Link. Maybe an iOS bug?
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Computers in computers: “SIM cards … can independently run Java Card applications”
Link. Your liver thinks too.
Online identifiers – the base 3.
Link. A simple, even obvious model.
Apple Thunderbolt 3 to 2 adaptor doesn’t pass power.
Link. Yuck.
“XProtect and MRT have thus been put out to grass for the time being”
Link. macOS immune system in transition.
Trump decision to ride out Saudi murder drives a resignation.
Link. A woman of principle?
Evangelicals unwavering Trumpista.
Link. Living by the sword.
CA rep on Facebook: “certainly fire the people who were in any way involved in the decision to peddle opposition research.””
Link. Seeking Sandberg severance.
Maybe 5K is a dead-end.
Link. 4K good enough for now.
How to make iCloud Drive stop syncing documents without erasing from Mac
Link. I’ve seen some terrible advice on this topic. This is the good stuff.
Scourge of the Early Renaissance: the Black Death.
Link. Art history. I love this blog
Amazon Black Friday: “The newly released Fire TV Recast DVR … will be on sale starting at $180”
Link. We may actually buy this.
Amazon Recast: “DVR’d content can’t be saved offline on a mobile device”
Link. Can’t view on computer either. I suspect a legal or patent-held-by-comcast restriction. There’s a reason US market lacks the OTA DVR we want; Recast is closest to date.
Cloudflare on that crazy Google redirect outage.
Link. Be interesting to contrast to original Arpanet assumptions.
Me + genius + obsession -> John Archibald Wheeler
Link. I’m a fan. I’ve a copy of “Gravitation” in the living room.
California GOP wipeout: “I believe that the party has to die before it can be rebuilt.”
Link. MN GOP bit like this. American system requires two parties. One is now utterly rotten. I hope GOP-next will come from the west.
“You can only state what the overall properties are, on average, of the space in which the electron exists.”
Link. A valiant effort to describe QFT.
Amazon: “feel like I’m browsing the bin behind a factory that exclusively makes counterfeits”
Link. I don’t browse Amazon any more.
Monster eruptions made 536 a horrible year
Link. Nuclear winter.
Brexit: The US is losing the stupid crown.
Link. We are so stupider than the UK. We just need more Trump.
Apple dropping support for older video tech.
Link. Video standards are awful.
“people in India are not that concerned about fake news”
Link. Plausibility and stimulus are all that matter.
Investing: “Cost averaging, then, is wrong in theory and has not usually worked in practice. It may, nevertheless, be excellent advice.”
Link. I was raised on DCA.
“Perhaps it came in a dream?”
Link. Wapo’s Trump checkers getting more caustic.
“Over the course of the twentieth century, the I.P.K. and the witnesses diverged steadily in mass”
Link. Dark matter.
Diagnosing a Mac which can’t complete booting.
Link. Reference.
Transcript of Trump’s Oval Office Interview With The Daily Caller.
Link. Imagine reading this 4 years ago. Nixon was similar towards the end. I think he had some substances to help though.
Handoff in iOS 12.
Link. Moved.
Wayne Gretzky and the Mysteries of Athletic Greatness.
Link. Unbalance is a prerequisite.
Corporate tax cut had no benefits for employees.
Link. Accounting maneuvers. And deficits.
“Facebook was publicly talking a big game about “fake news,” its PR partner was generating it”
Link. Sandberg should go.
Fujitsu ScanSnap Cloud Licensing
Link. Their software has always sucked.
NYT rips Zuck and Sanberg
Link. The board should fire Cheryl Sandberg and the Dem House should subpoena.
Facebook hires GOP firm to spread Soros hate.
Link. An exec must fall.
iPad Pro: “This machine won’t get your work done, but it’s a helluva lot of fun to play on.”
Link. Microsoft Surface owns the productive tablet space. I liked this review.
Maciej exits Twitter.
Link. For now. Idlewords.com.
Google launches free online image convertor
Link. Maybe helps their algorithm development?
Why even crude blackmail spam causes anxiety.
Link. Imagine if the writing was better.
5G is years away in US.
Link. 2026?
“under a gerrymandered map, Republicans held 13 of Pennsylvania’s 18 House seats. After the redraw and the election, the House delegation will be split evenly — nine seats for each party”
Link. Fighting for democracy.
Today’s laugh: “Our intent was never to have youth use Juul”
Link. Passed his psychopathy test.
“75 minutes a week of vigorous exercise”
Link. That’s the minimum of enough. A mile run 5 days a week. 150 min/week better. It’s far more exercise than we once thought, and benefits accrue even beyond that.
Remembering metasearch – a 2018 version.
Link. Udell wrote terrific columns for BYTE, back when the future was bright.
JD.Com’s Liu – details on the rape accusation.
Link. There could well be DNA evidence.
Google adds VPN to their Project Fi mobile service
Link. I wonder how performance will be.
Mercator corrected: Puny Russia.
Link. Canada too. I knew this but still impressive.
iPhone 8 -why we like it.
Link. Apple’s 64/256 memory choice aggravates
“Apple’s frameworks which are still 32-bit include AECore, AppKitScripting, CarbonSound, HTMLRendering, NavigationServices, QuickTime, Scripting, and vmutils”
Link. More than I thought.
10 iOS Shortcuts
Link. Recording one has interesting settings.
“China systematically hijacks and diverts U.S. internet traffic.”
Link. Google diversion might have been accidental use of malicious tech.