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”
Monthly Archives: August 2021
Apple: “he was told, with little fanfare, that he needed to link his personal Apple ID and work account”
Link. Creepy workplace. Glad I’m not there.
Fed government leadership is badly broken.
Link. Somewhat disagree about “Actings”. They can be better than most appointees. Do need to eliminate 50-80% of political appointees.
“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”
Link. On the year the GOP surrendered to CO2.
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.”
Link. Especially Accenture. Worst job ever.
“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),…”
Link. They are getting anxious.
Huge white-black vaccination gap in MSP.
Link. Placing trust in wrong people.
“The anti-natalist philosopher David Benatar argues that it would be better if no one had children ever again.” (2017)
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!)
Three kinds of propaganda, and what to do about them (2015).
Link. When interviewed for a fancy med school in 81 was asked “how do you know what’s true”. I was not accepted.
“rural white culture, which was once regionally varied and distinctive, became more uniform by becoming increasingly Southern”
Link. A culture built on slavery.
Hospitals have amazing opportunity to improve their workforce.
Link. Give hospital staff antivaxxers a one-way ticket to Florida.
“The top seven warmest years on Earth were in the past seven years.”
Link. 20th century to now.
How to recover a Mac from a kernel panic.
Link. Non-admin users don’t get a Panic log.
“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.”
Link. This is what 2060 will despise about us.
“What if we built our working lives around a concept other than endurance and submission?”
Link. I’ve been ahead of the curve.
“16 years after a historic failure of New Orleans’s defenses against disaster, the levees held.”
Link. Kudos civil engineers and builders.
How the nutritional supplement business built the modern GOP.
Link. The core dynamic is gathering the gullible and vulnerable for exploitation. The exploits are fake medicine, gold sales, Bitcoin, and GOP candidates.
“level of communication and coordination between the US and the Taliban that many have been slow to appreciate.”
Link. The competent analysis begins.
“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.”
Link. I remember his name.
Why National ID is not a voting option.
Link. Given history it would require GOP to lead and it would defeat their true purpose.
Famous last words: “I’m not taking it … Are you kidding me? Mr Anti-Vax? Jeepers.”
Link. How many right-wing radio idiots are there? Thousand?
Mississippi medical crisis: “the state rejected a proposal to expand Medicaid”
Link. State needs smarter voters.
Modern devs meet an IBM mainframe.
Link. A fun read but you’d have to be insane to do this.
US Digital Service fixed a federal government benefits form.
Link. Forget AI and machine learning, *this* is truly miraculous.
Laws requiring disclosure of hospital fees are failing.
Link. Fines are too small and non-disclosure agreements are not void.
“Fifield and like-minded ministers saw Christianity and capitalism as inextricably intertwined”
Link. The birth of 20th century American now-Calvinism.
“millions of Americans who were baffled that a pointlessly violent quagmire from start to finish wasn’t going out on a high note”
Link. I do think we are the worst.
“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”
Link. The Onion.
Macintouch (Ric Ford): “changes in the nature of the World Wide Web … various issues involved in publishing / communication platforms”
Link. I wish Ric would write more about his experience.
A visit to healthcare in rural France.
Link. They are not immune to problems we have. I think we use more PA and NP though, fewer MD.
“saving glut forces interest rates to fall, which makes the rich even wealthier. Inequality begets inequality. It is a vicious cycle”
Link. Wealth tax, estate tax, etc.
CDC talks about “firearm” something something harm reduction.
Link. Of course I want guns to go away, but I also want cars and television to go away.
“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”
Link. Primates need proximity.
Brian Faughnan – A Lost Person: Still lost, not forgotten.
Link. Think of him often.
Irisin “hormone produced by muscles during exercise can cross into the [mouse] brain and enhance the health and function of neurons,”
Link. I need to redouble my 800 minutes of weekly exercise. (Squeak)
How Mexico Helped The Times Get Its Journalists Out of Afghanistan.
Link. “Mexican officials, unlike their counterparts in the United States, were able to cut through the red tape of their immigration system”
“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.”
Link. Mandates are toothless in many states due to religious exemptions. This is better.
Deflecting an Asteroid Before It Hits Earth – nudge but do not blast.
Link. Lots of little taps.
Pfizer myocarditis risk: “16- and 17-year-old vaccinated boys could be as high as 1 in 5,000.”
Link. Higher than most vaccine risks but still worth assuming. Approval for under 12 is not guaranteed however.
Pakistan’s “win”.
Link. The winner is India.
Flight Attendants: crazed customers, not enough staff.
Link. Society looks normal, but cracks are everywhere.
Britain – no mask mandate for children.
Link. “More than 90 percent of school staff members had received at least one vaccine dose by the end of June”
Physicians running COVID cons.
Link. A great example of why we don’t license nationally. Some states have lousy boards.
“China is smoothing out the rough edges with a chain saw.”
Link. Excellent review of Xi’s attack on tech.
Why Apple Asks for Your Other Device’s Password
Link. Undocumented.
“That Einstein’s equations can be rewritten thermodynamically implies that space and time are also emergent properties”
Link. Verlinde 2010.
“Tim Cook’s 4 a.m. starts are the stuff of legend”
Link. At his desk by 4 am. He … is … insane.
Comparing MagSafe Battery Packs.
Link. Cyclists need for Strava tracking.
“Apple Maps received additional AR features that are perfectly suited for smart glasses.”
Link. I expect Apple Car tech will be AR smart glasses.
“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”
Link. iOS family management is a dumpster fire.