October 2019 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Fwd: Digital Feudalism, sustainability, etc..

by Agata Lo Tauro

Sorry again Apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate understanding <https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/apologise-for-any-inconvenience-and…> Please read below ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Agata Lo Tauro <agatalotauro(a)gmail.com> Date: mar 22 ott 2019 alle ore 12:16 Subject: Digital Feudalism, sustainability, etc.. To: <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> Grazie di cuore Giacomo che pensi ai bambini :-) Anche l'IA può aiutare tanto in questi settori... I guess you know :-) https://www.avsi.org/it/news/2019/01/23/kenya-one-year-of-sustainable-futur… Poi ti avevo chiesto anche dei consigli... "Gentile Giacomo, è piaciuto questo post a diversi colleghi (vari international networks...)... Può interessare anche a NEXA? "Digital Feudalism is going to affect everyone in our planet, so it is important that there are policy and frameworks to reduce Digital Feudalism. I think it is important to get opinions from all different perspectives to help us understand more - from scientists perspective, student perspective, educator perspective, Billionaire vendor owner perspective, government perspective, SME perspective, startups perspective, Parents perspective etc." https://lnkd.in/dKCFGkx # # Ad maiora, Agata

Oct. 22, 2019

Digital Feudalism, sustainability, etc..

by Agata Lo Tauro

Grazie di cuore Giacomo che pensi ai bambini :-) Anche l'IA può aiutare tanto in questi settori... I guess you know :-) https://www.avsi.org/it/news/2019/01/23/kenya-one-year-of-sustainable-futur… Poi ti avevo chiesto anche dei consigli... "Gentile Giacomo, è piaciuto questo post a diversi colleghi (vari international networks...)... Può interessare anche a NEXA? "Digital Feudalism is going to affect everyone in our planet, so it is important that there are policy and frameworks to reduce Digital Feudalism. I think it is important to get opinions from all different perspectives to help us understand more - from scientists perspective, student perspective, educator perspective, Billionaire vendor owner perspective, government perspective, SME perspective, startups perspective, Parents perspective etc." https://lnkd.in/dKCFGkx # # Ad maiora, Agata

Oct. 22, 2019

Re: [nexa] "Unix 50"

by Andrea Trentini

and still people are reinventing it, badly On 22/10/2019 11:06, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote: > https://www.bell-labs.com/unix50/event/ > > Celebrating 50 years of Unix > > We are commemorating Unix’s anniversary with the Unix50 event, a two-day celebration that will > reflect on Unix’s past and explore the future of computing. Speakers and panelists include many of > the original team that built Unix and designed the C programming language, as well as luminaries in > the fields of computing and robotics. The event will also feature a gallery of Unix artifacts, a > coding challenge requiring students to program robots to navigate the industrial spaces of the > future, and numerous other activities drawing on Unix’s rich and colorful history at Bell Labs. > > Check back soon for videos and photos captured from the event. > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa -- |_|0|_| Andrea Trentini - http://atrent.it |_|_|0| Dipartimento di Informatica |0|0|0| Università degli Studi di Milano

Oct. 22, 2019

Re: [nexa] "Unix 50"

by Stefano Zacchiroli

On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 11:06:29AM +0200, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote: > https://www.bell-labs.com/unix50/event/ > > Celebrating 50 years of Unix A questo proposito, per chi ancora non lo conoscesse segnalo questo bel lavoro di archeologia software fatto da Diomidis Spinellis qualche anno fa: https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo Un preprint del paper associato è qui: http://www.neurorider.com/pub/unix_history.pdf Ce ne siamo ispirati per il processo di recupero, cura, e preservazione di software in Software Heritage (codename: SWHAP) che abbiamo annunciato la settimana scorsa in collaborazione con l'università di Pisa: https://www.softwareheritage.org/swhap/ A presto -- Stefano Zacchiroli . zack(a)upsilon.cc . upsilon.cc/zack . . o . . . o . o Computer Science Professor . CTO Software Heritage . . . . . o . . . o o Former Debian Project Leader & OSI Board Director . . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »

Oct. 22, 2019

"Unix 50"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

https://www.bell-labs.com/unix50/event/ Celebrating 50 years of Unix We are commemorating Unix’s anniversary with the Unix50 event, a two-day celebration that will reflect on Unix’s past and explore the future of computing. Speakers and panelists include many of the original team that built Unix and designed the C programming language, as well as luminaries in the fields of computing and robotics. The event will also feature a gallery of Unix artifacts, a coding challenge requiring students to program robots to navigate the industrial spaces of the future, and numerous other activities drawing on Unix’s rich and colorful history at Bell Labs. Check back soon for videos and photos captured from the event.

Oct. 22, 2019

Parla il Ministro

by Agata Lo Tauro

https://www.miur.gov.it/documents/20182/1305777/Intervista+Il+Sole+24+Ore+d…

Oct. 22, 2019

Dal 2009: "Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Use"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Flashback dal 2009. jc *Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Use** * By BRAD STONE and BRIAN STELTER FEB. 18, 2009 Facebook, the popular social networking site where people share photos and personal updates with friends and acquaintances, lost some face on Wednesday. After three days of pressure from angry users and the threat of a formal legal complaint by a coalition of consumer advocacy groups, the company reversed changes to its contract with users that had appeared to give it perpetual ownership of their contributions to the service. […] Continua qui: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/technology/internet/19facebook.html

Oct. 22, 2019

Inside the shutdown of the ‘world’s largest’ child sex abuse website

by Giacomo Tesio

http://archive.is/336Kn Da quanto scritto sembra ci siano stati arresti anche in Italia. Se i fatti descritti sono veri, per una volta l'incompetenza degli informatici in questione è stata un bene per la società (e per quei poveri bambini). Giacomo

Oct. 21, 2019

GNOME files defense against patent troll

by Giacomo Tesio

A month ago, GNOME was hit by a patent troll for developing the Shotwell image management application. It’s the first time a free software project has been targeted in this way, but we worry it won’t be the last. Rothschild Patent Imaging, LLC offered to let us settle for a high five figure amount, for which they would drop the case and give us a licence to carry on developing Shotwell. This would have been simple to do so; it would have caused less work, cost less money, and provided the Foundation a lot less stress. But it also would be wrong. Agreeing to this would leave this patent live, and allow this to be used as a weapon against countless others. We will stand firm against this baseless attack, not just for GNOME and Shotwell, but for all free and open source software projects. For these reasons, GNOME Foundation Executive Director Neil McGovern instructed our legal counsel at Shearman & Sterling to file three papers with the court in California. Continua su https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/10/gnome-files-defense-against-patent-troll/ Giacomo

Oct. 21, 2019

Re: [nexa] What does the FSF censor during the Richard Stallman lynching?

by Giacomo Tesio

On 21/10/2019, Stefano Zacchiroli <zack(a)upsilon.cc> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 03:07:57PM +0200, Giacomo Tesio wrote: >> O si tratta semplicemente di un ad hominem in assenza di argomenti >> migliori? > > Ho dato informazioni di contesto (anzi: ho indicato come procurarsele). Sull'autore del messaggio, non sulla veridicità del messaggio stesso. Una volta eravamo capaci di distinguere le due cose. > Ogni lettore di questa lista è libero di farne ciò che vuole. Naturalmente. E la tecnologia è neutrale... E la blockchain ci salverà tutti... E non ci sono più le mezze stagioni... E... :-D > Buona giornata, A te! Giacomo PS: perdona l'ironia: in realtà mi spiace che ci troviamo sempre agli antipodi su queste tematiche.

Oct. 21, 2019