yet another example of why shared memory is bad
#:bug #:hardware
::: joeerl ::: joeerl ::: joeerl ::: joeerl ::: joeerl
@CarloCalenda ha decisamente capito come si fa comunicazione politica su Twitter
#:social media #:politica
::: PoliticaPerJedi
Sacchetti di plastica: “cosa c’è da sapere” sull’infografica del @pdnetwork
cosa ti aspetti dal #cazzaro?
#:caos informativo, fake news, bufale
::: valigiablu
While we endlessly and boringly discuss “fake news” and “filter bubbles”, Zuckerberg lays out a plan to cure all diseases by 2100
#:protagonisti
::: fabiochiusi
Europe’s new Internet regulations risk censoring legitimate content
#:censura
::: ForeignAffairs ::: communia_eu
Regarding the Big Intel Bug today: If you want to avoid it, you need to go back to the P5 microarchitecture
#:bug #:hardware
::: Foone
Dear @TwitterSupport, i’ve tried multiple times to download the archive of my tweets, but it has never worked for me
#:social media
::: zacchiro
Come funzionano le batterie degli iPhone?
#:hardware
::: lucaferrari15
La maggior parte della gente non si è ancora resa conto dell’enormità del bug sui processori. Invece oggi è davvero il “Doom’s day” : non ci sono patch software che tengano, l’unica soluzione è cambiare il processore con qualcosa… Che non esiste ancora!
#:bug #:hardware
::: glipari
Ho notato un proliferare di spam-bot che popolano i form di registrazione alle newsletter con indirizzi mail leciti ed esistenti, ma di persone che ovviamente non vogliono essere iscritte
#:caos informativo, fake news, bufale
::: madbob
Problemi ai microprocessori
#:bug #:hardware
::: Siamo Geek
How Facebook’s Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda
#:social media
::: MarietjeSchaake
Gran bel pezzo, pieno di domande più che lecite a cui sarebbe naturale dare risposta, specie per un partito – chiamarlo “Movimento” ormai è risibile – che mette la trasparenza tra i principi fondativi
#:politica
::: fabiochiusi
Correct – the erlang model is that of isolated processes communicating with messages – the implementation is an approximation of the model – I’m just waiting for the hardware to catch up
#:bug #:hardware
::: joeerl ::: joeerl ::: joeerl
How the giants of tech are dealing with the massive chip vulnerability
#:bug #:hardware
::: inafried
Bingo! #kpti #intelbug
#:bug #:hardware
::: brainsmoke
Interesting. AMD allegedly does not need kernel page table isolation
#:bug #:hardware
::: rlove
Okay there is another VERY IMPORTANT THING with Microsoft Meltdown patches – “Customers will not receive these security updates and will not be protected from security vulnerabilities unless their anti-virus software vendor sets the following registry key”
#:bug #:hardware
::: GossiTheDog
CERT brings the harsh truth. #Meltdown #Spectre
#:bug #:hardware
::: attritionorg
For those asking/trying to understand, here’s a simple explanation of the differences between Meltdown and Spectre
#:bug #:hardware
::: manisha72617183
Intel Says CEO Dumping Tons of Stock Last Year ‘Unrelated’ To Big Security Exploit
#:bug #:hardware #:economia
::: Slashdot
The famous German law “against fake news” actually censors perfectly legitimate satire, as tons of free speech orgs and reasonable pundits predicted for months
#:censura
::: fabiochiusi
Questions to ask yourself when writing tests
#:programming, codice, snippet
::: nicolaiarocci
New prime number record: 50th Mersenne prime
#:programming, codice, snippet
::: John D. Cook ::: fermatslibrary
Beh… analisi lucida… quando si dice il progresso
#:sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: manant74
Opinion: Chrome is Turning Into the New Internet Explorer 6
#:Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
Disponibile la guida in italiano su come risolvere il bug che affligge alcuni PC con #Ubuntu 17.04
#:sistemi operativi
::: dcavedon
Linux kernel patch KAISER, a kernel isolation technique to close hardware side channels on kernel address information
#:bug #:hardware #:economia
::: b3h3m0th ::: b3h3m0th
Mark Zuckerberg’s 2018 Personal Challenge Is To Do His Job As CEO
#:protagonisti
::: Slashdot ::: CharlieBeckett
They laughed when I built an ARM cluster from Raspberry Pi’s instead of running VMs on Intel machines… Where’s your god now?
