Link. “make sure to copy the NyXAudioAnalysis.framework from /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks from your Mojave or earlier OS. It’s not present on Catalina.”
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“I just can’t stop thinking about Brayden’s triumph.”
Link. Imagine the guy’s parents. I’d be a wreck.
“the men and women rode more often during the two weeks with e-bikes, averaging about five rides a week then, versus three a week with the standard cycles.”
Link. Less intense but more frequent exercise. I would buy one for Emily so I can go faster on our rides.
“there’s a whole beautiful if troubled country out there. We just have to figure out the way back.”
Link. There is one more chance.
Computer Search Settles 90-Year-Old Math Problem
Link. “They supported it with a long proof — 200 gigabytes in size — justifying their conclusion.”
The Republican Embrace of QAnon: “coming conflagration between President Trump and what they allege, falsely, is a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophile Democrats who seek to dominate America and the world”
Link. Either the GOP dies (to be reborn) or America dies.
“Over 70 former Republican national security officials including ex-CIA and FBI chiefs will endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday”
Link. The final hour.
Xi wants a Maoist purge.
Link. Uneasy sits the head …
Testing monoclonal antibodies in nursing home outbreaks
Link. Excellent.
Apple PE Ratio 2006-2020.
Link. Now similar to Facebook. Historically Apple was relatively undervalued, now is in range of other tech companies.
Transcript: Barack Obama’s DNC speech.
Link. The ripping Trump to shreds part is surprisingly brief. The bigger focus is a call to vote, to not let democracy die. (He only indicts GOP indirectly in terms of Trump enablers.)
Obama analysis: “The fear that we ourselves will not sufficiently attend to the notion that our “unique polity” and “way of life” are worth preserving, and that this is the ultimate existential threat to them, because this is what leaves us vuln
Link. Evangelicals are one group not fond of democracy.
How Probability Misleads Us About The Universe
Link. In general medicine it is fairly common to see a rare disease, but uncommem to see the same one twice. There are a lot of rare diseases.
COVID myocarditis.
Link. “in young patients who had seemingly overcome SARS-CoV-2 it’s fairly common for the heart to be affected”
“To gain full access to any privacy-protected directory, all an attacker has to do is establish an ssh connection”
Link. Apple left this open intentionally? Hard to grasp why unfixed.
“higher the B.M.I., the lower the blood flow to five regions of the brain that are especially vulnerable in Alzheimer’s disease …”
Link. Correlation is not causation. Obesity is inversely related to education.
Why Pooled Testing for the Coronavirus Isn’t Working
Link. Need positivity < 10% to be effective
COVID plasma therapy: meh.
Link. Not a game changer
“French said he did not understand the magnitude of the issues homeless people suffer from, including mental illness, addiction and the predators who take advantage of them”
Link. Few understand.
The most disturbing perception demo ever.
Link. Overload failure of the lossy neuro-ophthalmic algorithm.
Worldwide Cyclery – painless purchase with Amazon and Google Pay
Link. They showed up in a web search for some grips and I knew their reputation. Surprising part was how painless checkout was. I didn’t have to create an account.
“large projects employ international surveying firms whose employees are unaware that America has two feet”
Link. Nobody knew.
“testing remdesivir and placebo against remdesivir and beta interferon.”
Link. A prior combo trial is thought to be negative. Science!
Ex-C.I.A. Officer Is Accused of Spying for China
Link. Clever sting
A Senescent Cell Therapy for OA fails.
Link. Not great news, but I didn’t know senescent cell therapy was a thing. OA is a mess of things we don’t understand at all.
Herd immunity reconsidered: “Rather than uniformly vaccinate all groups, governments could identify and immunize those most likely to be exposed in “superspreader” events”
Link. New models could make limited vaccine supply more effective.
“Her concern, when it comes to China, is maintaining Giant’s work force there. Young people’s interest in factory jobs is declining.”
Link. Giant is an interesting company.
Native document versions in macOS
Link. I don’t think they are worth the complexity
In Norway, where college is free, children of uneducated parents don’t go.
Link. Free college and hideously expensive American college have similar class-based attendance patterns and in both countries only about 1/3 adults complete a four year degree.
Can you do a Time Machine backup to a USB flash drive (thumb drive)?
Link. Seems to work. I wouldn’t bet my data on it, but useful when traveling and better than nothing.
FDA “approved” KN95 masks available on Amazon – $4 each.
Link. Some N95 are also becoming available though not on Amazon. We should have had this by March.
“FDA approved” KN95 Face Masks – $38 for 10 (Powecom)
Link. There is a “Guangzhou Powecom Labor Insurance Supplies Co” on FDA list.
Race vs Class on the Left
Link. I used to think Class was bigger, but I’ve changed my mind. However Class-based fixes may be more achievable.
Trump broke law with DHS appointments. Will do it again.
Link. Blame McConnell.
TeleTracking Technologies, Trump’s COVID concealment team, says NDA blocks Senate inquiry
Link. Blame McConnell.
China dials back attacks on US
Link. Preparing for a sane administration.
[toread] “Australia’s flu vaccine rate tends to be modest, but this year demand was high.”
Link. Good news.
Where to Buy N95 Mask For Sale: Shop FDA-Approved Respirator Face Mask.
Link. Another from America’s new CDC.
N95 Mask vs. KN95 Mask Difference.
Link. In the failed American state Rolling Stone provides essential public health guidance. Laugh I must.
Surrogacy industry: “Ukraine, with its relatively permissive reproductive health laws and an abundance of willing mothers among a poor population, is a hub of the international business”
Link. And mothers are white.
Trump voters being shy
Link. My takeaway is his voters are feeling some shame. Not enough, but at least a bit.
FDA KN95 approved list: “Authorized Imported, Non-NIOSH Disposable Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFR)”
Link. Good luck finding any of these!
WaPo vaccine tracker up to 200 vaccines.
Link. If each has a 50% chance of working the probability NONE work is 6*10-61.
“it’s 2020, the worst President of my lifetime is just blithely gibbering at a microphone about suppressing voting, and there’s no point trying to pretend that it’s not what’s happening, and that the president’s party isn’t complicit with it
Link.
“We’ll never know how this fatal flaw in the 10.15.6 update leaked from Apple, but it once again speaks forcefully of lack of testing and absence of quality control, which have bedevilled macOS of late.”
Link. Apple’s desperate finances explains problem.
The Palestinians are on their own now.
Link. Making apparent what has been true for years.
“Three of the most promising and advanced vaccine studies in the world are relying on scientists and volunteers in Brazil”
Link. Also important: Brazil may do stupid things, but it’s not thought vulnerable to external exploitation (vs. Congo).
How a kernel zone memory leak can panic macOS.
Link. “Jetsam is the process which has been brought from iOS to macOS to manage memory more aggressively, to try to avoid shortage from affecting more important processes.”
Osterholm: People who know things don’t mask outdoors (6 ft etc)
Link. Few are willing to go on record.
A great explanation of why COVID control required competent government.
Link. Perfectly designed to confound the Idiocracy.