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kristinnoeline @kristinnoeline
Jan 24, 2018, 4:41:48 PM
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It’ll take me quite some time to crack this case 🕵🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/SvDQ23lAAo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 24, 2018, 4:27:34 PM
@charwarz wayyy more often. It's man to man that it tends to be rare.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 24, 2018, 5:42:31 AM
As a man, I wonder: when was the last time you cried in front of another man? I mean in a conversation, not at the movies or anything like that. For me it was in 2011.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2018, 9:37:50 PM
@joranelias @siracusa At least you have to convince them to like you. I feel dogs are genetically required to like their owner, whether they want to or not.
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abolibibelot @abolibibelot
Jan 23, 2018, 9:32:56 PM
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A friend's russian mom is staying with us Her: so you're programming Me (trying to sound humble): yes displaying ads on t…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2018, 9:32:08 PM
“Even at your own son’s funeral it was unacceptable to mourn” https://t.co/ATJ85emL3e
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2018, 5:56:00 PM
There is a stark difference between "willing to help someone learn" and "willing to teach everything from first principles"
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Ursula Le Guin's National Book Awards speech in 2014 is one of the finest and most inspirational I've ever seen. It bowled me over…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2018, 4:17:42 PM
HOLY 💩 a new Black Dynamite in 2018. This is what the world needed so bad right now. Yes. YES!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2018, 4:01:53 PM
One of my favorite "we forget we're animals too" moment is in Teen Titans Go when beast boy changes into a .. human. https://t.co/mD5B14hO7Z
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2018, 3:55:19 PM
Humans: Best. Animal. Ever. https://t.co/C2RG9qMyFA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 23, 2018, 2:53:51 PM
I'll be the keynote speaker at the @okta Iterate conference in San Francisco on Feb. 27th! https://t.co/qXer8J7KCh
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eviltrout @eviltrout
Jan 22, 2018, 11:33:47 PM
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@codinghorror No that was in 2016 when this redditor made up a contract https://t.co/ao1oeofKks
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2018, 10:17:17 PM
@fugueish @GreatDismal @debcha @juliagalef @charliejane Unlikely to be me, I remember seeing it somewhere else.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2018, 8:20:07 PM
Wow, In-and-out was number four in glassdoor’s national ranking of best places to work? Impressive https://t.co/tyyqsTRpDP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2018, 8:10:20 PM
We have officially reached peak Funko https://t.co/XW1cjjz8Ei
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a cool thing to do in my opinion would be to impose a hefty tax on vacant properties https://t.co/4KG22S9PnF
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mmustapic @mmustapic
Jan 22, 2018, 3:53:39 PM
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@codinghorror [x] has an anime profile photo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2018, 2:19:21 PM
It is cool that twitter offers notification mute options but these two should be on by default IMO https://t.co/FVh245yHsK
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adamleealter @adamleealter
Jan 22, 2018, 1:15:50 PM
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New study in @NatureHumBehav improves on wisdom of crowds: asking people in a crowd to discuss answers to questions in sm…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 22, 2018, 3:51:55 AM
The intro to the movie The Survivalist is just about perfect https://t.co/J1IAE1dc6P
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Byron_Calgua @Byron_Calgua
Jan 22, 2018, 1:32:54 AM
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#Guatemala health authorities confirm the first case of #measles in last 20 years. It seems to be an imported case from #…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 21, 2018, 9:14:55 PM
I am at the point in my career as a programmer where I take far more pleasure in a well written, informative, helpful error message than I do in code “elegance”.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 21, 2018, 9:08:05 PM
“In software, this isn’t the case at all. There’s no limit to what you can build, nor a cap on the value you can deliver.” https://t.co/1Pc5N1KEUC
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DonovanStrain @DonovanStrain
Jan 21, 2018, 8:49:06 PM
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🔥THREAD 🔥

TODAY IS JANUARY 20th

Remember when I went viral after figuring today was @IceCube's "Today Was A Good Day"…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 21, 2018, 3:08:22 AM
I bought this pine tar soap thinking it would smell like pine, but nope.. full-on CREOSOTE. I had to throw it away and the packaging it arrived in. Thinking about its smell, even now, makes me feel a little nauseous. https://t.co/YkkdyillP5
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RichRogersIoT @RichRogersIoT
Jan 20, 2018, 11:51:14 PM
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Smoke tests in the wild... https://t.co/4upJO6wGQ5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 20, 2018, 11:50:23 PM
@The_Happycow @PrimordiaHelios No one is alive in the ending.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 20, 2018, 10:02:25 PM
Also not to get all spoilery on you, but if you watched The Babadook and thought you saw a happy ending: look closer. Much closer.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 20, 2018, 9:57:33 PM
The Babadook is a fascinating (and starkly realistic) parable about the considerable psychoses of parenting, with depression on top. I recommend it: https://t.co/owkm3QtevX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 20, 2018, 1:40:09 AM
Meanwhile, in Australia https://t.co/jhoeSfduNJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 19, 2018, 6:39:41 PM
Even at 2x speed, postcasts aren't fast enough for me. I used to get told at presentations, multiple times even, that I "talked faster than anyone they had ever heard". I guess now I understand that?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 19, 2018, 5:38:20 PM
I need a version of that "I am sick and tired of these motherf**king snakes on this motherf**king plane" video but for head lice on children 🐛
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 19, 2018, 5:25:58 PM
@HapperLabs roughly iPhone 5 speed, a bit slower
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 19, 2018, 5:20:16 PM
https://t.co/0TCq1I2Oal

i7-7700k, Chrome 63, 123
iPhone X, 86.3
iPad Pro (2017), 77.2
OnePlus 5, Chrome 63, 33.1 (corrected)

