Link. Cellular transactions carry lessons for interapplication messaging. Nice update from my old med school lectures.
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Romney has no ideology: the video.
Link. Is he even religious? Does he have values other than power?
Network instability: the price of complexity and connectivity.
Link. So why don’t all ecosystems collapse? Maybe they do, just on long timescales.
5 Big News Stories That Left Out the Most Important Part
Link. We need a special Pulitzer prize for follow-up stories.
A geek rant on Apple’s product direction.
Link. The security fixes are needed. The rest is pointless.
Google cultural institute history program.
Link. Google doing good.
A test for Bostrum’s hypothesis: simverse.
Link. Not a great test, but physicists are working the problem.
Korowai Tree Houses.
Link. On their last generation as hunter gatherers.
RIFty Fifty.
Link. Go small on the house, enjoy it while you got it.
Who is to blame for the fungal steroid disaster? The GOP.
Link. The Supremes broke regulation 2002. GOP Congress held hearings 2003 and did nothing. The GOP owns this disaster.
How to stop Verizon from anonymously tracking your iPhone usage
Link. I completed a similar opt out for AT&T yesterday.
The rise of unbelief in America.
Link. Protestant < 50%. Catholic/None about 20% each. Only 6% declared agnostic/atheist. Turning european.
Romney: Forget About That Abortion Stuff
Link. Shaking the friggin hell out of the old etch-a-sketch.
On Debates and the Election: Could 90 Minutes Really Change Everything?
Link. Only if Obama doesn’t want to win.
One Tablet per Child? Implications for repair.
NYT on Cloud and lock-in.
Link. Rare to see lock-in described in lay article. Nice iTunes example.
Physics nobel 2012: summary.
Link. Astounding. 25 years ago.
Cryptographic hash (and flame).
Link. Most readable but detailed discussion I’ve seen.
iOS App.net Client River Gains VoiceOver Support
TNC on the Romney Wave.
Link. We are still primates watching the alphas duel for the right to lead.
xkcd on gigaton wave weapons.
Link. Including never published Dyson memo.
WordPress VIP: Scalzi is a fan.
Link. Strong endorsement.
Fallows 5% Neandertal.
Steroid contamination: I think the GOP owns this one.
Link. They blocked regulatory inspection.
The Carlyle Group and the Sun Yee On Triad.
Link. Rough bank.
5 Terrifying Things Found in the Last Place You’d Expect.
Link. Bed bugs, snakes, serial killers. Cracked.
Banks The Hydrogen Sonata: review.
Link. I’m in.
How much do cats actually kill?
Link. Murder is why we domesticated them.
Gordon’s Tech: How to fix a corrupted Google Doc.
Link. RTF export, save in Nisus Writer Pro, reimport.
Restrict AT&T use of customer information for marketing.
Link. Form to complete. (Via Nick R, app.net)
More dumb moves under Jobs.
Link. Still haven’t gotten to years of iPhoto bugs.
Bus powered USB drives unreliable.
Link. Firewire was so much better.
Lead elimination makes a huge difference.
Link. “Massachusetts spent a mere $5 million on lead abatement and saw the same improvement in their schools that they would’ve seen from a massive push to reduce income inequality.”
Boosting productivity: Why 50+ are fired and rehired for less.
Link. It’s not personal: “People that age hold the most senior jobs and make the best salaries. Lowering their compensation saves the most money”.
If you’re @50 and not getting raises, then look for a another job even if it pays less. Also, hair dye is cheap.
Honda Pilot and Odyssey 2003-2004 rollaway issues investigated.
Link. Use your parking brake.
The crash of 2007: Its A Wonderful Life 2.
Link. “Banks in a fractional reserve banking system are subject to runs. The solution is deposit insurance. The wholesale banking system did not have deposit insurance and what really happened in the Great Financial Crash was a wholesale banking run. The solution to that is to extend deposit insurance which we have done.”
Respect for Romney’s wiles.
Link. “he mostly danced around the ambiguities in his policies in a way that appeared to confound Obama”
3D Gun Printing: not an American problem.
Link. We have guns galore, so little impact here. Bigger impact elsewhere.
China: “some companies in the U.S. “have experienced odd or alerting incidents” involving Huawei or ZTE equipment”
Link. Love to know whether any of those companies start with a G.
Why more Americans are wasting their youths than Europeans.
Link. Europe has more training for non-elite.
Ex-TSA Agent: We Steal From Travelers All the Time.
Link. They hate us.
On-demand access to physicians, lawyers and other professionals.
Link. Promising developments.
iCloud 101: Find My Friends.
Link. Overview and tutorial.
Next gen mobile: Neighborhood small cell.
Link. I think this explains Google Fiber.
Polycom Skype to FaceTime gateway.
Link. First of many.
Nobel’s 3-person limit is obsolete.
Link. Science, like movie making, is a team affair.
Einstein’s version of religion.
Link. Echoes of Maimonides.
The invisible Fukushima 50.
Link. Feudal Japan. “He was asked by his men whether he thought they would come back alive. They went on regardless”
Why Welch suspects jobs data.
Link. Welch was good at “managng earnings. Strangely good. “
Amazon whispersync.
Link. “a whispersync … You buy the kindle book and then, for a few bucks extra, add the audiobook”