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Would be nice if judgmental adults read this mother’s ADHD story.

Posted on November 17, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Not that they will :-). Things are often far more challenging than this, but most parents aren’t ready for the really tough stuff.

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Krugman gently points out that none of the signatories of a 2010 policy letter have admitted they were wrong.

Posted on November 17, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I was kidding about the ‘gently’.

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SnapChat again – New Yorker.

Posted on November 17, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Pets.com 2.0.

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Fallows on Bloomberg: lookng bad.

Posted on November 17, 2013 by jgordon

Link. A profession under great stress.

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The strange and sad story of a Nazi era art collection.

Posted on November 17, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Made for theater.

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iOS 7’s Text Kit includes a rich text editor.

Posted on November 17, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Text Kit I’d heard of, but not the Rich Text services. I’m probably Rich Texts only fan, but it is our de facto doc format standard. Alas, OpenDoc.

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Area Dad Looking To Get Average Phone Call With Adult Son Down To 47.5 Seconds.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I feel bad when my Dad picks up the phone, we both feel obliged to talk.

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Ezekiel Emanuel on why Lily’s “Alzheimer” test should not be covered by medicare.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. There’s no treatment and it’s a lousy test. Not even close.

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Hockey Monkey Clearance.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Good deals.

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One fromThe Sicilian Guide to Chinese History.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Everyone needs this bookmarked.

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How to download all iCloud Purchases using smart playlist.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. A bird in the hand.

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Deep Learning 101.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. "hierarchical representation of the input data to create useful features for traditional machine learning algorithms." #AIAge

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The Economics of Infomercials.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Cheap marketing experiments for "highly capitalized intellectual property holding companies" that prey on the gullible.

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How 3 types of people understand their views.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. (Via Frakt) But what if I contradict myself?

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Why Does Dark Energy Make the Universe Accelerate?

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. "Dark energy isn’t a collection of particles growing less dense as space expands, but instead is … a feature of space itself"

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If Apple wants more flattering market share reports, they’re going to have to pay up.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Shockingly ‘analyst’ reports reflect desires of the buyers. I gotta stop reading blogs written by youngsters.

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AT&T kills market value of a used AT&T iPhone.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Bulk unlocks explains why there ever was a market. it probably violated AT&Ts terms; they’ve blocked it.

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21st century America – Hooked on Bubbles. Important.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Hansen (1930s), secular stagnation/demographics, destructive virtue, prudence as folly.

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Alvin Hansen – 1930s champion of ‘secular stagnation’.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Resurrected by Krugman and Summers. A U of MN professor -> Paul Samuelson -> Paul Krugman.

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iPad Air: “Safari crashes on websites with too much content”

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Now we’re getting to MY kind of reviewers. The glass half full kind.

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What to look for in a cutting edge company.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Companies didn’t need to do this three years ago.

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Home movies into Apple TV via iCloud iMovie Theater.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I’ve stalled on managing our home video collection; perhaps home movies are _too_ emotionally powerful.

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Donora smog of 1948 should make modern China feel better.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. 60+ years ago US environment was somewhat like China 2013.

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5 Forgotten American Disasters.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Locusts 1975, Donora 1948.

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Managing the Facebook Problem.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Remember the charming and quaint days of Microsoft Hailstorm? I’ll miss Facebook, but Facebook won’t miss me.

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Healthcare.gov as a failure of software professionals.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I defer judgment until we get a Challenger-commission style inquest. Which we desperately need.

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Wolfram says his company is going to change the world.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. A certified genius who skates on the edge of reality. Could go anywhere.

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Install Any OS X Dictionary on iOS with Dictionary.appender.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. OS X has Thai/English dictionary?!

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App.net cleaning day: run @duerig’s spamf purge.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Predicted downside of free accounts. #cleaningday

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Racial variations in mental health?

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I wonder about the data, and if they mean schizophrenia or sometimg more constructed.

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Tyler Cowen on life in the robotic and AI era.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Right about the AI, laughable on the societal outcomes.

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Podcasts for the blind elderly – Jon Udell’s low tech fix.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. My mother is in a similar situation, I like this.

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The State of Health Care in the United States – a summary.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. "information technology, in which investment has occurred but value is elusive". Overall, disappointing.

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Facebook is clear: if you have an account, you will be used in advertising.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. No exception for teens. We’re winding down our Facebook use.

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Journalist joins Iranian refugees on a hellish boat trip from Indonesia to Christmas Island.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Must read. Note iPhone GPS.

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Staten Island’s creepiest place.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. NYC has a lot of stories.

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Indie devs route around healthcare.gov wreck.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Find options and costs.

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Trello – an orientation review.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Project and task management for individuals or teams, visual organizers seem to like it.

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Amazon Instant Video Parental Controls – they exist.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. 16yo home w/ wisdom tooth removal – inspired this review.

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TidBITS Contacts.app tutorial for Mavericks

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I like to step through these with the app open.

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Senators we honor: Dem Sheldon Whitehouse and his lonely Climate Change speeches.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. There are probably 5-10 of his caliber in the Senate. $1.3 trillion carbon tax set aside: "140 billion — or 12 percent of the total — to help lower-income households.

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Change in iOS 7 Messages.app (iMessage) behavior causes silent messaging failure for SMS recipients

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I think it’s a bug with recognizing iMessage failure. Force send as text.

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Apple reactivates anonymous charitable donation via iTunes for Philippines. Temporarily!

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. PLEASE Tom Cook, make this a permanent feature. Think how much goodwill you can create. We all need a way to hide from the crazed donation/charity industry.

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Fred Koch, a hard racist, funded and founded John Birch Society.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Sire of today’s Koch Bros. Had no idea. (ht Charles Stross)

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Koch Bros fund astroturf campaign to break ACA.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. At some point they move from stupid to evil.

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China reform: “platonic ideal of 21st century dictatorship”

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Compare Singapore.

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Google’s Android Moto strategy: no margin.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Risking litigation if margin negative.

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Texas was always Crazy: Dallas pre-JFK.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. JFK was a white guy, but the Crazy was just as strong.

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Evolution is the greatest thinker: bacterial optimization over 50,000 generations.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. 100% mutated, features of interacting mutation, millions of years to go. Can this be simulated? What scale of computer?

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Amazon, scale and innovation.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by jgordon

Link. New world. Really.

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