It's that time of year again when I bemoan the fact that the IRS doesn't maintain a portal where I can go and see all of the tax forms that institutions have filed on my behalf.

It’s a shame that Threads and BlueSky aren’t integrated. Both products would be much better if they were.

Observation after using OpenAI Operator — the thing really needs the equivalent of a query planner and optimizer. It often does things in a needlessly slow and expensive way.

This all makes sense. Wonder if it’s true?
theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...

TIL: GPT and Gemini will give advice on making moonshine, but Claude will not.

Amazing that the world is in demographic decline and the major country that has the easiest time attracting people to come anyway is busy pissing away it’s edge.

TIL that Buckminster Fuller proposed a worldwide power grid to share solar power. Made me think of this ambitious Singapore/Australia project.
reneweconomy.com.au/sun-cable-pl...

Is there any company trying to recreate the Sears mail-order home of years past? People evidently like them (I sure do) and so many of the nicest neighborhoods are rows of them. Would of course be even nicer if they were updated with insulation, etc.! Seems much more efficient than custom homes.

It’s tragic that Jeffrey Epstein died without knowing he could have been Attorney General

This looks great!
www.5212broadway.com

Reverse-seared NY strip. Bluelake beans with garlic. Baby gold potatoes with sour cream and thyme. Red cabbage and beet sauerkraut.

Feature idea — put someone in timeout. Kind of like mute, but with expiration. First time is maybe for a day, second time is for a week, then a month, then a year, then forever.

UPDATE: A pedestrian who was struck by a driver while crossing a Berkeley street Thursday night has died, police report. His name was not available pending family notification, the coroner's office said. The Scanner will continue to seek updates.

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction

Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪

RIP FVEY?

I read this and I all I can think about is Prop 13 killing schools and boomer NIMBYs killing housing.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/w...