Link. Zawahiri next?
Daily Archives: November 13, 2020
“Biden has not only appeared unthreatened by Trump’s attacks—he’s seemed to react to each desperate maneuver with a mixture of amusement and pity.”
Link. Biden is not as nice as people think he is.
Trump state health care workers over the abyss.
Link. In a just universe the GOP legislators and governors would have to do patient care.
Addressing economic disruption of remote work.
Link. The tax isn’t politically feasible but I had not considered all the longterm disruptions of persistent telework.
The Best USB-C Hubs in 2020.
Link. Essential now.
“White House’s Presidential Personnel Office, whose 30-year-old director, John McEntee, has recently intensified efforts to purge appointees who have failed to demonstrate sufficient fealty to the president”
Link. Marvel and DC have both featured supervillain presidents.
Big Sur: some Photos and Messages improvements.
Link. Yawn.
Minneapolis violence hits 1990s levels.
Link. This was widely expected. COVID + broken police department + riots.
2021 iPhones sound like real improvements.
Link. I can wait.
Apple has two system status pages.
Link. I actively avoid reliance on Apple services.
“this summer’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota was “absolutely unnecessary,’ and that data shows it helped spread the virus beyond that state”
Link. MN Health department feels Sturgis was a true disaster. It’s bad to be ruled by anti-science.
“The GOP, as it is, is a cancer of American democracy”
Link. The modern GOP is a marker of a civilization that is breaking down. We don’t have much time to recerse this.
“hedge fund manager Bill Ackman was able to replicate exactly the same credit default swap bet, at exactly the same prices, that he made in February — the one where he turned $27 million into $2.6 billion in the space of less than a month.”
Link. Learn to live cheaply.
Krebs – an honorable man: “Trump officials are mad that CISA refuted a conspiracy theory alleging that a covert intelligence agency supercomputer (supposedly named Hammer and Scorecard) quietly flipped votes nationwide”
Link. We should have a special award ceremony for civil servants who did their job and paid a price. Followed by rehiring and promotion.
“the Pfizer vaccine can be kept safely for up to five days in a normal refrigerator”
Link. Article by a geek physician is pretty good.