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Key statement at the bottom of the article:

"In a statement reported by the San Francisco Examiner, Uber said its policy is to terminate drivers who refuse to transport service animals."

The problem is some Uber drivers (who are independent contractors) refused to allow dogs into their cars. Uber should be more proactive about educating drivers about service animals, but it is hardly an Uber policy to "refuse rides to the blind."

Troll 2 used to be the worst-rated movie on IMDb until it became a cult favorite and garnered tons of 5-star ratings.

If you're interested, there's a really interesting documentary about Troll 2 called Best Worst Movie, which covers the film's production and cult following. After watching the documentary, Troll 2 becomes an enjoyable movie because you know all the crazy backstories to the actors and scenes.

Renditions of John Cage's 4'33" [1] are on Spotify. It is definitely the encouragement of abuse by fans that Spotify had problems with.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3

If Frere-Jones loses the lawsuit, he should just release his own versions of Gotham, Whitney, etc. After all, in the United States, typefaces are not subject to copyright [1]. There is legal precedent that provides protection for font files, (i.e. the "software" that generates the fonts) but the designs themselves cannot be copyrighted. Just consider the many variants of Helvetica or Futura [2], each published by a different foundry.

If Frere-Jones' allegations are true, I've lost all respect for what is now Hoefler & Co. I remember eagerly awaiting the release of H&FJ webfont licensing for years. Quite a shame what has happened between the two, H&FJ was truly a great foundry.

[1] http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=&SID=a71104dd9f0...

[2] http://www.quora.com/Typefaces/Which-foundrys-version-of-Fut...

Byrne's Elements is pretty remarkable. It's an interesting juxtaposition of old 19th century typesetting (complete with initials) and comparatively "modern" graphic design. Some pages look like they could be right out of De Stijl.

Archive.org hosts a nice PDF copy, which I find more convenient than the jpegs: https://archive.org/details/firstsixbooksofe00byrn

You can't argue with the aesthetics of backlit keyboards, though.

You can take my TI-89 from my cold, dead hands.

It is dramatically more portable than a laptop, the battery lasts forever, and you'd be surprised how powerful it is. Sure, it takes a while to learn how to use it, but once you learn how, you can perform tasks with it extremely quickly. Obviously it isn't as powerful as Mathematica or Maple, but for many things I would argue it is both easier and faster to use.

I will agree with you that older TI calculators have bad interfaces, but I think the TI-89 has an interface is quite usable and intuitive.

Yes, I agree it seems excessive.

One reason they might require this information is they need proof you live in the USA, otherwise they will charge you VAT.

From what I remember, pro cyclists are simply too expensive.

It's better to have an amateur who is 80-90% as good as a real pro, but is genuinely interested in the project and would be more dedicated than a hired pro.

I think Mac Pros tend to be purchased by organizations rather than individuals.

Assuming you use a Mac, here's what I do:

1. Open up your web app with Safari

2. Hide navigation and bookmark bars

3. CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+4

4. SPACE

5. Click on the window

You now have a sexy screenshot that will look like this: https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/98681/461852/dcd23422-b44d...

Anything in the background will be hidden, you will have a clean image with white background.

I thought this was well understood for a while now.

Has anyone advocated static stretching prior to exercise or sports in recent times? I'm in college now, but ever since I can remember, dynamic warmups were done, and static stretching was only post-exercise.

There's something about those old school 70's books with Helvetica covers.

Intel has been willing to work with Hollywood in the past. There was a lot of controversy over their inclusion of "DRM" hardware in their Sandy Bridge Chips.

http://arstechnica.com/business/2011/01/shows-over-how-holly...

http://blogs.intel.com/technology/2011/01/intel_insider_-_wh...

I'd love for more competition in this space. If real IPTV could finally happen it would be great. I use a HTPC with Windows Media Center as my main TV, and I'm tired of dealing with the issues. Cablecard is a pain, Comcast is a pain, commercials are a pain. I just want to watch the few shows I care about.

The only thing stopping me from cutting cable and just watching shows on iTunes is live sports.

This comparison isn't very useful without display PPI, NFC, thickness, etc.

I also really liked the XSS levels. I thought it was clever how they used PhantomJS to simulate a victim. It kind of makes it more fun than just a regular exploit.

On level 6 I got around the quotes limitation by using eval(String.fromCharCode(11, 22, 33, 44, etc));

For fun I tried using http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4365868, which worked, though if the script was long it would end up being truncated.

Does it have Retina display support? I'd download this in a heartbeat.

It's frustrating how long it is taken Adobe to update their software for Hi-DPI.

The zoom was great. Shift-queuing was good as well. The mechanics and UI of the game is probably still one of the best of any RTS.

I just didn't like the actual gameplay that much. It didn't feel like TA at all. The factions, the units, the maps, etc. It wasn't as fun to play. To me the whole feel was much too serious and a lot of the units I really liked weren't in SC.

That combined with the performance issues early resulted in me not playing it as much. I just continued to play TA: Spring. And if I remember correctly they dumbed down the resource model in the sequel.

And god, I have horrible memories of GPGNet. There were so many technical issues with the game when it came out.

Total Annihilation is probably my favorite RTS. I love the resource model and unit/structure construction model.

I was really stoked about Supreme Commander but it really just wasn't as good. I've played countless hours of TA: Spring and this looks pretty awesome.

Aspartame has been proven to be safe. The worst thing about Diet Coke is probably effect of the acid on your enamel.

Anyone have a screenshot?

BBC, NYT, Drudge, Politico, Techcrunch

Oregon law is pretty clear about public nudity. Nudity is protected free speech as long as there is no sexual intent. There's large naked bike rides in Portland.

In this case, it is clearly political speech, with no intent to arouse. There's no way this guy was going to get convicted. The DA is wasting public money by trying to get a conviction that just won't happen.

Reminds me a lot of Denim [1]. I like it.

[1] http://dub.washington.edu:2007/denim/

This is a very similar resource but using Google Webfonts:

http://hellohappy.org/beautiful-web-type/

One of my favorite typography sites: http://fontsinuse.com/

The point being made is that public-key encryption techniques assume that it is difficult to factor large numbers. Even with modern computers, this takes a very long time. But this wouldn't be true with quantum computers.

Even on desktops, CSS3 transitions are much smoother than Javascript.

I think the funnier ones are the truest. This one is more caricature than anything.

Do you actually find college students that don't know what an exponent is?

I feel like anybody with a basic understanding of what an exponent represents should be able to explain why you add exponents.