Jeremy Cherfas

Interesting to read Ryan’s thoughts about being Not That Online and whether that affects the incredibly handy tools he makes for others. Maybe I’m overthinking my own dilemmas.

This is the exact opposite of my experience, as a certified old fart. I learned to code Fortran on an IBM 370, then we got PDPs and I embraced Basic and later a bit of assembler. Then went dormant for a while so I missed everything. Now catching up.

I wonder what it would take to adapt the WithKnown Twitter plugin to use V2 of the API? Might need to look into that before throwing in the towel completely.

It has been a very long time since my last refereed paper was published, but here we are again. What is Wrong with Biofortification makes the case that staples with enhanced levels of micronutrient are not a good way to tackle micronutrient deficiencies. authors.elsevier.com/a/1gvaP7s…

A battle lost to protect the privacy of website visitors.

Particularly liked this quote:

“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires” — Ronald Wright, 2004.

Is today the day I stop being able to POSSE here from @withknown? One failed yesterday, but that could have been an error.

If you are into #tinnedfishdatenight – a thing I learned about for my newsletter – you might want to consider mercury levels. Sean Wittenberg talked to me about Safe Catch, and you can listen on Spotify at open.spotify.com/episode/3…