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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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
A WHO official says communities should aim for only a tenth of coronavirus tests coming back positive. High rates mean that the tests are being used mainly to confirm obvious cases -- and that officials aren't finding the full extent of the disease. trib.al/gUYqbfH
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As a school bus driver told us on a field trip through rural Delaware:
I tried chicken farming, but it didn't work out. Later I learned that the problem was that I planted them too deep.
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Agree, but downsides:
- buildings near the mall too big and too far apart midsummer or midwinter
- restaurants that treat you as less important than everyone else unless you act like you're more important than everyone else
(I spent 3.5 months there within Aug 2008-Mar 2010.)
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Yeah, agreed that R makes sense for a journalist. It's also an unusual language -- partly in ways that are useful for its domain, and I suspect partly... not?
It also depends who we're choosing to test. If we're testing people who are hospitalized with pneumonia, it's not necessarily serious trouble. If we're testing random medical staff...
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At his (our) age I think the correct question is Pascal or C++. (I think the last test in Pascal was May/June 1998 and the first test in C++ was May/June 1999.)
I'd hope that enough of the concepts you learned (in whichever of Pascal or C++ you took it in) would transfer to other programming languages today. (R is... relatively unusual. They'd probably transfer a lot better to something like Python or Javascript.)
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
If Zoom cares to resurrect its reputation, it needs to do four things right away.
1. Stop acting like malware. Although the intent isn't malicious, it's a dangerous slippery slope that makes it harder for the OS to block actual malware and creates new security risks for users.
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- anything to do with terminal 1 is very crowded
- check-in / passport control / security at terminal 2 can be very slow (took me 3 hours once)
- no or very few water fountains in terminal 2E
- have to go through security again for many transfers because of airport layout
First flight I remember: PHL-Stapleton (then DEN)
Last flight: AKL-SFO
Shortest: SZS-IVC
Longest: SFO-SYD
Favorite large airport: HKG
Least favorite airport: CDG
First that I remember: ONT-LAX (yes, in a plane!)
Shortest: ONT-LAX
Longest: SFO-SYD
Favorite airport: SFO
Least favorite airport: TXL
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Yeah, if it's brand new, maybe wait for the next rev of the distro? Running a distro/kernel older than the hardware can often be a bad time, but it generally gets better pretty quickly.
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That said, my experience running Ubuntu 19.10 on an X1 has had none of those problems, although haven't tested audio stuff on it so I can't vouch for that one.
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By "trackpad doesn't work on 50% of boots", do you mean nothing at all, or just gestures like 2-finger scroll not working? If the latter, try bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s… then bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s… ?
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
PSA: The #Census is HERE! Check your mail boxes and P.O. Boxes for your invite. Counting our community is urgent and extremely important. Critical health services, childcare, housing and education programs depend on Census funding.
You have the power to shape your community.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
NEW: We got internal emails fm the CDC, LAX, & Nevada Dept of Health that give a behind-the-scenes peek into the early response to the #coronavirus outbreak. These lines pretty much sum it up:
"Help urgently needed."
"It's good to be confused together."
propublica.org/article/inter…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the world's fastest ambulance is now a high-speed train.
citylab.com/life/2020/03/cor…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Exclusive: The US government had a plan to build a huge fleet of easy-to-use, inexpensive ventilators.
Then a big company got greedy, and the project unraveled. By @sarahkliff @nkulish @jbsgreenberg nytimes.com/2020/03/29/busin…
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