Link. Director gave a slanted spin.
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China’s Obama reception: think skin, chip on shoulder.
Link. China is brittle.
NYT’s 2016 Fail.
Link. Not a new problem
i7: “1 meter for up to 30 minutes”
Link. I appreciate
Dark triad: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy.
Link. Via Charles Stross. Nobody we know.
“increasingly nonsensical coverage of the Clinton Foundation”
Link. Press actively dislikes Clintons.
Study shows training won’t stop phishing attacks.
Link. Tech needed.
Tobacco industry writes legislation to block e-cigarette regulation.
Link. Same old.
Google realizing conglomerates are stupid?
Link. I told them so.
App Store subscription rules sound good.
Link. Must work on all devices but not necessarily all family members.
Apple: $100 wireless earPods option.
Link. Yep. Cook’s Apple.
Last.fm breach and passwords.
Link. Seriously, who cares about their last.fm password?
Google kills Project Ara, bogger asks why tech journalists so naive.
Link. They write what readers like.
Immigration policy and politics: “unemployment rose to 30 percent in Yuma, Arizona”
Link. Low US birth rate amplifies ethnic shift.
Apple finally launches App Store cleanup.
Link. Why now?
The Beijing Bikini.
Link. Very Chinese male, kind of admirable.
Ethics of AI research declares sentient AI out of scope.
Link. 10y too late to worry about ethics of nsAI dev.
NYT tries to get head around Trump swivel.
Link. Screw Godwin’s Law. Adolph was great at this.
Trump’s hate speech – and the moral failure of American journalism.
Link. There was a test. They failed.
Smartphone location sharing for special needs – overview.
Link. High level summary before digging into the platform details.
Chrome users can’t access XBOX store – cookie issue.
Link. Safari worked for me when Chrome failed.
NYT bizarre coverage of Trump speech followed by panicky rewrite.
Link. WTF is up with the NYT?
Mac Startup Key Combo: Recovery, Safe Mode, Target, Startup Manager …
Link. … Diagnostics … Eject all … Good reference.
Elgato gave up on US OTA DVR market (EyeTV)
Link. Never underestimate Comcast. Never.
Plex OTA DVR has usual subscriber fee.
Link. Move along folks, nothing to see here.
Sharp photos in low light: use self-timer (and tripod?)
Link. I forgot iPhone had self-timer.
USB-C will eventually output to HDMI with simple cable.
Link. Device has to support HDMI Alt Mode.
Calendar apps for iPhone and iPad: review
Link. Calendars 5.app for power user, Fantastical prettier, both suck at month view.
iPhone vs. Android for special needs users: one is better, the other cheaper.
Link. Not just a little better, and not just a little cheaper.
OS X and iOS wifi defect with iCloud keychain sharing: rejoining zombie networks.
Link. “use Keychain Access from OS X to delete the wifi password for unwanted networks”
“a blood soaked white nationalist politics that has caught fire with a significant minority of the electorate”
Link. Progress is an uphill drunken stagger. Sometimes fall and roll back.
How a British adventurer became a general in Qing-dynasty China. Review.
Link. Sounds excellent.
Touring Manhattan by CitiBike.
Link. I plan to do this.
“go get ‘em and good luck!”
Link. No sympathy for the Apple Devil.
“Japan’s corporate culture is, without a doubt, the biggest difference between the West and Japan”
Link. Books on modern Japan.
Ebola virus shedding record now over 500 days.
Link. Condom forever.
Now Obama is an editor.
Link. Next month surgery. The man is bored.
“Obama has now granted 673 commutations, more than the past 10 presidents combined.”
Link. Undoing unjust drug sentences.
Life in the Hadean?
Link. Rather hard to understand.
VMware Fusion 8.5: free, but how trustworthy?
Link. Who did the work matters.
Apple, Ireland, and the EU.
Link. Tsai does good short summary.
Apple dismayed at being exposed as tax cheat.
Link. EU does its duty.
Kurzweil and homeopathy: in 2009 he left rationality behind.
Link. Spammer reminded me of this infamous moment.
Apple increases margins on iCloud pricing.
Link. No mercy to the entrapped – cost falls, price stable.
Slack privacy less than many think.
Link. Nothing is private. No surprise.
Trump and immigration: it was just signaling.
Link. Affront is only point, action irrelevant to base.
Good news: Dropbox hashed stolen passwords well.
Link. Also, don’t expect honesty from vendors.
Number of Computers.
Link. Humor aside that is a remarkable curve.
Rerun the GOP primary – Trump still wins.
Link. Trumpism is the GOP now.
2015 a good year for households.
Link. Helps HRC.