Link. But Paul, the textbooks do disagree.
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Krugman expects Skynet.
Link. The AI age is here.
Disable OS X Notifications. Do not disturb.
Link. Annoy me due to Apple’s multi-calendar alarm fail.
MindNode for iOS, Version 3. Review.
Link. This time iCloud seems to work. Can share on web.
Young adults prefer printed books to ebooks.
Link. I think publishers are sabotaging eBooks.
The mad hockey players behind the movie “Slap Shot”
Link. "Goldthorpe responded by biting me"
The Triumph and Tragedy of OS/2
Link. I was a BIG fan. So half-baled you couldn’t uninstall software.
Chess and intellect: Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
Link. To rule chess requires a peculiar mind, smart at some things, not all. Obsessed.
Nature: Twenty tips for interpreting scientific claims.
Link. Epidemiology 101 for journalists and savvy readers.
Biographer of Keynes: “Christian theology, with economists as priests of warring sects.”
Link. Last volume missed neo-Keynesian resurrection. Eccentrics anound.
GOP’s Benghazi obsession claims Lara Logan.
Link. Next, politics?
Run an hour a day and you too can avoid thanksgiving bloat.
Link. Even better, 3 hrs a day. This is news?
Mac Pro showing limits of Moore’s law.
Link. An updated SSD mini would be competitive for many uses.
Resolution: tighten bike bolts AND the shoe bolts every 2 months.
Link. Don’t forget the dang SPD cleats.
Black Friday ‘sales’ are often discounts from recently elevated prices.
Link. Why not?
Concatenate text files with Windows command line
Link. TYPE \\Server\Share\Folder\*.csv >> C:\Folder\ConcatenatedFile.csv
Photo stream has 1000 image limit, shared photo stream is unlimited.
Link. What a friggin’ mess. Could Apple make this ANY more confusing?
Baboons vaccinated against pertussis go Typhoid Mary.
Link. Asymptomatic spreaders. Uh-Oh.
ACA cholesterol guideline goes down in flames.
Link. Grossly underfunded, virtuous volunteers. USPSTF guideline coming soon.
The almost-legal $100 million charity swindle of John Donald Cody,
Link. Harvard law grad. Most money went to telemarketing firms.
NSA likely tapped Level 3 cables carrying unencrypted data between google, yahoo, others.
Link. ODoex Level 3 has friends now? No choice.
Adam Lanza 1 year later.
Link. I only now made connection to Star Wars 3. I have decided I hate that movie.
Pope Francis rampage continues.
Link. Hulk smash Curia.
Feinstein wants to give NSA data to “law enforcement”
Link. "Feinstein’s bill passed the Senate intelligence committee on an 11-4 vote on 31 October." She has gone too far.
Healthcare.gov may work after all.
Link. Would be nice…
The experts who like living are celebrating Iran nuclear negotiations.
Link. I am not a fan of war.
Cringely’s model of Intel’s foundry strategy.
Link. Good luck buying Apple or Samsung.
How to read Finance (via Gruber)
Link. Cliche translated.
Yahoo employees dislike Yahoo mail.
Link. They aren’t insane.
Wirecutter best deals is spinning up for Black Friday.
Link. BF will shatter records this year.
Scott Adams, maddened by sorrow and frustration, rages against suffering.
Link. He’s wrong about a lot of this, but it would be good to resume the "death panel" conversation.
Newegg heroic fight against scummy patent trolls welcomes legends of Cryptography.
Link. Say thanks by buying from NewEgg.
NFL on Fox: what those millions buy.
Link. America.
Football: “only 11 minutes of action during the average game.”
Link. Basketball > hockey > baseball > football. Less than baseball!
Samsung vs. Google: Loop summary of the next tech divorce.
Link. I was a child of the Apple/Google divorce, but this one I can enjoy.
Putting contact image on iPhone lockscreen.
Link. Apps? I just type it into Note and save screenshot.
Cable TV is in trouble. (BI review)
Link. I suspect rabbit ear (ad supported broadcast TV) is growing. NFL is a free there.
Now that Sebelius is gone, talking to the HHS head we needed. (Oh wait, she’s not gone yet?)
Link. "Government still hasn’t acquired a technological prowess that exists in so many other contexts in the private sector."
WaPo medicaid success story comments: “full of scorn verging on hatred for the “moochers” getting access to decent medical care for the first time.”
Link. Crab bucket mentality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality
Minneapolis cops behaving badly … bicycle version.
Link. Bullies. Small stuff by bad-cop standards, but still very wrong.
Memory Recall Prodigies Susceptible To False Memories.
Link. Interesting comment, I’ve known others with super memories who regressed to normal by age 40 or so.
iPhone and iPad SIM card sizing
Link. Air and 5 went nano
2G Android phones now wholesale at $35 (full price)?
Link. They can’t be paying patent licensing. What do they use for a battery?
Every Doctor Who episode ranked.
Link.
Software delivery and pricing — the first 55 years
Link. Amazon AWS echoes Boeing selling time on its mainframe.
Dreamhost adds package RSS installer.
Link. Nice to have as fallback i suppose. I like FeedBin and Reeder.
Cruz dilemma: no way to be nastier.
Link. Bring it on.
Gasée pours cold water on internet of things.
Link. A lot smaller than a trillion.
Read the Docs: documentation hosting.
Link. Import from version control system.
Sphinx – a python documentation generator.
Link. Popular with leading Python devs.