Link. Four reasons. Not including unsuitability for office.
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“won a shocking victory in 2016, and his opponents have lacked confidence ever since. They should no longer lack it.”
Link. When a shark bleeds …
Schumann Resonances
Link. Lighning pulses around the globe.
History passing – end of big film at Science Museum of MN Omni theater.
Link. Going digital. Ring of Fire was great. Double take when current event part had Japanese scientists mounting computer tape. Later I saw released 1991.
David Brin’s List of “Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy Tales”
Link. Love this.
“a company which is so obsessed with change that it hasn’t the time or resources to document anything, nor to fix bugs any more.”
Link. Mojave is considered better than High Sierra.
AOC even better economist than dancer.
Link. Evidence says marginal rate 80% about right.
“accept calls only from people or businesses you know personally or when you’re expecting a call”
Link. We need phone-only DND.
Screen Time for supported iPhone use — the best reviews.
Link. The best I’ve found so far.
Screen Time in iOS 12: A SuperParent Guide.
Link. Even mentions “customize days”. One of the better reviews, but misses the whole remote vs. local Screen Time discussion.
“deep connection between quantum error correction and the nature of space, time and gravity”
Link. Aaronson memtioned.
President her: “Are we ready in 2020? I really don’t think we are,” said Ms. Cusack”
Link. White working class women aren’t ready for a woman president.
Ozark refugees.
Link. Solving the puzzle of existence differently.
Mojave: “There are now five different types of copy/clone/alias/link”
Link.
FDA expects Juul-Altria to double down on youth addiction.
Link. I respect the purity of their evil.
China’s censorship factories: first the truth.
Link. So much to think about here. Deception works; there are still powerful Americans who think Civil war wasn’t about slavery.
2018 iPhone Sales: Tsai roundup
Link. Blood in the water! My fellow grumpy Apple customers have lots to say about margin addiction and value delivered.
Curbsiders review 2018 Internal Medicine podcasts
Link. Every adult primary care doc should subscribe.
“EdgeHTML’s death is sad, but the counterbalance isn’t Gecko; it’s Cocoa Touch”
Link. Chrome more dominant than IE ever was.
Sterling state of the year -> the Well endures.
Link. So retro it’s the future. Unreadable on a phone. Mostly though, it’s wonderful the Well endures.
More Amazon: MFN clauses legal in US, not EU.
Link. Goliath.
Weather Channel app Covertly Mining User Data
Link. “The iOS 12 user agreement makes no mention of what data is shared with the Weather Company.”
Setting up a new (or repurposed) Mac: Summary.
Link. Great series.
GoFundMe Campaigns for treating cancer with homeopathy.
Link. Tragic, despicable, awful.
Netflix and poor broken old Apple
Link. Cook can’t catch a break.
“we pushed the price of the iPhone too far”
Link. Not convinced Cook understands. Would be nice.
ToothFairy, $3 macos app that fixes bluetooth issues
Link. Be nice if Apple bought it and dev.
“Trumpism is politics. Cheneyism is government. Cheneyism is scarier.”
Link. Still early days though.
Humans have a lot of genetic defects – soon detectable in utero.
Link. We know where this goes.
Amazon productivity gains: automation grows.
Link. Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
Brett’s Favorites 2018: mac, ios, life
Link. A great shopping list.
WeChat update.
Link. Omits the elephant: WeChat is a part of government control system.
11-inch MacBook Air still a competitive product
Link. We have both 11 & 13. Great value, though less value after Apple abandoned high end photo market
“85 to 90 percent of the cannabis that California produced was exported”
Link. Limited anonymous purchases in legal market.
“We do not believe the rest of the world is as committed to Apple’s product ecosystem, so switching costs outside the US tend to be lower”
Link. In China phones are shells for 2-3 dominant apps that work the same way on everything. (Now prescient Nov piece).
“Falwell says, implying that Christ’s crucifixion under Roman law may have been just from a Christian point of view”
Link. Christ should have listened to his Father.
Contagious Alzheimers: “thermodynamic sinkholes like these protein aggregates are as deadly as a tar pit”
Link. Life requires instability.
Neural net cheats with steganography.
Link. Evolution does this.
“2004, Hurricane Ivan triggered an undersea mudslide that sank an oil platform owned by Taylor Energy. Since then, between 300 and 700 barrels of oil have been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico every day”
Link.
“Warren had the weakest incumbency advantage across hundreds of Senate and House elections last year.”
Link. Do WWCW vote for her?
Mojave dark mode printing is a mess.
Link. I wish they hadn’t bothered with DM.
Download Older Versions of macOS and Mac OS X including server
Link. VM requires server. I think.
“The strain of that effort resulted in a stroke”
Link. Arghh. Uncontrolled hypertension more like. There were no meds for it then. This is lazy cliche.
Evangelicals on Trump … and Pence.
Link. Very creepy people.
Falwell on Trump.
Link. Fascinating reading. The voice of a stone cold fanatic.
“Trump is increasingly anxious to reach a deal that will help calm the markets, which he views as a political electrocardiogram of his presidency.”
Link. I can’t get my head around how stupid he is.
Lower Cost iOS Devices: iPad vs iPhone.
Link. Patents? Why not do it?
Taiwan is nervous.
Link. I have always wondered if they had nuclear weapons.
Big Tech has only begun.
Link. Vast vacuum for (young) techincal talent.
The philosophy of diminishing and negative returns.
Link. I’ve had better luck with my own effort examples. But there’s some truth here.