Have I mentioned that Qualcomm really, really sucks?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 19, 2018, 3:17:21 PM
You’ve got mail! https://t.co/dPpO8e27GA
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TheOnion @TheOnion
Jan 19, 2018, 2:36:46 PM
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Tide Debuts New Sour Apple Detergent Pods https://t.co/jAhof3RjSK https://t.co/m4omuYIBt3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 19, 2018, 2:25:32 PM
Sad to see Civil Comments go -- such a clever system. And it worked! https://t.co/6loWPrTA4A
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 19, 2018, 2:18:14 PM
The tiny Pac-Man marquee even lights up! https://t.co/Rheq2V1vfn https://t.co/hK7UimFcmM
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Allan_Wirth @Allan_Wirth
Jan 18, 2018, 8:58:59 PM
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Having yet again confused an instance of someone looking for emotional support as someone looking for help problem solving…
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vmochama @vmochama
Jan 18, 2018, 8:11:36 PM
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father: he's a greyhound, like on the bus kid: wow father: they used to race them kid: THEY USED TO RACE BUSSES!? father: *…
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Real_CSS_Tricks @Real_CSS_Tricks
Jan 18, 2018, 8:11:07 PM
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"Browser engineers have been optimizing their engines using Speedometer as a proxy for real-world use of popular frame…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2018, 6:06:57 PM
Beck Record Club covering the complete INXS Kick album remains one of my favorite things ever https://t.co/IaX0TH4h7B
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2018, 6:01:46 PM
You get what you incentivize. You also get what you don't realize you are accidentally incentivizing, too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2018, 5:11:34 PM
There are five fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, strong, weak, electromagnetism .. and putting a number next to someone's name on the Internet
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2018, 4:47:38 PM
Sometimes when your feathers get ruffled https://t.co/8TiOHY7TxE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2018, 4:38:25 PM
If your dream is to be a writer in the video game industry, may I humbly suggest that your time would be better spent doing LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE
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TylerGlaiel @TylerGlaiel
Jan 18, 2018, 3:53:18 PM
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if you optimize games for money you get mobile lootbox garbage. if you optimize videos for watch time you get vlogs that a…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2018, 2:04:06 PM
@kmbnrn That is not my name
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eviltrout @eviltrout
Jan 18, 2018, 2:02:38 PM
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This article about Police Quest 4 is excellent. Definitely worth reading if you used to play classic DOS games. https://t.co
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pixelatedboat @pixelatedboat
Jan 18, 2018, 2:34:33 AM
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Wow, Nintendo is betting big on cardboard https://t.co/9h2mcANNW9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2018, 1:59:35 AM
This card is dedicated to the top notch tweetstorm @textfiles laid down earlier https://t.co/r4skKsNH4L https://t.co/JFqiXufG4y
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2018, 1:28:16 AM
"But all critics think they’re doing the world a favor. If they didn’t believe this delusion, criticism wouldn’t get written." https://t.co/ar7BcLbrPx
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2018, 12:43:29 AM
I helped incite a revolution in a subreddit -- the mods disabled downvotes in CSS and started a new discussion on whether downvotes are needed: https://t.co/VusJCjz1ro
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robdubbin @robdubbin
Jan 17, 2018, 9:23:07 PM
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New day, new signal boost: Scripto's hiring a developer! The New Yorker recently called us "the engine of an entire universe…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 17, 2018, 9:21:36 PM
I can’t find a really high quality vinyl Nightwing logo sticker to put on our minivan #FirstWorldProblems
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mwichary @mwichary
Jan 17, 2018, 6:57:06 PM
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I made a… surreal piece of video game art?

https://t.co/MBUA4xlThs

(Try to leave the screen!)

