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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2018, 4:17:14 PM
Gotta be cool, you gotta behave
Man, there'll be time for that when I'm lying in my grave
https://t.co/So9CYSyISS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2018, 4:15:11 PM
@ojilles browsers are designed to be containers for the infinite, so the comparison is utterly bizarre and wrongheaded
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JohnONolan @JohnONolan
May 18, 2018, 3:55:20 PM
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Hiring for full stack JS developers atm - https://t.co/aRtY0CvNa5 - had over 200 applications and only 3 were women

Where…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2018, 11:49:24 PM
Ann Dowd, between her virtuoso performances in The Leftovers and Handmaid's Tale, is definite my go-to cult leader choice .. of all time. OF ALL TIME! https://t.co/KkFibSDWar
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2018, 8:03:43 PM
I will always upvote significant effort, regardless of any other characteristics
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jamesthomson @jamesthomson
May 17, 2018, 7:09:30 PM
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Kids today don’t know the joy of removing the perforated edges from dot matrix printer paper.
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shieldsjames @shieldsjames
May 17, 2018, 6:51:54 PM
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After years of work, I am incredibly proud to say that today we are officially announcing the Xbox Adaptive Controller -…
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mipsytipsy @mipsytipsy
May 17, 2018, 4:20:58 PM
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Been thinking about the advice we give folks, esp jr and intermediate engineers. I love telling people to go home, have li…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2018, 3:08:07 PM
Third party Twitter clients make about as much sense as third party Facebook clients.
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letsencrypt @letsencrypt
May 16, 2018, 11:49:53 PM
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Chrome will start labeling all plain HTTP sites as 'not secure' in July. Here's how to get started using HTTPS on your sit…
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iamrecruitr @iamrecruitr
May 16, 2018, 9:04:07 PM
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Me: When is the best time for me to give you a call? Developer: Some time around 1996 when phone calls were considered no…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2018, 7:06:52 PM
@KR15KR15 compare the original audio from the laurel word webpage, it's clearly been messed with, because that one sounds like "laurel" 100%
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PunKandStuff @PunKandStuff
May 16, 2018, 4:28:44 PM
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Debbie Harry of Blondie, Viv Albertine of The Slits. Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees. Chrissie Hynde of The P…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2018, 3:54:29 PM
Turns out, gender and sex is.. complicated. https://t.co/kritYdadYR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2018, 3:38:12 PM
@hlship @trek ... Eternal?
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Since our industry seems hell bent on giving people "Senior" titles who are in the first decade of their career, I'd like to prop…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2018, 3:16:13 PM
The cliffhanger ending of this conversation between a parrot and Alexa slayed me. I am killed. I am now dead. RIP me. ☠ https://t.co/pupFXwUt3w
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2018, 2:45:06 PM
Meanwhile, in America https://t.co/XUqahZOgpv
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boy_from_school @boy_from_school
May 16, 2018, 2:32:40 PM
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as a child i thought i'd have to deal with the bermuda triangle a lot more than i have in my adult life
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2018, 2:24:11 PM
Yanny / Laurel is so much more fun than the dumb dress gamma thing. Here's where I am on the divide, exactly: https://t.co/SJ0rqUWPBa https://t.co/yF0yFiG94S
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2018, 2:18:24 PM
I feel like beatings are underutilized as a motivational strategy
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Wonkblog @Wonkblog
May 16, 2018, 1:29:19 PM
