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by cbhl 7y ago
Just to confirm, "this one" in your comment refers to the original article's title being "really bad"? (As opposed to the editorialized title.)
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by cbhl 7y ago
Has CEQA been fixed yet? The Van Ness bus lane project was approved by voters in 2003 after Proposition K, but the CEQA report was finished only in 2014 because one of the eighteen environmental measures that required a full CEQA review was
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by cbhl 7y ago
Isn't Debian literally the one distro where that shouldn't be a problem? You create a package called "constrictor2.7", and set it up to provide /usr/bin/python using update-alternatives. Then #!/usr&#
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by cbhl 7y ago
For a while I actually tried doing something like this -- the coupon page included jQuery, so a quick one-liner self-XSS clicking the right elements would iterate through all the pagination, and then you could call the click handler on all
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by cbhl 7y ago
Let's take this a step further. Why are the feature checklists used? Because the schools are mandated to pick the lowest bidder through an RFP process. Not the best value, not the most usable, just the lowest bidder. The checklists wer
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by cbhl 7y ago
For what it's worth, the first keyboard enthusiast I met in college claimed that their code was better as a result of all the clicky noises it made.
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by cbhl 7y ago
Alphabet shifted the timing of stock compensation in 2017Q1, and this definitely screwed over some Noogler cohorts in 2017 (who may have expected a refresh in January 2017 or July 2017, but actually didn't get one until January 2018).
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by cbhl 7y ago
Those solutions are not dead-simple at scale: they consume resources (such as file handles) on the server and they have to be supported by middle-boxes (such as proxies and reverse-proxies). Google gets to see the actual error rates when th
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by cbhl 7y ago
If you throw away the rocket, sure, you're doubling the cost if you have to do trips. If the rocket is reusable, then the vehicle cost gets amortized over the total number of trips, and the per-trip cost gets closer to just the cost of
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by cbhl 7y ago
Does Japan still give people cash in envelopes? Or are they electronic now?
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by cbhl 7y ago
I like the idea of logging in with a Yubikey, but this presentation seems out of touch with the requirements of the real world: folks needing to SSH into cloud machines without logging in to a physical console first; IT departments that nee
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by cbhl 7y ago
You need parental permission to collect data from young people in the US anyway (see COPPA). But an age gate and asking for a credit card number are very different levels of sign up friction for a young person to try to get around.
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by cbhl 7y ago
Even if you want the cosmetic benefit of physical exfoliation, we don't have to use plastic -- you could just as easily use sand or salt and get the same benefits.
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by cbhl 7y ago
Wiper blades fail. One of the nice properties of the dual-blade setup is that if the one in front of the driver fails during a hard rain, it's possible to lean over and drive looking through the passenger-side of the front window -- at
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by cbhl 7y ago
I'd recommend listening to Episode 468 of Planet Money: Kid Rock Vs. The Scalpers. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/11/28/671580422/epis... Concerts and events have high fixed costs
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by cbhl 7y ago
Some airlines offer complimentary in-flight movies on-demand on the in-flight entertainment system, even in economy.
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by cbhl 7y ago
I have had a few teachers who allocated points of the overall grade for attendance and/or participation. I don't entirely disagree with this approach; in some cases students can do better in school with the right nudge. The tracki
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by cbhl 7y ago
I was always under the impression that the UPU rules were (1) originally intended for letter-mail, not "stuff", and (2) originally intended to reduce USPS' last-mile delivery costs in other countries (which had to be negotiat
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by cbhl 7y ago
What I don't understand is why the McDonald's mobile apps are region-locked. If I am an American and I visit Canada or Japan, why do I have to use the register or kiosk? I should be able to use mobile ordering, just like back home
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by cbhl 7y ago
Today I learned it's still available on those devices -- apparently it's hidden behind an option in Settings > General > Accessibility and off by default.
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by cbhl 7y ago
The X, XS, XR, and now 11 don't have a home button. They all rely on Face ID to unlock.
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by cbhl 7y ago
I wonder when we'll start to see candidates that get elected because they're really likable on Slack.
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by cbhl 7y ago
I was under the impression that in the past, viewers and readers tended to self-select for television, radio, and newspapers that match the opinions they wanted to read. "Old media" had editorial decisions and tone that affected c
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by cbhl 7y ago
If a seller is required, by law, to accept cash, what happens to online-only retailers like Amazon? Do they just close up shop and leave? Do they restrict online purchases to people within a reasonable drive of a retail location?
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by cbhl 7y ago
Adults, maybe, but it is not universal to issue debit cards to children (especially below the age of 16 or 13), let alone credit cards.
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by cbhl 7y ago
Is it normal for the "20-votes-per-share" class B stock to "convert automatically upon ... (ii) ten years from the closing of this offering"?
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by cbhl 7y ago
"cross-format products" is basically their way of saying "talking book as an app". You can find lots of these on the App Store; in the days of yore they were also distributed on CD-ROM (as a separate purchase from the co
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by cbhl 7y ago
Tried a few restaurants in my area. RT Rotisserie in San Francisco yields an error: {"message":"Cannot return null for non-nullable field Entity.phone."}
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by cbhl 7y ago
I'm not sure I'd jump so quickly to dismiss the statements of either the parent or grandparent as an exaggeration.
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by cbhl 7y ago
Apple is not the only company with an "upside-down" credit card -- Capital One Quicksilver cards also have the "chip on the right".

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