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by alxndr 13y ago
"Along with not having drones we definitely do not have any drones that would fire any type of weaponry." Doth protest too much?
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Nginx-boilerplate(github.com)
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by alxndr 13y ago
I always liked his shoutouts to the other Sheldon Browns of the world at the bottom of his personal page: http://sheldonbrown.com/home.html
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by alxndr 13y ago
Ha, I had the same experience. I also loved imagining people's left pedals falling out, until it happened to me (well, it was the right). Make sure you screw your pedals in tight!
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by alxndr 13y ago
I remember seeing stuff about threadless headsets on the site a few years ago, but yes apparently the site is being updated
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by alxndr 13y ago
True, but one thing I can only hope we have in the future is compatibility charts like http://sheldonbrown.com/dura-ace.html#indexing and the neat rerouting trick that's described below it... edit: just found this whol
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by alxndr 13y ago
For client performance, I've daydreamed about an addon to Jasmine that could record the execution time of tests or functions and log them over time.
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by alxndr 13y ago
1. George W Bush 2. Anarchism 3. Muhammad 4. List of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. employees <record scratch/>
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"9% of people in this study admitted to using their mobile device during sex"(medium.com)
2 points by alxndr 13y ago|0 comments
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by alxndr 13y ago
Hadn't know there was a bike s.e., thanks! http://bicycles.stackexchange.com
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by alxndr 13y ago
Well, that specific example isn't true: http://sheldonbrown.com/headsets.html
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by alxndr 13y ago
I love his page on wheel/tire sizes, http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html
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by alxndr 13y ago
I had the same thought, and started trying to do it, but I ran into too many edge cases trying to automate the importing...
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by alxndr 13y ago
quoting... The FAQ: So who would actually own it? / If the funding is successful, who will really own the company? / Can you comment on who inherits this asset?/ What will happen in 2 or 3 years if you want to leave? We’ll b
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by alxndr 13y ago
I'll just leave these here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fianc%C3%A9 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fianc%C3%A9e
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Introduction to Railties(wangjohn.github.io)
4 points by alxndr 13y ago|0 comments
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by alxndr 13y ago
Here's a guy who's in the TdF right now: http://app.strava.com/pros/laurenstendam On individual rides (e.g. http://app.strava.com/activities/66583736 ) there's a chart below the map
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by alxndr 13y ago
FWIW, even in English, a woman who you're engaged to is normally referred to as a "fiancée", whereas a man you're engaged to would be a "fiancé". Similarly with né and née, for people who have changed their nam
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by alxndr 13y ago
I certainly agree with all of that.
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by alxndr 13y ago
I was responding to the idea that it is obvious who is at fault, when in fact the bicyclist is usually blamed. (Yes, my insinuation is that the bicyclist is not usually at fault.) As for "police routinely pull video ... to establish fa
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by alxndr 13y ago
I thought we were talking about whether or not bikes can be a massive threat to cars. I have been paying attention in a city for a while. I have seen the situation you describe, but it's rare in my experience, even with SF supposedly f
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by alxndr 13y ago
I'm not trying to be snarky -- I rarely see cars stop for stop signs; I normally see cyclists slow down at stop signs, and I rarely see any cyclists completely blow through them. (I also rarely see cars completely blow through stop sig
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by alxndr 13y ago
If we're going anecdotes, I can't remember the last time I saw a car stop at a stop sign either. http://www.cyclelicio.us/2013/stop-sign-compliance-temecula-...
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by alxndr 13y ago
I will agree that a relatively slow-moving bicycle on a road with fast-moving cars is indeed a dangerous situation for everyone. And I would agree that having similar speed vehicles together seems safer. However, in places with vehicles goi
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by alxndr 13y ago
I wonder if someone could find stats on how many car-on-car collisions are caused by avoiding a bicycle, and compare that to how many car-on-bicycle collisions are caused by a swerving bicyclist (or any cause, really). And then look at the
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by alxndr 13y ago
re: paying for building roads, http://www.frontiergroup.org/reports/fg/do-roads-pay-themsel...
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by alxndr 13y ago
Cute.
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by alxndr 13y ago
"The NYC group Right of Way says: 'After NYC cycling fatalities increased twofold in 1999, police rushed to cover their, er, reputation by claiming (without analysis or supporting data) that cyclists are to blame in 75% of cycling
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by alxndr 13y ago
> ... when a car hits pedestrian or bike, the car is always the "guilty" party.... Does the US have something like that to promote cautious driving habits? Quite the opposite, in fact. In NYC, drivers are seldom cited at all ev
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by alxndr 13y ago
Okay, a reckless cyclist can put a driver in some danger, if the driver is going fast enough that the car can't be stopped quickly enough to avoid either hitting the cyclist or swerving into an oncoming lane. However, in this construct

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