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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2016, 6:50:19 PM
I highly recommend this bluetooth retro gamepad. It's fantastic and super flexible. https://t.co/94cqP4GHAX
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secretGeek @secretGeek
Aug 8, 2016, 6:49:15 PM
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"gitdown" moderates git commits based on your blood alcohol content (BAC) via an Arduino/breathalyzer https://t.co/ZB0SEmnm…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2016, 4:59:15 AM
have you ever tried to type # on a Raspberry Pi and gotten £ instead? BREXIT 🇬🇧
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Booooooom @Booooooom
Aug 8, 2016, 4:27:47 AM
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Incredible Balloon Animals by Japanese Artist Masayoshi Matsumoto > https://t.co/RBDGXtYQWP https://t.co/1x2hau3hP3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2016, 2:48:24 AM
"if leisure time is more enjoyable, and [much cheaper], people may be less willing to work at any given wage." https://t.co/sHhtBsLZWk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2016, 5:00:54 PM
So the Raspberry Pi 3, based on the benchmarks, is roughly as fast as an iPhone 5?
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Horse_ebooks @Horse_ebooks
Aug 7, 2016, 1:09:25 AM
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Unfortunately, as you probably already know, people
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2016, 9:21:08 PM
Really digging Midnight Commander after all these years. @migueldeicaza's finest work https://t.co/7JMf7YOMG1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2016, 7:45:15 PM
Added a TurboTwist 2 spinner to my old X-Arcade Solo controllers. Easy! https://t.co/ta7lKZUIoA https://t.co/en7TtCf8jA
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discourse @discourse
Aug 5, 2016, 3:14:18 PM
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📯 Discourse 1️⃣.6️⃣ is released! Check out all the new ✨ features: https://t.co/iZpBokovly
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jamesykwak @jamesykwak
Aug 4, 2016, 7:12:49 PM
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Simply priming men to think about spouse's income increases support for Trump by 24 POINTS. Wow.
https://t.co/exPmdCcaNe
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thurrott @thurrott
Aug 4, 2016, 7:12:31 PM
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What the FedEx web site SHOULD look like. https://t.co/WFYC63tuYc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 4, 2016, 4:58:41 PM
Nothing is never not unimproved by rubbing more Ginuwine Pony on it https://t.co/uyhqq4hhz7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 4, 2016, 4:49:41 PM
Before I ever allow myself to think a colleague is not working hard enough, I ask, "am *I* working hard enough?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 4, 2016, 4:22:52 PM
I don't have enough clap emoji to give @omojumiller, the idea behind Stack Overflow is absolutely this. https://t.co/e1tadifAJq
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waxylinks @waxylinks
Aug 4, 2016, 3:39:17 PM
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Rick and Morty recreate State of Georgia Vs. Denver Fenton Allen: this is a word-for-word voicing of an actua... https://t.c
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2016, 3:42:15 PM
Unwanted side effect of being a parent: seeing an ad for a talking cat movie starring Kevin Spacey and thinking "we should see this"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2016, 3:30:20 PM
This is up there with The Touch by Stan Bush https://t.co/qqP56RMOaE
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fearthecowboy @fearthecowboy
Aug 3, 2016, 3:20:48 PM
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When a dev says GIF with a soft G, start saying Git with a soft g: "do a jit pull" , 'I found it on jit hub' , 'look in…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2016, 3:47:08 AM
Current status: using regular expressions to match XML https://t.co/01HUcwTWz6
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2016, 12:37:05 AM
No explanation needed, these belong in every room of every home. https://t.co/fxyGcI5RZz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2016, 12:22:27 AM
I am getting a lot of blowback for advocating @tqbf's "don't ever use Linode for security reasons I can't elaborate on" position
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samsaffron @samsaffron
Aug 2, 2016, 11:47:58 PM
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Installation notes for @discourse for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows https://t.co/arM3UJrPYD
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jasonyeojs @jasonyeojs
Aug 2, 2016, 7:30:04 PM
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I can't deploy to Google App Engine because Angular created 40, 000 files in my project!! https://t.co/TkfFICoDG6 https://t
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2016, 7:14:54 PM
The ideal Raspberry Pi 3 heatsink size, assuming box style case, is 20x20x15mm https://t.co/VpbKtIL4Gv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2016, 6:44:19 PM
Installed Windows 10 Anniversary, seeing 3x-4x perf gains in Edge on Ember tests. ~420ms to 130ms. Nice!
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mattcutts @mattcutts
Aug 2, 2016, 3:36:16 PM
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A proposed area on Stack Exchange for questions about digital service acquisition in the Federal Government:
https://t.co/h…
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ArsTechnicaUK @ArsTechnicaUK
Aug 2, 2016, 5:37:58 AM
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Apple releases 100 new emoji, replaces gun with waterpistol https://t.co/Ug774jTCxZ by @Tom_Mendelsohn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2016, 1:57:42 AM
Telling someone who just proposed something you will never, *ever* do that you will "keep it in mind" is a skill I probably won't ever have.
