Had to rotator cuff surgery yesterday. This is my 4th time, 2nd for the left shoulder.
Good news is they went in expecting a possible torn rotator cuff tendon based on MRI, but found only fraying and inflammation instead. They cleaned everything up arthroscopically.
Hail science and medicine!
This Is Just To Say
I have given
the speech
about the war
in Iran
and which
you were probably
hoping would
explain things
Forgive me
it was unhinged
so slurred
and so vague
Pulled my 15+ year old Logitech G13 out of the closet to let me game with one arm in a sling. Took a bit of driver install magic to make it work.
An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.
TIL:
Ultra vires = Latin for "beyond one's legal power or authority"
A good article and graphics about the Artemis II mission. [Gift Link]
Great work by Marco Hernandez and Kenneth Chang.
The Vergecast is a show by The Verge team covering a wide range of current tech news.
Discussion is like how nerdly friends would chat about things rather than high minded punditry.
From smart home trouble to FCC crazy, they cover the gamut, though I do tend to skip the phone talk. :)
The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives — and which ones you should bring into yours. Click here to subscribe.
Killswitch is a show by Dexter Thomas about technology and the culture that springs from it.
Great insights to the human side of the tech tsunami of change.
Monday Recommendations: Tech Podcasts
404Media is a small team of investigative journalists doing great work.
Everyone should be reading and listening to them.
Great article and graphics on the NBA draft and teams tanking [Gift Link]
Technology rarely disappears once discovered.
Truthfully, AI & LLMs aren't going away.
You can't 'wish it away to the cornfields'.
Unlike leaded gas, DDT, or CFCs, there's no replacement waiting.
What we can do is shape how they’re used with standards, laws, and norms.
