December 2019 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Il kernel Linux adotta il Code Of Conduct
by Francesco Mecca Sept. 9, 2020

Sept. 9, 2020

Il mondo del FOSS e piu` in generale quello dell'informatica non e` un universo a se` stante ma coesiste con il mondo della politica e ci interagisce. Il 16 settembre Linus con questa email http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1809.2/00117.html ha annunciato di prendersi una pausa dallo sviluppo del kernel. Inoltre si scusa per il suo comportamento aggressivo: "The above is basically a long-winded way to get to the somewhat painful personal admission that hey, I need to change some of my behavior, and I want to apologize to the people that my personal behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development entirely. I am going to take time off and get some assistance on how to understand people's emotions and respond appropriately." Questo cambiamento, che non ha precedenti in 30 anni di benevola dittatura, rientra nel panorama molto piu` ampio dell'attuale conflitto ideologico fra le vecchie idee di selezione per merito e le piu` nuove idee di selezione per diversita`, fra il "technical coding" e il "social coding", alt-destre e la sinistra culturale. Francesco Mecca

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Re: [nexa] nexa Digest, Vol 127, Issue 3
by Agata Lo Tauro Feb. 4, 2020

Feb. 4, 2020

Bellissimo evento J.C. MARTIN .. auguriiiiii Ma perchè non prevedete webcast, collegamenti vai skype, etc... in remoto? Something like that! Why not? :-) I hope you all have a great weekend! agata https://it.linkedin.com › agata-lo-tauro-6723257b <https://it.linkedin.com/in/agata-lo-tauro-6723257b> *sorry for spelling mistakes or... errors...* Il giorno sab 2 nov 2019 alle ore 12:00 <nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it> ha scritto: > Send nexa mailing list submissions to > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > You can reach the person managing the list at > nexa-owner(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of nexa digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Festival della Tecnologia (Torino, 7-10 Novembre) (J.C. DE MARTIN) > 2. Teaching Fellow (Agata Lo Tauro) > 3. Omicidio a Palazzo Pitti: il videogame per avvicinare i > giovani alla cultura - Il Sole 24 ORE (don Luca Peyron) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 21:52:31 +0100 > From: "J.C. DE MARTIN" <demartin(a)polito.it> > To: Nexa <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> > Subject: [nexa] Festival della Tecnologia (Torino, 7-10 Novembre) > Message-ID: <f4bb6622-0840-8df4-481f-f5a324783529(a)polito.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Buonasera a tutti, > > mi permetto di segnalarvi che a Torino > dal 7 all'11 novembre si terrà il Festival della Tecnologia, > una manifestazione che il Politecnico di Torino (insieme a 50 partner) > ha organizzato per celebrare il suo 160° anniversario. > > Parliamo di oltre 150 incontri con oltre 300 relatori (tra cui > alcuni iscritti a questa lista), una manifestazione profondamente > interdisciplinare, con anche il contributo della letteratura, dell'arte, > della musica, del teatro, perché la tecnologia non la capiamo senza > il contributo di tutti i saperi umani. > > Il programma è online qui: www.festivaltecnologia.it, > mentre il PDF del programma cartaceo (qualcuno magari lo preferisce) > è qui: > > https://www.festivaltecnologia.it/sites/default/files/inline-files/Guida%20… > > > Ovviamente il digitale ha un ruolo importante nel programma del Festival, > motivo per cui mi è sembrato opportuno segnalarvi l'iniziativa. > > Buona serata, > un caro saluto, > > juan carlos > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 07:48:42 +0100 > From: Agata Lo Tauro <agatalotauro(a)gmail.com> > To: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > Cc: Carron Julian <julian.carron(a)unicatt.it> > Subject: [nexa] Teaching Fellow > Message-ID: > <CAF0XQCQ= > L3rNCrE-A0xYavK0GmSpu0Yh3k9Kaiima5Y5fCqhWA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Vi iniltro questo messaggi sperando di fare cosa gradita. > Have a great day! > agata > https://it.linkedin.com › agata-lo-tauro-6723257b > <https://it.linkedin.com/in/agata-lo-tauro-6723257b> > Teaching FellowApplied Mathematics & Theoretical PhysicsLocation: > *Highfield > Campus* > Salary: *£30,942 to £38,017 pro rata, per annum* > *Part Time - 0.5 FTE - Fixed Term until 30/06/2020* > Closing Date: *Friday 15 November 2019* > Interview Date: *To be confirmed* > Reference: *1198219PJ* > > We are seeking to appoint a part time Teaching Fellow within Applied > Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Southampton. The > successful candidate will help us to deliver our programmes in applied > mathematics and mathematics for science and engineering. The successful > candidate should either have a PhD or be close to completing a PhD in > applied mathematics, theoretical physics or a related research area. They > should also be able to demonstrate ability and experience of teaching > applied mathematics. We would particularly welcome applications from final > year PhD candidates who wish to combine this appointment with the > completion of their PhD. > > The School of Mathematical Sciences has a strong record of providing an > excellent learning and research environment. Our research portfolio spans > statistics, operational research, pure mathematics, applied mathematics and > theoretical physics. The University of Southampton is a member of the Alan > Turing Institute, and a number of researchers from the School of > Mathematical Sciences are Turing fellows. The School of Mathematical > Sciences hosts several research centres that collaborate widely across the > University, including the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research > Institute (S3RI) and the Centre for Operational Research, Management > Science and Information Sciences (CORMSIS). > > For further information about Mathematical Sciences at the University of > Southampton please see our webpages: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths/ > <http://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths/> > > This is a part time (0.5 FTE) fixed term post tenable from1 January 2020 > and available until 30 June 2020. > > Potential applicants who wish to discuss this post are welcome to contact > the Head of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Professor Kostas > Skenderis (K.Skenderis(a)soton.ac.uk) > > *The School of Mathematical Sciences is committed to promoting equality and > diversity, and holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award demonstrating this > commitment. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, > regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation, and will > give due consideration to applicants seeking flexible working patterns and > to those who have taken a career break. The University has a generous > maternity policy and onsite childcare facilities, and offers a range of > benefits designed to help maintain and support employees' well-being and > work-life balance.* > > *Application Procedure* > > You should submit your completed application form online at > https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the > closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Charlene > Tyson (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 6803. Please quote reference > 1198219PJ on all correspondence. >