#:bug #:hardware
::: davywtf
What’s behind the Intel design flaw forcing numerous patches?
#:bug #:hardware
::: b3h3m0th
anti virus preventing security patches define irony
#:bug #:hardware
::: blockloop
By Next Week, Intel Expects To Issue Updates To More Than 90% of Processor Products Introduced Within Past Five Years
#:bug #:hardware
::: Slashdot
Announcing Rust 1.23
#:linguaggi di programmazione
::: The Rust Programming Language
Don’t make it appear like you are reading your own recent writes
#:linguaggi di programmazione
::: Daniel Lemire
Vieni a trovarci a Torino in occasione di @merge_it, la Call 4 Papers è ora aperta! Cerchiamo speech e workshop su Advocacy, WebVR, Rust, WebAssembly, DeepSpeech e sviluppo web
#:programming, codice, snippet #:Web, Internet
::: mozillaitalia
Chinese demand better protections even as the government and tech giants like Alibaba and Tencent gather more data
#:sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: nytimestech
Theo De Raadt of OpenBSD on “Intel Core 2” bugs (openbsd-misc list, eleven years ago)
#:bug #:hardware #:storia
::: b3h3m0th
Required reading for anyone panicking/not panicking about Meltdown & Spectre
seguire la discussione linkata
#:bug #:hardware
::: MIT_CSAIL
GNOME 3.28 Removes Ability to Put Icons on the Desktop
#:tools, componenti software
::: dcavedon
Spectre is so bad compilers have to hack RET into a fake ICALL/IJMP, like an exploit dev would. In _everything_
#:bug #:hardware
::: tqbf
What strikes me, though, is that our systems are running on the presumption from when computers were invented, that computers are expensive. All systems are architected around that presumption, and on the belief that it is even possible to compartmentalize running programs
#:bug #:hardware
::: HansHuebner
#Iran has unblocked Instagram after a few days, as promised. But Telegram is still blocked. Interestingly, WeChat has been unblocked today after 4 years and Whatsapp is still open. Seem like bargaining chips against Telegram to me. #IranProtests
#:censura
::: h0d3r
@Ubuntu updates for the #Spectre and #Meltdown vulnerabilities
#:bug #:hardware
::: dustinkirkland
16mins => 46sec!
#:programming, codice, snippet
::: ylogx
With investigators closing in on Trump’s possibly treasonous Russia dealings, think of him as a trapped rat with a Twitter account. His attempts to distract us will only intensify. We must stop falling for them
#:social media #:politica #:media
::: GeorgeLakoff ::: GeorgeLakoff
In response to the vulnerabilities that were discovered we developed a novel mitigation called “Retpoline” — a binary modification technique that protects against branch target injection attacks
#:bug #:hardware
::: rlove
Google Blocks Pirate Search Results Prophylactically
#:Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
How a Researcher Hacked His Own Computer and Found One of the Worst CPU Bugs Ever Found
#:bug #:hardware
::: Slashdot
White House Bans Use of Personal Devices From West Wing
#:dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot
Flameshot is the Linux Screenshot Tool I’ve Been Longing for
#:tools, componenti software
::: lucaciavatta
Honestly, I’m only able to follow this Spectre stuff because I read the transcript of @danluu’s talk on branch prediction a few months ago & did some more reading afterward
#:bug #:hardware
::: zmagg
KPTI — the new kernel feature to mitigate “meltdown”
#:bug #:hardware
::: lucaciavatta
I’m a blind twitter user. There are a lot of us out there. Increase your ability to reach us and help us interact with your pictures, it’s really simple and makes a huge difference to our twitter experiance allowing us to see your images our way
#:social media
::: _Red_Long
Haskell’s Battle of the Builders: cabal vs. stack
#:programmazione funzionale
::: TaurineAndCode
In 1997, Robert Tomasulo (rightfully) won the Eckert-Mauchly Award for his seminal work on out-of-order execution; in 2018, the award should be won by the Meltdown/Spectre teams for showing its profound (and hidden) vulnerabilities
#:bug #:hardware
::: bcantrill
I wrote up a short gist explaining how Meltdown works in simple terms. It exploits out-of-order execution to trick the CPU into loading a cache line it should not. Then just flush all lines and see which one is fast
#:bug #:hardware
::: headius
A collection of Meltdown/Spectre postings
#:bug #:hardware
::: Donearm
A collection of cryptocurrency wallet responses to #Meltdown/#Spectre
#:bug #:hardware
::: AlyseKilleen
You may have heard about @Intel’s horrific #Meltdown bug. But have you watched it in action? When your computer asks you to apply updates this month, don’t click “not now.”
