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chrisra··on Close Call Database for Cycling
Responsive web design tip: make sure your map doesn't take up full height or width of the screen. Scrolling in that area becomes difficult.
chrisra··on 8^8 – Find another you
I don't like the idea of finding a soulmate, like there's only one person who you can be truly happy with.

You find someone, and then work your guts out to be lovable and to love, and you become soulmates.

chrisra··on Show HN: Monodraw, an ASCII Art Editor for Mac
I can see this being used for command line UIs, and maybe it would be nice for source control for some reason. Other than that, I struggle to see its usefulness, and I'm a little surprised at all of the positive feedback.

The website looks beautiful! I bet it has been fun to develop.

chrisra··on Performance: Node.js vs. IoJS 2.0.0
I feel like these stats are kind of misleading because of their questionable usefulness. It's not like it's outright dishonest, but "performance showdown"? What are the chances that a situation like the ones they tested ever actually show up in a prod environment?

"it certainly pays to give io.js a look as out-of-the-box you get some rather impressive perf improvements." Might be true, but feels like an overstatement in relation to the data provided.

chrisra··on Nepal earthquake, magnitude 7.3, strikes near Everest
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake is 2.511 times bigger than a magnitude 7.4 earthquake on a seismogram, but is 3.981 times stronger (energy release).

via http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/calculator.php

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