aka Supreme Court of the United States

possible origin of covid-19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lab_leak_theory (more)

headless MacOs X machine - many generations 2005 'til now - since they stopped making 27" iMacs in 2021, the MacMini + monitor has become the primary replacement. (more)

I've never had a 2nd monitor , but finally pulled the trigger on a Dell S2722QC for my MacBook Pro. (more)

Distributed Version Control System. (more)

MacOs X Back Up software. (more)

Cedric Chin: There Is No Truth in Business, Only Knowledge. If you want to get good at running businesses, you need to pursue knowledge — that is, theories or models that allow you to better predict the business outcomes of your actions. Such a pursuit more often than not leads you towards the use of data. (thinking in bets) (more)

Cedric Chin: ‘Strong Opinions, Weakly Held’ Doesn't Work That Well. Instead of withholding judgment until an exhaustive search for data is complete, I will force myself to make a tentative forecast based on the information available, and then systematically tear it apart, using the insights gained to guide my search. The only problem with it is that it doesn’t seem to work that well. (more)

Process of finding the "best" mix of state-variables. Optimization, optimisation, or optimality may also refer to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimization_(disambiguation) (more)

Cedric Chin: Goodhart's Law Isn't as Useful as You Might Think. Goodhart’s Law is a famous adage that goes “when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” (more)

Cedric Chin: Becoming Data Driven in Business: A Series. What does it mean to be data driven in business? Most people think being data driven means looking at charts on a daily basis. Or they attempt to use data in their orgs, and then fall into one of the many traps that come with the territory. How do you actually get good at using data for your operations? And how do you build the mindset and the organisational capabilities necessary to do it? (more)

How New York City Vaccinated 6 Million People in Less Than a Month. On April 4 (1947), the results came back from the U.S. Army Medical School Laboratory in Washington. All three were confirmed cases of smallpox, which had not been seen in New York City since before the war. (compare to COVID-19) (more)

Cedric Chin: The Amazon Weekly Business Review. You may need to read the previous essay — titled Becoming Data Driven, From First Principles — to get the most out of this one. That essay lays out the worldview that backs the WBR. Do that first. 2024-01-08-ChinBecomingDataDrivenFromFirstPrinciples (more)

Cedric Chin: Becoming Data Driven, From First Principles. I’ve increasingly come to appreciate that you must earn the right to criticise becoming data driven. (more)

a type of diagram - most often intersecting circles to represent sets (more)

Suddenly I've noticed WikiGraph embeds not working on Firefox (android). Another stop on the WikiGraph JavaScript Widgets Vs Browser Security saga. (more)

a little more detailed than a 2x2

Two-by-two matrix, useful in lots of SenseMaking (more)

concept from James Scott (more)

where we are Living In Chicago Suburbs starting Aug'2009, in Illinois (more)