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CatchTheBaby @CatchTheBaby
Aug 5, 2018, 11:51:24 PM
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To all of the haters that said this day would never come https://t.co/BbJ45MZ4Fw
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washingtonpost @washingtonpost
Aug 5, 2018, 11:18:15 PM
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The spot where Emmett Till’s body was found is marked by this sign. Someone just shot it up — again. https://t.co/C741L…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2018, 4:59:04 PM
@theodoredziuba corporations not formed in the state of Delaware are an abomination unto God
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arstechnica @arstechnica
Aug 5, 2018, 2:47:27 PM
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Hospital superbugs are evolving to survive hand sanitizers https://t.co/4ViidueGkZ by @BethMarieMole
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2018, 6:34:15 AM
What if you received a box filled with mysterious toys from a fourth spatial dimension? https://t.co/nUMC7dz8OL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2018, 4:49:45 AM
Welcome to the dumbest timeline https://t.co/UW5fDPBiY0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2018, 12:42:33 AM
the running "Challengers of the Unknown" gag in the Teen Titans Go! movie is, of course, real 🤣 https://t.co/gBIbyGhWzd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 4, 2018, 10:16:05 PM
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, was excellent, 9/10, would have been 10/10 if they had worked in a Night Begins to Shine Moment. I will accept Upbeat Inspirational Song About Life as an alternative though https://t.co/gQD9Nh6Mic
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lbhahaha @lbhahaha
Aug 4, 2018, 3:21:50 PM
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Guns N' Roses have really mellowed with age https://t.co/rEnKksXj1o
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#archivepix (saved 19 Mar 2012) https://t.co/8l7TbxqJEP
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will whoever got this anagram tattoo please come to the white courtesy phone and be my best friend https://t.co/kbgkhKiECc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2018, 4:07:48 PM
I think Jenkins took the whole "ha ha internal error" thing a bit too far this time https://t.co/a4s2pnBPd0
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franciscof_1990 @franciscof_1990
Aug 3, 2018, 3:02:39 PM
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When someone messages me saying something like "My usage is the same across X days, but battery life is changing a lot…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2018, 2:57:02 PM
I have a picade that I'm never gonna have time to assemble. If you know what that is, and have time to assemble it, mail me, send postage $ (continental US please), and it's yours. I'll also assume you're smart enough to find my email address ;)
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Aug 3, 2018, 2:42:05 PM
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Talking about attachments is like abstinence education. "Never open attachments" is correct but untenable advice. The best re…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2018, 5:32:45 AM
“There are certain things you do not in good conscience do to humans. To data, you can do whatever you like.” https://t.co/MwbqaUDDHj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2018, 9:30:10 PM
The BASIC Engine https://t.co/B8pVUXBHbA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2018, 7:31:32 PM
@alexgriendling @KR15KR15 @Joel_Anderson does this consider the perspective of people who aren't "paid CSS professionals" but novices or amateurs who are interested in trying new things? I wouldn't pitch any contest to an elite designer; not the intended audience.
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tristanharris @tristanharris
Aug 2, 2018, 7:12:40 PM
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France bans smartphones from schools, with 75-85% public approval rating – tide turning around recognition that bursty s…
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Powerhoof @Powerhoof
Aug 2, 2018, 5:46:42 PM
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Regular Human Basketball is 100% OUT and I have a completely stupid new trailer... and it has online multiplayer! Choose yo…
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Schrotime @Schrotime
Aug 2, 2018, 5:29:43 PM
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A sex robot is gonna shoot someone with a 3D gun in my lifetime
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2018, 4:43:53 PM
Do you like CSS? Do you like $3000 in prizes? https://t.co/us4mJbSA59
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2018, 3:41:54 PM
@M_c_Ruer commanding doesn't work. You have to convince them it's a good idea. Hence.. sales
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mimismartypants @mimismartypants
Aug 2, 2018, 3:14:23 PM
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what a good idea https://t.co/jlM7znUa4O
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2018, 3:03:07 PM
"But I don't work in sales!" (You actually do. Every day of our lives, we're selling something: ideas, approaches, concepts, dreams, missions, aspirations..)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2018, 2:53:44 PM
"You probably spent too much time building your code and not enough time as an advocate of your code." https://t.co/qzM5b2ZYdg
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MosconeF @MosconeF
Aug 2, 2018, 2:13:00 PM
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The way you treat your employees will reflect on the way your employees will treat your customer. I guess is the same with st…
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Justin09542148 @Justin09542148
Aug 2, 2018, 2:06:57 PM
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Hey guys! I finally figured out how to add video!!

