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heydonworks
@heydonworks
The entirety of my programming experience in two phrases:
"That didn't work as expected."
"That didn't work, as expected."

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Why? Because I want to." https://t.co/DPejCfHhV7

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I have never been as close to suicide as I was that one time Joel Spolsky told me I had to install QuickBooks

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“I’m wrestling with some insecurity issues in my life but thank you all for playing with me.” https://t.co/5Wwcr6qcQb

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Two thumbs up on @patio11's https://t.co/0SaXQ8HYfb recommendation for accounting. Our tax person even complimented their work.
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siracusa
@siracusa
At Twitter, Quality is Job #84283. Good news, though: that number just came up! https://t.co/Zc1BtLaAOh
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xor
@xor
The last line in that Briggs obituary is just devastating. A reminder of how far we still have to go https://t.co/Sr7nrvtCO0

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I read that checking your USPS package status through Tor gets it flagged as darknet delivery. That's AWESOME
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SuperDalgas
@SuperDalgas
Interested in running Stack Overflow at your company? https://t.co/SgXU3doOek
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ericmigi
@ericmigi
This is a big deal. Code in Javascript for @Pebble Try it now, send us feedback @pebbledev https://t.co/uRQ710NKZf https://t.…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
These weekly summary emails I get from prepper Discourse communities are really .. something.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Lessons from a long, difficult struggle: “But this time, I’d be nastier.” https://t.co/FIk3OLKak0
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lizardbill
@lizardbill
I'm sure the responses will be courteous and thoughtful. https://t.co/Q0EhIA66Tp

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Americans try the deee-licious Swedish salt licorice delicacy https://t.co/59y7wKfVW0

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I was conned into trying some salt licorice a number of years ago. It was the worst betrayal of trust I've ever experienced."
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radiatoryang
@radiatoryang
when I lecture on level design, I do a 30 min lecture about level layouts; I put it into a diagram, hope it's useful http…
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PHP_CEO
@PHP_CEO
NO IDEA HOW DOG FOOD IS GOING TO MAKE YOU DEVELOPERS MORE LEAN — FRANKLY SOUNDS DISGUSTING — BUT THERE’S 500 POUNDS OF IT IN T…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“Be patient. Your future will soon come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are.”

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Or, if you want to get buck wild with complexity, AND OH I KNOW YOU DO, there's always this https://t.co/3xLW5pnjPb

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Bias lighting is super mega easy now with cheap USB LED strips: https://t.co/yMHacbFnKc https://t.co/1jVIoWtH8E

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Never install Adobe Acrobat" is a truism, but the free Acrobat still has excellent form filling / document signing support.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
You only begin to appreciate the meaning of "hit a nerve" at the dentist

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I added pinball buttons and Neo-Geo colors to my two piece bartop arcade controls https://t.co/CJ2PYw9ShJ

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I guess in that sense, totally un-upgradeable, it's like buying a Mac. <runs away>
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danariely
@danariely
The Simpler, Less Stressful Way to Helping Kids Succeed https://t.co/BFg0NCgFca

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
All I can think looking at Omen X is "that would be impossible to upgrade" https://t.co/Ej8PstWMbP https://t.co/csa8v2rwBA
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eji_org
@eji_org
Today we announced plans to build the nation's 1st national memorial to victims of lynching: https://t.co/3ORF1G8tZq https://t…
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Real_CSS_Tricks
@Real_CSS_Tricks
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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I've seen random comic generators before but this Pandyland one is just slaying me https://t.co/cXI3p9oRBs

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Most tweaking guides are object lessons in why the defaults were chosen.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Yo dawg I heard you like scaling algorithms https://t.co/5GDH7ZQVxH

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Pro Pinball ultra is a fascinating study in the limits of pre-rendered graphics at 4k, looks incredible: https://t.co/Hr7WZnUqzX
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AndroidBlogger
@AndroidBlogger
@ID_AA_Carmack Google made an awesome( and funny) vidéo on how not to shoot in 360 https://t.co/4QnDzdlDdT
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Kyle_MacLachlan
@Kyle_MacLachlan
🌏💧✋🕋🗡🚀🏜☀️🌡🌶💯🚱⏳🌅🌑😡💉😱😈💀💥🌛🌙🐭💥🚶🏻〰🐛️⌛️👳🙏💥😴🛌😳💥🐛💥👊⚔👑 #dune https://t.co/bXwpdYC8jz
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joshk
@joshk
Lotteries & startups moving in sync. More "mind-bogglingly big winners" while "odds of winning...became even worse" https://t.c…
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tveskov
@tveskov
It's a brave new world, driven by software: https://t.co/GXL8MYzcHA
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AstroKatie
@AstroKatie
@gary4205 I dunno, man, I already went and got a PhD in astrophysics. Seems like more than that would be overkill at this p…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
so, Blu-Ray UHDs are both 4k (3840x2160) and using the latest H.265 encoding, total 100GB max filesize?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
4k content is not easy to find at this point. What's your favorite 4k streaming demo "wow" content?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
noticed last landscaper invoice was number 1337 -- a good omen https://t.co/mplOBzDj4R

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Citizen, your ZZ Top levels are dangerously low. Report to your closest re-education center. https://t.co/Z7EMSrCtYx
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WarrenIsDead
@WarrenIsDead
Oh good we're disrupting God https://t.co/Qu0fbkWhU2
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freakmommy
@freakmommy
This guy is a fucking genius https://t.co/4pDOP5EK9j

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This is the most insanely great collection of novelty game controllers. Keep scrolling. Trust me. https://t.co/aMpccb9kvW

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@ScienceOMFG it was very strong for me. The parallels between her child, and humanity..

