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A nerdocratic oath
Link. Superficially light hearted, deeply sincere. One could do much worse.
Vaping lung injury research focuses on solvents and additives
Link. A strong case for regulated legal cannabis
“Comey had to bring this critical information to light. In every substantive sense, he was acting as a whistleblower in what amounted to a national emergency”
Link. The ongoing national emergency.
Sexual preference, like height, weight, IQ, autism, etc is partly explained by thousands of genes.
Link. Intrauterine environment likely 25-50%. Minority post-natal exposure.
iOS exploits relied on “code which seems to have never worked, code that likely skipped QA or likely had little testing or review before being shipped to users.”
Link. Apple quality is overrated. NSA class attacks.
“The remaining 105 men abandoned their ships on 22 April 1848 and set up camp on the northwest coast of King William Island, intending to set out for the mainland. All perished—most on the island, and some on the northern coast of the mainland.”
Link. Imagine how tough the last dead man was.
Installing Old Versions of macOS busted
Link. Even installing old versions may not work
Missing Family Support
Link. Family sharing and family ScreenTime also defective.
Spotlight Excludes Mail Folder on macOS 10.15
Link. I love not going to 15
“Jimmy Carter’s” peanut farm: “… it was just a few fields and a warehouse, and you idiots still appointed a special prosecutor and spent six months investigating it.”
Link. Frogs jump out of water heating. Humans boil.
Trump white base: “currently still doing well, but fear that in the Knowledge Society their life chances are shrinking as high education becomes increasingly the ticket to economic and social success.”
Link. Also white Evangelical core.
Perverse synergy: unholy alliance of insurance companies and ransomware attackers.
Link. Insurer mandates payoff because is cheaper than restoring from backup. Which funds attacks. Which increase premiums. Ends when everyone goes Google.
Bedbugs speak: “I have had a long day full of traumatic insemination and blood meals, and I just want to lay eggs in everything I possibly can without being dragged into your mess”
Link. It’s a Twitter thing.
“maybe there’s something unusual about the mechanism for neutrino masses, like the mass depends on where you are or when you make the measurement.”
Link. Wouldn’t that be interesting.
Net News Wire released
Link. Quality
In Praise of the iTunes Column Browser
Link. Axed. “I hope iTunes users will let Apple know how important the column browser is. Send an email on Apple’s feedback page.”
“T he 94-year-old Democrat is set to construct 21 new homes alongside his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter”
Link. Evangelicals consider Trump the better Christian.
“I tried to convince them to blot out the ‘fe’ on ‘female,’ but they said to just keep both trophies.”
Link. Classic.
Rare disease meds can be effective and super expensive
Link. Insurance problem is that there are a lot of rare diseases.
NYT on BPH treatment – a positive spin
Link. Reality: we have only mediocre treatments, most with unpleasant side-effects.
Slavery didn’t build modern American capitalism.
Link. By the 18th century it was an economic dead-end. The legacy of slavery in turn wasted vast human potential throughout the 20th century.
“HCQ-induced macular toxicity is rare in routine clinical practice, seems to require prolonged HCQ therapy (>18 years) and is not necessarily associated with functional visual loss”
Link. Rheumatologists and ophthalmologists tend to disagree. This is reassuring however.
Chronic hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Link. Impairs autophagy, hence amyloid plaque degradation. Apparently this (pay gated) study found no association however.
DPP-4 inhibitor (sitagliptin)-induced seronegative rheumatoid arthritis.
Link. That’s a bit worrisome.
Virtualizing Mojave – expert opinion
Link. Eclectic Light
US climate data.
Link. Commercial, ad supported, but great guide to things like peak rainfall months, etc.
“Even as he spoke out on the trade wars, Mr. Johnson was careful to first heap praise on Mr. Trump”
Link. Bad as BoJo is, he’s light years ahead of Trump
Where rescue dogs come from.
Link. “Rescue dog” suppliers are often middlemen laundering puppy mill suppliers. I expect China to dominate this trade.
“tea, chocolate, red wine, citrus fruits, berries, apples and broccoli” might be good for you.
Link. Modest reduction in cancer rates. Diet research is hard.
Trump: “governmentwide hiring freeze imposed four days into his administration pushed the Bureau of Prisons’s employment into a downward spiral.”
Link. Starve the beast. GOP doctrine.
Airport congestion: more travelers, fewer parked cars
Link. Expect a parking space glut
Syria after war.
Link. An old story.
“As recently as the 1950s, doctors considered exercise dangerous for people over age 40″
Link. Stress tests were recommemded prior to starting exercise
Trump operators build journalist blackmail library
Link. Cooperate or else.
“Female doctors are likelier than women with law degrees, business degrees or doctorates to have children”
Link. Often spouse is also physician, so can trade income for child time. Liability coverage is fixed cost however
“a woman testified that, as a teenager, she was told to have sex with Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in artificial intelligence, on Mr. Epstein’s island in the Virgin Islands.”
Link. Hell of an allegation
“When Facebook reviewed 14 disabled accounts belonging to users contacted by The New York Times, the company said that just five had been banned with cause.”
Link. Similar to Apple axing Store accounts. Kafkaesque; very high false positive, no appeal. Accuracy would be expensive, pressure is only to reduce rule violation, not to be accurate. Similar problems in policing. Will require changes in legal responsibility.
“India’s million e-rickshaws make up the second-largest collection of electric vehicles in the world.”
Link. Business model relies on stolen electricity.
JavaScript: The Modern Parts
Link. Written for a broad audience.
Uber’s legacy: “16 drivers in Brazil were murdered.”
Link. Should be dissolved
AGs go after Hilton-Marriott resort fee scams
Link. Price hiding. Also, conspiracy.
Trump can indeed force US companies to leave China market.
Link. Would be challenged in courts, but US government can’t handle both Senate and Executive being insane.
“Supreme Court of Ohio likewise decided this week to review a wrongful death suit concerning a teenager who died after ingesting pre-workout caffeine powder, again, purchased through Amazon.”
Link. Lawyers of America, your nation needs you.
Gov contractor injected white supremacist articles into DOJ press clipping service.
Link. “Dade City, Florida–based company called TechMIS, also compiles newsletters for other agencies, including the Department of Labor, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Office of Housing and Urban Development.”
The (many) Problems with Apple’s HomePods
Link. Wow
Amazon is an Alibaba front. WSJ exposé.
Link. You live in China now. A 100 billion dollar fine would be a nice start.
Why everyone but me is wrong – a readable catalog of cognitive bias.
Link. More useful than most. I’d add essential denialism – we really shouldn’t try to face reality.
Sign In with Apple.
Link. Apple known to terminate Store accounts without appeal. You could be locked out of your bank.
Keyboards – including Belkin QODE Ultimate Pro for iPad.
Link. Ref.