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by bbarn 12y ago
I know some have mentioned white/black lists, but in addition to known malicious stuff, one feature that might be really helpful is a known list of what connections are used for, or processes/executables. i.e., "spynetus.micr
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by bbarn 12y ago
The place I'm at now is the only job I've had (or place I've contracted with, met with etc.,) that's gotten this right. The whole open floor plan thing, to work well, has to have a reasonably accessible way to escape it
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by bbarn 12y ago
Open floorplan works if the entire "open area" is engaged in a common goal. In that case, headphones can be more of a hindrance than a help. However, in the case where the open floorplan is simply an office cost savings measure t
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by bbarn 12y ago
I'm pretty neutral on marijuana legalization. If anything, I'm for it as I feel like it's a bit of a red herring for the media to discuss and ignore other, more important, issues. That said, NYT, the morphing graphic of the
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by bbarn 12y ago
Option 1 sounds great in theory, but given that most merges are the result of temporary lane closures, completely impractical (since road work usually goes one lane at a time)
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by bbarn 12y ago
Interesting to me was that culturally even in the US, with native born women, there are clear lines sometimes. Example: I once, being the generally swell guy I am, volunteered to go on an errand to get tampons for my live in partner at the
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by bbarn 12y ago
Ah Houston. I spent a month there for work a few years ago, and brought my bike only to find the stretch I was staying at it was incredibly difficult to find a good road to ride on. Of course, in 105 degrees and 90% humidity I rarely felt
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by bbarn 12y ago
I agree - cars (and running children) are just as much affected by it. Thing is, most cities have laws on the books about it (many of chicago's list it as tow zone with an arrow pointing towards the stop sign). It's just rarely
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by bbarn 12y ago
Vehicles must yield to pedestrians in crosswalks in many states. Illinois is one of them, yet I find in practice anything without a stop sign you're as likely to get buzzed while someone lays on the horn as you are allowed to cross.
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by bbarn 12y ago
But then, isn't having an appropriate speed limit for the type and layout of the road still the issue? What makes it tricky, if we consider the safe speed on straight open 4 lane roads to be 90 and an urban street with frequent crossi
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by bbarn 12y ago
Those in cars getting angry at cyclists are most often doing it because they believe the cyclist to be slowing them down. There are plenty of valid reasons as well, but by and large, this is the reason when you boil it down. We have an un
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by bbarn 12y ago
>It's easy to say that "costs are too high" - that's fine, but where are they too high? I have two (totally anecdotal) answers, from my own experiences and those of my former partner, who spent 15 years working in hos
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by bbarn 12y ago
I've always viewed it as an arms race to see who can get away with what between providers, insurers, and patients (and before ACA, employers to a degree). The true cost of service at this point includes having staff and systems (with t
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by bbarn 12y ago
I find the phrase "Don't A/B test with people's lives" to be in search of something catchy, or a zinger. The reality of big insurance has always been to be paid more than they pay out. Simple. You've always
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by bbarn 12y ago
Disclosure here - I'm a racer, own some 10 odd bikes for various disciplines, but realize my 4 mile commute to the loop every day does nothing to further that. It's essentially the "garbage miles" your typical racer tal
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by bbarn 12y ago
Those special two way bike lanes with the signals, down Dearborn I presume you mean, are the thing I avoid the most riding north/south. The "pedestrian extension" effect you mentioned is the sole reason why. We have another
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by bbarn 12y ago
As a long time bike commuter, I've never liked the "protected" bike lanes put in in Chicago. The few streets they work WELL on were already great cycling routes before they had the lanes, and the other streets they haven&#x2
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by bbarn 12y ago
Upvoted for this comment: Stress symptoms don't necessarily manifest themselves immediately. It might be something that happened long time ago (3 - 6 months) surfacing now. And when it is happening, you might not pay attention to it, y
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by bbarn 12y ago
As a lifelong cyclist, both competitively, and transportation oriented, I still try to find time for #2. Sometimes just walking around, no matter where you are, gives you a different perspective about things. When I'm angry, depresse
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by bbarn 12y ago
There was a rather good, if not morose, documentary about those who jumped off the GG Bridge, called "The Bridge" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_(2006_documentary_fi... It was well made, but the whol
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by bbarn 12y ago
"Look at github contributions and stackoverflow posts" That's fine for startup-ish hires, but in most of those cases, isn't the candidate being sought out/referred/etc? Almost all of my work is on non-public S
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by bbarn 12y ago
My point with the above though, wasn't to villify saving costs - only one of two possible modes of business success (reduce expense, increase income) The problem I see is when a manufacturer starts to say "This is good enough for
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by bbarn 12y ago
Let's not forget one thing about the old plastic awful packaging: We're not the target audience. Manufacturers went down this road for a reason, and that reason is (or used to be) looking appealing on a store shelf, without being
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by bbarn 12y ago
Geographic search, and click through to routes.. and this will be a really big deal. Love the concept, keep it coming!
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by bbarn 12y ago
If you look at connections between medium to small sized cities though, often in google maps, even with street view, something seems like it'd be a totally fine route. This takes that, and when paired up with the frequency people tend
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by bbarn 12y ago
Yes, Yes, and more yes. This is awesome. for someone who likes to roughly map out routes before trips, being able to see "Do locals ride this road or this one" is huge. Might convince me to create a new strava account (lost my
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by bbarn 12y ago
Why is it with patents everything has to be nothing ever, never a good reason? I'm sure my perspective here might get this downvoted to oblivion, but really, think for a second what would happen if tomorrow, no software was patentable
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by bbarn 13y ago
I can recall a marketing call where I was asked to donate to one association or another and told I'd get a window decal or something to that effect, and while it wouldn't give me a free pass, it would certainly show officers on th
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by bbarn 13y ago
All the time I see people complaining about usage of HTML tables vs. pure CSS, and yet the one thing that drives me absolutely insane is a 4 point smaller than the rest "prev 1..3,4,5..10 next" navigation control at the bottom of
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by bbarn 13y ago
This might seem unrelated, but in the bicycle racing world, most of your high end manufacturers now all make a women's specific model (for differences in body morphology, etc). When they started doing this, some manufacturers went all

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