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@ScienceOMFG I think the story is also about, us (humans) being the child in that scenario.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The Ted Chiang short story "Story of Your Life" this is based on, may be one of the best things I've ever read https://t.co/wYHIyGE4AQ

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
There should be a nobel prize in children's entertainment for the person who invented the Bunch o' Balloons. Up there with bubble machines.
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lowehuff
@lowehuff
Here's the pre-parenting test: Is your favorite thing sitting down only to immediately stand up again? If no, reconsider. #Ne…
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worldsofzzt
@worldsofzzt
https://t.co/5TgQkn252j I just launched a Patreon to help preserve ZZT w/ the creation of a new website, tools, and in-dep…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Guess which one is the OLED set https://t.co/8u6XpsLI4O

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Built our first snap together model kit with the kids. Educational! https://t.co/jER8Vi5t6G
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royalpizzaboy
@royalpizzaboy
I throw my son a Nintendo themed birthday party. he opens the first gift, a big box. inside is a cease and desist letter…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Patreon is such an interesting phenomenon. 25% NSFW roughly https://t.co/oeuTr714hM
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KarenKilgariff
@KarenKilgariff
6 minutes after walking into Sephora https://t.co/5ah3bOmDJs

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Product inaction is, in my book, the ultimate sin. The very point of software is that it's so malleable and can evolve rapidly.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“product inaction created a honeypot for a-holes.” https://t.co/dW7GcXKUrR
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destraynor
@destraynor
Q: “What important truth do very few people agree with you on?”
A: Humanity has enough to-do apps, for the moment. https:/…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The death penalty needs to be abolished. https://t.co/FEhcxbehBe
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saywhatagain
@saywhatagain
Over the last 15 years my dad collected 1785 bowling balls and built this Pyramid with them https://t.co/smz6MCzNbZ
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NYMag
@NYMag
Katie Ledecky is the Olympic hero we need, writes @annaesilman: https://t.co/vqvWuhMDT9 https://t.co/3ct9ULXBXq

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The PostgreSQL approximate_row_count function returns 5.2m on a 4.1m row table, not quite "close enough"..

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
we use PostgreSQL in @discourse and it has been very good to us, but the slow count(*) behavior is super annoying https://t.co/8LvZxhGRws
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andyelf
@andyelf

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This OLED TV is making sweet, sweet love to my eyeballs. Mmmm. LCDs you are dead to me forever
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elquesogrande1
@elquesogrande1
Evolution of the caltrop https://t.co/5FmwCrBXqI
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DanielPink
@DanielPink
Amy Herman trains cops & docs how to see. Learn her technique in our @heleoworld chat: https://t.co/tPVNu9okLg https://t.co…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Watch what people actually *do*, not what they say they'll do. https://t.co/DvjCmQZaW4 https://t.co/nBN8gVY580
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drob
@drob
@hspter I did do an interview for Time today! https://t.co/64lza80GK7

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
My reaction to these OLED contrast levels https://t.co/RLzHZ3JLDh

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Wait a second. I know someone who knows the actress who played the "It's got electrolytes" character in Idiocracy? 😍👌

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Oh my godddd OLED television where have you been all my life. I'll be in my bunk.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"co-pilots were encouraged to question captains if they observed them making mistakes" https://t.co/NxdCOxeSVC

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I tried being excellent to other people, but then I realized my standard for excellence is super low.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Suck it Mario https://t.co/OLtpY8zLec

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I put Donkey Kong Jr. art on a mini-arcade cab for my son. He's gotta take over kicking Mario's ass when I'm gone. https://t.co/wha4qEFC2k

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Alexa, Get Lamp https://t.co/rUaqbSAyxD

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I swear to god that 13 minute low-res video of MS Flight Sim was the most riveting video I've seen in the last several years.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This low-res MS Flight Sim recreation of a real, 1989 airline crash (with survivors!) is.. just terrifying. https://t.co/XMuwZG4av8
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ramit
@ramit
Better photos = 100% increase in animal adoption. https://t.co/ngFHgGfAml

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
You have all failed me. You failed to notify me about this amazing bug-a-salt thing: https://t.co/MrPR6dndny

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I haven't mansplained anything to anyone today... YET
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xor
@xor
Online trolls are more hostile under their real name than when anonymous, new research shows https://t.co/OlyQnqjAPA
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mikko
@mikko
On this date 20 years ago: The first known MP3 rip of a song ('Until it sleeps' by Metallica) is released. https://t.co/dsnmEDnp…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"When you eat a dried fig, you’re probably chewing fig-wasp mummies, too." So much for ever eating Fig Newtons again https://t.co/qTRIdNXnz8

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
You only have five real friends. https://t.co/7bLkLzpGlN

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
VR you guys https://t.co/XJxNpEHElK

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Nailed it. https://t.co/RSZcdViWru https://t.co/bKnV2JceXM

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I did not care for The Stanley Parable but the indiebox for it is utter genius https://t.co/mY6dKInq6m https://t.co/R2ZKYAQLrw
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nedbat
@nedbat
So tired of tweet-threads. There are places you can put paragraphs of text. Your ideas deserve more than a series of fortune co…
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_plinth_
@_plinth_
I’m Old, Part XX: I ♥ 6502 https://t.co/jvGyv45RkS #programming #appleII #coding Tagged @BillB

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This new era of pervasive real time video on social media is going just great https://t.co/dxpIzRks7D

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Isn't it weird that OLED TVs are approaching mainstream pricing, yet OLED computer monitors of any size are completely MIA?
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lukew
@lukew
Talk to one user… start jumping to a solution.
Talk to 5+ users… start understanding the problem.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@lowellheddings @hakumangel wow that is quite a compliment, thank you

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
iPad plus mechanical keyboard. Because We Could. https://t.co/lY9aj8hXXH

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@professorsloth you can read the amazon reviews to get an idea of that




























