Nathan Cashion
@nathancashion.bsky.social
Seems similar to my inability to use a Polar heart strap paired to Apple Watch while doing a Fitness+ workout on AppleTV (which also requires the Watch to be connected, via Bluetooth).
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/27/powebeats-pro-hr-tracking-gym-equipment-no-music/
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/27/powebeats-pro-hr-tracking-gym-equipment-no-music/
Powerbeats Pro 2 Can't Play Music While Tracking Heart Rate on Gym Equipment - MacRumors
Apple's new Powerbeats Pro 2 earbuds have come in for heavy criticism because of a major limitation in its heart rate monitoring functionality,...
www.macrumors.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Seems similar to my inability to use a Polar heart strap paired to Apple Watch while doing a Fitness+ workout on AppleTV (which also requires the Watch to be connected, via Bluetooth).
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/27/powebeats-pro-hr-tracking-gym-equipment-no-music/
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/27/powebeats-pro-hr-tracking-gym-equipment-no-music/
“This state of affairs is not terribly surprising when one considers how many studies labeled as “peer reviewed” appear every year: at least 3 million. The system of scientific publishing is, as others have noted, under severe strain.”
https://apple.news/A43sNRnxFSB-PofufUQKPmw
https://apple.news/A43sNRnxFSB-PofufUQKPmw
The Scientific Literature Can’t Save You Now
Science You can cite peer-reviewed research in support of almost any claim, no matter how absurd. February 13, 2025 Twice during his Senate confirmation hearings at the end of last month, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America’s new health secretary, brought up a peer-reviewed study by a certain “Mawson” that had come out just the week before. “That article is by Mawson,” he said to Senator Bill Cassidy, then spelled out the author’s name for emphasis: “M-A-W-S-O-N.” And to Bernie Sanders: “Look at the
apple.news
February 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“This state of affairs is not terribly surprising when one considers how many studies labeled as “peer reviewed” appear every year: at least 3 million. The system of scientific publishing is, as others have noted, under severe strain.”
https://apple.news/A43sNRnxFSB-PofufUQKPmw
https://apple.news/A43sNRnxFSB-PofufUQKPmw
“Blurbs are both time consuming and exhausting on all ends of the process — to solicit and to write. They reward the well-connected mediocrity at the expense of the talented unknown.” https://apple.news/ACJLOA1G4SSibWmcA3gVTOA
A major book publisher announced a change. The industry freaked out.
For the past few months, publishing has been consumed with debate over that ever-divisive topic: blurbs, those breathless little testimonials from other writers that appear on the back of a book’s cover, which hardly anyone likes to write and even fewer people like to ask for.
apple.news
February 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“Blurbs are both time consuming and exhausting on all ends of the process — to solicit and to write. They reward the well-connected mediocrity at the expense of the talented unknown.” https://apple.news/ACJLOA1G4SSibWmcA3gVTOA
Audiobook previews are a missed opportunity.
Publishers spend, what, days, weeks, months even, agonizing over the text blurb for a book.
Then they get less than 3 minutes and waste half of it on “This is Audible” and opening credits.
Drop me into the action! Get me hooked! Earn my next credit!
Publishers spend, what, days, weeks, months even, agonizing over the text blurb for a book.
Then they get less than 3 minutes and waste half of it on “This is Audible” and opening credits.
Drop me into the action! Get me hooked! Earn my next credit!
January 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Audiobook previews are a missed opportunity.
Publishers spend, what, days, weeks, months even, agonizing over the text blurb for a book.
Then they get less than 3 minutes and waste half of it on “This is Audible” and opening credits.
Drop me into the action! Get me hooked! Earn my next credit!
Publishers spend, what, days, weeks, months even, agonizing over the text blurb for a book.
Then they get less than 3 minutes and waste half of it on “This is Audible” and opening credits.
Drop me into the action! Get me hooked! Earn my next credit!
Now there’s a twist I didn’t see coming!
“CapCut, the popular video editing app owned by ByteDance, is also now offline in the United States and has been removed from the App Store.”
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/18/tiktok-is-officially-shutting-down-in-the-united-states/
“CapCut, the popular video editing app owned by ByteDance, is also now offline in the United States and has been removed from the App Store.”
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/18/tiktok-is-officially-shutting-down-in-the-united-states/
TikTok has officially shut down in the United States - 9to5Mac
In a new notification sent to users, TIkTok has confirmed it is shutting down in the United States. The company...
9to5mac.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Now there’s a twist I didn’t see coming!
“CapCut, the popular video editing app owned by ByteDance, is also now offline in the United States and has been removed from the App Store.”
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/18/tiktok-is-officially-shutting-down-in-the-united-states/
“CapCut, the popular video editing app owned by ByteDance, is also now offline in the United States and has been removed from the App Store.”
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/18/tiktok-is-officially-shutting-down-in-the-united-states/
Science (and other) writers:
How do you decide which words to make a link?
e.g. in this example, I would have selected “A study” as the anchor text (since that’s the thing I’m linking to) instead of the verb.
Does it matter?
How do you decide which words to make a link?
e.g. in this example, I would have selected “A study” as the anchor text (since that’s the thing I’m linking to) instead of the verb.
Does it matter?
December 4, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Science (and other) writers:
How do you decide which words to make a link?
e.g. in this example, I would have selected “A study” as the anchor text (since that’s the thing I’m linking to) instead of the verb.
