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readthenotes1··on Rising sea destroys homes, erases beaches in California
Im pretty sure _don't look up_ was supposed to be a scathing indictment of climate change deniers, but it makes me wonder how many people living in low low-lying areas of the seacoast claim to believe that climate change is real and happening and vote for everyone else to change their lives but ignore the water lapping at their doorstep
readthenotes1··on Goodbye Google
Sigh. I was hoping this would be a road map to how to replace Google Docs, Sheets, and Mail from my ecosystem.
readthenotes1··on Back and shoulder surgery is often worse than useless
An elderly relative of mine went to get an MRI to prove the occult fracture of the sacrum that was hobbling him.

It took about 12 hours, much of it waiting for his blood pressure to subside low enough to get admitted (a pre-requisite for the MRI).

This is in a city with of about 750k people and nowhere near Massachusetts.

readthenotes1··on Back and shoulder surgery is often worse than useless
Some countries have a dual insurance system that might allow wealthier people to get better access.

Think of Steve Jobs jumping to the head of the line for a liver transplant

readthenotes1··on Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity
Original title may be clearer?

Creatine uptake promotes dendritic cell activation and enhances antitumor immunity

readthenotes1··on Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain
A yearn for that. My granddad tells how his Grandmom made homemade ice cream with no added sugar. Just fruit.

I am too lazy to follow: (

readthenotes1··on Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy
I guess I shouldn't believe what I read. I and when certainly wouldn't buy phone that doesn't do Android auto... Glad to hear it works!
readthenotes1··on What to do when your Waymo holds up a Secret Service motorcade
It's the secret service. Safe the runner is safe unless she's a prostitute or you happen to trip.
readthenotes1··on Comma's hands-off driving tech under investigation after 2 fatal crashes
I thought credible reporting said it was merely the Pentagon's lack of updating a decade old Target list?

I did find it darkly ironic that Operation Epstein Fury started out by destroying the lives of more young girls.

readthenotes1··on Americans' Drinking Remains at Record Low: Gallup Poll
Beer at bar $7. What did industry expect?

And, if you want to be overly precise, can you tell us the average prices and consumption for cocktails, shots, wine serving, and beer?

readthenotes1··on Americans' Drinking Remains at Record Low: Gallup Poll
Since the drinking reduction is across all ages, we're a very lonely people...
readthenotes1··on Aging may be a program, not a breakdown
My granddad tells the story of the time he left his parents house and they called out "Make sure to turn your burners on".

He was in his 60s....

Once a parent, always a parent, I guess.

readthenotes1··on 9 Ads per Minute: FIFA Cup 26 – "the price of the beautiful game"
Isn't that the Brave and adblocker model?
readthenotes1··on Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy
Just about everybody with money uses contactless payment and it doesn't look like that works with graphene so I'm not sure I would call it premium except for privacy.

Likewise, no Android Auto

readthenotes1··on NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead
$40T in debt, gotta cut something.
readthenotes1··on U.S. Small Biz Can't Ship to the EU Anymore
Less shipping should mean less CO2 right?
readthenotes1··on U.S. Small Biz Can't Ship to the EU Anymore
Well, if they're too small to trifle with, it would be irrational to trifle with them, wouldn't it?
readthenotes1··on US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut
Do you want air traffic control to be on the general internet?

That seems like an extremely foolhardy thing to do.

readthenotes1··on US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut
A lot of people don't check their backups until they need to restore.

A lot of people are incompetent.

readthenotes1··on Mayday Mysteries
It looks a lot like what one of my schizophrenic relatives does
readthenotes1··on Economics Nobel Laureates' Letter Supporting the California Billionaire Tax [pdf]
The nice thing about economics is how unreplicable it is due to exogenous circumstances.

It will be interesting to see how many very successful people decide they don't want to supply even more of the tax base.

"Second, the proponents’ 10 percent avoidance assumption is obsolete before signatures have even been submitted. Between the initiatives announcement on October 15, 2025 and the residency snapshot date of January 1, 2026, just six publicly confirmed departures eliminated far more than 10 percent of the base. During this period, nearly 30 percent of California’s wealth tax base left the state, and this only includes the billionaires who publicly announced their departures (see Table 1). "

https://libertylensecon.substack.com/p/california-wealth-tax...

Unlike in New York City, though, billionaires don't contribute that much to a total income tax receipts- a little over 2%, though that is from about 150 households, so anybody moving will have necessarily a significant impact.

https://www.nber.org/papers/w35218

https://www.ntu.org/foundation/detail/leave-if-you-tax-them-...

readthenotes1··on People who know the most often sound the least certain
That reminds me of the old saying " who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?"
readthenotes1··on Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Not to mention the gut brain-- That's the organ I blame for the ice cream I just ate
readthenotes1··on Saving another 100TB of RAM
I expect a another post in a year where they get a performance improvement by reducing the number of calls to create integers from bytes.
readthenotes1··on If materialism is true, the United States is probably conscious
Did humans put a man on the moon using tools or did the USA put a man on the moon using humans?
readthenotes1··on Backups Aren't Simple
"Obviously, none of this is worth anything if you don’t actually test restores."

One of my teachers claimed that contrary to common behavior, no one actually valued backups; it was restores that were worth paying for.

readthenotes1··on Tiny village votes for 'independence' from UK amid asylum seeker row
It's all fun and games until they're in your own backyard
readthenotes1··on US coal 'biggest contributor by far' to rise in global emissions
They gave numbers for the increase in coal, but not the increase in CO2. It's hard to know what the impact is
readthenotes1··on Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco
That may be true. However it does not explain how many people have big trucks that are never used as trucks
readthenotes1··on Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco
And the promise is that we will have a shortage of shortages!
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