jmkb

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   by jmkb 9y ago

   As a walker in NYC I've been hit by cars twice and once by a bike. All three incidents happened while crossing legally, in a pedestrian crosswalk with a walk signal. The biggest difference is how the operators of the vehicles acted. Th
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   by jmkb 9y ago

   Many of the bike lanes in NYC are nothing but a stripe of paint along the side of a single-lane road, whose curbs are lined with parked cars. Cars double-parking for loading, etc will inevitably either block the bike lane or block the auto
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   by jmkb 9y ago

   In NYC in early 20th century, long-term street parking was uncommon. As cars became more common, street parking was considered a blight and made illegal. The American Automobile Association successfully lobbied to get this regulation overtu
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   by jmkb 9y ago

   Date of birth and address history (in addition to SSN of course) are often used by financial organizations to verify user identity online and on the phone. Recently I called to report a lost credit card, for instance, and the operator read
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   by jmkb 9y ago

   For anyone doing a double-take on the essay's title being outlandish for 1954, that's her year of birth and this essay is an excerpt from her 1994 book Bird by Bird .
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   by jmkb 9y ago

   A url shortener like tinyurl maintains a database of original urls linked to the shortened versions. Only they can translate between them, so 1) there's a risk the links will die if they die and 2) there are tracking implications. This