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Audrey Sutherland, Paddler adventurer.
Link. Seized the day. Great story.
“South Korea has tested roughly 140,000 people. The US has tested about 1500″
Link. The CDC is broken now. GOP success
The Trumpian evil of Exxon
Link. Corporations are people, Exxon is one in particular.
“PANOSETI, will be capable of scanning the entire sky, significantly boosting our chances of detecting alien laser signals.”
Link. Site selection underway.
“security researchers uncovered the flaw simply by careful reading of the documentation of the startup process”
Link. Bad design.
Old white Dems: “more likely to say they wanted a candidate who could defeat Trump more than one who agreed with them on most issues.”
Link. Precisely. South Carolina was the crux. Next time should go first.
“China essentially got a pop quiz and scored a B+, while other countries are getting a take home exam and failing it.”
Link. US emulating India.
Remote Work WordPress style
Link. Things I wish I had.
18 months on and Dark Mode still doesn’t work properly
Link. I’d rather Apple fixed basic text editing
Apple back-end computer systems: “have a nagging suspicion that Apple still relies on ancient WebObjects code powered by exhausted hamsters”
Link. IBM mainframes
A Report from Singapore: “within a month we are getting back to normal even though the outbreak continues.”
Link. We live with flu mortality. Coronavirus becomes normalized
Reading Newsletters with Feedbin and Reeder
Link. Just use feedbin email address.
“Universities had spent the better part of two decades training more people for jobs that universities simultaneously decided they didn’t need, just as economic, demographic and legal conditions began further depressing the need for professors”
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1-13 drinks weekly over decades associated with less amyloid
Link. No clue if this means less Alzheimers or why this might be
“Boeing’s chief executive, David L. Calhoun, has come to one overriding conclusion: things inside the aerospace giant were even worse than he thought.”
Link. Unpersuasive.
“Judge Reggie B. Walton said Mr. Barr could not be trusted”
Link. Barr and McConnell are more repulsive than Trump
“Netflix is preparing for the server strain of the bored but quarantined masses. Expensive Peloton stationary bikes and streaming workout services are seeing substantial spikes in interest”
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“Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg has decided to form an independent expenditure campaign that will absorb hundreds of his presidential campaign staffers in six swing states to work to elect the Democratic nominee this fall.”
Link. Let loose the dogs of war.
“Taiwanese officials began to board planes and assess passengers on direct flights from Wuhan for fever and pneumonia symptoms before passengers could deplane.”
Link. Singapore class public health. Well beyond US level.
“anyone who has the virus should treat their pets as they would family members, to try to prevent transmission, limiting contact, wearing a mask, washing hands often”
Link. They tend to lick.
“also no clear evidence across the early states of much greater participation by young people”
Link. I think Gen Z is actually fairly conservative
COVID-19 Singapore Dashboard
Link. No fatalities. Incredible medical care. Low smoking rate. Healthy elderly.
NHS contract workers have no sick leave, work in hospitals
Link. An unanticipated consequence
Apple vs 2 other Buy-Back Programs for iPhones
Link. Murky destinations. Better than Gazelle.
“is safe to exercise, despite concerns about coronavirus,” he concludes. Exercise, in fact, will probably lessen the risk of an infection”
Link. Social isolation favors bike rides and runs over social workouts.
US struggles to match EU weather models
Link. Poor decisions.
“Trump hardly understands any subjects whatsoever, while at the same time claiming vast areas of expertise”
Link. GOP War on Science pays dividends.
“13-inch MacBook Pro will finally get the fixed keyboard, but no word on the MacBook Air”
Link. Not good.
APFS Snapshots and Large Files: “To maintain better control of backup storage, you should move VMs and other large files to a separate volume”
Link. Apple fix or, better, VM stop doing monolithic file
COVID we hardly knew you
Link. The spider
“China’s draconian and really unprecedented clampdown largely worked and worked beyond the expectations of most members of the mission.”
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Google’s Flaky Reputation Is Impacting Development for Its Stadia Gaming Platform
Link. Apple has killed lots of products too. Not sure which I despise more.
“Biden has always been notorious for verbal lapses, and now that he’s old enough to be accused of senility, he takes more care to get his facts right”
Link. Deep look at a Biden town hall.
Curated Twitter COVID-19 list
Link. Josh Marshall.
Why isn’t the CDC sharing COVID-19 case reports?
Link. This is weird. Of course one wonders about Trumpista interference … but that’s incompetent even for them.
TNC is still around: writing for Marvel.
Link. Retired from the culture wars.
Housecall providers: caring for the forgotten.
Link. Heros live here.
The exceptional life of Mr Ponzi: “He feigned mental illness by chewing a towel to shreds, then wildly climbing a wall toward a barred window.”
Link. This needs to be theater.
The Evolution of Horses (IOT podcast)
Link. Sounds excellent.
Mac malware: mostly PUPs.
Link. To avoid PUPs restrict installs to App Store. (Which, yes, needs to improve a lot.)
India suggests COVID-19 will behave like a bad influenza pandemic.
Link. It’s below the mortality threshold that India notices.
Trump: “bringing in a person from outside the administration might be seen as a failure — and wondering whether such a person would be loyal to him,”
Link. Based on India I think COVID-19 in US will be more like a bad flu than a 2% mortality — but what a thrash.
Police working to manage special needs adults
Link. St Paul MN has had an excellent program. Both our autistic children are registered.
Biden: “… black voters with 60 percent, far better than Mr. Sanders’s 17 percent.”
Link. Why I voted for Biden.
How Does the Coronavirus Compare to the Flu?
Link. Up to date and evidence based.
The future of COVID-19: fade away or seasonal nuisance
Link. Mortality likely similar influenza in some populations.
Google Earth: “the blog post announcing this change was posted to Medium”
Link. That’s curious. Is Google finally abandoning Blogger? Buy Medium?
Another animal without mitochondria
Link. Giardia too!
COVID immunity likely a year or so
Link. Why isolation can work