Under privileged students doing well in intro Harvard classes

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/politics/college-admissions-poor-students.html

9/11 survival tale doesn't stand up to scrutiny

Article notes that deception related to tragedies are often most easy to perpetuate since no one wants to press.

Interesting caution about self-selection bias in a post-abortion study

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/01/12/five-years-after-an-abortion-most-women-say-they-made-right-decision/

"In a 2018 paper in Linacre Quarterly, the ethics journal of the Catholic Medical Association, antiabortion activist David C. Reardon describes how more than two-thirds of the women approached for the study refused to participate. Of those who agreed, half dropped out. Those who reported the highest rates of relief and happiness were the ones most likely to remain, he argued. Those who reported the least relief were most likely to drop out, he said."

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Good article and video on NFTs

https://www.diyphotography.net/what-are-nfts-and-can-photographers-really-benefit-from-them/

Biggest problem right now: anyone can create an NFT from a work. There's no way to ensure the author did it.

Sony ZV-1 usb streaming camera

After update to firmware 2.00

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00247038 for some setting to change...but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xptkFolwcQk - very helpful, you have to specifically select "USB Streaming" in the menus for it work (annoying).

 

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Possible fix for Sony WF-1000XM3

 Make sure no other devices in the area are using 2.4 Ghz wifi. By moving to 5Ghz I find they do much better.