Current Entries
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01/31/2023    The never-ending problem of Socrates:

              https://antigonejournal.com/2023/01/history-socratic-problem/

01/31/2023    Disable the power button / touch id key from locking the screen
              on MacBooks:

              $ defaults write com.apple.loginwindow DisableScreenLockImmediate -bool yes

              From: https://blog.plover.com/tech/mac-lock-button.html

              Other settings that can be configured for the login window
              can be found here:

              https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/loginwindow?language=objc

01/27/2023    Code lifetime:

              https://xkcd.com/2730/

01/20/2023    Check a package signature on MacOSX Monterey (12.x)
              and newer using pkgutil(1):

              $ /usr/sbin/pkgutil -check-signature [pkg]

              See: https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2023/01/20/verifying-installer-package-signing-and-notarization-using-pkgutil/

01/19/2023    The amount of Cycloartenyl ferulate (CAF) found in brown
              rice contributes to its antioxidant properties according
              to new research from Japan:

              https://phys.org/news/2023-01-brown-rice-healthy-decoding-chemistry.html

              "[A] recent study led by Professor Yoshimasa Nakamura
              from the Graduate School of Environmental and Life
              Science, Okayama University ... identified cycloartenyl
              ferulate (CAF) as the main 'cytoprotective' or cell-
              protecting compound in brown rice. ... [The study found]
              evidence of CAF's antioxidant properties by demonstrating
              that it can protect cells from stress caused by hydrogen
              peroxide. Although hydrogen peroxide is a by-product of
              a cell's metabolic processes, abnormal amounts of the
              compound can be toxic to cells and cause irreversible
              damage. Treatment of cells with CAF increased their
              resistance to toxic stress induced by hydrogen peroxide."

01/18/2023    Annotated Field Guide to Identifying Phish:

              https://tidbits.com/2023/01/16/an-annotated-field-guide-to-identifying-phish/

01/12/2023    Use make for web work:

              https://rosszurowski.com/log/2022/makefiles

01/12/2023    Phishing via Local Files:

              https://textslashplain.com/2023/01/11/attack-techniques-phishing-via-local-files/

01/12/2023    Lost Wormhole:

              https://www.kleinmania.com/post/23628608950/wormhole

01/12/2023    Wormhole Coffee Table:

              https://laughingsquid.com/wormhole-coffee-table/

              The same master carpenter's Space Time Vase is also
              awesome:

              https://www.etsy.com/listing/979012675/space-time-vase-made-to-order

01/11/2023    It's nearly 10 years old, but still correct, just use make:

              https://bost.ocks.org/mike/make/

01/09/2023    More granular brightness and volume settings on MacOSX:

              https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/83611-how-to-use-your-mac-keyboard-to-for-more-precise-brightness-volume-adjustments/

              "[T]o make more precise adjustments, hold down the
               Option and Shift keys together ... [and] [p]ress
               the volume or brightness controls."

01/09/2023    More on energy efficient pasta cooking:

              https://theconversation.com/italys-pasta-row-a-scientist-on-how-to-cook-spaghetti-properly-and-save-money-191973

              1. "[T]urning off the hob midway and allowing the pasta
                 to cook in the residual heat will halve the cooking
                 cost"

              2. "[H]alving the water [used] resulted in perfect pasta"

              3. "[T]here is no need to bring the pan to a 'rolling boil'
                 at 100 C ... [g]entle simmering is sufficient to cook
                 the pasta completely"

              4. "Keeping a lid on the pan is another simple thing you
                 can do."

01/09/2023    The audible periodic table:

              https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/6

01/06/2023    The secret of Roman concrete - self-healing because of
              the presence of lime clasts:

              https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106

01/06/2023    December 2022 Books:

              Beethoven - The Universal Composer by Edmund Morris
              https://www.harperacademic.com/book/9780060759759/beethoven/

              Wonderful compact biography of Beethoven.  It ought
              to come with a list of recommended recordings for
              each piece.

              Feynman by Jim Ottaviani (illustrated by Leland Myrick)
              https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781596438279/feynman

              Basically the graphic novel version of Surely You Are
              Joking Mr. Feynman and What Do You Care What Other
              People Think.  Excellent.

01/03/2023    Things that make you happy as an adult:

              https://www.hedgerhumor.com/happiness-3/

Earlier Entries
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