I'm excited to finally share my stop-motion animation test from @Pl
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arstechnica @arstechnica
Aug 2, 2018, 2:04:38 PM
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"This workaround may expose a lot of Fortnite's younger players to the idea of sideloading apps, which requires disabling…
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the second zine in the "bite size" series is out: "Bite Size Command Line!". It'll teach you unix command line tools (find! xargs…
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OscarTheGrouch @OscarTheGrouch
Aug 1, 2018, 10:50:06 PM
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DinaPomeranz @DinaPomeranz
Aug 1, 2018, 10:22:32 PM
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Field medal 2018 (the highest award in mathematics): 3 out of the 4 winners are immigrants Caucher Birkar: Kurdish refug…
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DinaPomeranz @DinaPomeranz
Aug 1, 2018, 8:44:15 PM
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.@MaxCRoser on why it matters that most people have a very incorrect and negatively biased view on how the world has chan…
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toucharcade @toucharcade
Aug 1, 2018, 7:13:27 PM
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Without notice, Apple just killed the App Store affiliate program- The only reliable revenue source for sites like TouchAr…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2018, 6:04:52 PM
This whole iSteve sequence of Justin Long playing Steve Jobs and "discovering" himself is pure gold https://t.co/AcsfSb9yLx
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timoreilly @timoreilly
Aug 1, 2018, 5:08:56 PM
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OH: "We can't entirely eliminate our technical debt. My goal is to refinance it at a lower interest rate." 😂
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fraying @fraying
Aug 1, 2018, 3:48:46 PM
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If you led a real world community gathering and one guy consistently arrived drunk and ranting and insulted people and started…
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Aug 1, 2018, 3:48:02 PM
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A while ago, Twitter added support for U2F security keys, but the instructions were not very easy to follow. Here's a new ste…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2018, 3:35:32 PM
For this talk in the Ukraine in 2019 I have literally pitched @deadprogrammer as my co-presenter and "Hype Man" for the talk https://t.co/LBSf0quW8q
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2018, 3:06:58 PM
"out of 10 people, one will really like you, two will dislike you, and seven will be neutral" https://t.co/OaBuvzx9fC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2018, 2:46:46 PM
To a disturbing degree, "computer security" is just plain "security" now.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2018, 2:19:58 PM
EMPLOYEES, AMIRITE? gosh! https://t.co/dJoWOM8i9s
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caseyjohnston @caseyjohnston
Aug 1, 2018, 1:31:24 PM
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you don’t have to write about every scary thing or person you see online https://t.co/XmOkp4CNY1
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patio11 @patio11
Aug 1, 2018, 5:50:03 AM
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Since I guessed wrong about this, without looking it up, what number do you think is closest to the total value of outstanding…
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samsaffron @samsaffron
Aug 1, 2018, 2:44:47 AM
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We just disabled transparent huge pages across our infrastructure cause jemalloc bloats memory with it. Saw bloat in 3.6.0…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2018, 2:23:08 AM
"I think Lou is inspiring all of us to reach a little higher." https://t.co/PQznFiuFVF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2018, 6:05:29 PM
@theodoredziuba Vote for Troll Man 2018
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nxthompson @nxthompson
Jul 31, 2018, 5:51:39 PM
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Meet the woman who used to be a ski bum and mma-trainee who is now resolving some of the most complex math underyling natur…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2018, 5:32:54 PM
Queue is pronounced "Q" followed by four letters that are silently waiting their turn.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2018, 3:13:21 AM
