Link. I’ll try it on my old laptop.
“Old Man Paul, “Libertarian” darling Ron, spewed much the same Kremlin-infused horseshit when Putin’s orcs annexed the Crimea in 2014.”
Link. Rand Paul serves Putin. For flattery and money.
“The next time you hear an alarm going off on a family member’s iPhone and your own iPhone or iPad is within earshot, simply say “Hey Siri, turn off the alarm on Anna’s iPhone”
Link. Nobody knows all of Siri’s powers.
What has changed in Monterey 12.4?
Link. “Photos, large increment in build number”. Hmmm.
The story of the SV Rationalists (2021)
Link. Article doxxed SSC author. That was wrong. Does provide useful context to movement.
I read the Alexander’s blog a few times but it was too wordy and too obviously wrong or right.
“… then the days of mass human employment are numbered. If our workers are already balanced on the knife-edge of total obsolescence, then it’ll only be a few years before the robots put them all out of a job anyway.”
Link. A great essay on why America needs unions for service workers — including Amazon and Starbucks.
“six-member Collective Security Treaty Organization — only one member, Belarus, spoke up to support him on Ukraine”
Link. Putin has no friends.
“Surprising as superoscillation is, it doesn’t contradict any laws of physics. But when … applied the concept to quantum mechanics, they encountered a situation that’s downright paradoxical.”
Link. Energy is conserved; how and how strictly is the mystery.
Aduhelm is dead.
Link. I missed this. We dodged a bullet on this one. Hope lessons learned.
Inflation bonds 9.62 percent.
Link. Emily is keen on these.
“most people will get infected with it at least a couple of times a year”
Link. Until we die or develop better vaccines. On the bright side outdoor recreation should do well.
A pharm researcher takes Paxlovid.
Link. I probably wouldn’t take at my 62 but I don’t have his lung history.
“HFS+ should only be considered for retention as the format of active working hard disks, where APFS features aren’t required. For all other storage, APFS should be preferred.”
Link. Backup hard drives can go APFS.
How to get Google to DKIM authenticate your domain
Link. People leaving Google Apps / G Suite may need this. Bookmark.
“eight oligarchs, many involved in Russia’s lucrative energy sector, have turned up dead since January”
Link. Incidental aside in article on Putin’s (unproven) diseases.
Gordon’s Notes: What is Great Replacement Theory?
Link. I made a blog post of a tweet stream.
Twitter thread on email migration from Google Apps / G Suite to iCloud.
Link. This seems to be the consensus solution.
Africa’s First Covid-19 Vaccine Factory Hasn’t Received a Single Order
Link. “more than two-thirds of Africans had already had a Covid infection before the Omicron wave, but reported death rates remain among the lowest in the world.”
“We’re living in this amazing transformation of the workplace, and we don’t even know it because we’re showing up every day living in it.”
Link. One piece of the global inflation puzzle.
“Sri Lanka lies in economic ruin”
Link. In 1980 it seemed likely to prosper. A long fall since.
Idaho panhandle as a bastion of white nationalism.
Link. John Birch territory. The current governor is an extremist whacko, but his challenger is far worse.
“All this is bad enough without the United States and Canada having the most adverse spring planting season in decades”
Link. Remember when we thought 2020 was a bad year?
How to leave Google Apps / G Suite / Google Workspace.
Link. Publishing this as I learn — so lots off updates. iCloud+, mail migration, Dreamhost forwarding.
What is GRT?
Link. Very much like CRT, it’s hard to define and it morphs. Mixture of “pale redheads are a shrinking phenotype” and “Dems are making this happen”.
OpEd: SCOTUS and legal decisions founded on religion.
Link. ACB is an extraordinary character. Women play a key role in sustaining patriarchy.
Deplatforming Father Coughlin
Link. His trajectory from conservative to fascist is classic. Tucker would be mid 30s Coughlin.
“I cannot believe how Apple has let them regress so much.”
Link. Those who complained about iTunes you learned an import lesson. (Photos same. Vast regressions)
Thunderbolt and USB-C monitors for Mac
Link.
“Baquet did not rise to this challenge. He treated the divisions about basic facts and democratic rule as just so much partisan squabbling. During the 2016 campaign, in the name of balance, his staff savaged Hillary Clinton”
Link. WaPo is better.
“IBM is one of the few companies that stops short of donating money to politicians.”
Link. Who are the others?
16 percent of Americans own some crypto scam
Link. Probably 32% of Republicans. There’s going to be serious pressure on the GOP to do …. something?
Google Search: 1996-2022. RIP.
Link. “Today I searched on something people ask a thousand times a day: “How do Facebook Messenger hacks work?” Google suggested a variant phrasing. This is what I got”
SIDS researcher: “Her son unexpectedly and suddenly died as an infant 29 years ago.”
Link. Personal. Study consistent with arousal problem.
Problems With Promotion-Oriented Cultures.
Link. Why Apple bugs are never fixed. This is a problem everywhere. “Google promotes people for “solving hard problems” not for solving USEFUL problems.”
“when collaborators in an iCloud Drive shared folder delete files or folders, those items are destroyed instantaneously”
Link. No backup, no undo.
USB-C Hubs Break Wired Ethernet Networks
Link. It’s not a new problem. “the pause thing was specified in 1997 and most people forgot about it because it turned out to be pretty useless”
How James E. Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen tortured and “broke” Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.
Link. When America lost any moral standing it once had. The torture program was popular with Americans and very popular with Republicans — except John McCain.
Don’t take NSAIDs for back pain beyond 1-2 days. Exercise instead.
Link. Interesting animal studies. I have LOTS of experience — exercise is it.
NYT fact checker: Alito is kind of dumb.
Link.
“Putin’s mother Maria nearly became another … someone heard her moaning and pulled her off a pile of corpses.”
Link. “how much he is still bothered—despite his age, wealth, and absolute power—by the fact that he is short.” Context.
“American evangelicals are converting to the Russian Orthodox Church out of support for its nativism, white nationalism, rejection of LGBTQ rights and abortion, and support for authoritarian Russian president Vladimir Putin.”
Link. Really? That seems unlikely even for them.
“A week of infusions of young cerebrospinal fluid improved the memories of older mice.”
Link. Thiel will pay for your fibroblast growth factor 17.
“systemic corruption wherever it occurs: It is not primarily a problem of individual immorality, but of a collective action trap.”
Link. We are more corrupt than most imagine. “power and wealth accrue to those willing to play the corruption game, and those who are not get left behind.”
“Strips that can detect fentanyl have become increasingly valuable resources for local health officials, and some states have moved recently to decriminalize them, even as others resist.”
Link. Article does not mention role of crypto currency in the fentanyl industry.
Abortion with mifepristone/misoprostol combo to grow in US.
Link. I’m surprised it’s only 25% here, I’d thought 75%. I suspect there’s good reason we do more suction but article doesn’t discuss.
Interview for Decisional Abilities: IDA helps with assessing elder ability to manage money.
Link. I’d like an AI to watch what I do.
Teen mental health issues in America.
Link. It’s very hard to study, but like many physicians I think physical inactivity, smartphones, and social media have been mostly bad news for a lot of teens.
“demographics, preferences, and values of two people had surprisingly little power in predicting whether those two people were happy in a romantic relationship.”
Link. “Desired romantic partners are easy to predict with data.”
iPhone Optimized Battery Charging explained.
Link. Needs location services.
Mac Studio Max and Studio Display: impressions and future
Link. Oakley approved.