Link. Didn’t expect that.
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When you shouldn’t buy glasses online.
Link. I shouldn’t
“Warby Parker is the best place for most people to buy glasses online”
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Conversational AI: “Duplex can only carry out natural conversations after being deeply trained in such [narrow] domains”
Link. Siri problem
Trumps Play Rough – Murdoch munches on Vanessa
Link. Vipers do as vipers do.
Discovery – DNS-SD Browser
Link. Bonjour-browser successor
iOS Design Inconsistencies Across Apple’s Apps
Link. “Everything is in disarray”
“are renaming our existing Google Research channels, including this blog and the affiliated Twitter and Google+ channels, to Google AI.”
Link. Remember when we couldn’t say “AI”?
Why you shouldn’t buy Amazon products with 5 star ratings.
Link. I only read 2-4 star reviews.
Low carb diet for DM I.
Link. VERY low carb. More trials coming. Hard to do.
Driving Cars.
Link. It is insane.
GOP attack on health care continues.
Link. Likely go succeeed.
Correlation between stricter gun laws and less child shootings
Link. Encouraging
Uber’s negligent homicide.
Link. Since corporations are people…
“That’s curious because Safari sends your full browsing history to iCloud”
Link. So does Apple truly give you all your data?
Ray Ozzie’s Encryption backdoor is bogus.
Link. Rich people get crazy deference
iCloud Drive Breaks the macOS Command Line
Link. “enables Desktop & Document Folders to be stored in iCloud, with Optimize Mac Storage enabled”. Don’t do this
“died in their 90s with three quarters of a billion dollars, most of which they donated.”
Link. Quiet people who live long and simply, accumulate wealth, and give it away. The anti-Trumps.
Trump’s CIA nominee destroyed evidence of illegal CIA torture
Link. GWB ultimately responsible
“NAACP just released its first-ever travel advisories, warning black people to avoid both Mississippi and American Airlines.”
Link.
The CPAP dairies: week one
Link. Great tips for my patients.
Running injuries: “patellar tendinopathy, patellofemoral syndrome, achilles tendonitis, iliotibial band syndrome”
Link. I prefer “butt pain” to ITBS
Trump vs Pharma. A politically intetesting fight.
Link. Bipartisan corruption. My money on Pharma.
In 2006 Russian money flowed through Trump
Link. A good time to buy.
Facebook networking effective way to build murderous networks.
Link. Like my mountain bike groups, but less recreational
NYT pokes around psychology of Bissonnette, another mass murderer.
Link. Lifelong dysfunction. Gun obsession seems a marker for violent psychopathology. Research NRA members?
Bloom County on offending.
Link. Timely.
Kristoff: partitioning Trump.
Link. What he says. What he has done. What he is doing now. Where he is Reagan-standard GOP and where he is different.
Aaronson gives context to Hanson-incel fuss.
Link. Scott’s friends wish he weren’t so devoted to reason. FWIW I thought Hanson question was intellectually interesting. I’m impressed by his record.
Quantum Supremacy: “By extending these results to next-generation devices with ~50 qubits, we hope to answer scientific questions that are beyond the capabilities of any other computing platform.”
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Surgeon: “having to sort robocalls from emergency calls has cost him precious minutes.”
Link. When you build a network without security.
Surgeon: “having to sort robocalls from emergency calls has cost him precious minutes.”
Link. When you build a network without security.
PCOS theory: prenatal androgen exposure.
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Excess males: China and India.
Link. Ultrasound + abortion + patriarchy.
DNA sequencing of tumors minimally helpful
Link. Hype.
Alzheimer’s “ the hypothesis that reducing cerebral amyloid is beneficial is wrong”
Link. It isn’t the amyloid.
First animal: “Of all the genes in the human genome, 55 percent were already present in the first animal”
Link. 650 million y ago
Secure Remote Password.
Link. A lesson for Twitter. Via Tsai.
IMHO
Link. Honest?!
MacBook Pro truly sucks
Link. One of the G5 iMacs was similarly awful. I had it. Taught me never to buy new Apple gear
Extremely fast growing benign ovarian tumor
Link. Awful ordeal, but also amazing biology. How did it suck so much from host so quickly?
“Ticketmaster is jumping into the facial recognition business”
Link. Uniting America by shared hatred
Why employers aren’t raising wages: a theory
Link. Wages could still be “high”. Implies increases will come.
“have not done nearly enough to make it okay for our fellow travelers on the wonky brain express to reach out and accept that help.”
Link. What would workplace accommodations look like?
AirPad switching less than promised.
Link. #restorethejack
Essay from a tech person leaving Fed work.
Link. “18F” digital delivery service. Obama era. GSA. Compare United States Digital Service. Government aflame now.
DeVos was a Theranos mark.
Link. Theranos had a talent for gulling dim but wealthy GOP. Wonder if they learned anything.
Mac laptop: “it’s hard to do better than the MacBook Air.”
Link. The Air is perfection. Just iterate on it Apple.
NYT interviews some Obama-Trump swingers.
Link. Absolutely need some of them back. Healthcare not on their radar?
“questions about the cultural and political acceptance of same-sex marriage and other LGBT rights endure.”
Link. Trump’s base opposes