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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I hope prosecutors are able to convict those responsible, but worry (dbaron.org/log/20150329-gove…) government doesn't take Internet seriously.
Last night, for the second time, a deplorable aware I have epilepsy tweeted a strobe at me with the message "you deserve a seizure' on it...
Was the original rationale for paint suppression to improve pageload metrics by avoiding dynamic changes?
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See this thread. If @NCGOP does this, we should boycott any company remotely related to NC (e.g., all Oneworld airlines, worldwide).
So GOP curtails all potential sites of Dem power: cuts down Gov & Supreme Court, affects control of many boards, incl. all election boards.
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I think a pledge should focus on higher principles rather than details. I admit such a pledge leaves room for debate about what violates it.
Need to distinguish, e.g., what's OK to collect about a company's users vs. about it's employees. Context matters.
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Like the idea; skeptical of details. Stats on discrimination important. Name is “data that would facilitate ethnic or religious targeting”.
We refuse to assist the US gov in mass deportation & religious targeting. Join us. Sign the pledge at neveragain.tech
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Presumably "care about" means "... the property values" rather than "... the residents and potential residents"
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But UK immigration is separate from Schengen, so if you're transferring to outside UK/Ireland, you don't go through it in LHR.
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Boeing 787s are required to be rebooted at least once every 248 days. rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_G…
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MMP prevents extremes from winning, UK-style discourages extremes, US system thinks it can check & balance
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& then voters see (a) what those promises lead to, or (b) that they don't believe their own policies 3/3
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But the advantage to a system with a clear winner (e.g., UK) is the winner gets to keep their promises 2/
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A proportional system like MMP (not IRV) gives a pretty representative legislature, which is stable-ish 1/
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... or have a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian…
Worth remembering similar brokenness can happen in systems of many other countries (but less likely with evenly sized districts)
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