Link. CrossFit is good cult. Detox and Paltrow are bad cult.
Daily Archives: January 9, 2019
Trump’s negotiation problem
Throughout his career Trump won by being so miserable that other people were willing to pay to get away from him.
That doesn’t work now.
Because we can’t get away from him.
Wirecutter is reducing product quality.
Wirecutter doesn’t measure product reliability.
Reliability is expensive. So Wirecutter recommendations must drive reliability down.
The case for the Wall the GOP can’t make.
Climate refugees.
Shock: 65+ easily fooled by fake news.
Link. Pre-dementia is widespread by 65. Why retirement won’t shift much.
“I believe that Apple will eventually phase out the Apple TV”
Link. Like AirPort.
“Siri shortcuts reliability, like Siri overall, is so bad that I can’t rely on it.”
Link. Why can’t Apple fix Siri?
Weird iPhone bug: misdialing due to invisible country code confusion
Link. Clever debugging
China personal tech 2019.
Link. The future.
“Windows 10 is just a veneer on top of Windows XP. I’d much rather just have the old XP interface.”
Link. It is painful.
Fermi paradox update: “human beings were put on Earth by some creator God for His own inscrutable purposes, and the rest of the universe is merely background scenery.”
Link. First time I’ve seen the theological resolution made explicitly. Is identical to Simulation resolution. The author misunderstands paradox though.
Millennials: “too many are trying to become professors”
Link. So many science students, so little demand for scientists. STEMI my ass.
State of the tech future.
Link. Mostly agree.
CES’s 2019 Tech Trends
Link. Only summary we need.
“China was now a fully mature market and lengthening refresh cycles for smartphones would be the new normal.”
Link.
Armillaria mega-fungus doesn’t mutate much.
Link. Curious biology.
Huawei CFO charges get more details
Link. Big accusations