Link. The system adapts to a deeply dysfunctional President.
Daily Archives: February 15, 2018
“It’s not “Congress” as a whole that refuses to take action.”
Link. Stop saying Congress. Say GOP. Damnit.
“FDA takes away a black box warning on LABAs (apparently mortality was no worse than with inhaled corticosteroids)”
Link. Didn’t expect that.
HCQ: “antimalarial lysomotropic agent that inhibits autophagy due to lysosomal acidification”
Link. Old drug, widely used rheumatology, risk of serious eye disease. Only now learning how it works.
High Sierra bugs: APFS Sparse Disk Images
Link. 2nd coming of Lion.
macOS xattr neglect.
Link. Sigh.
Cannabis is a lousy medication
Link. Alcohol was once used for premature labor. Another lousy med.
NYT on Trump denial of Russia election intervention.
Link. Possibly treason, maybe grounds for impeachment.
Google Maps for ios: “swipe up and you’ll see three tabs–the explore tab, driving tab and transit tab–that will help you find a nearby restaurant, beat traffic, or catch the next bus”
Link. Android gets good stuff first.
Neutron lifetime gap is good news for physicists
Link. Measurable and inexplicable. Good as it gets.
Alzheimers as hopeless as ever.
Link. Amyloid probably not causal.
The unnatural Higgs: “community of theoretical particle physicists is currently in a phase of rethinking”
Link. Supersymmetry uninteresting?
Humsns killing Borneo Orangutans.
Link. Don’t know why.
Google shut Simplenote down due to “DMCA notice for allegedly infringing content that appeared in published notes”
Link. This needs a LOT more explanation.
“the majority of voters for Hillary Clinton were college graduates, at 54.3 percent, compared with 45.7 percent non-college.”
Link. Among whites this is a cognitive divide.
Email is your electronic memory: against AMP.
Link. This is me – but I am old.
“The biggest reason companies don’t protect our data online is that it’s cheaper not to. Government policy is how we change that.”
Link. First fire the GOP.
Wirecutter on HomePod: wait and see
Link. Reminds me of aWatch 1.
Thiel, New Zealand and the, post-apocalyptic neo-feudalism of the “cognitive elite”
Link. The SF of my youth was a mixed blessing.