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H5N1 Update: “130,674,361 poultry— a big reason why eggs are hard to find and expensive” 🆓
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/h5n1-update-january-7
Happily COVID left us with a much improved public health system. (Oh, wait, that’s on Earth-2)
“H5N1 is something to watch, but don’t let it take up too much headspace yet”
HMPV in China: RSV-like virus identified 2001 causing more pneumonia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/health/hmpv-virus-china.html
The article doesn’t say why the virus is spreading more now. Often we don’t know. Probably common here but we don’t test for it. Nobody trusts China however.
US hits demographic cliff expected since Great Recession
https://hechingerreport.org/the-impact-of-this-is-economic-decline/
College tuition falling, many closing, international students down, fewer seek college.
“The proportion of high school graduates who are Hispanic, nationwide, is expected to rise from 26 percent to 36 percent by 2041”
Editing Contant/List relationship broken in macOS Sequoia
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/477085/contacts-app-misbehaving-in-sequoia-on-m1-imac
I have the same problem except I can’t change any Contact List relationships. I’m going to try the latest macOS (secret) update and if that doesn’t work it sounds like we need to rebuild the Contacts database from iCloud. (May be related to my migration from Monterey)
Kevin Drum makes the case for America’s ability to build despite our regulatory environment.
Pinboard (jgordon) https://jabberwocking.com/yeah-america-can-still-build-stuff/
I am sure he is wrong about government software. Still, it is a good counterpoint to Noah et al.
“America’s political elite appeased a bully, the American people endorsed that strategy, and now America’s economic elite is falling all over itself to appease the bully some more.”
Jan 6 is the day the music died.
from Pinboard (jgordon) https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/my-extremely-brief-take-on-january
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“change rage is real, and trying to argue people out of it rarely succeeds. Which is why fighting negative externalities should, where possible, leave the way people live more or less untouched.”
This is so familiar to anyone who has worked on pedestrian safety, bicycle paths and the like. It is, sadly, very true about climate change mitigation.
A loved one with a cognitive disability reacts to any new thing with NO. (It can take him 1-2 days to process, when left alone he may quietly change his mind.) I have learned that many of his traits are far more common that I once thought.
from Pinboard (jgordon) https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lessons-from-new-yorks-congestion
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“AI systems emit between 130 and 1500 times less CO2e per page of text generated compared to human writers, while AI illustration systems emit between 310 and 2900 times less CO2e per image than their human counterparts”
AI energy use is not a good hill to die on.
from Pinboard (jgordon) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54271-x#ref-CR21
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Used 5s now @$220. I think down $30 post SE.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1LEV1jt.
Does 9.3 show more detail on system services cellular data use? I think I’m seeing several settings tweaks…
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Zolkws.
9.3 fixes the 9.x cellular data use restrictions bug. I thought Apple was going to ignore it.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1VxHP2b.
Google voice.app never updated for i6. Scrolling errors.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Mj6uW6.
NYT article on Cuba dissident activity mentioned information passed on Zip drives. Wow. Really?
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1LzM231.
Scanner Pro.app power user tip: If you want your small scans to print at expected size, scan them on a white 8.5×11″ paper atop a dark background.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1nZKC6D.
Workaround for iOS 9.2.1 broken spotlight – Siri works to open apps when Spotlight fails. (Bug where some running apps kill spotlight even when background exec is off.)
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1pCMqnR.
Son’s iOS iCloud backup failing, old backup cannot be deleted. Bug.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Mi2NzO.
8 weeks of piriformis/hamstring stretch and the deep butt burn is better [notes.kateva.org]. I think my post is one of best piriformis guides online!
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1R5QRBu.
@prometheus Years ago needed journalists to attend Nugent concerts and like and listen to Trumpista. Not to their ‘solutions’ but their suffering. Not what they say they are angry at, but the roots of anger. We need journalist-anthropologists.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1RpjrzJ.
Realized that since gDoc “files” are just pointers to documents, that when I want to represent a gDoc in a Finder Folder I should copy the gDoc rather than create a shortcut. Outside of gDrive deleting gDoc is harmless. Long time to figure this.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1R8EFfN.
What percent of Bitcoin purchase is to pay ransomware?
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1pNVXrK.
T v C. At least WSJ is in agony. Not all bad.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1VfenO8.
iOS 9 “show only music on this iPhone” vs. “Show iTunes Purchases” (video and TV) may be among Apple’s worst work.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1P9lzEb.
Inspecting #1’s Facebook feed I see why the ranking algorithm is essential. He has “liked” hundreds, maybe thousands, of Pages.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1nJnKYV.