Plumbing the depths of obsession https://t.co/rBRPKDsRSS
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michikokakutani @michikokakutani
Jul 30, 2018, 11:29:23 PM
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All That’s Left Is the Vote: the midterm elections are the last obstacle to Trump’s consolidation of power—and the gre…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2018, 8:31:48 PM
"I realized that these individuals did not and would not care about my feelings, no matter how long we talked." https://t.co/BH3FgC91qL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2018, 7:19:04 PM
Spammers are rarely subtle but I kinda admire when they are. We had to fix an edge condition in @discourse where quick "grace period" edits were being abused to successfully insert spam. Solution was to force a full revision on any sufficiently large edit.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2018, 7:08:25 PM
Users who regularly triple-click text (this does do something, for the record, but you shouldn't know that) are a very special kind of user.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2018, 6:05:17 PM
Last Week Tonight with the honest version of Facebook's latest TV ad https://t.co/oviZ6JP7eP
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The 幽霊文字 or "ghost characters" are characters in Japanese encodings and Unicode that come from nowhere that nobody can read. De…
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academicdave @academicdave
Jul 30, 2018, 4:01:18 PM
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This is a crime against humanity. https://t.co/l6AOn3sxjM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2018, 3:56:10 PM
When getting items signed, say "can you write, to the greatest human being I've ever known?"
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roseperson @roseperson
Jul 29, 2018, 10:49:52 PM
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Counterpoint: perform good deeds openly, but with the same attitude with which one brushes their teeth: that it's necessary…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2018, 10:00:13 PM
Meanwhile, in America https://t.co/j3DcdIYePR
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CharlesFinch @CharlesFinch
Jul 29, 2018, 9:43:18 PM
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Who doesn't remember when Microsoft toured with Pantera in 80-81 https://t.co/TeYduuFUtl
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Jul 29, 2018, 8:50:55 PM
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The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice https://t.co/XJGQoL89nZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2018, 5:13:46 PM
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Patrick Bateman’s New York: What Happened To The World of American Psycho http://t.co/xCJ7dSM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2018, 4:36:02 PM
We paved paradise, and put up a parking lot https://t.co/ypsuVe5y1J
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thedailybeast @thedailybeast
Jul 29, 2018, 2:28:12 PM
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In 1987, McD’s launched its famous Monopoly game, in which customers collected game pieces that could be redeemed for pr…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 28, 2018, 8:20:35 PM
Did I ever tell you guys about the time I accidentally fed our (now deceased) cats soy milk? I have never seen a look of deeper betrayal. If they could have given me the finger they would have.
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oleivarrudi @oleivarrudi
Jul 28, 2018, 2:31:58 PM
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Just in case you wanted to use your Game Boy as a PC https://t.co/qWAVSsPJQm
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Mr_DrinksOnMe @Mr_DrinksOnMe
Jul 28, 2018, 2:28:47 PM
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This kids menu at the hotel I'm staying at. https://t.co/GQR5dpJFEq
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triketora @triketora
Jul 28, 2018, 6:21:21 AM
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As Amazon has cracked down on fake reviews, some sellers are leaving five-star, fake-looking reviews on rival listings so th…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 28, 2018, 6:07:31 AM
@madeinhaste maybe if it's titanium https://t.co/en0CaFQo2W NB: I actually own a titanium spork. Not this one, but.. I do.
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@codinghorror LOL, I actually a make living on Youtube opening packages with a stupidly large knife.
