jdpedrie

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by jdpedrie 9y ago
Yes, and it's by far the worst thing about it. Reset your router while there's a cable outage? Sorry, no wifi until your cable company gets the internet connection back online.
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
Not really. While it varies, in most states the majority of the costs of roads are borne by users in the form of gax tax, tolls, and user fees. [0] In my state, (MI), the legislature recently substantially increased the annual vehicle regis
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
I've found too often that by the time I figure out it doesn't fit and needs to be exchanged, other sizes are sold out. It's doubly annoying because I either have to eat the cost of an item which doesn't fit or eat the co
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
Next they should address the nightmare of navigating conversations had via quote tweets. It's like going down the rabbit hole, trying to find the beginning of an exchange. Never know how deep it is. Then once you've found the begi
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
I appreciate what he's saying, but of course the proof is in the pudding. I hope that Cloudflare sticks to that course the next time the pitchforks come out. It's pretty crazy too how Cloudflare came almost out of nowhere to now h
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
Can you identify any tangible negative effects on consumers which arose due to the purchase of NBC by Comcast?
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CVS Is Said to Agree to Buy Aetna(nytimes.com)
212 points by jdpedrie 9y ago|144 comments
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
> GM has sold 3,000 Bolt units so far in 2017. Tesla will sell hundreds of thousands of Model 3s in 2018. The difference is, GM can actually manufacture the cars it sells.
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
A very large percentage of the popular packages have ceased to concern themselves with Hack compatibility, so as the languages continue to diverge, the benefit of Hack taking advantage of the PHP package ecosystem will decrease.
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
They’re not twins.
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
I've known about "zippering" for several years, and I know it makes sense. I'm still almost always an early merger though, because I still have an irrational anger at people zooming by to the front of the line. Despite k
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
indeed. it seems the reddit-style comments so quickly flagged in other threads are the norm thus far in this thread.
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
It's incredible to think of how much of what I do every day is built on Daniel's work. I'm doubtful there's another library which is ubiquitous and useful in quite the same way. Well deserved!
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
> Lithuania has also halved their homicide rate over the past ten years. The homicide rate in the US has also fallen considerably over the last 15 years. https://knoema.com/atlas/United-States-of-America/Homicid
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
"Attack on America" Give me a freaking break.
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
> Congress is the part of government that effects long-lasting change, not the President. I don't think that's true at all. Almost all lasting change is accomplished by executive action taken in the regulatory and administrativ
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
I went to youtube and looked up a clip of him reading, and indeed it was who I expected. My dad listened to a lot of books on tape when I was growing up, and this guy's voice was ubiquitous. It provided a nice moment of nostalgia. As a
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
No dispute -- just a mistake in naming their SAAS the same as their open-source project way back when and dooming the world to confusion.
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
I guess this was inevitable, but I wonder how long until we're stuck paying for internet streaming service bundles?
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
I don't have kids yet. My first impression was along the lines of "oh great, taking helicopter parenting to the next level". After thinking a bit more, and considering the real concern I have about how I'll manage my kid
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
Both -- depends who is in power at apportionment time.
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
[citation needed]
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
For those having trouble with the site: https://gist.github.com/jdpedrie/9b841e73c8a674be2e9d69072bd...
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
I started teaching myself HTML and CSS (and shortly after PHP) in high school, maybe around 2003 or so. At the time I had a computer in my room, but was not allowed to have internet access on it (a wise decision by my parents that I want to
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
I was talking with a friend about this recently. I am not old enough to remember the days when Microsoft totally dominated and Bill Gates was literally Darth Vader, so in my eyes Facebook's position seems uniquely powerful and unstoppa
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by jdpedrie 9y ago
http://www.phptherightway.com/
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by jdpedrie 10y ago
I like it, but I think if I'd sent out save the dates via SMS for my wedding I'd have been sleeping alone for quite a while.
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Streetcar revival derailed by host of shortcomings, dangers(motorcitymuckraker.com)
1 points by jdpedrie 10y ago|0 comments
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by jdpedrie 10y ago
Most tax reform proposals (at least those aiming for flatter systems) advocate lowering rates in exchange for eliminating the deductions and loopholes. Bringing the statutory rate and the effective rate closer together.
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by jdpedrie 10y ago
Looks pretty cool! The art and UI seem quite similar in style to Prison Architect. Is Sim Airport related in any way to PI, or is it just an inspiration?

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