After iPhone reset and restore I had to delete and reinstall Spotify.app to restore function. Reset offline devices didn’t work. Not impressed.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1M0wzZQ.
Explaining to #2 (spectrum) why he might be vulnerable to online “groomer”: has your interests and *doesn’t disagree with you*. He admitted that might do it. He finds disagreement very painful. Not rare on spectrum.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Lj37y4.
Remembered web/data visualization tools of 90s last night — including Apple’s HotSauce “Project X” [downlode.org] MCF/XML (RDF precursor, triple store graph stuff). Article here [downlode.org]. Those were VRML days too.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Mc3xBh.
IFTTT is discontinuing support for App.net, BuzzFeed, Etsy, Yammer and a few others on March 23. Two weeks isn’t a lot of warning, but of course I don’t pay for IFTTT. (Wonder how long they’ve got left.)
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1UU4Iwm.
Screenshot of Android and iOS devices setup for a talk I’m giving on support for atypical minds. Interesting comparision. — http://bit.ly/1RRWoKD
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1QI9ET5.
This is a HARD one. When did “capitalizing” (revenues now, but expenses accounted in future) start in manufacturing and why? When and how did it get applied to software. I think was 1970s. Can’t find anything online.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Xd4oay.
If Apple doesn’t produce a $250 iPhone their market share will fall far enough that Google won’t bother with iOS apps. Which might just kill Apple.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1LRiTjI.
Microsoft FrontPage. Intuit Quicken. Apple Aperture. Icons of 3 “prosumer” sw markets that imploded.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1pfY9sf.
… Aperture photo book order message confirms book order via Aperture will not longer be supported after March 31, 2016. — http://bit.ly/1Tq8YnV
From app.net – http://bit.ly/21ZXqZK.
Ordering Apple Photo Book via Aperture: Got “connection could not be established” message flash but book order appeared. A blank book order I fear…
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1UQh4p7.
Price pressure on iPhones just redoubled [www.forbes.com]. If Apple doesn’t do a $250 iPhone they will slowly die.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1U1yNKK.
Could Simplenote users fund a kickstarter to raise enough money to pay Automattic to fix search (mac) and tagging?
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1RwA9XW.
… If Apple renamed Aperture and launched as new product today reviews would be deliriously positive. “Apple Returns!!!”
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1TY5MQl.
Aperture photo books are just awesome. Rumored to stop working in 3 weeks.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/21Q6sfl.
Working at the moment [tech.kateva.org]: Aperture/iOS.Photos do iCloud Photo Sharing; OS X.Photos and iOS.Photos do iCloud Photo Library. Nothing does obsolete ‘My Photo Stream’.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1U4xTvL.
My 13 month old airport extreme has become unreliable. Last airport lived just a bit longer. I might as well buy something inexpensive; Apple’s gear is as bad as the rest these days.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1W0lXug.
I never paid any attention to Aperture’s Web Journal and Web Album options. That was a mistake. Not a bad way to share things on my own web site.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1LIfpA3.
As part of its export process Aperture Exporter.app wrote vast numbers of new keywords to my Aperture Library. Bit shocking.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1QsRWBJ.
Not entirely new, but iCloud now supports “restore” of Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, Bookmarks and Files. Weirdly, not Notes! — http://bit.ly/1VWlYiV
From app.net – http://bit.ly/21KL1fy.
“Access your passwords from any device at passwords.google.com”. Chrome. I didn’t know that. If you set a sync passphrase they can’t be accessed.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/21NRmUb.
Preparing talk for academic physicians about what it is like to develop clinical software. Needed example of how software can get senile even when money is no object. Thanks Apple, iTunes is the example I needed.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1oVVsf8.
@clarkgoble To your point about Appalachian “democrats” voting Trump, saw another profile to T voters that fits. They are non-college whites who usually vote GOP but don’t have strong party identification. They like government actions that benefit them.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1nblAAU.
Another veteran special-needs-parent-observation: Even for #1 who reads 3rd grade level, sensitive topics often better by email or message than in person. Not what I expected.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1QeQUct.
Carson silver lining: humility for neurosurgeons. And Hopkins!
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Us8sFb.
Tried to get all family PINs and unlock and restriction codes into one Simplenote document. Got up to 25 before I gave up. Yeah, not terribly secure.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/1QkAIaV.
Bariatric surgery for weight loss and disc surgery for back pain – in both cases better alternative takes extended discipline. Hence less successful for many.
From app.net – http://bit.ly/211R8GV.