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Stanford @Stanford
Aug 1, 2016, 6:40:15 PM
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In academic papers published during the past two decades, men have cited their own work 70% more than women. https://t.co/IXY…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2016, 3:26:55 PM
Praise rngesus, who always has a plan for us https://t.co/O9H22nr9En
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2016, 5:22:03 AM
I'm generally not a huge fan of just-on-principle publicity stunts but I have to admit this is a really good one https://t.co/dxRWWRiwkc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2016, 4:56:17 AM
@PeterHornsby figurative would be "use one of the three things already on my system that understand zip files, including the OS"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2016, 3:43:48 AM
I just had to literally install WinZip to extract some weirdo archive. This was wrong. I feel violated.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2016, 12:01:05 AM
It's hard out here for a Pointy Haired Manager https://t.co/SPtGiTu7ao
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2016, 5:26:01 PM
@coda @marcprecipice It's very simple: he got the votes. The people voted for him, as crazy as that is. How do you turn off democracy?
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DickKingSmith @DickKingSmith
Jul 31, 2016, 3:20:27 PM
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Forget BASE jumping & big wave surfing. Bare foot running on a Lego strewn treadmill is the most extreme sport. https://…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2016, 2:46:58 AM
The best selling game console of all time, 155m units. That's *tiny* compared to modern smartphone units, isn't it? https://t.co/uKlvbYPlbF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2016, 2:39:41 AM
Solid advice, certainly backed up by the massive amateur videogame streaming / youtube / indie industry https://t.co/t51fRl77BC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2016, 12:54:34 AM
"Aside from being comically hideous, [this] painting offers a troubling insight into the world that Oracle wants." https://t.co/He6bueSZ1o
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2016, 12:53:04 AM
Because I am a sick person, I kinda want that "this is what actual Java fair use looks like, a painting" on my wall https://t.co/Yh0DGezZxD
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frankgiraffe @frankgiraffe
Jul 30, 2016, 4:50:44 PM
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@codinghorror Good read if you have not seen it yet: https://t.co/GFYoUJnTJm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2016, 4:44:18 PM
So if you see 30%+ of citizens voting for Trump on what is so obviously a "f**k the system" platform, consider why they vote that way.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2016, 4:42:25 PM
Not all changes benefit everyone. Wealth is increasingly going to the already rich. And change, even good change, requires time to adapt.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2016, 4:40:01 PM
I don't think America is sick. People radically underestimate how fast things are changing in society. Rate of change is increasing, too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2016, 4:26:19 PM
Asking "what's wrong with the GOP" avoids the deeper question: what caused so many American citizens to vote this way? How do we fix *that*?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2016, 1:34:43 PM
Sometimes I suffer Man Cave Anxiety https://t.co/dguzGEebuB https://t.co/He6JEfglEg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2016, 4:21:36 AM
Converted an old X-Arcade solo controller to modern USB. Boy I'll sure miss the flexibility of that PS/2 connector! https://t.co/T00jQNn0Q8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2016, 2:08:48 AM
@bkerensa my email address is visible on my blog: jatwood@codinghorror.com
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Jul 29, 2016, 8:58:31 PM
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There's a mom at Target giving her son the first name-middle name treatment & his middle name is...Poseidon.
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dweinberger @dweinberger
Jul 29, 2016, 6:47:13 PM
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The live feed of Let Me Google that For You is a stream of queries that irked someone. The metadata of ire. https://t.co/…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2016, 5:27:02 PM
@loydcase COngrats Loyd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2016, 5:23:23 PM
@matthewbloch 60 pounds seems a bit expensive?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2016, 4:48:59 PM
@4c4d fair point but how often is audio changing?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2016, 4:43:31 PM
The Pi 3's analog audio output is terribad. Add an HDMI audio extractor to get pristine digital audio, works great: https://t.co/bLYo0vjEme
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2016, 1:09:40 PM
@van_miranda @getawesome_ai nah we'd use @discourse for this, absolutely
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2016, 1:02:24 PM
Here's why I've had this song in my head all morning. Just paying it forward. p.s. you're welcome. https://t.co/aYTDn8aNMP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2016, 12:46:47 PM
How did capitalism even *exist* before Money Mouth Face emoji? GET THAT DOLLA DOLLA BILL YA'LL 🤑🤑🤑
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2016, 12:20:53 PM
Tried to search Slack to understand why we made a certain decision in July 2015. As usual, I failed. Chat is impossible to search.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2016, 2:59:20 AM
Do average users really understand the classic UI distinction between radio buttons (select one) and checkboxes (select many)?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2016, 2:26:02 AM
Number of Raspberry Pi 3s I owned a week ago: zero. Number I own today: 11.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2016, 1:31:49 AM
I want to meet the person that plays the "Wheel of Fortune" SNES rom on their cabinet. I want to find this person and interview them.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 28, 2016, 11:58:49 PM
@loydcase possible. I feel the violently anti-Hillary is the only vote they have left
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 28, 2016, 11:45:22 PM
I feel like at this point the republicans could run an empty ticket, literally no candidate, and get the same voting results in November
