Link. They need different scams.

Link. And the race is on.

Link. I love this dorky stuff. I want to see a follow up just on network file systems and why we need something better.

“volfs knows nothing of directory hierarchies, so can’t enumerate files within a directory”

Link. Rasputin is the archetype.

Blues are Libs, Reds are MAGA, and Grays are SV drones.

Also, Andreessen has had quite the journey.

Link. Guatemalan poppy workers must migrate.

Link. That’s interesting claim.

Link. “Douyin has become a crucial platform for the Chinese authorities to disseminate information and propaganda”

Most popular app 50+

Link. Lots of background I did not know.

“20. May represent a superficial pattern projected, in effect, on a background–or something like a program or simulation of a universe that is running on an independent and truly real computer but is not itself real or fundamental.”

Link. “giving up annual revenue in the low millions”. GM made puny money. I wonder who authorized the hit on GM customers.

Bad software and sales practices were part of the low return scam, but GM hid data use from everyone. A lesson for other purchases.

Link. Will graze earth’s …. Not really. 20k miles away in 2029. But one day we may want to divert it.

Link. Basic liberal analysis. I mostly agree.

Link. Did Apple get hacked? Or is it password reuse detected? Michal Tsai roundup.

Link. I remember a time before stock moves best predicted by lawmaker corruption and criminal insider trading.

Link. Can create or deactivate, give each newsletter unique email. They are treated as RSS documents.

Link. MT-DOS was a multitasking version not widely released.

Link. Guest post, good summary of past 30y of web and the hell-web near future from a creator perspective. The good news is unless AI development stalls we only stay in the hell-web for a short time.

Link. Alcohol and junk food similar. Health aside, big implications for large industries.

Link. This NYT article is a mess but the bottom line is that broadcast radio is dying and reduced commuting time hit NPR hard.

Meanwhile the news side is hamstrung by fear of offending the GOP.

Link. Eukaryotic cells are built from bacteria.

“nitroplast appears to have evolved about 100 million years ago”

Link. This is what we used to write with the human dev team – a spec.

Link. “Google’s finance and advertising teams … actively worked to make Google worse to make the company more money”

I use Perplexity.

Link. So there’s more competition. Today MSFT can blow off the DoD.

Link. When Google left Palantir stepped in. But the “AI” system isn’t yet worth the shells it could buy. Russia is countering fancy American tech pretty well. China sells tech to both sides. US military trying many toys even while dependent on StarLink and Musk.

Link. I remember all but the XL. Add Vision Prp to the list (the Lisa of HMD).

Link. If America decides Trump is best forgotten the battle for the future of the GOP will be ferocious.

Link. A Wikipedia story worth reading.

Link. Everyone being cautious, worried about panic mongers.

“In my flu career, we have not seen a virus that expands its host range quite like this”

Link. Essential reference.

Link. Tidbit from tedious article on Johnson. Also Gaetz et al saying they would never fund Ukraine despite the “deal” they promoted.

Link. Algo no longer injects political posts from unfollowed. Bigger: meta not selling voter targeting to campaigns. GOP may try to force FB to restore targeting

Link. From long ago but published 2024. Google knew customers hated the shutdown and it was very unpopular inside Google.

Link. Apple forums misleading and wrong advice. Apple needs to document.

Link. Xi and Putin mean many “mere millionaires” are desperate for a place to run — and there is vast money laundering. Similar to Canada.

Link. I copied into my Simplenote refs. Very nicely done.

Link. If the system were simplified and automated then the Feds would need to pay out more.

Link. “Darwin was like, ‘… maybe it’s because lights are quite new and moths haven’t quite figured it out yet’”

Pheromone traps show a light resistant moth is still plentiful, but light traps no longer work well.

Link. “So far … H5N1, seems only to affect lactating cows, and only temporarily”.

In symptomatic cows the milk is bad, but in asymptomatic it seems fine but has a high viral load. Unclear if sterilization is sufficient.

Fear of hurting agriculture and triggering inflation vs public health.

Link. Murdoch, Trump, Musk — it is rare for a billionaire to face justice.

Link. In general police are returning to stops and tickets for offenses despite risk of confrontations. In MSP we have a plague of running red lights.

Link. 💯

Link. “squeeze the side button and either of the volume buttons for a second or so”

I set a task to remind me to practice this weekly until it’s automatic.

Link. Crime, income inequality and CO2 emissions down. GDP and Millennial wealth up.

Link. Mateusz Jurczyk, Google Project Zero. 30yo C code.

Link. There is a lot to unpack here. (The best styles implementation I’ve seen was in Symantec MORE! @1994.)

Link. It’s weird to me that most of this needs to be said but I appreciated the hygiene hypothesis update (it didn’t do well).

Link. Can Gandhi win, someday, by showing that Modi does nothing for non-Brahmin?

Link. There is a small industry that constantly repairs broken cables. Those is their story.

Link. AI as you might expect.

Link. Repost but timely. Industrial policy is here to stay.

Link. “the U.S. tries very hard to hide its weapons’ true capabilities”. The semi-experts who speak loudly end up as everyone’s source.