Link. NYT somewhat tongue-in-cheek response to GOP nuttiness.
Monthly Archives: November 2018
China’s IP theft program accelerates.
Link. Corporations seem unable to secure networks. Certainly US government cannot.
A note on breast reconstruction
Link. Its a specialized surgery way outside my own medical domain, so some insights for me.
WordPress 5.0: A Gutenberg FAQ.
Link. I’m staying on classic of course.
Trump is bad for the gun industry.
Link. Karma is rare in life.
Dust in iMac displays: the lawsuit
Link. Hit my old iMac. Hope they win.
“iPad Pro notably supports USB-C, but does not support Thunderbolt 3”
Link. T3 is not looking so good just now.
He Jiankui is a “moral idiot”
Link. Great summary.
Spoofing MAC ID to get browserless devices on portal paged wifi
Link. Old school
Amazon added unwanted items into baby registries.
Link. Caveat emptor.
GM problems explained.
Link. I don’t entirely agree. They didn’t make the vehicles I wanted. I don’t love Subaru…
Migrating formbold to new Mac: first of series
Link. Was easier in classic I think.
MSP Trails – Twin Cities Bike, Ski and Skate: Bunker Hills (Anoka County) has a skijoring trail
Link. Most dogs love this.
“WorkFit-TX is the best sit-stand converter I’ve seen so far.”
Link. $600. Ergotron
“When insects first appeared some 400 million years ago, they were deaf”
Link. Ears developed at least 20 times.
Mojave very slow on spinning disks.
Link. Optimized for APFS, but even then there are issue.
Books and Calendars in Photos for Mac
Link. Extensions used
Airlines use ‘exploitative’ algorithm that splits up families on flights unless they pay more for seat selection?
Link. Alleged. Seems like them though
AI malware.
Link. Neuromancer published 1984.
Evolution in action: the bike, trail, thrill spiral
Link. Exactly. Just stop it.
Eugenics moves further into IVF.
Link. Inevitable.
Montreal: “death of the fire-cooked bagel”
Link. They really are superior.
“Trump, back on the campaign trail”
Link. Nobody wants him governing.
Dr He is China’s Mengele.
Link. And Harvard geneticist George Church is about to face a shit storm. No western journal can publish this.
The Death of Family Medicine (Canadian edition)
Link. Canada is rapidly moving to US model.
Obesity: healthy diet and *extreme* exercise can work
Link. I’ve seen several men and women do this. Weight loss studies only evaluate puny exercise.
Serial killer: “He said God made him this way, so why should he ask for forgiveness?”
Link. Story of a serial killer, for once not white. Asks the big question.
Cars for (wealthy) teens: “signals for lane departures and approaching vehicles and self-braking in an impending crash”
Link. Really, nobody should drive. At least 3/4 of drivers are incompetent.
Mojave’s Dynamic Desktop Tech.
Link. Wish they’d apply that talent to Photos.app.
Rise of the MegaCorp.
Link. Acquisitions perhaps more important than mergers, at least in tech.
Why “see something say something” is insane.
Link. I’m white guy with Korean daughter. Surprisingly I never had this happen to me. I carried records when we traveled.
Cyber 9/11 fail: terrorists are rare and generally stupid
Link. Nation states are another matter. Ex: Ukraine
“we need to treat attacks on common political knowledge by insiders as being just as threatening as the same attacks by foreigners.”
Link. Ban the GOP? How does that work?
Robotic Process Automation is new version of Windows Macro Recorder.
Link. UI scripting MSFT office. Solves a problem apparently
Dickens reborn – South Korean edition.
Link. SK culture problem.
Trumpista on climate report: “do it on a day when nobody cares, and hope it gets swept away by the next day’s news.”
Link. While he twiddled his mustache.
“executive branch that seems determined to conduct trade policy based on a level of ignorance not seen at this level for 150 years”
Link. A primer on trade.
The Google Earth Earth View library — provides images for extension
Link. Funny domain … withgoogle.com.
Earth View: Chrome extension shows Google Earth images (random?)
Link. Both amazing and amazingly distracting. Good thing Earth takes so long to load, otherwise I’d be going there all day.
Want/need/wear/read gifting strategy.
Link. Annoyingly cloyingly useful. Need/wear could be condensed to need for the cheap-3 approach.
Comcast again increases its cost of cable services.
Link. We dropped cable in 1994. Invest that money in S&P index fund instead.
Predicting the timing of peak oil – Wikipedia.
Link. Still being updated but not many graphs after 2012 or so.
How to think about having surgery where you can’t sue
Link. The facility had good online reviews. Terrible things happen in surgery everywhere, but regulatory and legal structures have value.
The upside of GOP’s massive deficit spending
Link. Exploring new territory.
TransferWise: lower cost sending money internationally.
Link. To Canada a $1000 US transfer costs $8 US.
Revolut – site for sending money abroad at low cost
Link. New to US market.
Anti-vaxxers want another word.
Link. “DangerousFools& BadParents” a bit clumsy.
Did you follow Apple’s two-factor authentication advice to provide a friend’s phone number for SMS authentication?
Link. Apple 2FA combines best features of data loss and insecurity.
Remember to remove a device from your Apple ID account list if it is sold or wiped
Link. I don’t think this happens automatically when one wipes a phone.
Sending money from US to Canada: “Write a check and post it.”
Link. Been same answer for decades. Every other option is expensive.