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donasarkar @donasarkar
Jul 28, 2016, 9:24:07 PM
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Everyone has about 28 hours to get the free upgrade of Windows 10 PC. If you don't like it, you can roll back. https://t.co
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 28, 2016, 3:15:29 PM
This is awesome, and goes out to @betsyphd who complains about this weekly. https://t.co/S6i4dtvGAL https://t.co/Q5SfEyTsZu
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MikeJMika @MikeJMika
Jul 28, 2016, 3:13:45 PM
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Brian Fargo found the original painting for Battle Chess, a game I still have in the box and love for Amiga. *drool* https:/…
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Why haven't you had kids yet? https://t.co/mQRN1KGgUQ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 28, 2016, 3:04:53 PM
🎶 It's biz-ness... it's biz-ness tiiiime 🎶 https://t.co/unfeDINr7e
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withfries2 @withfries2
Jul 27, 2016, 11:39:53 PM
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10/ Related stat: most software engineers who responded to @StackOverflow 2015 survey taught themselves to code https://t.c
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 27, 2016, 9:33:33 PM
Has South Park done their take on Trump as a legitimate candidate for president yet?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 27, 2016, 5:44:09 PM
Chrome 52 is live! This classic bit of Homo Logicus argument is now resolved: https://t.co/jiPj51qFgg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 27, 2016, 2:31:41 PM
We achieved a whopping 30% bandwidth savings on our JavaScript files with Brotli: https://t.co/V8twlKpiVQ https://t.co/0muMCv7K2G
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Marv_Vien @Marv_Vien
Jul 26, 2016, 7:18:00 PM
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This girl wanted to be an astronaut; NASA told her they didn't accept girls. Tonight we nominate her for President. https://…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2016, 6:20:19 PM
Whoo doggies the Pi 3 does run hot under load! I'd recommend a heatsink, and a large one for overclocks: https://t.co/zLuPtsAO2x
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2016, 1:43:10 PM
Nintendo I just don't understand you https://t.co/IJE7r9k3sR
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The one demographic that is hurting Hillary Clinton
https://t.co/2GZ42cltXc via @UpshotNYT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2016, 1:13:33 AM
I had totally forgotten the circa 2007 mental insanity that was the Quasicade https://t.co/T6sQOrEmTS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 25, 2016, 11:45:49 PM
Wow strapping M.2 SSDs to a video card is now a thing? https://t.co/AqeB3OqzJQ
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Jul 25, 2016, 11:38:12 PM
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“The goal, it seems, is to merge Yahoo with AOL” to create an unstoppable Voltron of failure. Now add Comcast, Zynga, Groupon…
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The moon passed between @NASA climate observatory and the earth. Almost unbelievable that this is a real photo https://t.co/MW…
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Your IDE foreground/background:
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 25, 2016, 3:45:23 PM
"90% of all community feedback is crap. Except yours. Yours is pretty good." https://t.co/TyRqhKApCL
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elanazak @elanazak
Jul 25, 2016, 12:35:17 PM
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A brief Yahoo history:
2000: Valued at $125B
2008: Microsoft's $44.6B offer rejected
2016: Verizon buys for $4.8B
https://t.c
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Jul 25, 2016, 12:28:56 PM
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Quadrilateral Cowboy is out! Can't recommend this one highly enough. https://t.co/aIuZdsn4eU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 25, 2016, 12:09:38 PM
Thanks to the Pi, you can now build a nifty, inexpensive emulator box in a weekend! https://t.co/EyHTvyzdBF https://t.co/bCOBDsN4K5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 25, 2016, 5:35:15 AM
Stack Overflow Quantcast traffic 2009-present. The giant drops are Xmas. The sags are summers. https://t.co/8gMscQ6VU2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 25, 2016, 4:49:14 AM
"Grumpy and bitter isn't a place we begin. It's a place we end up."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 25, 2016, 3:42:56 AM
Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey make the best Slack loading messages. https://t.co/CmJyyambPd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 24, 2016, 7:15:44 PM
Shoreline park full of dog owners. We're here walking our ... three humans ... https://t.co/z3Mu096gOO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 24, 2016, 5:21:00 PM
Do you wanna build a s̶n̶o̶w̶m̶a̶ er... arcade machine? It's cheap and easy, thanks to the Pi! https://t.co/EyHTvyzdBF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 24, 2016, 3:15:08 PM
@pecet phones are pricey though. This can be dedicated to task
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 24, 2016, 3:09:20 PM
Basically for $100 you can carry around every significant game made prior to 1995, in playable plug-in form, right in your pocket.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 24, 2016, 3:07:43 PM
It is fair to say that the Raspberry Pi, as of v3, has revolutionized the emulation scene.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 24, 2016, 2:05:06 AM
Recommend me a quality starter all terrain RC car on Amazon!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2016, 2:50:05 PM
Taggers: please tag legibly! https://t.co/5r46gXTwT3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2016, 3:53:11 AM
Wikipedia browser agent stats https://t.co/VBL8qi7cr3 https://t.co/gqUAfvBHLG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2016, 2:40:54 AM
I'm still pissed off about the Blair Witch Project. Terrible.
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dinapomeranz @dinapomeranz
Jul 22, 2016, 7:42:46 PM
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Racial composition of US House of Representatives members and their constituents, by party: https://t.co/Jr3pO1TqLy https…
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