Link. Physiologically intetesting.
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“Only a couple of elite hackers have attained the highest-paying ranks of the program, reaping rewards close to, or in excess of, $1 million.”
Link. Would like to read a profile of these people.
Outside magazine adventure guide to states.
Link. MN selection is pretty reasonable. Worth saving this for traveling.
Twitter suspended alt-right critic because of Klan imagery.
Link. I can see the problem here.
“In a survey of institutional investors this spring, more than 70% told RBC Capital Markets they expect President Donald Trump to win a second term in 2020”
Link. He has vast support from the wealthy.
The Secret Agreement: “holds up a blank piece of paper to prove the secret agreement exists”
Link. He’s in a happier place now. Let’s let him rest there.
“Goodnotes 5 our new pick for the best handwriting note-taking app for the iPad”
Link.
Sign in with Apple FAQ
Link. Facebook is gonna *hate* this. Google less so. For consumers sounds superb. Note old used iPhone can create an iCloud account.
Bitcoin success story: drug marts continue.
Link. Cryptocurrency have clear value. “Several markets have also chosen to ban the sale of fentanyl”
“45 excess deaths for every 1,000 users of P.P.I.s, with most of the deaths a result of cardiovascular disease or chronic kidney disease”
Link. I’m unsure what this really means
Complex high risk lending returns.
Link. Driven by supply of money desperate for something to do.
Blocking testosterone reduces recidivism in sex crimes
Link. I suspect would reduce recidivism in most crimes.
Only MN has divided legislature now
Link. Curious.
GOP and “Catholic integralism”
Link. This was Quebec for about 200 years.
“over 50 percent of the wheeled traffic on the Venice bike path is battery powered.”
Link. Injury rate far higher than bikes in that setting.
No. The News Biz Doesn’t Have Itself to Blame for the Platforms
Link. It was dead with the first Gopher site
Time Machine: past, present and future
Link. Lots of magic and some duct tape.
“Public financing of Presidential campaigns—one of the most remarkable reforms passed in the wake of Watergate—was the norm in primaries and general elections from 1976 to 1996.”
Link. Reforms collapsed more recently than I’d thought.
“the grace of Caesarean sections and the neonatal resuscitation protocol, which I would tattoo over my chest in honor of this child’s life”
Link. Cesarean is the greatest surgery. Civilians don’t appreciate it enough.
Economist finds bias in tech media algorithm – against the NYT.
Link. Given credibility should be more dominant. Far right is just loony.
Weather, bad crops and lasting effects
Link. Rough year ahead for MN
“wellness culture for what it was — a dangerous con that seduces smart women with pseudoscientific claims of increasing energy, reducing inflammation, lowering the risk of cancer and healing skin, gut and fertility problems”
Link. I don’t think there’s a male analog to this.
Hong Kong: 1 million street protesters.
Link. Incredible public action.
Thanks to GOP banks force customers into arbitration.
Link. Much to their advantage.
Russia: GDP “expanded at a rate of 0.5 percent, while real disposable incomes fell by 2.3 percent.”
Link. Putin remains popular.
ABLE program risks: “growth in accounts is well below what’s needed to keep fees affordable for participants and keep the ABLE program viable”
Link. They are complex, vary by state, have high fees, poor IT support
“Native American population may have emerged in one such refuge on the land bridge that linked Siberia and Alaska between about 34,000 and 11,000 years ago.”
Link. Native Americans a mix of European and paleo-Siberian genes
Auto industry fights for Obama emission controls
Link. I got nothin.
Beyond Carbon: “campaign to close every coal-fired power plant in the United States and halt the growth of natural gas.”
Link. State action because GOP.
NYT prints reflections of cross-cultural adoption.
Link. Thoughtful, sincere. “Complex” used often. Pretty good really. (We are of this world.)
William Happer, Trump’s climate loon, tried to block intelligence briefing.
Link. MAGA.
How YouTube radicalizes white men.
Link. IQ debates are a gateway drug.
“Apple announced data separation for BYOD devices”
Link. They packed an insane amount into one WWDC
Pentaquark molecules: “This molecule would be held together by the strong nuclear force rather than electromagnetism, the force that binds most molecules”
Link. Neutron star stuff.
1969 – when US military left vast amounts of LSD lying around a mad scientist’s office.
Link. Imagine what we are up to now.
The Future of Television
Link. Rural America will be screwed.
“Climate Conservation Corps” gets traction.
Link. Something positive amidst the cesspool of the Trump era
Novel method for molecular analysis.
Link. This kind of invention can have big consequences.
“one of China’s largest internet providers forced a huge chunk of European mobile traffic to be rerouted through its own servers.”
Link. Intent suspected.
Manton Reece: why open standard enable curation.
Link. Worth trying.
WWDC dev on SwiftUI and Apple tech.
Link. I wish Apple were putting a fraction of this brilliance into an Aperture replacement.
We are riddled with precancerous mutations.
Link. Human lifespan today is probably our limit.
“it will be a tight race and the winner of Wisconsin will be the next President.”
Link. So human civilization may depend on WI. Whoa.
The Atlas of Mars: Mapping Its Geography and Geology. Oct 2019.
Link. A friend of mine has worked on this for the past 7y or so. I pre-ordered. Only $50 and it’s going to be amazing.
iOS: “FairPlay DRM that prevents you from installing apps not signed by Apple has been slowing down app launching for all these years.”
Link.
“the Chinese are terrified”
Link. Trade war could crash China.
“Russian-made cargo planes flying in to Haftar’s Libyan bases from Egypt, Jordan and Israel”
Link. Libya’s next dictator
Sudan: No Surprise
Link. Same old story
Islamic State Lives on Telegram.
Link. Authorities may find it useful monitoring point.
Iran: An Unwinnable War
Link. McConnell is evil, but maybe not THIS stupid.