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kristinnoeline
@kristinnoeline
It’ll take me quite some time to crack this case 🕵🏻♀️ https://t.co/SvDQ23lAAo

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@charwarz wayyy more often. It's man to man that it tends to be rare.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@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
A friend's russian mom is staying with us
Her: so you're programming
Me (trying to sound humble): yes displaying ads on t…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“Even at your own son’s funeral it was unacceptable to mourn” https://t.co/ATJ85emL3e

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
There is a stark difference between "willing to help someone learn" and "willing to teach everything from first principles"
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xor
@xor
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…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
HOLY 💩 a new Black Dynamite in 2018. This is what the world needed so bad right now. Yes. YES!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Humans: Best. Animal. Ever. https://t.co/C2RG9qMyFA

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
@codinghorror No that was in 2016 when this redditor made up a contract https://t.co/ao1oeofKks

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@fugueish @GreatDismal @debcha @juliagalef @charliejane Unlikely to be me, I remember seeing it somewhere else.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Wow, In-and-out was number four in glassdoor’s national ranking of best places to work? Impressive https://t.co/tyyqsTRpDP

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
We have officially reached peak Funko https://t.co/XW1cjjz8Ei
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jfruh
@jfruh
a cool thing to do in my opinion would be to impose a hefty tax on vacant properties https://t.co/4KG22S9PnF

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
New study in @NatureHumBehav improves on wisdom of crowds: asking people in a crowd to discuss answers to questions in sm…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The intro to the movie The Survivalist is just about perfect https://t.co/J1IAE1dc6P
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Byron_Calgua
@Byron_Calgua
#Guatemala health authorities confirm the first case of #measles in last 20 years. It seems to be an imported case from #…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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”.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“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
🔥THREAD 🔥
TODAY IS JANUARY 20th
Remember when I went viral after figuring today was @IceCube's "Today Was A Good Day"…
TODAY IS JANUARY 20th
Remember when I went viral after figuring today was @IceCube's "Today Was A Good Day"…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
Smoke tests in the wild... https://t.co/4upJO6wGQ5

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@The_Happycow @PrimordiaHelios No one is alive in the ending.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Meanwhile, in Australia https://t.co/jhoeSfduNJ

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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 🐛

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@HapperLabs roughly iPhone 5 speed, a bit slower

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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?
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?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
You’ve got mail! https://t.co/dPpO8e27GA
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TheOnion
@TheOnion
Tide Debuts New Sour Apple Detergent Pods https://t.co/jAhof3RjSK https://t.co/m4omuYIBt3

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Sad to see Civil Comments go -- such a clever system. And it worked! https://t.co/6loWPrTA4A

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The tiny Pac-Man marquee even lights up! https://t.co/Rheq2V1vfn https://t.co/hK7UimFcmM
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Allan_Wirth
@Allan_Wirth
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
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
"Browser engineers have been optimizing their engines using Speedometer as a proxy for real-world use of popular frame…
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Citylajobs
@Citylajobs

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Beck Record Club covering the complete INXS Kick album remains one of my favorite things ever https://t.co/IaX0TH4h7B

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
You get what you incentivize. You also get what you don't realize you are accidentally incentivizing, too.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
There are five fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, strong, weak, electromagnetism .. and putting a number next to someone's name on the Internet

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Sometimes when your feathers get ruffled https://t.co/8TiOHY7TxE

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
if you optimize games for money you get mobile lootbox garbage. if you optimize videos for watch time you get vlogs that a…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@kmbnrn That is not my name
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eviltrout
@eviltrout
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
Wow, Nintendo is betting big on cardboard https://t.co/9h2mcANNW9

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This card is dedicated to the top notch tweetstorm @textfiles laid down earlier https://t.co/r4skKsNH4L https://t.co/JFqiXufG4y

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
New day, new signal boost: Scripto's hiring a developer! The New Yorker recently called us "the engine of an entire universe…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I can’t find a really high quality vinyl Nightwing logo sticker to put on our minivan #FirstWorldProblems
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mwichary
@mwichary
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…
https://t.co/MBUA4xlThs
(Try to leave the screen!)
I made it on the plane. Best…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
When I wrote https://t.co/cJXOKPPZfO the peak PUBG player base was 2.5m. Three months later, it's nearly 3.5m.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
Gold is basically just bitcoin but for old people.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"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
I said I'd do it and I did. I got my thesis printed on a scarf. https://t.co/BxwDWwCJRV

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“the most noble old ideas about free speech simply don’t compute in the age of social media” https://t.co/TFcibLYnod

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Why is the /1996/06/17 line present here? https://t.co/0pqs9AhcI3

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
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_
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
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
Here is my favorite Awl article, and pretty much my favorite thing ever published on the internet https://t.co/GCCLdtW…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I've never forgotten these haunting words from warrior poet Vanilla Ice https://t.co/dsPHPC4Lxz

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
A great movie is one you think about for months, even years afterwards.
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discourse
@discourse
Looking to found a new Discourse instance? Digital Ocean just reduced their price for a basic Discourse compatible VPS to $5…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
It's fine to be angry. You should be angry. But you gotta use your anger constructively. https://t.co/AAtH5kgcBv

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“If your work is not hard, you’re not doing great work.“ https://t.co/5uXkP0ksBG

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"All the evidence points to [God] being an inveterate gambler, who throws the dice on every possible occasion." https://t.co/YwO8K7CY0V

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the “moody” version of the useless box is hilarious .. to me anyway https://t.co/QjILKLCBWt
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chriscoyier
@chriscoyier
Comments... I know it ain't easy, but it's not an unsolvable problem. https://t.co/z9CeqBWqFW
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zippy1981
@zippy1981
-- "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly r…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@Nitb92 Oh yessss

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@HapperLabs Ugggghhh

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@Pekkanikolaus Only pringles is a valid answer here!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@rickbroma People

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
The spec was vague https://t.co/9jD98D7Zo8
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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
If you find emotional labor fatiguing or challenging you are gonna looooove having children

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“Parents now raise children in a far more difficult, competitive world and are pressured to do more with far less” https://t.co/LYDAGZy1Nm

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The only acceptable video security "report" is a rickroll

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
#askforce Poll: As a mental exercise, coding is mostly which of these:

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@joranelias @StackOverflow it's high enough to address addiction, for sure

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@han0z I prefer reading this as “No, Facebook works best!”
















