Link. “hijack happened as early as June of last year and ASUS didn’t do a thing about it”
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PSA: Many users reporting issues signing into Google accounts through Mail on macOS 10.14.4
Link. Glad I waited!
1Password Logins Notes field blank? Maybe it’s the CR.
Link. The original sin of the personal computer bites again.
“eventual objective is to create supplies of human organs or tissues whose genomes are revised so they are immune to all viruses”
Link. Well on their way. Happily will be used only for good.
iOS 12.2 has not fixed Screen Time’s problems with old devices.
Link. Was Apple ever any good at this game? They’ve been bad for so long …
Trump, McConnell, and the power of lying.
Link. McConnell is the worst. I wish humans were less gullible.
The Barr Letter Under The Microscope
Link. Appears carefully crafted to avoid a direct lie.
Apple Card. Tsai review
Link. Bet it doesn’t support Quicken
What has changed in the Mojave 10.14.4 update?
Link. Lots! Big update. I will wait to be sure Aperture ok.
“plants have two main defense systems: one for insects and other plant-eating animals, and another for infectious microbes.”
Link. Salicylic acid triggers antimicrobial defenses. How that connects to fever control in humans deserves a book.
Apple ending JPEG 2000 support!
Link. Better than JPEG, I considered adopting this once. Bad decision, typical Apple.
Apple ends funding Apple Pay Cash from credit cards.
Link. Was never very useful. They will make their card successful.
“I can’t think of any rational reason why you’d want to put yourself through the tepid, boring hell of a long-distance Amtrak trip”
Link. Darn.
“while its zero overdraft or late fee policy seemed pretty good at first glance, Apple says that missed or late payments will bump up your interest rate”
Link. So they aren’t insane.
“Nazis reviewed the infamous “one-drop rule,” which defined anyone with any trace of African blood as black, and “found American law on mongrelization too harsh to be embraced by the Third Reich”
Link. Fox’s GOP has a historical context.
Google dev env for ios and android: “Flutter’s programming language, Dart, is designed around the needs of apps that are created for global audiences.”
Link. Schools using?
News+: The Atlantic, but not Scientific American.
Link. I despise WSJ, so not worth it.
How low interest rates could kill productivity.
Link. Combine this with non-competes and senators-for-rent and you get the megacorp I lived in.
“Trump and the GOP have framed the narrative falsely, and journalists and news outlets have acted as useful idiots on their behalf disseminating propaganda.”
Link. My opinion of the NYT has fallen.
Medicare for all: unprecedented economic transformations.
Link. Insurers sowed the wind.
Duchenne – agony of clinical trial access.
Link. This is brutally hard. A terrible disease.
Barr clears Trump: “even if a president abuses his power by acting for corrupt reasons, it would be unconstitutional for Congress to make that a crime”
Link. A corrective to the media’s passionate desire to change the channel.
A skeptical take on esketamine.
Link. We’ve seen this show before.
“every accessory made for the iPad mini 4 will work on the fifth-generation iPad mini”
Link. For once!
“rough weather to evacuate hundreds of people one by one by helicopter.”
Link. 400 rescues in a storm?! Those pilots are both good and lucky.
Digital archiving guidance: photo and video.
Link. Recommended by a net friend.
Early da Vinci: “first surfaced in an apothecary’s shop in Günzburg, in Bavaria, Germany.”
Link. Great introduction.
“Apple intends releasing its first Macs incorporating its own ARM-based processors in, say, 2020, wouldn’t it be probable that those initial models would again be the iMac and MacBook Pro?”
Link. Yes.
50,000 Repair Guides Now on iFix
Link. Kudos.
Converting my old video formats to something that might persist
Link. ProRes? HEVC someday? H265 more like.
A Simple, Open-Source URL Shortener
Link. I will ask if DreamHost can add this.
Mastodon lives.
Link. Twitter’s anti-vaxxer support renews my interest.
Replacing Sierra’s “All My Files” in Mojave
Link. Use ‘.’ as search criteria.
‘All My Files’ was removed in High Sierra.
Link. I skipped to Mojave and just noticed today that it was gone. Too bad…
AirPod battery life: “headphone jack is looking a lot better now in hindsight”
Link. What a bloody waste.
Spotlight supports search by codec
Link. One way to identify files that need conversion.
Apple is killing QuickTime 7 in macOS 10.15
Link. 32 bit codecs. Hope someone does utility that searches file system
Apple recommendations for converting video unsupported post Mojave.
Link. “… early Flip Video cameras that use the 3ivx codec, early web videos encoded with the Sorenson codec, and media converted from DVD to the DivX format.” Compressor costs $50, gives best results.
MarsEdit 4.3.
Link. I’m a fan. Even though Google broke image upload text only Blogger support continues
“last stand for ISIS took place in the village of Baghouz”
Link. Good.
Swag Surfin’
Link. Resist the GOP.
“President Trump likes Chairman Kim and he doesn’t think these sanctions will be necessary”
Link. N-dimensional chess.
“78 percent of Republicans who watch Fox News believe Trump has accomplished more than any other president in history”
Link. Murdoch’s Idiocracy.
Seeing inside PDF with Podofyllin
Link. I’m gonna buy this when its ready.
Safari extensions: “StopTheMadness, which fixes all those blocked features, and Better, which protects my privacy from trackers.”
Link. I hear and obey.
Google “pays” EU fine in a few hours of share price bump.
Link. Fines would need to be 100 billion to matter.
“chances of the Apple Watch detecting undiagnosed atrial fibrillation in this study were lower than the chance of a person being struck by lightning during their lifetime (0.03%)!”
Link. Time to rethink FDA approval?
Trump weekend tweets.
Link. We live in two cultures. The minority culture has disparate values but a shared belief in reason and science. The majority culture runs on feeling, impulse, and personal experience.
Trump is of the majority.
Jenny McCarthy’s scam autism business – Generation Rescue.
Link. Neurocognitive disorders are common in relatives of persons with autism diagnosis.
Instagram new home of right wing ravings and delusions.
Link. So many vulnerable people.