Link. Not sensible, but at least novel.
Monthly Archives: October 2017
“AlphaGo Zero, defeated the regular AlphaGo by a whopping 100 games to 0″
Link. Pray they are sentimental
Lunar lava tube home: “several kilometers in length, and at least one kilometer in height and width.”
Link. City to be.
Most US women think there is no significant gender discrimination.
Link. Gender is a much weaker divider than college or race.
TidBITS does a fine review of Google’s new hardware
Link. Google WiFi also a consumer product
Neutron star story more amazing with each retelling.
Link. Gold now seems ill omen for merger of two people.
In Our Time: European revolutions of 1848.
Link. Between War of 1812 and US Civil War. Arab Spring v1.
Cardhop 1.0 Tsai quick review
Link. Needs some work but promising
Adobe may “Aperture” Lightroom
Link. I’d be nervous bit I’m still on Aperture
Italian continuous glucose monitors for DM
Link. Lots of questions, sounds amazing. $$.
NYT writes of end of ISIL/ISIS
Link. Fall of Raqqa also end of ISIL’s caliphate
“After 40 days, the program had found plays unknown to humans”
Link. Seems familiar. Probably something I read.
Hey Siri: “the computation in the “Hey, Siri” detector is in the acoustic model.”
Link. On second attempt more sensitive
Facebook’s reciprocal following has unexpected consequences
Link. Behavior is similar to real world though
Photos.app smart albums covertly support fractional days
Link. Five more years of updates it might be good.
Gruber: “deeply worrisome sign about Apple’s priorities today.”
Link. Apple’s most loyal blogger is weakening.
New macbook kbs are flaky
Link. The Air is perfect
“Tillerson had rid the State Department of much of its last several decades of diplomatic experience”
Link. America reels
Rebel physics: inflation is the epicyclic solution to the flatness problem.
Link. Love to read a refutation.
“Anyone with a personal Google Account can enroll in Advanced Protection”
Link. Requires USB security key.
iOS 11: Siri flakier, losing podcast context
Link. Both of these true for me
Ignorance in SCOTUS
Link. They have a numbers problem
Dangers of cheap domain registrars
Link. I’ve been happy with Dreamhost
Fish as animal model for depression
Link. Height in tank as a measure
“Mr. Trump’s statement a lie — along with an expletive — and describing him as a “deranged animal.”
Link. NYT creative in covering usual Trump lies, slanders and so on.
Puerto Rico and electricity: the poor mountainous tropical island problem
Link. A long slow slog.
Google wifi has many family features.
Link. And now web site filtering. #1 on my list.
Why did WPA2 go so long with an easy to exploit weakness?
Link. IEEE gets blamed.
The man from the past – Tom Tomorrow.
Link. We are absolutely nuts now.
Trump attack: “not nearly as bad as repeal”
Link. Probably illegal
Trump declares he has obliterated ACA
Link. Will his people trust Murdoch’s spin?
Google Maps goes extraterrestrial.
Link. Zoom out from Earth
Healthy economies can be bad for people health.
Link. Pollution, sleep, smoking, opioids. Complicated.
How Apple defeated iOS jailbreaking.
Link. Google’s recent Project Zero hack was beyond most nation-states.
WTF is iOS cloud vs local media toggle doing in Restrictions?
This is so confusing. I kind of understand, but it is also important for managing data use …
Minnesota in a warming climate: more like Kansas
Link. Why MNs are quiet about warming.
Twitter’s fatal Trump addiction.
Link. Terms of Service shredded.
Looking back: the 2016 white vote by education and gender
Link. white women for T: 52% overall, college 44, non-college 61. Black women 4%.
Google Scholar adds “follow related articles” – and a social network for scholars.
Link. Requires author create Scholar profile. A covert Google social network…
Have some old publications? Create your Google Scholar profile.
Link. Weird times.
Schneier on FaceID.
Link. Inevitable.
Understanding century 21 – IT, Globalization and the urban-urban migration.
Link. We write about ‘rural’ crisis, but really it’s a small city crisis.
The Myth of the Spitting Antiwar Protester
Link. Myths are powerful
US must move nukes out of Turkey
Link. Now.
US fake news 1950-1970.
Link. Maybe Gen Z will be resistant.
China’s massive fake science makes NYT.
Link. I skip anything from a Chinese institution now.
The unreadable Maureen Dowd has an interesting Weinstein review.
Link. Nature of the mass enertainment industry?
Mobile device management at home: Apple Classroom and Profile Manager.
Link. If it works why can’t I find anyone blogging about it?
PoliSci roundup on 2020: “nonwhite candidate who mobilizes the Obama coalition.”
Link. All voices interesting, but only Enos persuasive.
The Medicare for All Act – an overview
Link. Better coverage than Canada