Link. We all miss Apple Script.
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Google Aboutme replaces G+ profile
Link. So there’s still a profile. Unlike the old pre-G+ profile it doesn’t expose a unique identifier.
“human metabolic incorporation of foreign dietary Neu5Gc” – from 2010.
Link. Via FB post … it’s on what we eat and we put it into out vessels… then attack it as xeno. Similar tick-triggered meat allergies.
YouTube conspiracy videos and psychiatric disorders …
Link. … YouTube machine learning intersects in interesting ways with the wide range of mental states that include classic schizophrenia. It works be amusing if the human and machine nets had structural similarities.
A gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy fails
Link. Hard news
One cyclist’s concussion story.
Link. He’s not into science, and grumpy about physicians, but the inside of these experiences are valuable. Human brains are weirdly vulnerable. Also 1990s style web page and 00s style blog.
Searching for parking with Google Maps: Directions, tap car, tap More, find parking.
Link. That is SO obscure! Never touched that … menu. Had to look this up. Why isn’t it an option in the location information screen?
Synology NAS and security risks of enabling notifications.
Link. I wonder how many have given Xi access to all their gmail.
MacBook Air shutdowns – it was the battery.
Link. A failure mode of 4yo LiOn batteries. Hope to get another 4-5y from this 2015 Air.
The curious psychiatric state of measles enthusiast Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Link. Similar to L Ron Hubbard – deep delusions, charismatic, functional in many other domains. Keep him far from politics.
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
Link. xkcd so must buy
Apple Store staff now push updates on the unsuspecting.
Link. Regression to the publicly traded corporate mean.
Systematic Fraud in Chinese Science
Link. The government may get brutal.
Finder folder sizing confused by hard links
Link. Doesn’t affect volume sizing.
“It’s quite clear, there is no DRI for iTunes U and iBooks Author at Apple”
Link. Unlike Aperture I don’t think these would be much missed.
Finland’s Basic Income Trial.
Link. Only measured legal employment. Couples-effect interesting.
“Mojave shipped, and malware problems dropped noticeably”
Link. First I’d heard that
Connect Your macOS Files Across Applications With Hook
Link. Sounds low risk, easy to quit. I’ll try once it’s out of beta.
Family Practice Updates Jan 2019
Link. What’s newish this month across all of FP in a single page. Bad news: “Primatene Mist is back on the OTC market”
When civilians use iCloud lock: “people bring in perfectly working and capable phones that have nothing wrong with them and we can’t do anything for them”
Link. I’ve seen this. Only a tiny number of people do passwords well. Or backup!
Mountain Biking in Appalachia.
Link. Much cheaper than paved trails. They have the landscape and the climate.
Cindy McCain exposes insanity of anti-trafficking campaign.
Link. Thermonuclear stupidity. Positive predictive value of this test is negligible.
Google fiber exits an early customer.
Link. Not reassuring
“Adiantum is a new form of encryption that we built specifically to run on phones and smart devices that don’t have the specialized hardware”
Link. Curious.
iPad access to local Mac files: two options
Link. Didn’t know of either
“prioritize protecting my time since I have other things I prefer to work on and to proceed with whatever budget he needed to pursue the facts in this matter.”
Link. Pecker made the wrong enemy.
Google Groups settings changing.
Link. I use these for clubs and teams. Email is only solution … again. No alternative to gGroups I know of.
Handwritten Notes on iPad: review.
Link. Notability and others. For typed Bear ahead. Handwriting requires Apple Pencil so $$.
The Guardian: “Michael de Adder and Bruce MacKinnon will take turns creating a cartoon for the newspaper’s Monday to Friday newspapers”
Link. They are awesome. Hope there will be a feed.
“Hotels.com, Expedia, and Abercrombie & Fitch” apps recording all user interactions
Link. Because.
iMessage features hard to discover
Link. Clippy returning.
Thrurott loves XR.
Link. I have personal i8 and work XR. I now prefer the XR. Face ID loves my beaky face, Touch ID disdains old fingers.
Amazon and Fake Books and Filtered Reviews
Link. It’s a rough neighborhood.
“Why would any multinational corporation pay America’s 21 percent tax rate when it could pay the new “global minimum” rate of 10.5 percent on profits shifted to tax havens”
Link. Blame McConnell’s voters.
“CerCareOne’s real-time location data trickled down first from telecom companies, and then to a so-called location aggregator called Locaid.”
Link. How carriers sold our location data.
Trump is driving US to face climate change directly
Link. He makes denialism look stupid even to Republicans.
Mnuchin thinks Obama admin was socialism
Link. Heh, heh, heh.
The Definitive Guide to iCloud Photos: “Is there a way to “select all” when you’re trying to download iCloud images? In a word: No.”
Link. Apple’s photo fiasco continues.
Adam Engst is on autoplay rampage
Link. Quixotic but noble.
Simplenote checklists: “Checklists are compatible with the GitHub task lists markdown syntax”
Link. I use Simplenote. Images one day?
How thieves break into iCloud-Locked iPhones
Link. “iCloud specific phishing kits are sold for as little as $75.” So pays off with first success.
“18 of the 19 warmest years have occurred since 2001.”
Link. In 140y of record keeping. Republican denialism is weakening — laughter does that.
MN puzzle: 3% unemployment, wages static.
Link. Should mention MN non-competes. Ubiquitous here and enforceable
Trump exposes foundational flaws in American state – impeachment is ineffective
Link. Parliamentary systems have better remedies
Intense exercise and coronary calcification scores
Link. Curious indeed. We really don’t know what to make of this.
“17 states, including Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Texas, have gone further, allowing parents to keep their children from being vaccinated for unspecified personal or philosophical reasons”
Link. Quarantine those states?
“stuck progress icons in Finder views, the answer appears to be to force the Finder to restart”
Link. Then run DFA
Mojave keychain exploit secret for now.
Link. macOS has so many security holes a bounty program would embarrass Apple.
Kaplan summary SOTU.
Link. All you need to read. (I didn’t listen to Obama’s SOTU and I was-am a fan of his.)
Google password checkup extension.
Link. I installed.