Took a hike in the trails behind our place.
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Apple Plans New Encryption System to Ward Off Hackers and Protect iCloud Data
The new encryption system, which will be tested by early users starting Wednesday, will roll out as an option in the U.S. by year’s end, and then worldwide including China in 2023, Mr. Federighi said.
This is great news. Be sure to watch the interview, Joanna Stern does a great job asking difficult questions.
★There Is No Road Map for the Longest Phase of Parenthood
Yet, once children reach adulthood, the instruction abruptly stops—even though, for many families, that period is the longest, and in some ways the most anxious and uncertain, stage of parenthood.
I’m torn. We are in the trenches with raising our kids, but those years will fly by and our later years will seem even longer.
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Why the Philippines Has Lots of Guns But Few Mass Shootings
For now, however, hiyâ means you cannot “just start shooting people,” Narag says. “Because if that happens, you know the community won’t support you.”
As a Filipino American, this absolutely makes sense. The concept of “hiya” or shame or embarrassment, is strong in our culture. Contrasting that idea to American culture, especially American gun culture, it feels like the idea of shame or embarrassment does not exist.
★The 2022 Mazda MX-30 misses the market, but does it matter?
We reported before that Mazda made the MX-30 slower “to feel more like a gas car.” Throughout the drive, we did not find acceleration and power delivery to be particularly inspiring. Mazda told us that its reason is that EVs with instant torque can be too “herky-jerky,” which can ruin the passenger experience. So Mazda muted the “jerkiness” of acceleration to follow the same curve as an ICE car.
This is absolutely baffling. The instant torque is one of the benefits of owning an electric vehicle.
★Dad Things – Issue #28
Every year, former Wired editor Kevin Kelly comes up with a list of bits advice he wish he had known. This year he has 103 bits of advice. Here are my favorites.
- There is no such thing as being “on time.” You are either late or you are early. Your choice.
- Ask anyone you admire: Their lucky breaks happened on a detour from their main goal. So embrace detours. Life is not a straight line for anyone.
- You’ll get 10x better results by elevating good behavior rather than punishing bad behavior, especially in children and animals.
- You will be judged on how well you treat those who can do nothing for you.
- Your time and space are limited. Remove, give away, throw out things in your life that dont spark joy any longer in order to make room for those that do.
- Aim to die broke. Give to your beneficiaries before you die; it’s more fun and useful. Spend it all. Your last check should go to the funeral home and it should bounce.
- To keep young kids behaving on a car road trip, have a bag of their favorite candy and throw a piece out the window each time they misbehave.
You can read the rest here and subscribe here.
Amtrak Is Streaming an Empty Railroad on Twitch to Beef With Freight Rail Companies
As part of the ongoing beef, CSX has said Amtrak running two trains a day on this “very busy corridor” would be problematic for its own freight service. Which is why Amtrak decided to start the Twitch stream, to find out how busy the corridor really is.
This is pretty clever.
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