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India’s founding values are threatened by sinister new forms of oppression | Madhav Khosla | Opinion | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo Dec. 31, 2019

Dec. 31, 2019

<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/28/indias-founding-value…> [...] Automated facial recognition systems have been used to identify and to exclude protesters, based on earlier protest videos taped by police. The software used was originally developed to trace missing children. It is now being deployed to act against individuals, thereby not merely preventing them from protesting but doing so without any establishment of guilt. This year, the government issued a tender for an automated facial recognition system on a nationwide basis, whose end date has been extended five times. This is despite the absence of any clear legal framework to guide the use of such technology. The tender explicitly notes the benefits of the technology for crime prevention but omits any reference to privacy or sensitisation. In parallel has come the deployment of drone technology to capture images of protesters. In response, the Internet Freedom Foundation, a not-for-profit advocacy group, petitioned India’s directorate general of civil aviation seeking an independent legal opinion on the legality of drones. IFF has pointed out that the DGCA’s guidelines appear to have been openly flouted for the purposes of surveillance. As in the case with facial recognition, there are no clear parameters on when miniaturised drones can be flown with video cameras and visual recognition software. The state is exercising great power, and great power without authority. These technological moves should raise alarm bells. India has the world’s largest biometric database, with few checks on information processing and data mining, and it recently tabled a personal data protection bill in parliament that does little to address non-consensual data profiling by the state. With communal identification and a hegemonic political configuration on the one hand, and with powerful technological instruments on the other, India stands at a curious junction. It faces a medieval politics being driven by the weapons of the future.

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media.ccc.de - Inside the Fake Like Factories
by Alberto Cammozzo Dec. 30, 2019

Dec. 30, 2019

<https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10936-inside_the_fake_like_factories> [...] In a longterm investigation we met and talked to various of these so called “clickworkers” - liking, watching, clicking Facebook, You Tube and Instagram for a small amount of money the whole day in their living room. Fortuitously we could access thousand campaigns, Facebook Fanpages, You Tube videos or Instagram accounts. Thousands of websites and accounts, for which somebody bought likes in the past years. But we did not stop the investigation there: We dived deeper into the Facebook Fake Accounts and Fake Likes universe, bought likes at various other Fake Likes sellers. To get the big picture, we also developed a statistical method to calculate the alleged total number of Facebok User IDs, with surprising results.

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Revealed: the countries with the best work-life balance
by Luigi Scorca Dec. 30, 2019

Dec. 30, 2019

Guardate dov'è l'Italia.. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/work-play-life-balance-stress-nether… Luigi

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Silicon Valley Broke All Its Promises - The Atlantic
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 29, 2019

Dec. 29, 2019

The Real Trouble With Silicon Valley The toxicity of the web is peanuts compared with Big Tech’s failure to remake the physical world. DEREK THOMPSON JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020 ISSUE https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/wheres-my-flying-car/6… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Contract for the Web
by Diego Latella Dec. 29, 2019

Dec. 29, 2019

Quasi certamente mi sbaglio, ma mi pare di non averlo visto in nexa: https://contractfortheweb.org Buon 2020 Diego --- Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher - CNR/ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, IT (http:www.isti.cnr.it) FM&&T Laboratory (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it) http://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - phone: +39 0503152982 - mob: +39 348 8283101 - fax +39 0503152040

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Sospeso maestro che difende la privacy dei suoi alunni
by Antonio Casilli Dec. 29, 2019

Dec. 29, 2019

Scuola, sospeso maestro elementare che si rifiuta di usare il registro elettronico per ragioni di privacy https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2019/12/28/news/scuola_maestro_contro_il_… -- Antonio A. Casilli Professor, Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris Member, Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3 UMR 9217 CNRS) Associate Member, LACI-IIAC (EHESS) Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet & Society *We respect your right to disconnect. This email send time is due to my own workflow efficiency. You are in no obligation to take action or reply to it outside your office hours.*

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“The Decade the World Went Backwards"
by Francesco Ronchi Dec. 28, 2019

Dec. 28, 2019

“The Decade the World Went Backwards” di umair haque https://eand.co/the-decade-the-world-went-backwards-7031b59d108

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Washington Post: Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines, tracking the locations of hundreds of thousands
by Luigi Scorca Dec. 25, 2019

Dec. 25, 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/24/colleges-are-turning-s… Luigi

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