Link. Argh.
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Autonomous vehicles can’t handle pedestrians. So change pedestrians.
Link. Bicycles? Surely you jest.
“Sooner or later, if you call any attempt to improve American lives “socialism,” a lot of people will conclude that socialism is O.K.”
Link. My comrades and I thank you GOP.
“voter turnout on Tuesday in Minnesota was the highest of any Minnesota primary in more than 20 years”
Link. Dem vote twice GOP
“Hey Siri, show me photos from September 2017”
Link. Similar to “delete all my alarms”, Siri exposes hidden capabilities.
Switching from MacBook Pro to iPad and iMac
Link. Cost is comparable.
GOP: “Trump’s anti-democratic instincts, which are so dangerous to so many of us, do not trouble Republicans in the least.”
Link. Power and only power.
Twitter: “we think we have a sweet solution. It’s called looking at ads and boosted content from famous people”
Link. I liked app.net best when it cost money.
A beginner’s guide to Mastodon.
Link. I probably have to do this.
“Weed” OD: “some patients did have traces of the potent opioid fentanyl in their systems”
Link. I just suggested testing weed for fentanyl this morning. This could drive legalization of weed
“America has one party built on territory and another built on people.”
Link. Rural voters means white rural voters. Dems need to win their votes by finding common cause with urban voters.
“As a Google One member, you can easily get in touch with a team of Google experts 24/7 to answer your questions”
Link. Support previously required a costly business Google Suite account. Shared storage for up to 5 people; fees match Apple.
Scott Aaronson unloads.
Link. As a certified fanboy I wish he gave less weight to to the dumb comments he gets.
Trump thrashing in the shrinking Russia probe cage.
Link. Money laundering certainly. What else?
“Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said the economy added only 195,000 jobs for African-Americans under President Barack Obama. In fact, it added about three million.”
Link.
“Heineken’s Lagunitas brand has started selling nonalcoholic sparkling water featuring THC”
Link. A very similar business.
“Black Elevation” was Russian Fb group leveraging BLM.
Link. Surprisingly tricky to assess impact of a vanished Group.
“overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids rose sharply, while deaths from heroin, prescription opioid pills and methadone fell”
Link. I think threat is internet trafficked bitcoin-funded ultra-cheap Chinese fentanyl mixed into recreational drugs. We need to do weed sample testing. Pharma is the last war.
iOS 11 Ghost alarms: check bedtime.
Link. My bedtime app shows a morning alarm icon …
“Trump’s growing self-confidence in office and his growing eagerness, on many fronts, to assert the power of a monarch.”
Link. Daring GOP to impeach.
PrePaid SIM cards for European travel.
Link. Reference.
The first 3 seconds of the universe – antimatter ends.
Link. Lots to unpack here.
iPhone repair industry: “a crazy industry that involves millions of dollars, probably into billions a year. It’s just absolutely nuts”
Link. I use Apple only, but we have relatively newer devices.
Women on dating apps seek older men with more education.
Link. Hard to frame this as male attitude problem.
“Minnesota summers are now hot enough for my family to buy … counting on my fingers … four window unit air conditioners”
Link. When we moved here in 94 we just had fans.
“Trump’s White House is simply a microcosm of this dark and self-defeating worldview: a system of aggression, betrayal, unpredictable behavior and dishonesty,”
Link. Bending America to his Will.
iOS apps will soon be subscription only.
Link. No more family sharing.
How to create a deceptive picture of US temperature change.
Link. Brilliant. Good reference.
Guardian science blogs close, Butterworth to new-old home
Link. I’m adding it to feedbin.
Salmon: Old school TV will crush the upstarts.
Link. By Zeus, Americans watch a ton of TV. How I know I’m an alien.
“latest reminder that the president is more than willing to question the looks and intelligence of African-Americans who challenge him.”
Link. The alt-right President.
Elephant cancer resistance may be related to low threshold for killing cells
Link. So do they age fast? Deplete stem cells? Get auto-immune diseases?
“poorly tested bug reporting interfaces and requiring legal agreements to report vulnerabilities have come up multiple times, and led to delays of Project Zero reporting”
Link. Samsung’s bug reporting disastrous. Many vendors try to prevent disclosure. Apple not mentioned.
Trump’s time zone problem.
Link. Rude or demented or both?
“There is no evidence in the messages reviewed by MPR News of the alleged physical abuse”
Link. I’m voting for Ellison. The timing of this stinks
Apple’s iPhone profits vs stagnant sales
Link. Apple’s Mac sales suggest a limit to luxury pricing.
“Discord, a digital communications app favored by the far right,”
Link. Alt-right/Gamer intersection
Redeveloping a Lyme vaccine: the “lyme community” is a problem
Link. Don’t bother “engaging”.
‘Vomit Fraud’: Lyft drivers scam passengers.
Link. Thanks Lyft.
Adapting to change: Jakarta sinking.
Link. Groundwater depletion, not sea level rise. But interesting story of adaptation.
US electric grid is really hard to hack
Link. Diverse ecology.
Google’s UX for turning off location tracking is abysmal
Link. Bad by design? Happy accident?
A crummy health app wins by falsely reporting good blood pressures.
Link. Why we have certifications.
How Medicare Part D contributed to our pharma price chaos.
Link. “people in charge of private insurance plans an incentive to find ways to push enrollees into the catastrophic range”
WTO looks doomed.
Link. Trump.
Suppressing minority votes in Georgia – 2018.
Link. Essence of GOP.
A century or so of American Jewish summer camps.
Link. Great cultural context. Our local JCC camps included gentiles, esp in younger ages
“2018 Atlas of Design, its latest compendium of the world’s newest and best maps.”
Link. A golden age of mapping.
The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds: network effect simulation.
Link. Elegant graphics. Needs large screen.
Using ML to build better ML.
Link. That notorious positive feedback thing.