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H.I.V. Vaccine Fails Again.

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jgordon

Link. “lesson from the failed trial lies in figuring out why it worked for the 25 percent of people who were protected and not for the others”

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Apple: “he was told, with little fanfare, that he needed to link his personal Apple ID and work account”

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Creepy workplace. Glad I’m not there.

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Fed government leadership is badly broken.

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Somewhat disagree about “Actings”. They can be better than most appointees. Do need to eliminate 50-80% of political appointees.

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“only the second time, officials said, that a wildfire that began on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada crossed into the eastern side. The first was also this summer”

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jgordon

Link. On the year the GOP surrendered to CO2.

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Facebook: “Since 2012, the company has hired at least 10 consulting and staffing firms globally to sift through its posts, along with a wider web of subcontractors, according to interviews and public records.”

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Especially Accenture. Worst job ever.

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“CNN reports that members of the committee have requested preservation of the records of representatives Cawthorn, Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA),…”

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jgordon

Link. They are getting anxious.

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Huge white-black vaccination gap in MSP.

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Placing trust in wrong people.

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“The anti-natalist philosopher David Benatar argues that it would be better if no one had children ever again.” (2017)

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jgordon

Link. One of the most interesting theses I’ve read in years. I suspect his argument against suicide fails if you accept his premise. (I don’t accept the premise … yet!)

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Three kinds of propaganda, and what to do about them (2015).

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jgordon

Link. When interviewed for a fancy med school in 81 was asked “how do you know what’s true”. I was not accepted.

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“rural white culture, which was once regionally varied and distinctive, became more uniform by becoming increasingly Southern”

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jgordon

Link. A culture built on slavery.

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Hospitals have amazing opportunity to improve their workforce.

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Give hospital staff antivaxxers a one-way ticket to Florida.

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“The top seven warmest years on Earth were in the past seven years.”

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. 20th century to now.

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How to recover a Mac from a kernel panic.

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Non-admin users don’t get a Panic log.

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“The farming industry is the kind of industrialized, mass nightmare of torture and cruelty that, when done to human beings, acquires the status of totemic evil.”

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. This is what 2060 will despise about us.

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“What if we built our working lives around a concept other than endurance and submission?”

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. I’ve been ahead of the curve.

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“16 years after a historic failure of New Orleans’s defenses against disaster, the levees held.”

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Kudos civil engineers and builders.

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How the nutritional supplement business built the modern GOP.

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. The core dynamic is gathering the gullible and vulnerable for exploitation. The exploits are fake medicine, gold sales, Bitcoin, and GOP candidates.

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“level of communication and coordination between the US and the Taliban that many have been slow to appreciate.”

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. The competent analysis begins.

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“Robert David Steele, a former CIA officer turned conspiracy theorist who claimed to be the first person to call COVID-19 a hoax, has died from COVID-19.”

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. I remember his name.

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Why National ID is not a voting option.

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Given history it would require GOP to lead and it would defeat their true purpose.

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Famous last words: “I’m not taking it … Are you kidding me? Mr Anti-Vax? Jeepers.”

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. How many right-wing radio idiots are there? Thousand?

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Mississippi medical crisis: “the state rejected a proposal to expand Medicaid”

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jgordon

Link. State needs smarter voters.

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Modern devs meet an IBM mainframe.

Posted on August 29, 2021 by jgordon

Link. A fun read but you’d have to be insane to do this.

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US Digital Service fixed a federal government benefits form.

Posted on August 29, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Forget AI and machine learning, *this* is truly miraculous.

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Laws requiring disclosure of hospital fees are failing.

Posted on August 29, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Fines are too small and non-disclosure agreements are not void.

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“Fifield and like-minded ministers saw Christianity and capitalism as inextricably intertwined”

Posted on August 29, 2021 by jgordon

Link. The birth of 20th century American now-Calvinism.

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“millions of Americans who were baffled that a pointlessly violent quagmire from start to finish wasn’t going out on a high note”

Posted on August 28, 2021 by jgordon

Link. I do think we are the worst.

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“nurse Janae Howager informed a man having a heart attack Thursday that there was about an hour wait until the next Covid-19 patient died”

Posted on August 28, 2021 by jgordon

Link. The Onion.

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Macintouch (Ric Ford): “changes in the nature of the World Wide Web … various issues involved in publishing / communication platforms”

Posted on August 28, 2021 by jgordon

Link. I wish Ric would write more about his experience.

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A visit to healthcare in rural France.

Posted on August 28, 2021 by jgordon

Link. They are not immune to problems we have. I think we use more PA and NP though, fewer MD.

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“saving glut forces interest rates to fall, which makes the rich even wealthier. Inequality begets inequality. It is a vicious cycle”

Posted on August 28, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Wealth tax, estate tax, etc.

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CDC talks about “firearm” something something harm reduction.

Posted on August 28, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Of course I want guns to go away, but I also want cars and television to go away.

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“virtual collaboration is like evaporated milk with 60% of its water removed: safer, mostly up to the job but a sterile version of face-to-face interaction that leaves an unsatisfying aftertaste”

Posted on August 28, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Primates need proximity.

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Brian Faughnan – A Lost Person: Still lost, not forgotten.

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Think of him often.

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Irisin “hormone produced by muscles during exercise can cross into the [mouse] brain and enhance the health and function of neurons,”

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jgordon

Link. I need to redouble my 800 minutes of weekly exercise. (Squeak)

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How Mexico Helped The Times Get Its Journalists Out of Afghanistan.

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jgordon

Link. “Mexican officials, unlike their counterparts in the United States, were able to cut through the red tape of their immigration system”

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“Unvaccinated workers have to wear masks and will soon have to take weekly coronavirus tests. Eventually, they will have to pay $200 in additional health care costs.”

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Mandates are toothless in many states due to religious exemptions. This is better.

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Deflecting an Asteroid Before It Hits Earth – nudge but do not blast.

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Lots of little taps.

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Pfizer myocarditis risk: “16- and 17-year-old vaccinated boys could be as high as 1 in 5,000.”

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Higher than most vaccine risks but still worth assuming. Approval for under 12 is not guaranteed however.

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Pakistan’s “win”.

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jgordon

Link. The winner is India.

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Flight Attendants: crazed customers, not enough staff.

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Society looks normal, but cracks are everywhere.

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Britain – no mask mandate for children.

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jgordon

Link. “More than 90 percent of school staff members had received at least one vaccine dose by the end of June”

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Physicians running COVID cons.

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jgordon

Link. A great example of why we don’t license nationally. Some states have lousy boards.

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“China is smoothing out the rough edges with a chain saw.”

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Excellent review of Xi’s attack on tech.

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Why Apple Asks for Your Other Device’s Password

Posted on August 26, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Undocumented.

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“That Einstein’s equations can be rewritten thermodynamically implies that space and time are also emergent properties”

Posted on August 26, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Verlinde 2010.

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“Tim Cook’s 4 a.m. starts are the stuff of legend”

Posted on August 26, 2021 by jgordon

Link. At his desk by 4 am. He … is … insane.

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Comparing MagSafe Battery Packs.

Posted on August 26, 2021 by jgordon

Link. Cyclists need for Strava tracking.

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“Apple Maps received additional AR features that are perfectly suited for smart glasses.”

Posted on August 26, 2021 by jgordon

Link. I expect Apple Car tech will be AR smart glasses.

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“the “Parent” (read:credit card holder) of a family sharing account can’t see, let alone cancel, any subscriptions a minor on the account has purchased”

Posted on August 26, 2021 by jgordon

Link. iOS family management is a dumpster fire.

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