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The U.S. spends less on children than almost any other developed nation https://t.co/5IjyJD9FDb
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ErrataRob @ErrataRob
May 16, 2018, 12:22:28 PM
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Sometimes it's easy to believe we haven't made progress in cybersecurity. We have. For example, this used to be a warning in…
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I keep asking kids what they want to do when they grow up and none have said 'answer emails' there's going to be a ton of disap…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2018, 11:58:12 PM
The only way to win a debate is not to have one https://t.co/cvgYfQs4vY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2018, 10:59:16 PM
Peace to the little baby Yannies being born today, all over the world
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2018, 8:16:39 PM
There is something deeply true about this — it is hard to see what is already invisible to you https://t.co/lAIunJMFO8
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jessforcongress @jessforcongress
May 15, 2018, 8:13:45 PM
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I am honored to be the Democratic nominee for Congress in #PA11. My full statement on the road ahead as we work to bu…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2018, 6:19:49 PM
The number of "what do you mean your open source software is free, when renting servers costs me money?" people .. continues .. to surprise me
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mjackson @mjackson
May 15, 2018, 4:12:38 PM
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Remember a while back when I suggested turning off GitHub issues completely? It's not that far-fetched of an idea. Turns out…
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JoelEinbinder @JoelEinbinder
May 15, 2018, 3:00:06 PM
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Can never remember the difference between substr and substring? Argument hints are now in @ChromeDevTools! https://t.co/…
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My experience with depression, pornography and alcohol. OR stuff I want to talk about but don't know how to talk about. Thread…
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TryGhost @TryGhost
May 15, 2018, 2:15:09 PM
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After 5 years, $3Million, and no investors: Here's everything we've learned from building the #1 CMS on Github 🔥 https://t.co
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
May 15, 2018, 1:58:52 PM
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Kinda crazy that allowing encrypted unlimited user to user conversations without government or big company censorship cap…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2018, 10:47:58 PM
"Eventually, I typed “https://t.co/rdjQdT12Bv” and hit enter. Like a freaking dad." https://t.co/to9SFUWubr
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sarah_edo @sarah_edo
May 14, 2018, 9:59:01 PM
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Let’s talk about how we support each other, using a really strange study. In the podcast below they took similarly performin…
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tomwarren @tomwarren
May 14, 2018, 6:44:01 PM
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Microsoft’s new mystery Xbox controller has leaked and it’s all about accessibility https://t.co/nn3ehMN3ZA https://t.co/VOZ…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2018, 6:31:52 PM
"The act of doing this — casting off socially acceptable values in favor of those that were once unthinkable — creates the edgy energy that has, of late, attracted Kanye West" https://t.co/0O2ym70XQA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2018, 5:54:25 PM
Everyone reading this has two factor authentication set up for your email? Right? RIGHT? 👌 https://t.co/DOu5uXuWSf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2018, 3:59:35 PM
I never understood how someone so famous and prominent could be so petty at times https://t.co/YwtCI1SQuM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2018, 3:50:20 PM
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So far the Mac is like a really confusing iOS device
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2018, 9:36:00 PM
oh my goddd the chicken dance (Job version) from Arrested Development is today's dance in Fortnite 🤣 https://t.co/LtKAJZXYEa
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There is no form of trolling more cruelly effective than being quiet and happy while going about your business.
