Link. Not forgiven.
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Wolfram Course Assistant Apps for iOS – holy cow.
Link. This gave me goosebumps. Pre-algebra, Precalc, Stats — packaged versions of Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha. We live in the golden age of education. Now why did I only find this by searching?!
iOS Maps: data usage plummets … but …
Link. Vector means same use is less data. I fell for this one too. Eep.
Why does nobody complain about app loss for older devices?
Link. I wonder too.
Study Finds Misconduct Widespread in Retracted Scientific Papers.
Link. Keeps getting worse.
Suck in those viri.
Link. Maybe 50,000 with each breath. Makes survival of multicellular organisms more curious. Do half the pathogens take out the other half?
Bernanke on QE3 and more.
Link. Impressive and clear.
Japan’s decline: The Olympus story.
Link. I am certain there are American analogues. Assume Japan today is America 2017.
Post Office default: 26% mail drop in 6 years.
Link. “2006, the agency has seen first-class mail volume drop by 26 percent.” I bet iPad/iPhone/Android will accelerate this trend.
Ed tech: tracking the wild west.
Link. Turbulent times.
Viral infections in pregnancy and schizophrenia development.
Link. “prenatal viral infection disrupts structure and gene expression of the placenta, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex”. Prenatal infection that manifests as later onset schizophrenia … or autism?
schizophrenia and autistim: common defects in neurexin?
Link. Currently considered distinct disorders, but perhaps some common pathophysiology in neurexin-1α gene.
Why billionaires feel victimized (Salmon).
Link. “one part narcissism, one part greed, and one part tactical”. Gods rejected are angry gods.
What RIM tells us about US markets.
Link. “Investors” following financials kept RIM’s price high even when they were clearly walking dead. Makes sense if these “investors” are software algorithms.
Course on Physics of Time – by Sean Carroll through teaching company.
Link. Should be excellent.
FreedomPop’s freemium 4G data service.
Link. Competitive.
The PC is Over – really.
Link. And so, it seems, is data freedom.
Tax avoidance: internal loans and fake IP sales.
Link. Fines are too small.
Deloitte grows rich from suspect audits of Chinese companies.
Link. Alleged crime pays.
“Bowles and Simpson are lying”
Link. Bad report badly sold.
Atlantic Avenue Tunnel.
Link. Alas, closed until 2018.
Grave of Elmer McCurdy.
Link. Really?! Suspiciously weird.
The Highline.
Link. America. Not dead yet.
Autistic adult on an approach to flexible thought.
Link. Thoughts built of images are hard to discard.
Pushing the envelope with special needs kids.
Link. Sometimes you crash.
Basic fascism in Greece.
Link. “announcing its presence with a sleek Web site depicting a stylized Swastika against a darkened Manhattan skyline”
iPhone 5 carrier update fixes bug causing cellular data use while on Wi-Fi
Link. A big one.
Debates: Obama Must Hide His Scorn
Link. Romney is a dim bulb with money. Scorn hiding not easy.
Romney the person.
Link. Scalzi misses religion. “Your blind spot is showing. Like most rationalists you trivialize religious affiliation. I’m like you, but maybe more religion exposure. Romney is a devout man. To know him as a person you must know him in the context of his religion. In this regard he is much more like Jimmy Carter and George W Bush than like Reagan, Clinton, or Obama.”
Gassee: What Maps says about Apple execs.
Link. A calm version of my rants. Apple has a culture and leadership problem.
GOP voter registration fraud in Florida.
Link. Ohio abandoned, GOP is desperate.
GOP’s Sproul and voter registration fraud.
Link. Deals with Devils don’t end well.
Buffett’s secret: the low-beta and leverage.
Link. Making a PTC behave like a private.
Citrix: plug-in to enable Mac access to Citrix server apps
Link. CTX130539 – Access Gateway Plug-in for Mac OS X (Version 2.1.3).
This was quite hard to find. By one path I could download without registering, by another I had to create a fake company. Got same buggy plug-in either way. Citrix feels like a dying company.
California creating free worldwide college texts.
Link. Could be historic sized big.
QFS: Faster, stronger Hadoop file system
GOP losing the extreme right?
Link. Demographics is destiny.
AT&T MiFi Liberate is an all-day LTE hotspot and media server.
Apple Maps use plunges to 1 in 25 iOS owners.
Link. Genuinely bad.
Valium: a history.
Ending Segregation of the Mentally Disabled
Link. Grief aplenty. Noone should be confident this is all for the better.
iPhone 5 Scratches.
Link. Sounds like a manufacturing defect.
Spanner – Google’s no-no-SQL Big Data tech.
American Airlines in decline.
Link. Boiled frog myth applies.
IEP and evidence: guide to legal power for special need parents.
Link. When adversarial is unavoidable.
Missing Windows 7 User Folders after restore from backup (Retrospect Professional and ?)
Link. Wasted two hours figuring this out. Hope it helps someone else.
Does anyone use Retrospect for Mac?
Link. I used it eons ago, but quality collapsed. I’d like to know if things are better with the new owners.
MSP 10 and 12 on city ranking?
Link. Too low.
Onion fools Iran news.
Link. Great day for the Onion!
Workplace shooting: paranoid schizophrenia and freely available guns not a great combination.
Link. At 36 old for classic schizophrenia. “Engeldinger … had been paranoid with some delusions, symptoms of possible schizophrenia, but was working and able to live alone.”