Link. “the problem of the bad incentives that come from getting 30% of each scam sale”.
Irresistible corruption. Especially effective because Apple thinks it can’t be corrupted.
Daily Archives: February 16, 2022
“Roger said he has filed more than 30 complaints about unruly passengers and never received a response from the airline.”
Link. Airlines are hiding. They fear attack from GOP.
SF school board: “vice president, Alison Collins … said Asian Americans were like slaves who benefited from working inside a slave owner’s house.”
Link. It’s good to have some left wing crackpots for a change.
Permissions and ACLs: “Now that macOS sets ACLs on user Home folders, they’re something every Mac user needs to know about”
Link. Reset Home is key.
iOS 15.4: “If you create a new password, but Safari isn’t sure which user name that password belongs to, you’ll see a popup asking you to enter the user name for your account on that specific website.”
Link. Apple Password is best product in years. But need to address weak iOS passcode problem.
Data Sheets on chemicals are lousy.
Link. Similar case could be made for medical drug information, esp side-effects.
Negotiations with Russia: missile defense in Poland.
Link. Obvious room for negotiation, which can be a face saving option for Putin.
“the “Secret Congress” theory of modern DC policymaking, which says that the issues most likely to gain traction are often the ones that get talked about the least on cable news and stay off the front page of newspapers.”
Link. Not true of gay marriage though.
“People are frustrated and angry, and those feelings are fueling increases in viole crime, customer abuse of workers, student misbehavior in school and vehicle crashes.”
Link. “In 2020, overall U.S. traffic deaths rose 7.2 percent. Among Black Americans, the increase was 23 percent.”