Link. Scale of Russian hack keeps growing.
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Joseph Mifsud – part of the Trump-Putin connection.
Link. Russia may have pulled off the hack of the century.
Neural networks: doing derivatives … on source code
Link. Whoa.
T1: “You drift, and you get warped”
Link. Republicans have fallen in line
Kelley was a regular kid and a terrible adult
Link. Would love to understand this.
“The only variable that can explain the high rate of mass shootings in America is its astronomical number of guns.”
Link. Science.
Facebook shadow profiles built from access to Contacts
Link. The AI knows you better than you do.
Genetic test deluge as FDA loosens rules
Link. Good for MD that get paid per visit
“every 25 to 250 million years or so, the entire volume of Enceladus’ ocean goes through the moon’s core.”
Link. How to get a warm wet ocean
Google Is Adding Wait Times For Restaurants Because It Follows You Everywhere
Link. Abandon hope.
This iPhone X review is like mine
Link. It isn’t that big a deal.
Apple letter i problem may be neural net fail
Link. Fascinating. We will see more like this
Ads & Algorithms: YouTube’s “child” bot-videos
Link. Parents can’t cope, the center cannot hold.
“political right in particular to lie and peddle obvious untruths”
Link. Britain. America. Murdoch. The vulnerable non-college.
macOS High Sierra has Time Machine server built in
Link. No need to buy server version
iPhone X ‘the most breakable iPhone ever’ in SquareTrade drop tests
Link. Very expensive screen repair
Douthat dreams of a primary challenge to Trump
Link. 80% approval rating with GOP voters
“The Resistance is the new Democratic Party”
Link.
As Trump cracks up he sounds more like Mussolini
Link. So far government ignores him
AI^2: meta-learning.
Link. I for one.
NK war risk far higher than most imagine
Link. SK government needs to stop this
Trump’s genius: keep moving.
Link. Civilization relies on a rational minority. A small minority.
The DAC in Apple’s $9 Lightning to 3.5mm cable is pretty good (2016).
Link. Minimal degradation from 6s analog sound output.
Trump’s H-2B dodge – hide work from Americans.
Link. Such a prize.
Ireland’s photo detectives find people and stories in old photos
Link. Resurrection in a way
The history of the seasons
Link. Once there were two.
Calendar sharing: how it works
Link. Google goes its own way
Live Photo Long Exposure effect (with tripod)
Link. Apply it AFTER a Live Photo picture is taken.
Apple’s 3.5 mm to lightning adapter does support audio in — for Apple’s EarPods.
Link. Probably not for other models, audio-in connections are variable.
Panorama X: macOS in-memory relational DBMS
Link. FileMaker competitor, $10/mo
DFU (firmware change) on 8 and X.
Link.
Sex accusations certain to empower lawyers
Link. A growth industry
Veteran advocates for medical cannabis
Link. No physician support however
Apple AirPods Review – with a followup after months of use.
Link. i8 means I’m looking. Grrr. Hope to hold out for next generation.
Facebook’s view of America: political segmentation.
Link. Fascinating! Explains a lot. I’m surprised no secular segment.
Aperture: dead for years, still the best.
Link. I suspect will never see its like again.
Even Fox staffers dislike being Trump-media.
Link. Murdoch owns them.
How Murdoch uses WSJ, Fox and other media to serve Trump.
Link. “He has his proxies who intuitively understand what he wants”
Google News switches to new RSS framework for News.
Link. Shame no redirect, but pleased they continue RSS support.
Did iOS 11.1 (partly) fix iTunes photo sync?
Link. Needs validation
Chemotherapy efficacy altered by gut flora
Link. Akkermansia muciniphila levels modulate immune response. Antibiotics for auto-immune disorders then?
A NY cyclist on why Saipov picked the wrong targets.
Link. We’re used to insane and negligent people with lethal weapons.
Google and Discovery TV launch VR travel program.
Link. Cardboard and YouTube.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Is great at evil.
Link. A dark talent.
Trump admin does not block National Climate Assessment 2017
Link. Everyone puzzled. Why let it out?
Brazile: “If she can’t back these claims up she owes every Democrat a huge apology.”
Link. Where is the evidence?
Wikipedia: quantum neural networks.
Link. Of course.
Neural networks 2018
The speed of neural network development feels faster than anything in my lifetime. Maybe early web was similar.
This is bigger potential impact though.
2018 is going to be too interesting.
New innovations in neural networks
Link. Damn but things are moving quickly
Chinese official: “fentanyl abuse does not exist in China”
Link. That is surprising.