Link. Presumably Apple techs are lower risk?
Daily Archives: December 8, 2022
“a viable and powerful exploit strategy on x86 Linux”
Link. Impossibly complex and hard to mitigate.
DeepMind’s AlphaCode: “corresponds to a “novice programmer” with a few months to a year of training”
Link. Less than expected.
Carbon tariffs arrive – for metals.
Link. The only way to get China to reduce CO2 emissions.
“employees at Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, joined a virtual brainstorming session to discuss how to build the next Twitter.”
Link. Remember when we thought Facebook was evil? That was pre-Musk.
“The lager yeast appears to be the result of a chance mating in a chilly brewery, where low temperatures allowed the hybrid to thrive.”
Link. Genetics and voyages of beer yeast. “The Tibetan one is a slightly closer relative of the lager yeast than the Irish ones are”
“systemically correct energy imbalance and restore cellular metabolism to improve cartilage homeostasis and protect against pathological progression of osteoarthritis”
Link. OA as energy balance failure in chondrocytes. Wild stuff.
When traffic light sensors miss bikes.
Link. I used to see this but much less now. Induction coils don’t work on alloy or carbon bikes but they are going away. (I press the ped button)
Simplenote introduces “expensive” subscription plan without a price.
Link. If they go subscription I’ll switch to iOS Notes. (I think blog post was published prematurely, the internal links to the plan don’t work.)
“In state after state, the final turnout data shows that registered Republicans turned out at a higher rate — and in some places a much higher rate — than registered Democrats”
Link. Great turnout, but many voted for Dems. Biden wins for a reason.
China: COVID? What COVID?
Link. Totalitarian states can turn on a dime.
“It was unclear whether Mr. Bout’s return would further encourage Russia to arrest Westerners who can be traded”
Link. By unclear they mean absolutely clear.
“sheep herding breeds were characterized by genetic variants associated with a neurodevelopmental process known as axon guidance”
Link. Genetics of behavior in a social animal with diverse populations.
Romney on Trump: “the kiss of death for somebody who wants to win a general election”
Link. Not a fan.
Georgia GOP frustrated by failure of their election gaming.
Link. Some genuine improvements possible. GOP charmingly honest that intent of rules was to suppress Black votes.
“after Kushner discussed isolating Qatar with them without informing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson—Qatar suddenly threw in the necessary cash”
Link. The Trump administration was a criminal enterprise.
The pharmacology of body building (free access).
Link. Some amazing physiology here. The results at the “top” level are repulsive to most people.
MacOS Spotlight: a view of the ever burning tire pile.
Link. “Use the command
mdimport -L
to list all mdimporter plugins currently installed, with their paths.”