Link. I see same flaky behaviors with contact images.

Link. Early 20th century math is relatively comprehensible from a distance. Excellent overview.

“Finite fields are a place where number theory and geometry begin to blend.”

Link. Fun surprises.

Link. Reality vs perception.

Link. Dems still use X. We are kind of dumb really.

Link. There is no semantic content left. Worse than what happened to “feminism”.

I don’t use the word and I don’t engage in discussions about it.

Link. Do not confuse with Grapher.

“While Grapher is thoroughly competent, it’s lacklustre beside the original Graphing Calculator. “

Link. Standby mode at bedside sounds like the main use case. I liked this tape recommendation.

Link. “It’s A.G. He’s the one who is pissed [that] Biden hasn’t done any interviews and quietly encourages all the tough reporting on his age.”

Sulzberger believes only NYT can vet Biden.

Link. By earlier they mean before 9pm. Not counting drinking. Japanese work is notoriously inefficient.

Link. It wasn’t conspiracy, it was incompetence —but also the Trump effect.

“military had adopted a particularly cautious approach to deploying the Guard … because of concerns that President Donald J. Trump could misuse the Guard … “Department of Defense came under harsh criticism for its response to the civil unrest after the murder of George Floyd”

GOP House investigation validates Dem investigation and adds details like this.

Link. Branch was cleared of the big charges but he went along with bad Navy practices. He makes a good story hook – which might be misleading.

Link. They had one job.

Link. These agents are not normally lethal, but of course bullets await those who flee. Russia is a particularly brutal place.

Link. “Confucian values” are not magical.

“Sometimes, the engineers said, staff would manipulate data from testing tools or wafers to please managers who had seemingly impossible expectations.”

Yeah, that seems universal.

Link. Everyone wants to avoid interchange fees. A dry topic that is worth a large amount of money.

Link. Meanwhile US car makers only build luxury vehicles at high prices. This will end badly for them.

Link. Slowly, very slowly, humans begin to understand software lock-in. Even a 2nd rate LLM know this stuff.

Link. Fall vaccine under development.

Link. “In 2021, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase ended their high-profile joint health care venture, which sought to explore new ways to deliver health care to their employees. ”

Primary care is hard.

Link. Burned dinner two days ago because timer completed silently.

Link. Not another blockchain. FWIW.

Link. We make arbitrary decisions but they are not wrong.

Link. “Small but frequent wars were the price Africans paid for that rich diversity all through their history, and they are still paying it today.”

Link. But China is way better at manufacturing.

Link. Josh Marshall explains why American Jews should feel threatened. Hamas also has significant responsibility for 30,000 dead but that is an awkward fact.

He doesn’t get into the 20y history of Israel’s voters repeatedly enabling Netenyahu and his brutality.

Link. Significant risk of not finishing.

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Link. Expected but odd entry.

Link. I’ve seen this show before. The NYT article is kind of an editing mess.

Link. They need different scams.

Link. And the race is on.

Link. I love this dorky stuff. I want to see a follow up just on network file systems and why we need something better.

“volfs knows nothing of directory hierarchies, so can’t enumerate files within a directory”

Link. Rasputin is the archetype.

Blues are Libs, Reds are MAGA, and Grays are SV drones.

Also, Andreessen has had quite the journey.

Link. Guatemalan poppy workers must migrate.

Link. That’s interesting claim.

Link. “Douyin has become a crucial platform for the Chinese authorities to disseminate information and propaganda”

Most popular app 50+

Link. Lots of background I did not know.

“20. May represent a superficial pattern projected, in effect, on a background–or something like a program or simulation of a universe that is running on an independent and truly real computer but is not itself real or fundamental.”

Link. “giving up annual revenue in the low millions”. GM made puny money. I wonder who authorized the hit on GM customers.

Bad software and sales practices were part of the low return scam, but GM hid data use from everyone. A lesson for other purchases.

Link. Will graze earth’s …. Not really. 20k miles away in 2029. But one day we may want to divert it.

Link. Basic liberal analysis. I mostly agree.

Link. Did Apple get hacked? Or is it password reuse detected? Michal Tsai roundup.

Link. I remember a time before stock moves best predicted by lawmaker corruption and criminal insider trading.

Link. Can create or deactivate, give each newsletter unique email. They are treated as RSS documents.

Link. MT-DOS was a multitasking version not widely released.

Link. Guest post, good summary of past 30y of web and the hell-web near future from a creator perspective. The good news is unless AI development stalls we only stay in the hell-web for a short time.

Link. Alcohol and junk food similar. Health aside, big implications for large industries.

Link. This NYT article is a mess but the bottom line is that broadcast radio is dying and reduced commuting time hit NPR hard.

Meanwhile the news side is hamstrung by fear of offending the GOP.

Link. Eukaryotic cells are built from bacteria.

“nitroplast appears to have evolved about 100 million years ago”

Link. This is what we used to write with the human dev team – a spec.