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
In 2009, a disastrous project on Sepulveda Pass revealed the roadblocks that stop the U.S. from being able to build.
Today from @bbalkus
palladiummag.com/2022/06/09/…
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Rockville specifically for my wife's job. The northeast US more generally to be closer to family (parents in Philadelphia, other relatives in NYC, etc.) and because the Bay Area didn't seem sustainable.
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Now that I've lived here for 10 months, it appears to be time to understand what's going on in local politics.
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I'm ordering takeout from a restaurant website (via @clovercommerce). I finish the order, enter my credit card number, and then...
(I've never had a CAPTCHA show up right after hitting a "Place order" or "Buy now" button before.)
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Understanding what is behind the painfully high CPI inflation is key to understanding where it is headed and when. This table should help with this. The Russian invasion and spike in oil and other commodity prices is the #1 reason, followed by the pandemic & the housing shortage.
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I think there used to be a deal with the Netherlands, but I don't see it there anymore. (My memory is the list about 4-7 years ago was maybe just the Netherlands and the Republic of Korea.)
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The list at cbp.gov/travel/trusted-trave… is getting longer, and the Republic of Korea is in it (and I think was one of the first).
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Throughout the epidemic, there have been efforts to make this about personal responsibility—started w masking/distancing—> get vaxx —> ‘you do you’
While we were left to solve an epidemic as individuals, where were the efforts at improving systems, such as upgrading ventilation?
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
(Fun genre of building/zoning rules: conditions Europeans find so awful that they are banned, but which US regulators are so unconcerned with that they write other rules making them mandatory. I wouldn't go so far as to ban [some of] these, but they should at least be allowed!)
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Also,
FWIW, this map (made from misuse of kevinhayeswilson.com/redraw/) shows a 2-way split of texas in which North Texas has 16 electoral votes and is solid Republican, and South Texas has 24 electoral votes and would have gone barely democratic using 2016 county results.
On the flip side, I think we consistently pronounce Dutch origin words incorrectly.
If I lived in Southern California, I might have fun saying Van Nuys correctly.
On the other hand, I'm from near Philadelphia, and I'm not sure I can say the Dutch pronunciation of Schuylkill.
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Or Spanish-origin street names in the SF Bay Area, which need to be learned individually AFAICT.
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Is not teaching kids to swim the main problem, or are most of the drowning deaths infants or toddlers in things like bathtubs?
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Yes, although if you want frozen strawberries, you can buy frozen strawberries at (I think) a better price.
(I admit I've only checked the price differential for blueberries, since frozen blueberries are good for baking.)
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If you purchased fresh strawberries between March 5 and April 25, they probably aren't good anymore and haven't been for quite a few weeks.
(Maybe the US should have a competent food safety authority other than the Minnesota state health department?)
“Consumers, restaurants, and retailers should not sell, serve, or eat any fresh organic strawberries branded as FreshKampo or HEB if purchased between March 5, 2022, and April 25, 2022,” the FDA wrote in a statement published Saturday.
wapo.st/3z8ybOe
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