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I worked on a global consumer mapping app once. Among that team, the idea that address schemes were too inconsistent to be useful was also conventional wisdom.

Tracking flights works better than tracking trains mainly because airlines have global technical standards (coordinated through global bodies like IATA) and rail operators don't. M…

Bing has one: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt814921.aspx

Before I moved away recently, I had dinner pretty regularly with the guys at Dismas House Nashville (dismas.org), which provides transitional housing for former offenders. They do …

> Microsoft implemented it back in their glory days (irony intended) by changing the file formats in new versions of the Office suite so that documents created by newer versions of…

Windows 10 now has a built-in "Skype video" app which is much more bare-bones. Once I confirmed it worked for calling the few people I need to video chat with, I uninstalled the de…

> It isn't flexible That part may be a feature. A bus stop next to your apartment building might be gone next week, but a light rail station is staying put and developers can more …

Earlier versions (or fragments of earlier versions) exist for most parts of the New Testament. I believe the interesting thing about this work is that it's "complete". The original…

CM = Contract Manufacturer CNC = Computer Numerical Control (an automated mill) BOM = Bill of Materials (a parts list) It is jargon, but it's jargon that someone who would be conce…

That chart is misleading because it shows consumption of all sources of energy, not just electricity. We don't use 28% of our electricity for transportation (yet!). Listings of ele…

I think it has something to do with the power relationship: they can see you, but you can't see them. You might be able to see a camera pointed at you, but the phone locator operat…

Perhaps they've gotten their cost issues under control now, but this 2010 report from the Philly comptroller points out a whole bunch of problems: http://www.philadelphiacontroller…