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The MacBook to dream of.
Link. Not with Cook.
Legal experts – a persuasive take on Comey’s decisions
Link. Mistakes yes, not necessarily partisan.
2016 MacBook Pro USB-C/Thunderbolt Survival Guide.
Link. I have a headache.
The FBI is a riven mess.
Link. I lost thread of this WSJ article, but, wow, the FBI is screwed.
Tim Bray on Google: “I don’t understand the business model”
Link. How much can ad revenue possibly grow?
Comey violated Hatch act.
Link. Not sure there are any real consequences though. He’s not planning to stay if Clinton wins.
El Capitan’s limited networked drive “server search”
Link. Odd error message and can’t search local and shared at same time.
DOJ insider on Comey: “insane. Career destroying, Democracy distorting, insanity.”
Link. People at his level don’t do things like this accidentally.
Apple support doc on USB-C conversion.
Link. Very much needed.
BlurbyBot: push notifications for 10Centuries.org – NOT RSS.
Link. Requires a separate app.
Healthcare hurricane coming: changing how we account for care.
Link. If we still use E
After Mac: Windows 10 satisfies.
Link. Killing Aperture opened door to switching platforms.
Xi Jinping: unusually nuanced NYT analysis of his power.
Link. Reads like an intel brief.
Turkey v Iran v Iraq: “Ottoman times when Turkey elevated a Sunni elite to govern the Shiite majority.”
Link. I’ve always wondered about Sunni v Shiite fertility rates and demographics under Ottoman rule.
Marathon 4h: “walk for a minute after roughly every mile and a half”
Link. Same time, much less pain. Still injury to heart.
Morgellons research foundation closed after CDC report concluded delusional parasitosis.
Link. Sad family story in there. Wonder if “disease” will fade away.
Apple has a federal employee purchase program – of uncertain value.
Link. iPhone price is same as everyone else.
UpToDate Talk: my favorite medical podcast (free).
Link. Could do with a bit of grizzle, but still best I’ve heard.
Basic introduction to Containers.
Link. I also didn’t understand. Now I do.
The Tapeworm Diet – for weight loss.
Link. Safer than smoking.
1978 Dating Game prize was a serial rapist killer.
Link. The date was creepy.
USB-C is a hot mess of tech confusion.
Link. Happy to wait a year or three.
Common euro HPV came via Neandertal-Denisovan
Link. I wonder what they got from us, and if it killed them.
Mad yeast genome study shows systemic functional redundancy
Link. Many key functions have backup mechanisms.
Hydroxychloroquine doesn’t work for hand osteoarthritis and synovitis.
Link. Leaving pretty much nothing.
Martian water: the key images.
Link. I remember the shock of the frozen lake image.
Rebel naturopath breaks free.
Link. Like an ex-cultist.
Odd case study of Hep C lymphoma connection.
Link. Curious.
11-inch MacBook Air: one of best Mac’s ever.
Link. We have an 11″ & a 13″. Agree – terrific value.
“even the savviest, most skeptical users can be vulnerable to opening unsolicited emails”
Link. Yes. Education is not the answer.
Societal failure: severe mental illness and lifespan.
Link. Reinstitutionalization?
Cook v Jobs: execution CEO vs innovation CEO.
Link. Claims innovation CEOs eliminate innovators from their direct reports.
“The dirty secret in government? Their email isn’t always reliable”
Link. Best summary ever. Clinton.
Facebook supports race targeted advertising.
Link. Including housing.
Korea’s leadership scandals are weirder than ours.
Link. Strange cults.
Hard core American poverty: one profile.
Link. Guaranteed annual income won’t help here.
Cranberries probably useless for UTI prevention.
Link. I forgot we used to recommend them in 80s.
FCC privacy rules impact AT
Link. Fruits of a Dem Pres, but suspect carriers will evade.
“most of the crazy conservatives are old”
Link. Brooks has hope for a post-Trump future.
Billionaires abandon Trump.
Link. Hope for reform of GOP?
Brown rat defends NYC from diseased invaders.
Link. If you can make it there…
Migraine prophylaxis meds fail in children.
Link. Placebo is very powerful.
Dismal times at newspapers: WSJ in trouble.
Link. NYT giving up on ads, subscription focus.
State of the Mac is despair.
Link.
Sierra’s storage management tools are a complete disaster.
Link. May reactivate unexpectedly. I’m months away from Sierra.
Trump partisans: afraid, angry, desperate.
Link. Programmed by infowars and Breitbart. Russia must be astounded by their propaganda success.
HIV arrived in US almost 10y before AIDS recognized.
Link. What is incubating now?
“You can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them, Mr. Speaker”
Link. Gingrich didn’t have much reputation to lose.
AT&T acquisition of TW: 5G justification is a ploy.
Link. It’s all about net non-neutrality.