Didn’t get much of a chance to write this week. However, here are my favorite links:
- It certainly seems as if the “social media is toxic” movement is catching on a bit more. I am delighted that Facebook is cutting back on its News Feed
- Two-day shipping has helped boost the price of industrial land Mark Twain would say “I told you so.”
- Unsurprising at this point: Uber’s secret tool for keeping the cops in the dark
- How to make blue/green milk from Star Wars – Aunt Beru and Uncle Lars would be proud
- OK, I didn’t actually read the paper but the abstract is…fascinating. Reversing the thermodynamic arrow of time using quantum correlations.
- That last link reminds me of this excellent 1964 Messenger Lecture by Richard Feynman: The Distinction of Past and Future.
- Russia’s Reserve Fund Runs out of Money 14 years after its founding (and 4 other interesting stories)
- Asymco on music’s importance at Apple. “HomePod will surprise not because it will be a better at chatting. It will surprise because it will cause you to sit down and listen in awe.”
- One of those videos that demonstrates where we are in the scale of the universe
- Apparently there’s a board came called Captain Sonar that is pretty cool
- A good post on the trade-offs of distributed apps running on the ethereum virtual machine: Miners aren’t your friends
- Why does home solar energy cost so much in the US? (Hint: it’s regulation)
- Tom Tunguz on the upsides of the current ICO trend
- How a young freestyler snapped up a prime piece of Squaw Valley property
- A great (short) writeup by Google on how they’ve handled the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities over the last several months
- Jeff Bezos is getting more comfortable in the spotlight
- How a photographer took a photo of the stealth bomber over the Rose Bowl (he used a plane)
- What Putin really wants – some gems of truth in here, if you ask me
- FiveThirtyEight weighs in: Should Trump Give North Korea a bloody nose?
- The majority of the NPS advisory board have resigned
- This was hilarious: A Whole New World dubbed with realistic audio
- A comparison of blockchain criticisms to version control criticisms
- Map of every US State’s most important trading partner
- How Israel manages its water
- How to perfectly sear meat
- This week’s Yellowstone winter keeper journal: Foxes
- Brexit stamps
- What a story about Travis Kalanick
- This is sorta dry but it’s so true: your data is worth more than you think
- Asymco continues to be a great place to read about Apple: The Apple Cash FAQ
And, to join the club of people matching their selfies with famous works of art, I give you:
Personally I don’t see the resemblance. Oh well! Have a great weekend!
