Link. Being mortal sucks.
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Hooked on Pakistan: why the US can’t leave
Link. Obama hoped Iran would be a counterweight
The sad story of iBooks Author and the end of Jobs educational dreams.
Link. Apple’s response to antitrust defeat seems petulant and frail.
Flake revolts
Link. I wonder if is about risk of holocaust on Korean peninsula.
“people with low skill levels may not be able to earn a reasonable standard of living based on their labor”
Link. Non-college. Hence Trump.
Xi as Mao II: Another step in coronation
Link. China is … amazing
Puerto Ricans adapt to 19th century life.
Link. They have above-average skills.
Quicken 2018 Mac going to subscription
Link. Worst case because severe data lock. Plan your exit
Reinstall removed iOS stock apps.
Link. Ugh. Don’t do it.
Facebook to make Pages pay-per-view.
Link. In my experience this is almost true now. Makes Pages bad idea for orgs and clubs.
GOP 2017: SCOTUS “ruling on same sex marriage was “worse” than its decision upholding slavery in Dred Scott.”
Link. Marked.
APFS needs checksum damnit
Link. Sigh
APFS backup problems: cloned files
Link. Sierra works well thank you.
How dare one question the General? “racial exclusion and preference for patriarchy.”
Link. Are you competely dead America?
The New York Times wants to hire a journalist to travel the world.
Link. Is 58 too old? Oh. Wait. My family.
“37,813 troops serve on presumably secret assignment in places listed simply as “unknown.””
Link. War. War forever.
We need a word for Americans who believe in American political ideals
Link. Fish out of water. Must read.
How I Learned to Start Worrying and Hate the Car.
Link. Wonderful portrait of a particularly despicable driver.
Lessons from Montreal on safer streets
Link. I grew up there. Very different now
Why are medical podcasts such a dramatic improvement on journal articles?
Link. I can think of several potential contributors.
The ICO scams
Link. As bad as lotteries yet?
Net warehouses look like old manufacturing to declining economies
Link. Robots will replace.
Fighting sexual harassment starts with NDAs
Link. O’Reilly “paid $32 million in a single settlement ”
Ohio’s anti-Black voter purge goes to SCOTUS.
Link.
AI experts paid like football players
Link. Math departments must be sucked dry
Lady Lucan found dead
Link. A horror story.
Joseph Schmitt died on September 25th
Link. A marvelous Economist obit. Must read.
Adult Supervision in DC and NK
Link. Korean Mattis must choose between death and death.
Trump and Iran: “turkeys vote for Christmas all the time.”
Link. Are Saudis or GOP more stupid?
“The Kurdish dream of independence is at an end”
Link. Best summary of Kurdish puzzle. No MSM coverage.
IBM: “Breaking the 49-Qubit Barrier in the Simulation of Quantum Circuits”
Link. Aaronson bit grumpy here.
Feedbin as an iOS feed reader
Link. I use Feedbin with Reeder on iOS
Conservative economist on Cohn’s despicable estate tax lies.
Link. By far best explanation of estate tax and farms.
College male sexual behavior: the other perspective
Link. I think evidence standards and even behavioral expectations went too far
Cracks in Trump’s support?
Link. I don’t believe it … yet.
After ISIS: Turkey and the remnants.
Link. ISIS mortality high. 90+?
Trump campaign operative cancels EPA presentation on climate change.
Link. Just marking this.
Google urbanism, Toronto.
Link. Post-democracy. Neuromancer wins again.
A smart publisher on Apple’s potential disruption of modern adtech.
Link. Unexpected consequences expected.
Consequences of bundling Photos.app with macOS.
The only sensible way to use macOS is to wait 8 months for bugs to be fixed and OS ecosystem to be updated.
That means waiting 8 months for bug fixes.
On the other hand, one gets a mature Photos.app update yearly with 3 months of tweaks.
Not all bad, but 8 months is a long time to wait for big bug to be fixed.
I’m still on Aperture, so still but abstract. Aperture looks better all the time.
“most Republicans said they trust Trump more” than favored news source.
Link. End times.
What happens to a family plan members data when.they leave a family sharing iCloud plan?
Link. Asked on Apple Discussions because no answer anywhere.
What happens when someone leaves family sharing.
Link. Lose everything but what you yourself purchased. Doesn’t explain storage.
The Congress of Vienna: podcast
Link. Looking forward to this
Best Portable SSD: $200 Samsung USB C.
Link. Very performant
Every country that has tried US constitution has failed but one.
Link. And it’s not looking very good.
Cheat Sheets for AI, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Deep Learning & Big Data
Link. Via Twitter.
Possible link between teen concussion and MS
Link. Causality unclear, risk low.
Conservativisms value problem: “bourgeois virtues pay off in a bourgeois society”
Link. We are a post-bourgeois society.
Facebook Events no longer easily integrated with iOS 11 Calendar.
Link. Ugh. That was a very nice iOS 10 feature. Probably some way to do it with Event iCal feed.