Link. Like Thai I wish Apple would just fix bugs.
Monthly Archives: June 2022
“stupid may be one of Washington’s last taboos”
Link. Lots of rich and powerful are dim. You can call them ugly or mean or fat but “dim” really stings.
“Ignore what they are thinking of you because they are not thinking of you.”
Link. Mostly true “life hacks”. I’ve read the originals as well.
“difference between the poll findings and the gun referendum results is especially large. It is an order of magnitude larger than on other issues”
Link. Polls are cute but votes are what matter. The American gun cult is sustained by the American voter.
“most liver cells replace themselves about once a year, and on average, our liver stays under the age of three.”
Link. Underappreciated organ.
“there was an assassination attempt on Putin’s life in March”
Link. Also the cancer.
“Tanuja Gupta, a senior manager at Google News who invited Soundararajan to speak, resigned over the incident,”
Link. Pichai is Brahmin.
Which are more reliable: hard disks or SSDs?
Link. Some of my backup drives are over 8yo. Retired because capacity too small.
“Chlorthalidone is more potent than Hctz (lowers SBP 10 mmHg more). Hctz immediate release only covers daytime hypertension.”
Link. Not widely understood.
“Nearly 40 percent of full-time undergraduates who enrolled in the 2011-12 academic year accumulated some debt but did not have a degree after six years”
Link. We have more than one debt and education problem.
“As local news media has disappeared “pink slime” outlets like LGIS have taken their place”
Link. The death of local journalism is a legitimate national security issue. “… Brian Timpone, a conservative businessman and former journalist with a record of plagiarism and fabrication.”