Does it matter?
How do you decide which words to make a link?
e.g. in this example, I would have selected “A study” as the anchor text (since that’s the thing I’m linking to) instead of the verb.
Does it matter?
Pro tip: if you took advantage of Black Friday discounts on subscriptions (software, entertainment, etc.), set yourself a reminder to cancel before the full price hits you next year. 🤑
November 30, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Pro tip: if you took advantage of Black Friday discounts on subscriptions (software, entertainment, etc.), set yourself a reminder to cancel before the full price hits you next year. 🤑
Apple Ad: “93 open browser tabs…”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fm0a4uFS08Y&si=sONrTHrahBZ0Sr-k
Me: “Child’s play 😎”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fm0a4uFS08Y&si=sONrTHrahBZ0Sr-k
Me: “Child’s play 😎”
November 23, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Apple Ad: “93 open browser tabs…”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fm0a4uFS08Y&si=sONrTHrahBZ0Sr-k
Me: “Child’s play 😎”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fm0a4uFS08Y&si=sONrTHrahBZ0Sr-k
Me: “Child’s play 😎”
For everyone jumping from the sinking ship but can’t decide whether to fly away on a butterfly 🦋, ride on a wooly mammoth 🦣, or swing away by a thread 🪡, why not all of them?
OpenVibe lets you browse and post across them all at once.
https://openvibe.social/
OpenVibe lets you browse and post across them all at once.
https://openvibe.social/
Openvibe — Town Square for Open Social Media
Interact With Anyone On The Open Internet. All Decentralised Social Networks, Single Timeline.
openvibe.social
November 23, 2024 at 11:34 PM
For everyone jumping from the sinking ship but can’t decide whether to fly away on a butterfly 🦋, ride on a wooly mammoth 🦣, or swing away by a thread 🪡, why not all of them?
OpenVibe lets you browse and post across them all at once.
https://openvibe.social/
OpenVibe lets you browse and post across them all at once.
https://openvibe.social/
Reposted by Nathan Cashion
I updated the data in my article about the history of child mortality.
Without any large exceptions, every second child died — in Ancient Rome, in hunter-gatherer societies, in the pre-Columbian Americas, in Medieval Japan, in Imperial China, or the Renaissance.
ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
Without any large exceptions, every second child died — in Ancient Rome, in hunter-gatherer societies, in the pre-Columbian Americas, in Medieval Japan, in Imperial China, or the Renaissance.
ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
November 17, 2024 at 10:02 AM
I updated the data in my article about the history of child mortality.
Without any large exceptions, every second child died — in Ancient Rome, in hunter-gatherer societies, in the pre-Columbian Americas, in Medieval Japan, in Imperial China, or the Renaissance.
ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
Without any large exceptions, every second child died — in Ancient Rome, in hunter-gatherer societies, in the pre-Columbian Americas, in Medieval Japan, in Imperial China, or the Renaissance.
ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
Just discovered the Highlight feature in Obsidian Web Clipper. Amazing.
November 13, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Just discovered the Highlight feature in Obsidian Web Clipper. Amazing.
With Apple Intelligence arriving to devices near you, it’s important to be aware that it, too, can make mistakes. Like marking this *obvious* spam message as a “Time-Sensitive Transaction.” 🤦🏻♂️
November 7, 2024 at 2:46 PM
With Apple Intelligence arriving to devices near you, it’s important to be aware that it, too, can make mistakes. Like marking this *obvious* spam message as a “Time-Sensitive Transaction.” 🤦🏻♂️
Anyone else have a heck of a time keeping characters straight when their names are too similar (or even just start with the same letter)?
Sauron <-> Saruman
Boromir <-> Faramir
Any of the dwarves, for that matter (Lord of the Rings)
The latest for me were Bibiana <-> Belonísia (Crooked Plow)
Sauron <-> Saruman
Boromir <-> Faramir
Any of the dwarves, for that matter (Lord of the Rings)
The latest for me were Bibiana <-> Belonísia (Crooked Plow)
November 2, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Anyone else have a heck of a time keeping characters straight when their names are too similar (or even just start with the same letter)?
Sauron <-> Saruman
Boromir <-> Faramir
Any of the dwarves, for that matter (Lord of the Rings)
The latest for me were Bibiana <-> Belonísia (Crooked Plow)
Sauron <-> Saruman
Boromir <-> Faramir
Any of the dwarves, for that matter (Lord of the Rings)
The latest for me were Bibiana <-> Belonísia (Crooked Plow)
Just paid a medical bill for my son… for an urgent care visit last November. 😖
Why does it take insurance 11 months to decide how much they’ll pay for a COVID/strep throat test and send the bill?!
Does this mean we can’t claim reimbursement from our HSA since the visit occurred last year?
Why does it take insurance 11 months to decide how much they’ll pay for a COVID/strep throat test and send the bill?!
Does this mean we can’t claim reimbursement from our HSA since the visit occurred last year?
October 26, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Just paid a medical bill for my son… for an urgent care visit last November. 😖
Why does it take insurance 11 months to decide how much they’ll pay for a COVID/strep throat test and send the bill?!
Does this mean we can’t claim reimbursement from our HSA since the visit occurred last year?
Why does it take insurance 11 months to decide how much they’ll pay for a COVID/strep throat test and send the bill?!
Does this mean we can’t claim reimbursement from our HSA since the visit occurred last year?