Link. Historians note the tweet that averted WW III.
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Kobe steel lied about metal in your airplane
Link. VW redux.
Productivity as cause of slow wage growth.
Link. Doesn’t fit my AI-age fears.
Google and Siri IQ
Link. Is Siri really has “IQ” of 47 humanity is toast
Dismantling marketarian objections ro behavioral economics.
Link. “strong priors” is econspeak for religious fervor.
China accelerates electric cars.
Link. Like California. Trump irrelevant
How old iOS devices become unuseable
Link. Once device is 3rd gen disable App Store
iOS 11 is marginal on 6 or 5s.
Link. Tsai “two generation” rule is good
Constitutional crisis II: containing Trump.
Link. Removal as unfit is only constitutional solution.
The wraithing of Gary Cohn and Steven Mnuchin.
Link. What did they get for their souls?
In 2004 NYT senior editors protected Weinstein from exposure.
Link. He was powerful then, not the weak shell of 2017.
“Corker could single-handedly block the confirmation of a new secretary of state”
Link. Tillerson secure.
There is a lot Corker can do – if he isn’t all hat.
Link. He does agree with many Trump policies however.
Donald Trump could have been president. Don’t forget it.
Link. Oct 2016.
Aperture in High Sierra: still works, full screen issues more likely.
Link. Photos.app still very disappointing.
Stories of US border searches of personal phones.
Link. It will get worse.
Huge premium increases as GOP sabotage of ACA unfolds.
Link. Elections have consequences.
Expensive is a good placebo.
Link. Alas.
The public option.
Link. Veterans Health has been a public health care delivery system for decades.
WordPress project Gutenberg: HTML content blocks.
Link. Love the ideas, esp HTML. Feels too big, but initial focus on post editor is reassuring.
Default folder dev has $5 utility for ejecting external drives (Jettison)
Link. Reputable source. Older scripts don’t work in Sierra. I’m testing.
Global economy seems healthy.
Link. Slow but enduring recovery from Great Recession.
Men avoiding solo meetings with women
Link. We are much more gender segregated than in 80s.
Siri much harder to disable in iOS 11.
Link. Siri makes iOS harder to use for special needs population. Shame on Apple for this.
Mac midi app will treat iPhone as audio input.
Link. I wonder if Apple thinks this is a bug.
Another summary of AI concerns
Link. Covers spectrum. I think greatest threat humanity faces.
iOS Workflow to extract all links from text
Link. Cool example of what can be done
iPhone 8 Plus’ glass scratchable?
Link. Why I wait a few months before buying new device.
Apple sort-of retreats on iTunes changes
Link. Apple is not healthy.
SK intellectuals begin to take Trump seriously.
Link. SK needs to vigorously and loudly oppose Trump.
NYT pauses to summarize Trump’s manners
Link. It goes on and on.
A reminder rural France is dying too
Link. Not just America, despite great efforts to boost French rural economy
“ravening maw of ego and appetite and above all else unquenchable need and he has the country by the throat”
Link. Love how he squashed his Pence-bot.
April Parks, predatory “guardian” of Nevada elderly.
Link. Evil beyond Steven King’s imagination.
Bannon on the outside – burn the town down.
Link. GOP ever more white nationalist.
Weinstein: “I guarantee there are many more rocks to overturn.”
Link. People want stars to worship.
Taliban war on Afghan healthcare.
Link. Curious. Too western?
China’s net censorship ever more like Mao
Link. North Korea as control ideal
Swedish prisoner of Saharan kidnappers tells story of 6y survival.
Link. Ransom-based business with Al Qaeda branding.
The science of bias – analyzing law firms
Link. Easier to be effective if one matches the bosses
Truce in Kurdish-Iraqi split
Link. Rare moment of sanity in 2017.
ISIS in defeat: now mass surrender.
Link. Curious.
“nearly half of the working-age men who are not in the labor force take pain medication daily”
Link. Research needed
Erdogan holding American hostages
Link. How is Turkey still in NATO?
NYT summarized knowledge of Stephen Paddock.
Link. I would guess drugs and/or neurologic disease
Medicine and pharma against cancer in Africa.
Link. Clintons involved. Sounds terrific.
Tokyo adapts to new wetness.
Link. Helps to be smart.
Global review: high labor demand, low wages
Link. Automation? Monopsony? Market cap on product price?
Synthetic opioid deaths overwhem forensic pathologists
Link. Part of what gave us Trump.
Gun Control 2017
Link. Stop talking. Just vote. Bye-bye 2nd amendment.