Chet Collins

First trip to the zoo in a while.

Hertz Was Already in Terrible Shape. The Pandemic Finished It Off. - WSJ

I last rented from Hertz in the mid-2010s. The car was garbage and the customer service was pathetic.

Also glad to see Carl Icahn take a $1.5B loss.

The unified Walmart app is horrible. 4 hours of background activity in the past 24 hours. Background app refresh: disabled.

Lazy engineering!

China’s Plan to Make Permanent Health Tracking on Smartphones Stirs Concern - WSJ

was considering a new, permanent version of the tool that would assign each person a colored health badge based on a collation of their medical records

Who could’ve seen this coming?

I prefer angel hair.

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House is clean. Now I don’t want to make dinner. 🍽

Governor Whitmer Orders Citizens To Barbecue Indoors - The Babylon Bee

Anyone who disobeys the order will be put on time-out and sent to bed without any dessert. Those who continually disobey will be grounded and have their Nintendo privileges taken away.

First gust. ⛈

Beware of Moralistic Narratives of the Lockdown Debate - WSJ

It’s not a simple moral story of Science versus Ignorance, of Right versus Wrong. But that wouldn’t really fit the narrative, would it?

Gerry on point!

China to Draft New National-Security Law for Hong Kong - WSJ

a draft resolution to allow the National People’s Congress to chart legislation aimed at stopping secessionist and subversive activity, foreign interference and terrorism in the city.

China, unmasked.

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A bad night’s sleep is tough to come back from. 🌔

U.S. Arrests Former Green Beret, Son, in Connection with Carlos Ghosn Escape From Japan - WSJ

federal prosecutors said they were acting on a request from Japanese authorities to extradite Michael L. Taylor and his son, Peter M. Taylor, for their alleged roles

Oops.

I think it’s time for iOS to give users control over app versions the way that macOS does.

The forced-update model is harmful to users. This is especially true when apps auto-update to new versions with subscription models and no path to reversion, let alone show-stopping bugs.

States Urge People To Hit The Gym, Tanning Salon Before They Go To The Beach - The Babylon Bee

The brilliant glare of the sun reflecting off everyone’s newly albinoed skin is expected to cause significant disruption to aircraft passing overhead and could even scare away oceanic wildlife and small children.

First light.

Just published a revamped webpage for the microcast that I record with my kids, ChetCast. Past episodes now appear in a feed for easy discovery. My thanks to Manton for his help on some of the styling.

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Spotify Strikes Podcast Deal With Joe Rogan Worth More Than $100 Million - WSJ

His video podcasts, which will also appear on Spotify, will no longer be available on YouTube.

Not a podcast anymore, tho.