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DinaPomeranz @DinaPomeranz
May 13, 2018, 3:34:10 PM
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Some global statistics for #MothersDay (Thread): In the 25 years from 1990 to 2015, maternal mortality rate (death from…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2018, 8:33:14 PM
Don't talk to me or my son ever again https://t.co/BvTyGcZG45
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BloombergAsia @BloombergAsia
May 12, 2018, 2:44:08 PM
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This mathematician wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the horse track. A billion dollars later, he tells his story…
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Noahpinion @Noahpinion
May 12, 2018, 2:34:12 PM
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Russians' main strategy for disrupting America is to sow racial discord. https://t.co/4P0RidNbnJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2018, 7:02:02 PM
"In the past few weeks, I embarked on a soul-pulverizing journey through Lil Tay’s social media channels .. I became convinced that she’s being put in front of the camera .. by people who aren’t looking out for her best interests" https://t.co/pciSB0WWa4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2018, 5:51:15 PM
"These are images of the Facebook ads the Russians purchased to try and alter the 2016 U.S. Election." https://t.co/qSxSrw0iH7
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
May 11, 2018, 4:37:49 PM
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At least with cigarette companies it is straightforward to connect smoking and increased incidence of lung cancer & emphy…
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SherylCababa @SherylCababa
May 11, 2018, 4:27:47 PM
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I love how @anildash reminds us that “most people in tech sincerely want to do good.” So at @artefactgroup we created a s…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2018, 2:29:36 PM
Dear fellow nerds: should I, or should I not, run a raspberry pi and pi-hole on my network? Please give me the *negatives* as well as the positives: https://t.co/saEYzvHWpp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2018, 2:25:08 AM
Fun and instructive article on clickjacking! https://t.co/BpuSwsQ4g3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2018, 1:11:05 AM
every time a new episode of Handmaid's Tale lands, I'm reminded there is probably a Republic of Gilead subreddit out there https://t.co/IpGckpa54t
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2018, 6:24:47 PM
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@tqbf software is 99.9% execution and 0.1% inspiration
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2018, 5:14:22 PM
"{redacted-big-customer} uses Cisco Spark. Spark is like Slack, if Slack were built by a team of drunk panda bears. They all hate it, but they get it free because they’ve bought into the Cisco ecosystem and its use has been decreed from above."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2018, 3:34:02 PM
Are you obsessive, too? Because I am https://t.co/ARB5aVCZ1z
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Costa Rica is going to ban fossil fuels—that’s pretty awesome. https://t.co/m2ADbvevcq Wonder what will happen to all the old e…
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SNK just announced the Neo Geo Mini. It will include 40 different titles, and features a 3.5" display, have an HDMI output, an…
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infobeautiful @infobeautiful
May 10, 2018, 4:45:44 AM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2018, 2:08:33 AM
Howww can this Cobra Kai show be .. kinda.. great? https://t.co/hHpB3wqsXw
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CrappyFumes @CrappyFumes
May 9, 2018, 11:21:18 PM
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Hello men- it’s shorts weather now so remember the old rhyme: At or above the knee, That’s what we like to see, Longer tha…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2018, 8:56:20 PM
genius by @sarahjeong “the whole underage internet exists on the precarious legal fiction that all these teens are being supervised by their parents, who are bound by these contracts that no one is actually reading.” https://t.co/r3hfF7L1Bd
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vboykis @vboykis
May 9, 2018, 8:24:22 PM
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Movie producer: Pitch me. Me: It's a love story about missed connections and a developer who didn't quite yet grok pipe opera…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2018, 6:59:56 PM
Them: "How are you?"
Me: "Just fine, and you?"
My brain: "I wonder what's happening in Fhloston Paradise right now." https://t.co/8UrFw9XQpw
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donnermaps @donnermaps
May 9, 2018, 6:19:33 PM
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5 states have now completed primaries. In the 39 D primaries without an incumbent, women have won in 21 cases. In races wit…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2018, 6:12:28 PM
Free product improvement advice: add a "dark mode" to your app/webapp/website. About 10% of your audience will be over-the-moon ecstatic about this and love you for it.
