Engineer on @googlechrome. Involved in CSS and W3C standards. Previously @mozilla, @w3ctag. Mastodon: @dbaron@w3c.social

Rockville, Maryland, USA
Joined March 2008
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Replying to @johnath
@johnath reminds me of my foggy visit to the great wall: http://flic.kr/p/36WKwR
A feature is something that you brag about when you ship. To make software ship, stop adding new features and fix the ones already added.
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Replying to @MitchellBaker
@MitchellBaker Yes, feels weird. I like to vote in person when I can, for the secret ballot, even if I'm open about my opinions today.
Replying to @chrismjones
@chrismjones a.class versus .class shouldn't make much difference in Gecko, though .class is likely a tiny tiny tiny bit faster.
This month's job losses, brought to you by the Republican party (and other opponents of economic stimulus): http://nyti.ms/d2qmMr
Seen a few of these yard signs in the neighborhood: http://flic.kr/p/8CKaWF http://is.gd/fycKM #california #texas #oil
Sounds like the government wants to outlaw math: http://nyti.ms/d3cQdX
Second time this week I corrupted a Mercurial repo by hitting Ctrl+C. No hg upgrades recently, so maybe a Linux kernel regression?
Replying to @roessler
@roessler I think Harvard may make it hard for faculty to take more than two years off and keep their jobs. Common time interval, anyway.
@diveintomark I like á and Á to be different, but agree some parts could have been case-insensitive.
I'm probably going to remove the min()/max() support from our calc() implementation; too many bugs that are hard to fix.
Bank of America seems to think I should tell them before I travel so my ATM card works. I think I should tell them I'm finding a new bank.
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It turns out the "upgraded flight" was a big lie, and I should get myself a TSA redress number.
Good news: got an upgrade. Bad news: can't check in online. Both exactly the same as my previous flight on @UnitedAirlines.
Replying to @luis_in_brief
@tieguy Governments prohibiting landing fees from being per-plane instead of per-passenger don't help w/ angry passengers (via congestion).
Divergence of the English language: constituency (UK & Ire.), district (US), riding (Can.), division (Aus.), electorate (Aus. & NZ)
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Nice to see that the Republicans who are "serious" about budget policy pretend cutting taxes leaves revenue the same: http://bit.ly/9IZJbJ
Ah, @glazou, I remember the MSIE1 release: http://bit.ly/cUknsk . And I'm also glad Microsoft is back in the Web game.
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I wish articles on washingtonpost.com didn't run JS timeouts constantly. Having 30 of 'em in background tabs is a drag (+waste of battery).
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