Link. Now HRO. The article is quite balanced really.
Daily Archives: August 9, 2021
Your mobile carrier sells your secrets.
Link. Want to have a secret? Don’t carry a phone.
MTFX for money transfers
Link. With checks now much harder to use I’m told this is one of the best ways to send money between Canada and US
“I wouldn’t have wished him dead, and I’m glad he’s no longer able to tell other people not to get vaccinated. It’s too bad the former was required for the latter, but, well. Here we are.”
Link. If you work in tobacco I despise you less if you smoke.
China easily defeats US in simulated defense of Taiwan.
Link. Will be ready by 2030 now.
Carbon Copy Cloner: “OneDrive may delete online-only files from the cloud when you restore a OneDrive folder from a backup”
Link. Bombich couldn’t replicate the bug but they still suggest: “consider whether you should continue to include your OneDrive folder in your backups”
Amazon drone delivery: ‘resembled “organised chaos”, run by managers that were “detached from reality”’
Link. Reminded me of the early Segway hype.
“scientists also eased back a bit on the likelihood of the absolute worst climate catastrophes”
Link. There is an optimist case if one squints real hard.
Amazon Third-Party Sellers: “finding ways to get in touch with buyers and hound them about editing or deleting their negative reviews
Link. I rarely buy anything third party.