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Charles Blow on protest non-voting: “dumb, and childish, and self-immolating”
Link. He’s speaking to younger black voters. He isn’t happy.
Zeno’s Paradoxes: BBC’s In Our Time podcast starts another season
Link. Peak high brow.
“library could contain long-lost works of Latin and Greek literature”
Link. Carbonized by volcano, but now readable.
50K BC a mutant invasion conquered earth.
Link. Something was different about those humans.
Trump Life: Foundation as family checking account.
Link. With great wealth … Comes great cluelessness.
iOS Messages just got way more complex
Link. Bad news for special needs users. Much less accessible.
Amazon Photo Print
Link. Prime benefit.
Primary Care RAP: $400/year audio CME.
Link. One a month free. Very expensive, but excellent reputation.
Springsteen: “I truly would have done it for free.”
Link. I believe him.
“apps already installed on Macs that are upgraded to Sierra won’t be run from randomized paths”
Link. smart.
Notes from “You Suck at Excel” with Joel Spolsky.
Link. “drag the fill handle from the bottom to the top to erase cells”.
Tsai iOS 10 Notes
Link. Cautious mix. I fear the imessage damage.
Tsai’s macOS 10.12 Sierra Notes.
Link. Pithy quotes from best sources. Nobody likes the tiered storage tech.
Siri on the Mac: 4 unique features.
Link. Via Tsai.
Catalog of Sierra Siri queries.
Link.
Dropbox hacks MacOS Security.
Link. Avoid it.
Feedbin adds Feed Toolbar.
Link. I pay. Like it.
El Capitan: restore Image Capture photo delete iPhone by disabling iCloud Photo Sync.
Link. Aperture can’t delete either, but doesn’t show error message.
The Distraction Sickness.
Link. Skimmable. Of course. Because. I’m ok, really I am.
Wearable tech won’t help you lose weight.
Link. Carroll’s exercise pessimism is squirrely however.
New Amsterdam to New Atlantis: the past
Link. CO2 based Keynesian stimulus.
Texas caps special Ed at 8.5%, national is 13%
Link. Nastiest state?
Anti-Lincoln Republicans is a thing.
Link. Alliance between libertarians and white racists.
Gene Drive vs Evolution: extinction vs adaptation.
Link. Eerily like cancer therapy.
Ting iPhone 5s: $275
Link. Might be safest/cheapest way to buy a half-decent phone.
American gun ownership is more concentrated than we think.
Link. Since 70s: “household gun ownership has fallen from 50% to close to 31%”
“hunger to be ruled”
Link. Hobbes understood.
GOP party chairman threatens leaders who oppose Trump.
Link. Priebus must be looking for new job about now.
Stringless string theory: useful for everything except quantum gravity.
Link. Meanwhile QFT goes baroque.
Higgs boson: the nature
Link. Lots of theory work to derive a testable prediction.
Decrypting the iOS 10 Music app.
Link. Usability a legend out of deep time.
The corruption of Wisconsin.
Link. Not just Walker. Louisiana of the right.
The peculiar story of George Price.
Link. Pathological altruism has gotten press in past year. Manifestation of brain-mind disorder.
Smartphones for All: functional list of apps that promote special needs independence.
Link. Android requires more assembly than iPhone.
“Android N — is a platform without equal. Nothing else compares. Not when it comes to choice, functionality and features. Not iOS … Android is the king …”
Link. Did Android for book project. It’s awful.
Dongle despair hits another Mac user.
Link. I use T2 dock now. Back to Duo.
Quick Tip: Restore missing definitions to Look Up
Link. Settings > General > Dictionary
Fujitsu ScanSnap dies on Sierra.
Link. I prefer Scanner Pro.app but this bodes unwell.
NYT article on OA promises help, delivers little.
Link. Highest suffering/knowledge ratio of any disorder?
When newspapers were printed with blocks of molten lead – 1978.
Link. Could be a hundred years ago.
Bonobo v chimps: matriarchy and patriarchy.
Link. Two extremes, we can mix.
“two-thirds of health care spending is being done by taxpayers, through public funds”
Link. Almost public already.
Syrian war primer.
Link. Omits economic, demographic, ecological factors.
On being a non-contender in a regional mountain bike race.
Link. The odd appeal of competing but not contending. New for me.
Old Reader: RSS web client still active.
Link. Even a logo change is activity. I’ve been on Feedbin forever.
Liberal economists puzzle over world malaise.
Link. Demographics, technology, globalization …
iPhone 7 bests iPhone 6s in durability drop test.
Link. I’m warming to it.
VMware Fusion 8.5: not Sierra compatible yet.
Link. Limited dev resources.
Hissing iPhone 7.
Link. I’m happy to buy mine in November.