Do I win a prize? https:/…
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Johnny_Strategy @Johnny_Strategy
Jul 28, 2018, 2:30:00 AM
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Marie Kondo hired a packaging designer from Apple and is now selling $89 boxes https://t.co/mFrBTQFWSO
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eviltrout @eviltrout
Jul 27, 2018, 10:31:21 PM
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Pro-Tip: reduce how many times you use the word “just” in emails, DMs and issues. Often “Can we” is a great substitute: “…
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Jul 27, 2018, 8:53:21 PM
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God, I adore this box art for PlayNET, the short-lived online service for the Commodore 64 best known as the foundation of…
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jasonfried @jasonfried
Jul 27, 2018, 8:29:25 PM
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“People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 27, 2018, 7:17:21 PM
I feel like an important part of being a man is to have a stupidly large, impressive knife that you only use to open packages
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The internet keeps mistaking @textfiles for the star of “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story” and I can’t get enough of it. https://t.c
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kelseyhightower @kelseyhightower
Jul 27, 2018, 3:26:20 PM
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Good developers copy; great developers paste.
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burstofbeaden @burstofbeaden
Jul 27, 2018, 1:04:20 AM
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a new edition of Myst but all the puzzles are just different hotel-room shower controls
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pomeranian99 @pomeranian99
Jul 26, 2018, 11:16:02 PM
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The biomass distribution on Earth: https://t.co/yBwxL1pfOa tl;dr -- humanity is a rounding error. https://t.co/5IqZoKEVLq
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#archivepix (saved 7 Mar 2012) https://t.co/a2U6zHtKz9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2018, 8:05:07 PM
@_WilliamRigby virtue turns out to be .. a net good for the world? It's like love, there can never be too much of it. And why do I have to explain this? Terminate this interaction.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2018, 7:57:38 PM
I have completely failed to enable HTTPS on GitHub Pages, but I swear not for lack of trying.. any GitHub Pages HTTPS experts out there want to help? https://t.co/EHOeKKJ282
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2018, 7:33:32 PM
On the list of things a man would perhaps like to steal, a baby is.. not.. at all.. anywhere.. on that list. I daresay for most men it'd be on their "list of things to avoid at all costs" 🏃‍♂️💨 👶
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2018, 7:26:26 PM
One of the most eye opening things for me, as a white dude, to read in the last few years was this story about a black man who has to carry around the birth certificate for HIS OWN CHILD whenever he goes out. My mind still boggles. https://t.co/qxYj68gUhX
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MikeJMika @MikeJMika
Jul 26, 2018, 6:16:25 PM
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I missed this back in the day, but here it is! David Crane wrote a brochure for C64 owners to type in a crude version of Pit…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2018, 5:19:40 PM
Here's a new thing: people get older and sometimes wiser, but their immaturity will be now be electronically immortalized forever
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2018, 5:06:37 PM
Does the devil really *need* more advocates at this point?
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kpoulsen @kpoulsen
Jul 26, 2018, 4:43:45 PM
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Tired: Russia's 2016 interference in the presidential election. Wired: Russia's 2018 interference in the midterms. https://t.…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2018, 4:09:34 PM
I think one of the reasons Stack Overflow can be difficult to understand is because *utility* is the primary measurement it uses .. how useful is this question, not just to you, but to other coders? https://t.co/3KMLU7iCp7
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jensimmons @jensimmons
Jul 26, 2018, 3:17:11 PM
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The only skill you need is to know 1) how to identify what you don’t know / when you don’t know something; and 2) how to lo…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2018, 3:16:48 PM
@ummjackson such a shameful way for a non-verified twitter account to behave! We verified accounts are.. civilized!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2018, 3:08:03 PM
Who says the Times can't pull an Onion when they want to? https://t.co/mLziCQ4Is7
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peterseibel @peterseibel
Jul 26, 2018, 2:56:09 PM
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Nobody ever got fired for using Jira. They quit first.
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"They dreamed of a lost fortune that never existed, and then the rest of us did, too." https://t.co/dXqpl9uu1H
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DanielPink @DanielPink
Jul 26, 2018, 12:45:12 PM
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Solution: Any time a manager is tempted to call colleagues together, she must have a good answer to the question: “Is this…
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