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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On the other hand, looks like ANZ7 (SFO to AKL, also a 747) took a refueling stop at HNL. flightaware.com/live/flight/…
Amazed that a 747 can do a 19L takeoff (!!) at @flySFO with enough fuel to get to LHR. flightaware.com/live/flight/… flightaware.com/live/flight/…
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@SoberBuildEng Is that in real time, or with gaps removed?
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Fascinating interview with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan: youtube.com/DC_PVDsYK9g via theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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150 years ago today: Union victory at Vicksburg. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_…
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150 years ago today: Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle…
Interesting take on property taxes by @TheEconomist economist.com/news/finance-a… , especially taxing value of land and not value of what's on it.
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The <cue> element needs to be pronounced as the C-U-E element to distinguish it from the <q> element.
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I reread paulgraham.com/makersschedul… just now thanks to @justinlebar. Worth rereading, and sharing.
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I worry font weight is the new gamma correction: that designers on Macs would complain if we make platforms more uniform by fixing Mac.
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@rigow I don't see how forking a document is a step to world domination.
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@rigow One actor doesn't "kill" a standard. If there's value in interop, a standard will win; if not, don't force people to standardize.
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@no_reply I'm not saying they're bad in general, but they're also not perfect. Standards bodies make mistakes and need course corrections.
New blog post: Open licensing at the W3C: dbaron.org/log/20130522-w3c-…
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@BrendanEich @maboa In what browser does it not look like that? I'm seeing white-on-white on Fx/Linux and IE/Win8.
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Relative to Ronald Reagan's age in 1980's election, in 2016 Hillary Clinton will be 8.5 months younger, and Joe Biden 4.25 years older.
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Why the president has to choose his words carefully: nytimes.com/2013/05/05/world…
@ebassi I like having keyboard shortcuts in textfields. As a vim user, emacs ones are way better than nothing.