Link. Self activation isn’t hard, but really @sciam, you could do better.
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Amazon Magazine Subscriptions – a substantial savings.
Link. The Atlantic 33% less than at their web site.
“300 types of protein-containing vesicles grew more common during exercise,”
Link. The body is so much weirder than it used to be
Russia: ““Going Vertical,” a state-funded biopic about the Soviet Union basketball team’s victory over the United States at the 1972 Olympics”
Link. Fair We have “Miracle on Ice”
Coal decline continues
Link. “Most of the miners say they continue to support him despite their turn in fortunes.”
Bitcoin buys Chinese mail order fentanyl
Link. Intrinsic value.
Thrombectomy in stroke: 6h limit removed
Link. In selected patients. Dramatic change
Tsai collects HomePod reaction
Link. Who will save Apple from SONY’s fate?
Google faults: “deprecating and turning down well-loved services (e.g. Reader, Hangouts)”
Link. From former Google. So internally they remember Reader’s replacement by G+.
macOS 10.13.3
Link. Sigh. More bugs.
iPhone sales declining
Link. I think geek anger at modern Apple has consequences.
Turn iPhone 4 into simple feature phone
Link. Overlaps with my book’s recommendations for special needs iPhone setup
Psychopaths and corporate leadership: research on the connection
Link. Explains Trump administration.
Murdoch’s Fox takes next step into madness.
Link. WTF is Murdoch doing?
“much better Bitcoin trading strategy to not be greedy, living instead on the crumbs of oligarchs and con men.”
Link. Money to be made on volatility of a crime tool
Another healthcare serial killer
Link. We could staff a ward.
British club “fundraiser”: “Financial Times last week sent two people undercover to work as hostesses on the night.”
Link. We must have similar.
Hawaii
Link. Yes
Dems did as well as was possible
Link. Don’t be stupid. The GOP won the last election.
NTSB may investigate Tesla autopilot crash
Link. Stop it. Now. No way is this a good idea
Onstruction of justice and House GOP
Link. Becoming Russia.
Latest iTunes does not fix iOS photo sync.
Link. Another epic Apple Discussion forum thread.
Ursula K. Le Guin. Scalzi obit.
Link.
App Store rejections: “going to the press seems to help.”
Link. The best billions can buy?
“Berners-Lee was trained to write programs following a manual written by Alan Turing.”
Link. The Mary Lee Berners-Lee.
Things 3 wins another endorsement
Link. Any migration from Appigo?
“I could set an album in Apple Music to play on my Apple TV while listening to a podcast in Apple Podcasts on my iPhone”
Link. Actually interesting. Surprised.
“major value of wellness programs is 1) to employees who don’t really need them, and 2) to help employers screen prospective and current employees for likely health care cost risks.”
Link. Surprised?
Culturally driven female genital surgery – we don’t know prevalence
Link. We need data. Cultural conflict expected
“30 percent tariff on foreign-made solar panels”
Link. Part of a range of tariffs. First populist move
Sabine: multiverse is off limits.
Link. No. It is hard to create exactly ONE universe. If multiple independent empirically supported models all favor a multiverse it is in play.
“In a reminder that Russian disinformation is about sowing division, not party politics, troll networks are now calling Senator Schumer a sellout after blaming him for the shutdown all weekend.”
Link. Don’t be a tool.
Noah Smith on immigration – a Twitter summary.
Link. Longer tweets a big improvement.
Why the Dems, and a few sane GOPers, did shutdown well.
Link. CHIP extension is progress.
“US employers have just thoroughly forgotten how to raise pay, and they don’t have too much by way of unions to remind them.”
Link. Or automation is a cap?
Microsoft Office 2016: Tsai summary
Link. My 365 subscription pleases me
“South Koreans have shown sympathy for the South Korean hockey players.”
Link. At least 1 is a MN adoptee. MN is also mad about this SK gov slap
Cat person delight: many dogs routinely eat poop.
Link. Dogs are disgusting.
Nunes & Ryan will do anything to protect Donald Trump
Link. Ryan feels most despicable
I disagree with Gassée essay on Apple and parental support
Link. It isn’t that hard. Apple can add to iCloud. Poop, XBOX does better
Tsai’s 2016 Aperture to Lightroom migration.
Link. Makes me want to drink Canadian Club.
Miller-Kelly steering erratic Trump on DACA
Link. Post-Wolff Ivanka-Kushner silent.
Saudi Arabia v Qatar.
Link. Trump v Tillerson?
Douthat – an optimistic take on year 1: “simply behave as if he isn’t actually the president”
Link. McConnell, Murdoch, Kelly and a few Senators
Year one of post-imperial America.
Link. America’s empire ended 27 years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Running older mac apps – VM and server version requirement
Link. Apple, please relax the server version rule.
“Tether is being used to effectively counterfeit hundreds of millions of dollars of perceived value, which are being immediately reinvested into Bitcoin to keep it from collapsing”
Link. This is great theater.
A NeverTrump Republican’s damage assessment.
Link. Good reference for conversation with Republicans.
“just as Wolff was oozing his way into the Trump inner circle, Trump was deepening his relationship with press kingpin Rupert Murdoch”
Link. A journalist’s view of the amorally effective Wolff.
After Trump: 20+ years to rebuild EPA.
Link. Optimist would look to San Francisco after the great earthquake. Government may come back healthier than ever. Assuming Trump era ends of course.