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Fermi paradox resolution: civilizations all go AI and AI sleep for a colder universe.

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Not sensible, but at least novel.

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“AlphaGo Zero, defeated the regular AlphaGo by a whopping 100 games to 0″

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Pray they are sentimental

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Lunar lava tube home: “several kilometers in length, and at least one kilometer in height and width.”

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. City to be.

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Most US women think there is no significant gender discrimination.

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Gender is a much weaker divider than college or race.

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TidBITS does a fine review of Google’s new hardware

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Google WiFi also a consumer product

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Neutron star story more amazing with each retelling.

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Gold now seems ill omen for merger of two people.

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In Our Time: European revolutions of 1848.

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Between War of 1812 and US Civil War. Arab Spring v1.

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Cardhop 1.0 Tsai quick review

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Needs some work but promising

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Adobe may “Aperture” Lightroom

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. I’d be nervous bit I’m still on Aperture

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Italian continuous glucose monitors for DM

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Lots of questions, sounds amazing. $$.

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NYT writes of end of ISIL/ISIS

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Fall of Raqqa also end of ISIL’s caliphate

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“After 40 days, the program had found plays unknown to humans”

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Seems familiar. Probably something I read.

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Hey Siri: “the computation in the “Hey, Siri” detector is in the acoustic model.”

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. On second attempt more sensitive

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Facebook’s reciprocal following has unexpected consequences

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Behavior is similar to real world though

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Photos.app smart albums covertly support fractional days

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Five more years of updates it might be good.

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Gruber: “deeply worrisome sign about Apple’s priorities today.”

Posted on October 18, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Apple’s most loyal blogger is weakening.

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New macbook kbs are flaky

Posted on October 17, 2017 by jgordon

Link. The Air is perfect

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“Tillerson had rid the State Department of much of its last several decades of diplomatic experience”

Posted on October 17, 2017 by jgordon

Link. America reels

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Rebel physics: inflation is the epicyclic solution to the flatness problem.

Posted on October 17, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Love to read a refutation.

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“Anyone with a personal Google Account can enroll in Advanced Protection”

Posted on October 17, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Requires USB security key.

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iOS 11: Siri flakier, losing podcast context

Posted on October 17, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Both of these true for me

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Ignorance in SCOTUS

Posted on October 17, 2017 by jgordon

Link. They have a numbers problem

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Dangers of cheap domain registrars

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. I’ve been happy with Dreamhost

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Fish as animal model for depression

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Height in tank as a measure

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“Mr. Trump’s statement a lie — along with an expletive — and describing him as a “deranged animal.”

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. NYT creative in covering usual Trump lies, slanders and so on.

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Puerto Rico and electricity: the poor mountainous tropical island problem

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. A long slow slog.

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Google wifi has many family features.

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. And now web site filtering. #1 on my list.

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Why did WPA2 go so long with an easy to exploit weakness?

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. IEEE gets blamed.

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The man from the past – Tom Tomorrow.

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. We are absolutely nuts now.

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Trump attack: “not nearly as bad as repeal”

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Probably illegal

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Trump declares he has obliterated ACA

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Will his people trust Murdoch’s spin?

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Google Maps goes extraterrestrial.

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Zoom out from Earth

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Healthy economies can be bad for people health.

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Pollution, sleep, smoking, opioids. Complicated.

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How Apple defeated iOS jailbreaking.

Posted on October 16, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Google’s recent Project Zero hack was beyond most nation-states.

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WTF is iOS cloud vs local media toggle doing in Restrictions?

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

This is so confusing. I kind of understand, but it is also important for managing data use …

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Minnesota in a warming climate: more like Kansas

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Why MNs are quiet about warming.

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Twitter’s fatal Trump addiction.

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Terms of Service shredded.

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Looking back: the 2016 white vote by education and gender

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. white women for T: 52% overall, college 44, non-college 61. Black women 4%.

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Google Scholar adds “follow related articles” – and a social network for scholars.

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Requires author create Scholar profile. A covert Google social network…

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Have some old publications? Create your Google Scholar profile.

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Weird times.

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Schneier on FaceID.

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Inevitable.

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Understanding century 21 – IT, Globalization and the urban-urban migration.

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. We write about ‘rural’ crisis, but really it’s a small city crisis.

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The Myth of the Spitting Antiwar Protester

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Myths are powerful

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US must move nukes out of Turkey

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Now.

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US fake news 1950-1970.

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Maybe Gen Z will be resistant.

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China’s massive fake science makes NYT.

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. I skip anything from a Chinese institution now.

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The unreadable Maureen Dowd has an interesting Weinstein review.

Posted on October 15, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Nature of the mass enertainment industry?

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Mobile device management at home: Apple Classroom and Profile Manager.

Posted on October 14, 2017 by jgordon

Link. If it works why can’t I find anyone blogging about it?

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PoliSci roundup on 2020: “nonwhite candidate who mobilizes the Obama coalition.”

Posted on October 14, 2017 by jgordon

Link. All voices interesting, but only Enos persuasive.

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The Medicare for All Act – an overview

Posted on October 14, 2017 by jgordon

Link. Better coverage than Canada

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