February 21, 2021
Sunday
I went to Home Depot today and it was glorious. I hadn't been inside the store for probably ten months. Weird experience, but it felt great just to walk around inside and interacting with workers (thanks for the help!).
...and just look old times, I had to back to Home Depot a second time today! Some things never change, I guess.
Vaccine-wary France turns to citizens’ panel to boost trust in COVID-19 shots (sciencemag.org)
France has a bigger anti-vax hill to climb than we do in America. Wow.
‘Smart’ TVs Track Everything You Watch (daringfireball.net)
So-called "smart TVs" are smart because they know how to chew on your data. They're not free, yet, but you've got to wonder if we'll get there someday. Sadly, I think plenty of people would take that deal.
Road map to U.S. fusion power plant comes into clearer focus—sort of (sciencemag.org)
Will fusion be part of our energy future?
Facebook asks users to opt into activity tracking ahead of iOS 14 changes | Engadget (engadget.com)
Facebook will begin asking for permission to track you only because Apple is forcing it to do so. Don't forget this when Zuckerberg uses it for virtue signaling later.
America's vaccine rollout has been among the best in the world (axios.com)
"America’s vaccine rollout has been imperfect, unequal, and at times deeply frustrating," but, hey, we're doing better than some other countries that don't have our development, manufacturing, and distribution capabilities...so there's that.