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arstechnica @arstechnica
May 9, 2018, 5:09:11 PM
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Supercomputers are driving a revolution in hurricane forecasting https://t.co/3auEKEh112 by @SciGuySpace
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cblatts @cblatts
May 9, 2018, 3:58:35 PM
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"Last year, more than $41 billion was given in charity to higher education, but about a quarter of that went to just 20 instit…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2018, 3:37:05 PM
These interactive animated articles have been a dream of mine since high school. Books *should* be interactive: https://t.co/s6PG6t5v9E
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2018, 3:32:37 PM
"Emphasize tech’s potential to impact humans and community wellbeing" https://t.co/5khkevgc5W
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2018, 9:07:31 PM
We've finally done it. Autocomplete for human interaction. https://t.co/ckGfGFe2be https://t.co/8yBuFsoRm7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2018, 8:51:26 PM
Read closely: this is Apple’s awesome “fuck you” to the greykey unlockers https://t.co/jDi59qNHRb
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waxpancake @waxpancake
May 8, 2018, 8:44:31 PM
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The Chrome dev team is looking for examples of web games, interactive art, and other sites broken by Chrome's new autoplay…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2018, 8:33:32 PM
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@tulosba That’s why I asked it on an opinion network! Also check out https://t.co/qpgbjBMoYr which does an excellent job…
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JoshuaGilless @JoshuaGilless
May 8, 2018, 7:15:41 PM
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@codinghorror @ClickHole The closest they've come so far is probably @PatriotHole
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2018, 5:54:16 PM
Time to fight fire with fire.. we need @clickhole to build a parody "university" based on Prager U https://t.co/sg3q2TKPKR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2018, 5:41:00 PM
really enjoying the off-kilter black comedy of Killing Eve and the soundtrack is (chef kiss gesture) https://t.co/BcX1VXuVGZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2018, 5:30:51 PM
Oh my FSM what is this BS Prager U anti-boy-scouts political ad that just got served to me on YouTube. This is crap. https://t.co/q57nX0bXlA
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arstechnica @arstechnica
May 8, 2018, 4:22:47 PM
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The Pinball Arcade is losing its classic tables; grab them while you can https://t.co/ODAnpJ9RnH by @aurich
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amyngyn @amyngyn
May 8, 2018, 2:47:30 PM
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the true power play is walking into your office with a la croix flavor that your office doesn't stock, so that people know you…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2018, 8:39:08 PM
Of all the hills Stallman could choose to die on, he picked this one. 🤦‍♀️ https://t.co/4YZkZQ588X
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JohnONolan @JohnONolan
May 7, 2018, 8:36:19 PM
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At the point of seriously considering paid access to issue tracker. Code still open source, everything still licensed the s…
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FactTank @FactTank
May 7, 2018, 6:14:20 PM
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The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world. https://t.co/vXz0ObD8a9 https://t.co/eAQ5q6RRY8
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waxpancake @waxpancake
May 7, 2018, 3:04:24 PM
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The latest Chrome update silently broke audio for countless web game and internet art projects. Please reconsider, @Chromiu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2018, 3:51:37 AM
There’s a limit to where one should let nihilism take oneself. It does not end well: https://t.co/3uM2iTR5oU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2018, 3:49:56 AM
These days, when I think, “Someone should really do something about that,” I realize with alarm that that “someone” is me. https://t.co/yHrEMsEFo2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2018, 3:38:51 AM
@TomRay74 @whoaa512 also the ad stuff is very needlessly CPU intensive, so when it switches to that.. :( :( :(
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2018, 3:35:04 AM
@TomRay74 @whoaa512 possibly, but I also bought the license twice (because I couldn't get the first one to work) and contacted support.. zero help. I wasn't about to buy it a third time.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2018, 3:11:15 AM
@MisterGaiasoul that's completely and totally not an appropriate question for Stack Overflow
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2018, 11:38:54 PM
I've had a 4k monitor since 2015, and the Steam client just added 4k rendering support like.. this month.. May 2018. Prior to this date it was blur-pixel-town.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2018, 11:29:29 PM
Mayhem (2017) is a really fun movie. It's like Office Space meets Crank. If you're thinking "that sounds crazy" you're right!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2018, 11:16:17 PM
never trust any character that can't be encoded in a single byte, that's what I say! ASCII4LYFE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2018, 8:46:32 PM
Dividing by zero .. mechanically https://t.co/LQwXFzG32y
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2018, 8:31:17 PM
Dear fellow nerds: I have to reluctantly give up on uTorrent (even though I happily paid for the pro no-ads version), so I need some advice. What’s the best native Windows torrent client?
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@rossipedia Just use a tab after each period. Then readers can choose how much whitespace they want.
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