Link. Simple but effective
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“first machine in the world capable of solving partial differential equations.”
Link. Familiar to Pratchett fans
MN’s extraordinary election of ’32: gerrymandering plus
Link. Wild.
Afghanistan: analysis
Link. Pakistan remains intractable
“it’s as if no one at Apple actually uses the company’s own apps.”
Link. Maybe they use paper planners?
“Republicans say 72 – 22 percent that Trump is a good role model for children.”
Link. Borderline child abuse. Certainly they are deadbeat parents.
“flow of hominins coming in and out of Africa for at least the last half a million years.”
Link. No Big Bang.
HEIF: “Apple’s encoders both on iOS and MacOS only support 8 bits per channel.”
Link. Ok, that’s obnoxious
“If this were Barack Obama, Tiki-torch-toting Nazis would have descended on the White House and burned it to the ground”
Link. We have learned a lot about white America
HomePod doesn’t support iTunes Home Sharing
Link. Apple want leased music only
Telemedicine consults from China to US.
Link. I thought about starting this business 7y ago. Feel validated :-).
iOS 11.3 to enable 911 location reporting
Link. Apple had declined previously
Doctors: empathy vs patient volume
Link. Doctors who see fewer patients are obviously less common
“Mueller sees Trump’s efforts to bully Sessions into resigning as either obstruction itself or part of a pattern of criminal conduct.”
Link. Pattern most likely.
Afghan pedophilia and American law.
Link. Patriarchy.
Senators make an effort to save Senate.
Link. Long odds
Why are Trumpista so afraid of Mueller?
Link. Their nature or they know something?
Scientific American forgot to tell me how to activate my digital subscription. Here’s how.
Link. Self activation isn’t hard, but really @sciam, you could do better.
Amazon Magazine Subscriptions – a substantial savings.
Link. The Atlantic 33% less than at their web site.
“300 types of protein-containing vesicles grew more common during exercise,”
Link. The body is so much weirder than it used to be
Russia: ““Going Vertical,” a state-funded biopic about the Soviet Union basketball team’s victory over the United States at the 1972 Olympics”
Link. Fair We have “Miracle on Ice”
Coal decline continues
Link. “Most of the miners say they continue to support him despite their turn in fortunes.”
Bitcoin buys Chinese mail order fentanyl
Link. Intrinsic value.
Thrombectomy in stroke: 6h limit removed
Link. In selected patients. Dramatic change
Tsai collects HomePod reaction
Link. Who will save Apple from SONY’s fate?
Google faults: “deprecating and turning down well-loved services (e.g. Reader, Hangouts)”
Link. From former Google. So internally they remember Reader’s replacement by G+.
macOS 10.13.3
Link. Sigh. More bugs.
iPhone sales declining
Link. I think geek anger at modern Apple has consequences.
Turn iPhone 4 into simple feature phone
Link. Overlaps with my book’s recommendations for special needs iPhone setup
Psychopaths and corporate leadership: research on the connection
Link. Explains Trump administration.
Murdoch’s Fox takes next step into madness.
Link. WTF is Murdoch doing?
“much better Bitcoin trading strategy to not be greedy, living instead on the crumbs of oligarchs and con men.”
Link. Money to be made on volatility of a crime tool
Another healthcare serial killer
Link. We could staff a ward.
British club “fundraiser”: “Financial Times last week sent two people undercover to work as hostesses on the night.”
Link. We must have similar.
Hawaii
Link. Yes
Dems did as well as was possible
Link. Don’t be stupid. The GOP won the last election.
NTSB may investigate Tesla autopilot crash
Link. Stop it. Now. No way is this a good idea
Onstruction of justice and House GOP
Link. Becoming Russia.
Latest iTunes does not fix iOS photo sync.
Link. Another epic Apple Discussion forum thread.
Ursula K. Le Guin. Scalzi obit.
Link.
App Store rejections: “going to the press seems to help.”
Link. The best billions can buy?
“Berners-Lee was trained to write programs following a manual written by Alan Turing.”
Link. The Mary Lee Berners-Lee.
Things 3 wins another endorsement
Link. Any migration from Appigo?
“I could set an album in Apple Music to play on my Apple TV while listening to a podcast in Apple Podcasts on my iPhone”
Link. Actually interesting. Surprised.
“major value of wellness programs is 1) to employees who don’t really need them, and 2) to help employers screen prospective and current employees for likely health care cost risks.”
Link. Surprised?
Culturally driven female genital surgery – we don’t know prevalence
Link. We need data. Cultural conflict expected
“30 percent tariff on foreign-made solar panels”
Link. Part of a range of tariffs. First populist move
Sabine: multiverse is off limits.
Link. No. It is hard to create exactly ONE universe. If multiple independent empirically supported models all favor a multiverse it is in play.
“In a reminder that Russian disinformation is about sowing division, not party politics, troll networks are now calling Senator Schumer a sellout after blaming him for the shutdown all weekend.”
Link. Don’t be a tool.
Noah Smith on immigration – a Twitter summary.
Link. Longer tweets a big improvement.