Why it’s gotten hard to understand. A long, but interesting (at least to me, who in a former life was an audio engineer) read.
[Afternoon update]
This story reminded me of this spoof of The Dark Knight.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Android Weirdness
I’ve got a new Samsung, and it’s doing a repeated notification that I have no idea what it’s notifying me about. It’s a two-pitch tone [boobeep], and it’s driving me nuts when the phone is in earshot. Any idea how to figure out what it is?
[Early evening update]
For those wondering in comments, it’s a Galaxy A03s.
[September 26th update]
OK, it turned out to be BlueMail (an app I find highly overrated). I disabled notifications on it, and it quit doing it.
[Bumped from a month earlier]
How To Help The Iranian People
Set up a proxy server for Signal.
On Putin’s Speech
Some initial thoughts from Blake Powers, who seems to be continuing to recover from the lightning strike.
[Update a few minutes later]
More from Lawrence Person.
Another Aspect Of The Genocide
Why women stopped menstruating upon arrival at the Nazi death camps.
Ukraine Thoughts And Trends
An interesting assessment of the current situation.
The Coming Russian “Mobilization”
Environmentalism
…is a fundamentalist religion.
Yup.
Continuing Progress
Starship
[Afternoon update]
Starship has to work, or SpaceX is at risk of bankruptcy.