Link. I’m in the cohort who advocated blocks. Hope the guardian solution works!
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“if you don’t believe that great events can be shaped, great disasters caused, by sheer personal pettiness, all I can say is that you probably haven’t read much history.”
Link. It would be easier if Manchin were less dumb but even more corrupt.
“300 to 500 public university students in California sought medication abortions each month”
Link.
“GDF11 in mice stimulated the growth of new blood vessels in the brain and neurons in the hippocampus … published in the journals Cell and Science in 2013 and 2014.”
Link. Don’t recall much press then.
Instagram is dead – for photography.
Link. Photography is becoming a niche thing.
Story of a pizza guy life saver.
Link. Serious pain to save that baby. Medical bills to pay.
Why the Right dropped democracy.
Link. Bit of this, bit of that. America has been oddly religious and that’s dying.
“life could have begun as little as 300 million years after Earth formed.”
Link. Bacteria. Fermi paradox stuff.
“There are machines that will crank out oligonucleotide chains for you, and there are machines that will crank out proteins. There is no machine that will crank out polysaccharides to order.”
Link. Life is impossible.
Crimes against Transhumanity.
Link. Iain M. Banks Surface Detail explores this theme with a stay in Hell.
“unlike the vast majority of emulated humans, the emulated Miguel Acevedo boots with an excited, pleasant demeanour.”
Link. Via Charles Stross a must read bit of short SF. See also Bostrom.
Facebook Is Now Encrypting Links to Prevent URL Stripping.
Link. Will want to avoid using Facebook links.
Bidenomics has failed.
Link. Ultimately not popular enough and Biden’s win wasn’t big enough.
“Buy Local Now helps you browse the largest selection of name brand cycling gear online. When you find what you want, we connect you directly with your local bike shop to buy.”
Link. A search tool that supports local bike shops.
Trump on Musk: “…he’s another bullshit artist.”
Link. One perfect moment.
“lightweight virtualization makes it easier, safer and cheaper for ordinary users to run old versions of macOS, which in turn gives Apple greater scope to accelerate macOS into the future without having to care so much about supporting the past.”
Link. By old he means Monterey— this is a future perspective.
American hostages – a review.
Link. Does state department warn about travel?
“In my daily use, this $1,900 MacBook Air feels identical to my $4,700 MacBook Pro.”
Link. Gruber reviews tend to overlook the negatives however. “$1,500 configuration as the true base model”
“Has anything advanced female fitness more than CrossFit? Nope.”
Link. Avowedly reluctant praise for CrossFit. Filthy-fifty isn’t a routine WOD though, he’s writing about comp level CF.
Apple Service Programs: recalls and free repairs.
Link. Good to know before buying used.
Treating PSCK9 disorders with CRISPR tech: “Verve-101, is a lipid nanoparticle formulation of mRNA to code for the needed CRISPR enzymes and a guide RNA to send them to the right spot on the genome.”
Link. First human trial.
“physical tensions within an embryo set up patterns that guide growth and gene activity in developing tissues”
Link. Not only Turing’s theory. Evolution is infinitely baroque.
Defining Mass and Angular Momentum with the intractable equations of General Relativity.
Link. Important for analyzing gravity waves and black hole physics.
“eight countries will account for more than half the rise in population expected by 2050: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.”
Link. Egypt seems closest to Malthus.
“many men lose their Y chromosomes as they age”
Link. Why men die younger.
“… videos of police officers quickly showing overt symptoms or even collapsing after exposure to minute quantities of fentanyl … are just not pharmacologically possible”
Link. When you tell people something bad will happen to their bodies they feel it. The nocebo effect is powerful.
Why physicians are cautious about Long COVID.
Cryptomining Capacity in U.S. Rivals Energy Use of Houston
Link. Coal powered. Pushed to US by China restrictions. Not all spa city used.
It’s hard for the cv to evolve a furin cleavage site.
Link. So far no bat cv found in nature with that ability.
“Nikon has joined Canon in abandoning work on future DSLRs (digital single-lens reflex cameras)”
Link. Mirrorless only.
“it’s much more likely that I will suffer from MFA issues than it is that I will be targeted and successfully phished for my regular account credentials”
Link. Been saying this for years.
Introducing Viable, to virtualise macOS on Apple silicon Macs
Link. Ventura or Monterey.
“Avast shared a list of 133 fraudulent apps for which Sensor Tower estimated a total of 500M downloads and total revenue of $365M “
Link. 60% still there. End Apple’s control now.
Grassley: “the Vice President isn’t there and we don’t expect him to be there, I will be presiding over the Senate”
Link.
Slower SSD in new Macs: “Apple switched to using a single 256GB flash storage chip instead of two 128GB chips in the base models of the new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro.”
Link. Buy 512.
Novavax Covid-19 vaccine.
Link. A variant could be contender in fall 22. Less adjuvant local irritation.
Studies Probe Adenovirus Link to Childhood Hepatitis Cases
Link. Good reporting – balanced and nuanced. It’s not an epidemic, it does merit research.
Trump: “49 percent of primary voters said they would support him for a third nomination”
Link. Plurality but no longer a sure thing.
London’s Heathrow Airport Says It Will Limit Passengers for the Summer.
Link. Holy cow.
“A risky predawn raid in northwest Syria in early February by U.S. Special Operations forces resulted in the death of the Islamic State’s overall leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.”
Link. I don’t recall much coverage.
Why Sri Lanka is having an economic crisis.
Link. They made enough blunders for several crises.
On bullshit in investing: “Common red flags include…”
Link. Red flags as old as humanity. It’s not irrational to invest in scams if you enjoy the gambling thrill or have inside knowledge.
“transportation and warehousing have grown fast, with 759,000 more jobs than in February 2020. Manufacturing is back to where it was in February 2020”
Link. Biden is succeeding again.
“Proofs of quantum advantage always seemed dependent on oracles that had some kind of nonrandom structure, such as periodicity.”
Link. “the new problem still appears too advanced for existing quantum computers to solve”
“Currently, the only type of Disk Image which can be relied on to deliver acceptable write performance is the sparse bundle.”
Link. After first use even works when encrypted. Also, how to mount a busted image!
“Currently, the only type of Disk Image which can be relied on to deliver acceptable write performance is the sparse bundle.”
Link. After first use even works when encrypted. Also, how to mount a busted image!
“Optic neuritis vision changes occur predominantly in one eye and are often painful. Symptom persistence is key to diagnosing MS; they should be consistent and last at least 24-48 hours.”
Link. Great tips.
State abortion bans and corporate homes.
Link. Corporations will wait to see if they have trouble recruiting. Watch university applications.
Housing Men With Monkeypox to reduce spread.
Link. Black men likely most under-treated.
“Cavalier King Charles spaniel was the other breed beside the English bulldog that Norway decided to ban this year.”
Link. Breeds to avoid, some dead at 6y.
QR codes: “Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has established de facto standards for the encoding of URLs, contact information, and several other data types”
Link. Kanji is one of 4 supported encodings.