#:bug #:hardware
::: Snowden
Seems like only following Linux/Unix distro have patches for Intel Meltdown/ Spectre
#:bug #:hardware
::: nixcraft
An introduction to Eclipse MicroProfile
#:linguaggi di programmazione
::: lucaciavatta
Books for Professionals
una galassia di risorse, free
#:manuali, how to
::: The Ubuntu Incident
#spectre spiegato come se i computer fossero banche
#:bug #:hardware
::: quinta
Tra un po’ potremo sostituire le redazioni online dei grandi giornali con una catena di Markov, come con Italy Simulator su Reddit e non accorgerci della differenza
#:media
::: thek3nger ::: elenazacchetti
Using git hooks to improve your day-to-day workflow
#:programming, codice, snippet
::: ThePracticalDev
Linux, an open-source operating system, has been an alternative to the Windows and Mac software for years and is growing in popularity
kats! scoperti! Ok, panico; no, dai tanto è in inglese
#:sistemi operativi
::: nytimestech
Tech journalism is indistinguishable from parody
#:media
::: smdiehl
I have 2 degrees in computer HW. I worked @ Intel on the product security team. I was already familiar w/ #spectre & #meltdown background research. But I still had to re-read the new disclosures multiple times to fully understand it
#:bug #:hardware
::: securelyfitz
And we return to Munich’s migration back to Windows, it’s going to cost what now?! €100m!
#:sistemi operativi
::: dcavedon
Au nom de la lutte contre les «fake news»
#:censura
::: AntonioCasilli
Racket-on-Chez Status: January 2018
#:lisp(s)
::: Racket
What Happens When States Have Their Own Net Neutrality Rules?
#:Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
Simple script to check if your Linux machine is vulnerable to #Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) attack
#:bug #:hardware
::: TheHackersNews
The ‘revolution’ will not be Telegrammed
#:social media #:censura
::: WikiTribune
Striker : An offensive information and vulnerability scanner
#:bug #:hardware
::: TheHackersNews
Leading Lobbying Group for Amazon, Facebook, Google and Other Tech Giants is Joining the Legal Battle To Restore Net Neutrality
#:Web, Internet
::: Slashdot
New post: Raspberry Pi hardware is unaffected by the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities
#:bug #:hardware
::: Raspberry_Pi
In light of recent events it’s a good time to remind people that sites created with @GoHugoIO are not vulnerable to any in-memory access flaws like Spectre or Meltdown
#:bug #:hardware
::: spf13
Physics Simulations
esempi a non finire per esercitarsi, sì JavaScript
#:linguaggi di programmazione
::: algoritmic
Have you seen @WikiTribune, the news project by Wikipedia founder @Jimmy_Wales’ new project? I sat down with him for a long-form interview to go deep on the tough questions
#:sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Snowden
Blocking a world leader from Twitter or removing their controversial Tweets, would hide important information people should be able to see and debate
Uhmmm… sicuro Jack?
#:social media
::: fabiochiusi ::: marcprecipice
The excerpt, of course, was satire. But that was not clear to the countless people who spread it like wildfire across the internet
#:umorismo
::: fabiochiusi
just 8% of those ages 18 to 29 often get news from network TV
#:media
::: fabiochiusi
A man with unparalleled access to the world’s most powerful information-gathering machine, with an intelligence budget estimated at $73 billion last year, prefers to rely on conservative cable news hosts to understand current events
#:politica #:media
::: fabiochiusi
The fix for the #Intel CPU vulnerabilities has a #brutal effect on compile times
#:bug #:hardware
::: PCzanik
Fighting Fake News Is Not the Solution
#:caos informativo, fake news, bufale
::: fabiochiusi
AMD ships microcode update to disable branch prediction
#:bug #:hardware
::: Donearm
A List of #Lessons from #Lisp for 2018
#:lisp(s)
::: developer_ca
Lindows Resurrected! Freespire 3.0 and Linspire 7.0 Linux Distros Now Available
#:sistemi operativi
::: Slashdot
