Link. Damn.
Dementia and work: self-analysis is the first to go.
Link. 65 is still the right retirement age. Those who claim we’re now good to 75 need to go work in a coal mine.
Facebook’s other ad problem: they aren’t any good
For some time I’ve been hiding or blocking irrelevant, uninteresting, misplaced or repulsive Facebook ads. All done with Facebook’s tools. I’ve even directly modified my ad interests.
The result?
My ads are getting less relevant and less interesting.
This is nuts. My family does a lot of stuff. Our Amazon spend is scary. There should be useful ads. Something is broken.
“Cohen has been under criminal investigation for months—his e-mails have been read, presumably his phones have been tapped, and his meetings have been monitored”
Link. Why insiders seem confident Trump is toast.
“languages use = entirely because C uses it, and we can trace C using it to CPL being such a trash fire”
Link. C’s dominance seems ever stronger in retrospect. I kind of wish Pascal had won.
Facebook: regulation or antitrust
Link. Alas, nobody talking about Pigouvian tax on ad-click business model.
Pigouvian taxation of the ad-click – it’s just me
As of April 2018 Google has no hits on the concept of Pigouvian taxation of ad-clicks as a core mitigation of the Facebook-Google problem.
My posts don’t show either of course; once Google would have found them. So there may be others like me, but nobody with an audience.
I’m disappointed Krugman or DeLong haven’t brought this up.
High Sierra Help Breakage
Link. Metastatic technical debt
Models of altruism evolution are getting complex.
Link. More realistic.
Kelly: “It’s my patriotic duty to tell him to go pound sand.”
Link. Generals who despise civilians need to retire.
Buffett: “assumption that bonds were a worthy risk damper for long-term investors was “a terrible mistake”
Link. Bond funds, to me, have always seemed a scam
“growing recognition of Taiwan as one of Asia’s freest environments for expression”
Link. Infuriates Xi.
Diet and Exercise.
Link. I can out-eat any amount of exercise I’m capable of.
Pension crisis digs in
Link. Local taxes rise, the pension reason may be concealed
Cimetidine wart treat in immunosuppressed kids.
Link. It is acreally weird drug.
Syrian civil war backgrounder.
Link. And now add a desperate Trump.
Testing the Silurian hypothesis: An exercise.
Link. Stephen Baxter’s “Evolution” has an evocative story of a sentient theropod hunting its way to extinction. Pre-industrial.
“people come to you for advice, you tell them to stick to the middle road in most endeavors”
Link. Interview with a statistician. I bet he is a good teacher.
Trump approval up 5%: “improving very slowly since about Dec. 11”
Link. He could certainly be reelected. Very popular with GOP voters.
“homicide rate for Native women in Minnesota was seven times that of white women”
Link. As in Canada.
Virus world: “Each day … 800 million viruses cascade onto every square meter of the planet”
Link. We live in a seething sea of DNA.
New macOS Stoner bug: “a Mac that’s running macOS 10.13.3 starts running slowly”
Link. Ugly.
“dairy tariffs in Canada are 245.5%”
Link. Canadian cheese is insanely expensive due to a 45yo cartel.
Earth View: Google Earth Extension makes random curated image a browser tab background.
Link. Addictive.
Mueller has evidence that Cohen went to Prague.
Link. “Cohen strategized there with a powerful Kremlin figure about Russian meddling in the U.S. election.”
Trump & Putin. Yes, It’s Really a Thing.
Link. Useful summary. Never thought Manchurian candidate would be so transparent.
The economics of gene therapy are challenging.
Link. Billions to develop, but limited patient pool and one time use. Might need installment payments.
New iPad is a good value.
Link. Unheard of for Apple to deliver value
Singapore: you can run, but you can’t hide
Link. Pioneer in universal ubiquitous surveillance.
QuickTime 7 Pro RIP.
Link. When Apple was great.
The Hidden Camera Level in iOS 11.
Link. Only when pointing down
Google Sheets get macro recording.
Link. Google dominates software now.
iOS 11 Podcast queue: esoteric and obscure
Link. “A lot of the best features were removed”. No kidding. Grim herald for Apple Music.
“the number of shelter dogs euthanized in the U.S. has dropped from 20 million in the 1970s to 780,000 today”
Link. Meeting demand will require a different dog breeding industry.
“the inevitable confrontation between the President and the law can’t long be put off.”
Link. I remember the long prelude to Nixon’s resignation.
Comey: “his service to Mr. Trump recalled for him the days when he investigated the mob in New York. “
Link. GOP supports him.
“contagious tech debt is that its impact tends to increase as more and more systems become infected by the technical compromise at its core.”
Link. Technical debt as fungus rotting wood. How a system can be irretrievable.
Wolfram Challenges Site: learn the language
Link. If you have the time
Hair tie your iPhone Headphone Adapter
Link. I miss my headphone jack. Still. Often.
Exceeding humanity: “deep neural network can predict fluorescence images from transmitted light images”
Link. We’ll always have Paris.
Chinese seemed satisfied that they can “outlast a U.S. administration that alienates its allies, erodes its own political base and has a public with a low threshold for pain.”
Link. Realistic.
Facial recognition in China: “security cameras equipped with the software pinpointed the man out of the estimated 50,000 other people also in attendance at the concert.”
Link. Happily we have trustworthy leader.
HomePod sales suck
Link. It wasn’t ready.
Eliminating iTunes Store Music Downloads in March 2019
Link. I’ll buy from Amazon too. Maybe start ripping CDs again
“Owning your content isn’t about portable software. It’s about portable URLs and data. It’s about domain names.”
Link. Yes. Content and Address are far more important than code.
IOT podcast: Constantine.
Link. Evangelical Trump love has precedent. Murdered wife and child but delivered an Empire. Instant saint.
Pruitt wants EPA coin to feature bible verse.
Link. His zealotry doesn’t get enough attention. There is no CO2 warning because of Noah.
Pecker’s Enquirer money support for Trump probably constitutes illegal campaign contribtions.
Link. No practical effect, fines trivial.
Fake SARMS popular among atheletes.
Link. CrossFit games. Fakes often dangerous, genuine mixed.
“in a car-centric environment there are many circumstances in which breaking the law on a bike is not only justified but necessary to ensure your survival”
Link. Bit hyperbolic, but it’s true that calculated law breaking makes cycling with cars much safer.