I made it on the plane. Best…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 17, 2018, 6:34:31 PM
When I wrote https://t.co/cJXOKPPZfO the peak PUBG player base was 2.5m. Three months later, it's nearly 3.5m.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 17, 2018, 5:00:13 PM
The other interesting thing about Switch is that it's the only good option for indie mobile games -- an app-store capable device with an *actual game controller*, not a terrible generic kitchen sink touchscreen control scheme.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 17, 2018, 4:57:28 PM
Switch is Nintendo at their best: excellent hardware (Nvidia Tegra X1), excellent software, a near perfect hybrid of mobile game device and docked console. And wii+ style motion controls, too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 17, 2018, 4:44:33 PM
My favorite description of playing Space Team, from @eviltrout: "I've never seen it not devolve into screaming." https://t.co/lnvQWF18c5
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AdamSinger @AdamSinger
Jan 17, 2018, 4:14:55 PM
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Gold is basically just bitcoin but for old people.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 17, 2018, 3:53:34 PM
"It Follows" was one of the most effective horror movie packages I've seen in a good long while. Best to see not knowing anything about it!
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neurograce @neurograce
Jan 17, 2018, 2:46:57 PM
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I said I'd do it and I did. I got my thesis printed on a scarf. https://t.co/BxwDWwCJRV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 17, 2018, 12:18:23 AM
“the most noble old ideas about free speech simply don’t compute in the age of social media” https://t.co/TFcibLYnod
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 17, 2018, 12:04:16 AM
Why is the /1996/06/17 line present here? https://t.co/0pqs9AhcI3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 16, 2018, 11:42:19 PM
That’s a pretty nice strawman argument you got there. Be a shame if anything were to happen to it.
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gaberivera @gaberivera
Jan 16, 2018, 11:41:38 PM
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You know how when you're a fast walker and the guy ahead of you is fast too but only 90% as fast as you, so you MUST pass h…
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Harry_Moore_ @Harry_Moore_
Jan 16, 2018, 8:27:06 PM
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just found out that every gritter in scotland has a name like ‘gritty gritty bang bang’ and ‘sir salter scott’ and you ca…
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sarahmei @sarahmei
Jan 16, 2018, 7:26:46 PM
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So, if you want to be a kickass software developer, as opposed to a kickass programmer, do _different_ stuff outside of work.…
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PhilipSherburne @PhilipSherburne
Jan 16, 2018, 6:49:15 PM
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Here is my favorite Awl article, and pretty much my favorite thing ever published on the internet https://t.co/GCCLdtW…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 16, 2018, 6:28:03 PM
I've never forgotten these haunting words from warrior poet Vanilla Ice https://t.co/dsPHPC4Lxz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 16, 2018, 6:20:05 PM
A great movie is one you think about for months, even years afterwards.
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discourse @discourse
Jan 16, 2018, 4:25:33 PM
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Looking to found a new Discourse instance? Digital Ocean just reduced their price for a basic Discourse compatible VPS to $5…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 16, 2018, 3:28:39 PM
It's fine to be angry. You should be angry. But you gotta use your anger constructively. https://t.co/AAtH5kgcBv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 16, 2018, 1:32:25 PM
“If your work is not hard, you’re not doing great work.“ https://t.co/5uXkP0ksBG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 16, 2018, 3:45:30 AM
"All the evidence points to [God] being an inveterate gambler, who throws the dice on every possible occasion." https://t.co/YwO8K7CY0V
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 16, 2018, 3:23:27 AM
I wasn't sure why I purchased this random bag of dice. Then I realized it was my offering to Rngesus. https://t.co/o00zOCNaYs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 15, 2018, 8:21:49 PM
the “moody” version of the useless box is hilarious .. to me anyway https://t.co/QjILKLCBWt
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chriscoyier @chriscoyier
Jan 15, 2018, 11:23:57 AM
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Comments... I know it ain't easy, but it's not an unsolvable problem. https://t.co/z9CeqBWqFW
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zippy1981 @zippy1981
Jan 15, 2018, 11:21:36 AM
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-- "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly r…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2018, 2:44:26 PM
@Nitb92 Oh yessss
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2018, 1:35:44 PM
@HapperLabs Ugggghhh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2018, 1:12:37 PM
@Pekkanikolaus Only pringles is a valid answer here!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2018, 1:12:18 PM
@rickbroma People
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2018, 1:08:44 PM
What is the most overly processed, completely artificial food you still secretly enjoy? Mine is “chewy” Chips Ahoy. So wrong.. yet so right!
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ThePracticalDev @ThePracticalDev
Jan 13, 2018, 11:08:30 PM
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The spec was vague https://t.co/9jD98D7Zo8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 13, 2018, 4:01:39 PM
If you find emotional labor fatiguing or challenging you are gonna looooove having children
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 13, 2018, 1:54:37 PM
“Parents now raise children in a far more difficult, competitive world and are pressured to do more with far less” https://t.co/LYDAGZy1Nm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2018, 7:22:43 PM
The only acceptable video security "report" is a rickroll
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2018, 7:03:10 PM
I am listening to 2 Unlimited Greatest Hits and I think that "s" in the title might have been a bit of wishful thinking on their part
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2018, 6:25:09 PM
At the elementary school talent rehearsal, this 4th grader (guessing) gets up and reads this poem, plus one he wrote himself. Fuck yeah kid. FUCK YEAH https://t.co/KhRjruEVjt
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SNUGSFBay @SNUGSFBay
Jan 12, 2018, 6:19:35 PM
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#askforce Poll: As a mental exercise, coding is mostly which of these:
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2018, 6:09:48 PM
@joranelias @StackOverflow it's high enough to address addiction, for sure
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2018, 5:31:33 PM
@han0z I prefer reading this as “No, Facebook works best!”
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