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. “
Link. $80. You get a new watch, old one presumably recycled.
Don’t buy an iPad Pro …
Link. Until screen stutter problem fixed
A smart person’s take on being extremely wealthy.
Link. I think I’d have done badly with that kind of wealth.
Netflix Kills Support for AirPlay.
Link. It’s on.
“On Friday, the President announced that he was ending all aid to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras”
Link. It’s hard to keep up with the stupidity.
“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.”
Link. Battle of Liberty Place, 1874, White League insurrection.
“Biden was viewed favorably by 77 percent of black Democrats, with just 8 percent viewing him unfavorably”
Link. Huge. Booker or Biden are my two first choices; based on my “who can win” calculus.
“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
Link. Corrupt.
“Almost 60 percent of all new cars sold in Norway in March were fully electric”
Link. It can be done.
Climate migration happening now.
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.
Liver transplant system reform
Link. Jobs got his liver through money and celebrity. It didn’t last long.
Airpod / Powerbeats Pro problem: “it’s not hard to see why battery replacement isn’t offered, but it’s still hard to fully accept.”
Link. Two years and junk. Why I won’t buy.
Amazon counterfeit sales under pressure.
Link. Probably part of Trump’s war on Bezos, but still a worthy project.
MacKenzie Bezos will have over 36 billion dollars
Link. What will she do? That’s serious power
Microsoft eBook closure a reminder that DRM won.
Link. All my eBooks are DRM free, but most accept Kindle DRM.
Autism & Employment – one perspective
Link. We don’t know. Any study would need to limit sample to those who had an IEP with an “autism” label.
“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.”
Link. India is complex above all.
“they removed their masks and were assaulted by a foul odor.”
Link. More details on the rescue of the century. I love reading this stuff.
Cave rescue medical details.
Link. I assumed ketamine was used. Obvious choice.
Pizzagate and American madness: “WIKI WICCAN: PODESTA PRACTICES OCCULT MAGIC,” yelled the far-right aggregation site Drudge Report ”
Link. I’m sometimes bewildered by the world’s complexity. Others go simply mad.
Brexit: Britain is a failed state.
Link. Trump was worst we could do.
IRS vs. the 0.5%: it ended like you’d expect.
Link. The GOP did the bidding of their masters.
Enabling remote Screen Time for an Adult Explorer.
Link. Set up Family Sharing, may need to change Explorer’s birthdate in Apple ID.
Deep Riches of the Web.
Link. Your DNA is also mostly junk. The good stuff is amazing
Gassée: “I’ll make an appointment for my MacBookPro and for my spouse’s MacBook whose keyboard also randomly acts up.”
Link. Cook’s crisis.
Spolsky stepping aside as CEO of Stack Overflow
Link. I’m a Spoksky fan. Intetesting comments on Stack Overflow culture challenges.
“U.S. taxes weren’t having any significant effect in deterring real investment in the U.S. economy”
Link. Apple could always borrow against its overseas assets.
Cringely: Pizza-to-the-Neighborhood (PTTN)
Link. One of his more clever predictions.
“Disney for tech” – Apple value prop.
Link. Not bad. Especially as we boomers age into cognitive decline and become scam fodder.
A defense of “fine tuning” as a legitimate source of study.
Link. Programmed that way.
Digitizing home video (once again)
Link. It is surprisingly complex
“there’s this media narrative that the anti-vaxxer menace is growing, is spreading through social media.”
Link. We exaggerate the power of the ignorant.
Another DNA discovered murder-rapist with one identified lifelong murder incident.
Link. Motive unknown, no further attacks known. Easy to see why crime unsolved.
Martian methane: still a puzzle.
Link. 10 years later some suspects.
Medicare Part-D doesn’t cover off-label transplant meds.
Link. Nasty surprise at retirement.
Klotho: longevity and cognitive preservation for mice.
Link. I’d worry about glioma.
Video to DVD Service – Southtree
Link. One of the best options in the industry for converting old family video.
Stem cell scams in Manhattan.
Link. There’s no stupid like stupid money.
Complex roots of measles resurgence.
Link. American stupidity a minor factor so far.
FTC targets an Indian phenomenon: fraudulent science journals.
Link. Sounds like the extortion was a problem.
ASMR tingles: where wacko meets neuroscience.
Link. Human are weirder than you can imagine. Sounds impostor study.
Video Digitization at the American University Library
Link. A rare recent description of video digitization including the hardware and software they use.
Video Digitization at the American University Library
Link. A rare recent description of video digitization including the hardware and software they use.
Lachlan Murdoch is to right of Rupert, ally of Tucker Carlson.
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.
The 6 key lessons from massive NYT investigation of Rupert Murdoch and his right wing empire.
Link. Murdoch is an enemy of civilization.
New York Times goes after Murdoch.
Link. Why now? They have been afraid of him for so long.
“11 percent said they’d deliberately driven their car close to a cyclist”
Link. These are hideous people.
“Caltech gives no preference to the applications of alumni kids, or legacies.”
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.
Books in Microsoft Store: “your ebooks will no longer be available to read, but you’ll get a full refund for all book purchases.”
Link. I buy Adobe ePub because I can strip the DRM. At least they are refunding customers.