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Apple says it will replace AirPod batteries for $49.

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. So why do I read of people tossing out 2yo AirPods?

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“If your battery was consumed by normal use, you may be able to replace your Apple Watch for a battery service fee, as shown below. “

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. $80. You get a new watch, old one presumably recycled.

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Don’t buy an iPad Pro …

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Until screen stutter problem fixed

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A smart person’s take on being extremely wealthy.

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. I think I’d have done badly with that kind of wealth.

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Netflix Kills Support for AirPlay.

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. It’s on.

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“On Friday, the President announced that he was ending all aid to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras”

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. It’s hard to keep up with the stupidity.

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“James Longstreet, the most capable of General Lee’s Confederate lieutenants, agreed to lead municipal police, including black officers, to put down the white riot and restore the elected government.”

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Battle of Liberty Place, 1874, White League insurrection.

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“Biden was viewed favorably by 77 percent of black Democrats, with just 8 percent viewing him unfavorably”

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Huge. Booker or Biden are my two first choices; based on my “who can win” calculus.

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“Barr is neither inexperienced nor naive, yet when deciding among the several options available to him when he received Mueller’s report, he chose the one course of action that would raise questions about his own integrity and plunge the Justice Depar

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Corrupt.

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“Almost 60 percent of all new cars sold in Norway in March were fully electric”

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. It can be done.

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Climate migration happening now.

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Also, Afghanistan was a lot greener once. We are lousy at the intersection of environment and conflict. Ironically GOP ideology blocks their best Fence justification.

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Liver transplant system reform

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Jobs got his liver through money and celebrity. It didn’t last long.

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Airpod / Powerbeats Pro problem: “it’s not hard to see why battery replacement isn’t offered, but it’s still hard to fully accept.”

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Two years and junk. Why I won’t buy.

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Amazon counterfeit sales under pressure.

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Probably part of Trump’s war on Bezos, but still a worthy project.

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MacKenzie Bezos will have over 36 billion dollars

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. What will she do? That’s serious power

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Microsoft eBook closure a reminder that DRM won.

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. All my eBooks are DRM free, but most accept Kindle DRM.

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Autism & Employment – one perspective

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. We don’t know. Any study would need to limit sample to those who had an IEP with an “autism” label.

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“cautionary tale to anyone doing business in India, offering a window into the opaque corporate structures common in the family dynasties that dominate Indian commerce.”

Posted on April 6, 2019 by jgordon

Link. India is complex above all.

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“they removed their masks and were assaulted by a foul odor.”

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. More details on the rescue of the century. I love reading this stuff.

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Cave rescue medical details.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. I assumed ketamine was used. Obvious choice.

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Pizzagate and American madness: “WIKI WICCAN: PODESTA PRACTICES OCCULT MAGIC,” yelled the far-right aggregation site Drudge Report ”

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. I’m sometimes bewildered by the world’s complexity. Others go simply mad.

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Brexit: Britain is a failed state.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Trump was worst we could do.

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IRS vs. the 0.5%: it ended like you’d expect.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. The GOP did the bidding of their masters.

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Enabling remote Screen Time for an Adult Explorer.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Set up Family Sharing, may need to change Explorer’s birthdate in Apple ID.

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Deep Riches of the Web.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Your DNA is also mostly junk. The good stuff is amazing

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Gassée: “I’ll make an appointment for my MacBookPro and for my spouse’s MacBook whose keyboard also randomly acts up.”

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Cook’s crisis.

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Spolsky stepping aside as CEO of Stack Overflow

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. I’m a Spoksky fan. Intetesting comments on Stack Overflow culture challenges.

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“U.S. taxes weren’t having any significant effect in deterring real investment in the U.S. economy”

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Apple could always borrow against its overseas assets.

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Cringely: Pizza-to-the-Neighborhood (PTTN)

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. One of his more clever predictions.

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“Disney for tech” – Apple value prop.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Not bad. Especially as we boomers age into cognitive decline and become scam fodder.

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A defense of “fine tuning” as a legitimate source of study.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Programmed that way.

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Digitizing home video (once again)

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. It is surprisingly complex

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“there’s this media narrative that the anti-vaxxer menace is growing, is spreading through social media.”

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. We exaggerate the power of the ignorant.

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Another DNA discovered murder-rapist with one identified lifelong murder incident.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Motive unknown, no further attacks known. Easy to see why crime unsolved.

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Martian methane: still a puzzle.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. 10 years later some suspects.

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Medicare Part-D doesn’t cover off-label transplant meds.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Nasty surprise at retirement.

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Klotho: longevity and cognitive preservation for mice.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by jgordon

Link. I’d worry about glioma.

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Video to DVD Service – Southtree

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. One of the best options in the industry for converting old family video.

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Stem cell scams in Manhattan.

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. There’s no stupid like stupid money.

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Complex roots of measles resurgence.

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. American stupidity a minor factor so far.

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FTC targets an Indian phenomenon: fraudulent science journals.

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Sounds like the extortion was a problem.

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ASMR tingles: where wacko meets neuroscience.

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Human are weirder than you can imagine. Sounds impostor study.

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Video Digitization at the American University Library

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. A rare recent description of video digitization including the hardware and software they use.

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Video Digitization at the American University Library

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. A rare recent description of video digitization including the hardware and software they use.

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Lachlan Murdoch is to right of Rupert, ally of Tucker Carlson.

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Murdoch’s right wing extremism is both personal and pragmatic. The right has no ideological objections to transactional corruption. Above all, Murdoch wants to be big.

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The 6 key lessons from massive NYT investigation of Rupert Murdoch and his right wing empire.

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Murdoch is an enemy of civilization.

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New York Times goes after Murdoch.

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. Why now? They have been afraid of him for so long.

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“11 percent said they’d deliberately driven their car close to a cyclist”

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. These are hideous people.

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“Caltech gives no preference to the applications of alumni kids, or legacies.”

Posted on April 4, 2019 by jgordon

Link. 40% Asian-American. In old days I think they did reserve some lower-IQ slots. That was how I got in. Which was not an unmitigated gift.

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Books in Microsoft Store: “your ebooks will no longer be available to read, but you’ll get a full refund for all book purchases.”

Posted on April 3, 2019 by jgordon

Link. I buy Adobe ePub because I can strip the DRM. At least they are refunding customers.

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