The Most Important Apple Executive You’ve Never Heard Of
Some interesting details on the man leading Apple's chip design group.
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In the battle of Internet mobs vs. the law, the Internet mobs have won - The Washington Post
Well my estimation of Volokh has dropped considerably.
Scientists are floored by what’s happening in the Arctic right now
Well that's a terrifying temperature trend.
Machine Learning A Cappella - Overfitting Thriller!
Hah.
Why Apple Defends Encryption
Short: law enforcement doesn't like that encryption makes their jobs "harder" by denying access to the massive amount of personal information we have.
The FBI wants Apple to create an iPhone backdoor: Here's how it's possible
Good overview. Also cleared up why his employer couldn't unlock it.
Why Is The Media Continuing To Sell Out Victims Of Abuse? - The Establishment
A good summary of how becoming a "public figure" because of something bad happened to you is a curse.
Why the FBI's request to Apple will affect civil rights for a generation | Macworld
Spot on analysis of the potential legal impact of this case, and why the FBI is pushing on this one.
Bosses Harness Big Data to Predict Which Workers Might Get Sick - WSJ
Yup, not signing up for our health incentive program. The privacy info was too creepy.
What I Want Out of Twitter
All great features that would make Twitter better for people.
Scalia And Leonard Nimoy: Justice's Death Spurs Conspiracy Theories : The Two-Way : NPR
Wow this is extra wild.
The Pragmatic Case for Bernie Sanders - The Atlantic
I do still have doubts on the electability front, but no doubt that Sanders being competitive in the race is good for a liberal agenda.
GOP Cynicism on the Supreme Court Reaches a New Low - The Daily Beast
"Both sides" is kinda true, but in general the right is more extreme, and motivated for nastier reasons.
Want to fight climate change? Eat more beans. - CSMonitor.com
International Year of Pulses!
How the politics of the next nomination will play out : SCOTUSblog
Lots of detail here. I've only heard of some of these.
Edison's talking dolls: child's toy or stuff of nightmares
Andrle doesn't believe me when I say dolls are creepy.
Batman v Superman 1966 shot x shot remake #BvSspoof
Pretty good recut!
Apple’s Elephant in the Room — Medium
Good points. I keep coming back to sampling biases as well.
Scalia’s Supreme Court Seat and the Next Frontier in Political Hardball - NYTimes.com
I'd love a term limit.
Is BB-8 a woman: why are we so determined to assign gender to AI? | Science | The Guardian
This touches on an interesting idea and then kinda goes off course.
Justice Antonin Scalia, Who Led a Conservative Renaissance on the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 79 - NYTimes.com
I did like his writing.
Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch - San Antonio Express-News
Whoa.
KING: Peyton Manning’s squeaky-clean image was built on lies - NY Daily News
In addition to destroying her career, there are some really disturbing racial undertones to how they tried to attack her.
The Search for Planet Nine: Why I believe in Planet Nine.
That's a lot of observations. Now we just need to find a large but very dim object.
LIGO Scientific Collaboration - The science of LSC research
"In fact, the gravitational-wave power radiated by GW150914 was more than ten times greater than the combined luminosity (i.e. the light power) of every star and galaxy in the observable Universe." Wow.
Gravitational Waves at Last | Sean Carroll
I remember reading about LIGO years ago and assuming it would work; awesome to see gravitational waves validated.
Stone-age massacre offers earliest evidence of human warfare | Science | The Guardian
Interesting find.
The millennial lie: Most twenty-somethings aren’t privileged | Fusion
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Interesting to see his planned vote given his past criticism, but not surprising.
The Yin and Yang of Basketball
Huh! I had assumed three pointers had always been there.