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27 May, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Dear LazyWeb: I have a 13 inch 2020 MBP and a LG HDR 4K Display as a second monitor. After I power cycled the monitor, I can no longer get it to display at high resolution. Anyone come across this? I tried rebooting the mac, updating to latest OS, using different ports for cable
Thank you to everyone who offered tips. Swapping cables (to an Apple-made one) fixed this problem, even thought the peccant cable had been working before without issues. I guess it gave up the ghost.
It's incredible how bad the USB-C cable situation is, and about to get worse with the introduction of ones that can handle a higher voltage. They are all indistinguishable and designed so no two combinations of anything can interoperate. It's like reliving 2000-era wifi
Apple's move from "only computer that just works" to "feels like setting up late-90's linux on a laptop" has been a heartbreak to those of us who used to lord it over Windows-using colleagues by printing stuff and getting online
The occult multifinger iOS swipe gestures that require multiple people to use, like a Ouija board, are also a sign that something has gone off the rails in Cupertino
I have old friends whose cat walked across their keyboard, activated some deep-cut key combination, and teleported them into an Exposé UI where they are now trapped forever. I see their sad faces pressed to the window sometimes when I walk by their house, but I quicken my steps

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29 May
The U.S. spent a trillion dollars (in today's money) on the Vietnam War. Imagine if we decided now to spend a thousandth part of that to get vaccines to all of Southeast Asia.
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28 May
Both these columns appeared in the NYT today, but the moral distance between them could not be greater. @nytdavidbrooks ruminates on what the end of covid will mean for his social calendar. @zeynep urges us to step up vaccinating the world before millions more die needlessly. ImageImage
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28 May
There's a recurring theme in Democratic circles that I think is under-examined, that goes "if only the rules were fair our party would win bigly". It's part of a wider feeling of denial about the last few years. I think Nate is right to call this out, and we need a better plan.
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27 May
Excellent short thread about CA fires that applies to a lot of aspects of climate change. Underlying trends are often dominated by randomness. When the two line up, you break all records. But if the two are opposed, you can have deceptively mild outcomes even as trends get worse.
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In the American West, things are even worse because there is a documented history of multi-year megadroughts (four in the last 1200 years) and you have to try to superimpose the effects of anthropogenic climate change on that as we enter a fifth one. science.sciencemag.org/content/368/64…
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GameStop stock (which is soaring again because YOLO) really is the next generation of cryptocurrency. No cumbersome blockchain, no transaction fees, tight regulation and convenient token (tradable on the stock exchange!) put it ahead of all competitors.
The stonk became unmoored from underlying assets on December 31 and, like a neckbeard Skynet, achieved self-awareness that only increased its value. I look forward to the rest of the market detaching similarly and completing the legalization of online gambling in the US
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