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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Have fun, and keep an eye out for #Dorian.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
A teenager with measles visited Disneyland, Universal Studios, Madame Tussauds, and the Santa Monica Pier and flew through LAX. This is how bad outbreaks begin. By @morgan_krakow washingtonpost.com/health/20…
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Another edge case worth checking: the larger square touches both sides of the circle and is centered. In that case side of the larger square s is such that s^2 + (s/2)^2 = 8^2, so s = 16 / sqrt(5), and s^2 = 256/5.
But then how to figure out the size of the smaller square...
Though taking trains in China has a lot of the same unpleasantness as flying in the US -- security, waiting in lines, having tickets checked, etc. But at least the stations are in the city center and it pollutes less (at least if the electricity isn't from coal).
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On the Peninsula we should demand Caltrain running BART-like service. It's much closer to reality than replacing it all with Indian gauge and third rail etc. Electrification is well underway. Need some passing tracks, new trains, and gradual platform raising, grade sep.
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It's not just the number of transfers but also how out of the way some were, e.g., going from Olympic to Diamond Hill. (Yes, could have walked to Mong Kok instead, if I thought I could figure out how to get through the maze of highways. I guess that's the recommended way...)
Examples I remember:
- Airport to Lok Ma Chau (5 seats, though Lai King and Prince Edward transfers are cross-platform)
- Olympic to Diamond Hill (3 seats if via Lai King)
The network in HK has a bunch of annoying failures to connect lines -- only some of them results of geography (water), such that getting from point A to point B is often more complex than it seems like it ought to be.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Interesting thread from LHS. I have a few points of skepticism — not sold on IS curve sloping the wrong way — but the overall thrust is clearly right. There is little reason to believe that central banks have the power to fight the next downturn, whatever its source 1/
Coming into Jackson Hole, economists are grappling with a major issue: Can central banking as we know it be the primary tool of macroeconomic stabilization in the industrial world over the next decade? In my forthcoming paper w/ @annastansbury, we argue that this is in doubt. 1/
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Coming into Jackson Hole, economists are grappling with a major issue: Can central banking as we know it be the primary tool of macroeconomic stabilization in the industrial world over the next decade? In my forthcoming paper w/ @annastansbury, we argue that this is in doubt. 1/
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And don't worry that the directions to Sydney vs. Abidjan are 173° apart and not 30° or so as depicted?
gcmap.com/mapui?P=SFO-SYD,SF…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
1/ Today a special 20-tweet thread all about @greg_shill's fantastic law review article on how the law subsidizes driving. Finally found time to read the whole thing. Highly recommend for all urbanists and policymakers. Here are my favorite moments. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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I didn't notice it was humid... but now that I'm reading about it, it does feel like the weather is nicer than normal this evening.
Folks back east may get a chuckle... but dewpoints in the mid 60s (or higher) classify as "humid" here in the #SF Bay Area. It's certainly feeling 'sticky' outside this evening... #CAwx @KPIXtv
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In some JS leaks, the program *does* use the object again, but doesn't need to. (Consider the extreme example of a cache that never evicts entries; cache lookup still examines them.)
So you could say "use again" is *still* too conservative since some future uses are unneeded.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
We’re working to pass #SB127, to ensure state roads that run thru cities are safe for pedestrians, cyclists & transit users. 2 state agencies are fighting to block the bill & preserve status quo. Too many are dying on our streets. We need to get this done. cal.streetsblog.org/2019/08/…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
SAD: Last night, @realDonaldTrump again made unfounded claims about massive voter fraud in NH in 2016.
In this letter, I ask him to back up his claims in terms a former casino operator should understand: “There comes a time when you need to lay your cards on the table or fold.”
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Here's my contribution, about how Jim Crow concerns still impact the traffic in major cities like Atlanta today.
nytimes.com/interactive/2019…
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