Category: Links of Interest
Platformer Responds about Nazi’s and Substack
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From yesterday’s edition of Platformer: Thanks to everyone who wrote to us over the break regarding Substack’s response to criticism that it is hosting and monetizing dozens of extremist publications, including some that are openly advocating for genocide against Jewish people. In the wake of Jonathan M. Katz’s November article on the subject in The…
An Update on Polish Trains – Anticompetitive Behaviour Under Investigation
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A few weeks back I shared a story of trains being bricked because the manufacturer didn’t like who was working on them. Then some programmers found that the trains were shut off in software if they spent time at an unauthorized repair shop. Well now the train manufacturer will need to explain their practices to…
My Top 5 Posts from 2023
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According to my site statistics the top 5 posts as voted by readers are. The first striking thing to me is that none of those posts were published in 2023. Number 4 was published in 2021 and all other posts were published in 2023. Looking at my YouTube stats we see a bit of variation…
USC shows that $750 a month given to homeless greatly improves their lives
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I recent controlled study of 100 homeless people given 750/month for a year shows that they don’t spend on drugs as many basic income naysayer suggest, they get housing and clothing and food. I’ve covered this topic a number of times, with the most comprehensive look being Basic Income for Canadians which looked at hundreds…
Unread for macOS Testflight Beta
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Unread has a TestFlight beta for macOS. Unread has been my RSS reader of choice for iPadOS and iOS for years and now they’re coming out with a macOS version that you can try. I’ve been using it for a few hours and while there are some features I miss, I don’t see a way…
800 Days of Notebooks
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Peter McKinnon on 800 days of note. I use a notebook at my desk all the time and have at time carried a Field Notes book in my pocket. Despite everything that digital tools are good at, a notebook is the right tool for the job sometimes as well.
Seth Goldstein – Own your content
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After 36 frozen hours on Linkedin Seth reminds us that we should own our content. I am continually dumbfounded when people share this type of thing as I’ve been saying you should own your content for over 10 years now. After the continual screw ups of platforms, from supporting Nazi’s at Substack to the dumpster…
I’m not a Swifty But I like What She Stands For
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This was an interesting article about Taylor Swift being Conservatives biggest foe. I find it incredulous, but not surprising, that Conservatives like Laura Loomer will claim that Taylor Swift is trying to “interfere” with elections because she’s telling people to vote. It’s almost as if Loomer knows her views aren’t shared by the majority of…
iPad for 2024
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Currently I use two iPads. I have a M1 12.9” iPad Pro 1TB and an iPad Mini 6 256GB. These iPads hold two different spaces in my computing life. My iPad Pro is where I do much of my writing and note-taking. It’s attached to an external monitor and a keyboard much of the time.…
Matt’s iPad Report Card
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The iPad Mini hasn’t been touched since 2021, and this is the one iPad I’m not super worried about camera placement. I would like to see it get a processor bump to the A16 or M1, as well as some reduced bezels if they can. I disagree with reduced bezels for the iPad Mini. I use my…