Link. The only commentary on the indictment worth reading. Scalzi.
Daily Archives: March 31, 2023
“a quantum mechanical realization of [the participatory universe], but where space-time itself plays the role of the observer”
Link. That sounds kind of neat. “Exactly what it means for the edge of the known universe to watch everything inside the universe isn’t entirely clear.”
Gene Drives Are Coming: “elimination of terrible human diseases, control of invasive species that are messing up other ecosystems”
Link. Lots of risks and unknowns. A detailed review.
Michael Tsai reviews the HomePod: “their conclusion was that the problem of inaccessible albums is a known issue and that there is no fix yet”
Link. “I decided to return the HomePod mini, both because of the sound quality and because there was a chance of Siri working better on a HomePod 2”
Holy crap. Apple must pray nobody reads Tsai reviews of their products. Sadly he predicts my experience pretty well.
“scrambled markets like commercial real estate, Dr. Rouse said, exacerbated price growth and most likely hurt productivity across the economy by encouraging remote work.”
Link. My personal experience has been that remote work is bad for innovation, productivity, and team dynamics. Many hate to hear this; her message is unpopular.
“With FileVault turned on, the same VEK is used, so the volume doesn’t have to be decrypted and re-encrypted to use FileVault, but the VEK is protected by additional encryption using your password with a hardware key.”
Link. Use FileVault even with encrypted drives.
GM ending CarPlay EVs: “… it wants to find new ways to charge customers a recurring subscription and new ways to collect data on driving habits.”
Link. Google is more cooperative.
Molnupiravir: “we are indeed seeing molnupiravir-induced mutant strains, but it’s also possible that without it we might be seeing slightly more evolved mutant strains coming from those same patients.”
Link. It’s rarely used in the US now.
The War for Iron: “when an infection is detected, macrophages start releasing extracellular vesicles that have numerous receptors for iron-containing proteins. These go around vacuuming such species up and making them unavailable for bacteria”
Link. Very cool physiology.
S&P index funds strongly weighted to Apple and Microsoft: “the stock moves of the largest companies carry the greatest weight, because even slight changes in their value create or destroy billions of dollars of shareholder value”
Link. Not as diversified as we want.
SpaceX’s Starlink vs OneWeb: low orbit telecom update.
Link. Coming: “Amazon’s Project Kuiper, Iridium Certus, Telesat, Facebook Athena, and Alphabet Loon”