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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2015, 4:26:49 PM
Parenting: you will never, ever be more excited by the prospect of watching another human being successfully use the bathroom
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Client wants to talk about why their pages load slowly. Yes, let's talk about that. http://t.co/72umZjqrxN
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ZachWeiner @ZachWeiner
May 29, 2015, 1:56:06 PM
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Idea: America drops all charges against FIFA in exchange for a universal declaration that it's called Soccer.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2015, 1:09:23 AM
Dying Light is a very, very good game. It's what Dead Island dreamt of being. Great support after launch, too. https://t.co/V8NksU7Pow
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2015, 12:29:45 AM
"when that little fellow arrived at family headquarters you had to hand in your resignation." http://t.co/fvyIsRwN7R
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2015, 9:14:29 PM
I had a little bee problem. Luckily, I know of a forum where beekeepers hang out! http://t.co/z4txj5l9HT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2015, 8:57:44 PM
@krisaubuchon tell me this, can it kick *my* ass?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2015, 8:26:07 PM
I love @docker but devicemapper (fedora, etc) have never worked, we had to blacklist it https://t.co/eSjkr8ZTfE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2015, 7:02:38 PM
@jchutchins did you ever see the movie "Aliens"?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2015, 5:19:23 PM
Docker's dependency on aufs is starting to be embarrassing. We've never seen Docker work reliably with devicemapper. https://t.co/bRbyB8YFkN
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JamilSmith @JamilSmith
May 28, 2015, 3:49:58 PM
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A black ex-St. Louis cop offers harsh reality and harrowing anecdotes about policing and race. Read every word. http://t.co
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waxpancake @waxpancake
May 28, 2015, 3:27:59 PM
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Kung Fury is live, 31 minutes of dinosaur-riding, Nazi-punching madness. http://t.co/BUhNuBqcFC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2015, 3:53:31 AM
"Their subjects, of course, didn’t have the Internet to distract them." http://t.co/SjYJ5GYxkf
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Like The Matrix, but for viral video: "Human content creators have a special brand authenticity machines crave." http://t.co/0…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2015, 12:57:15 AM
"We cannot guarantee that this product will ensure your path to Valhalla" http://t.co/2wDw6plSsh
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CNNMoney @CNNMoney
May 27, 2015, 9:47:23 PM
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Wondering how much you need to make to afford a home? Check these 27 cities: http://t.co/Qm4vfSL6Ni http://t.co/7z9eMzNgBb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2015, 2:45:01 AM
The Zombie Food Pyramid: gnaw sparingly. http://t.co/YPXg8R4KXO
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tobiasahlin @tobiasahlin
May 27, 2015, 2:24:58 AM
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How agile usually works out in real life http://t.co/u94veFKHJc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2015, 2:07:03 AM
I love that story https://t.co/N6Kdizk6NY
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archivesgeek @archivesgeek
May 26, 2015, 11:34:18 PM
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I heard "#archivist" & then "Jason Scott" & knew the ensuing story was going to be great. http://t.co/QvEot6YiN6 @npratc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2015, 8:58:09 PM
Mobile app startups are failing like it's 1999 http://t.co/lmMqVFCSO8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2015, 6:58:12 PM
It is physically impossible for me to read the name "Amanda" without mentally adding "hugnkiss" at the end. I'm sorry, Amanda... (hugnkiss)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2015, 1:39:34 AM
oh man I love a good chocolate rain joke. gets funnier every year
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2015, 1:36:12 AM
it's funny how slow IE11 feels today. And man it is. But it *was* fast -- in ye olde 2013. http://t.co/elVe0SUiz0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2015, 12:51:45 AM
"Following in his father’s footsteps, [he] had the word “Psycho” tattooed on his forehead." http://t.co/dgF0XX7wU1 http://t.co/7lrw0qClu9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2015, 12:30:14 AM
For all the moaning about the "slow" 2015 Macbook, it's 60% as fast as my obscenely fast desktop i7-4770k. And 2x+ faster than iPad Air 2.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2015, 11:39:34 PM
The Surface 3, with Intel's Cherry Trail atom, is hilariously close to iPad Air 2 in those benchmarks. A little slower actually.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2015, 11:38:43 PM
Can someone with a 2015 MacBook please run Kraken and Octane benchmarks in Chrome latest and reply?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2015, 10:52:31 PM
"Firefighters face what I've called the 'March of Dimes' problem." http://t.co/IS3Hq44UI7
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chriscoyier @chriscoyier
May 25, 2015, 6:53:44 PM
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im like one of those guys who sprays chrome on their mouths and goes all in. except easy cheese and to bed.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2015, 6:09:11 PM
NSA forces creator of PGP to move his company to Switzerland http://t.co/8VnIDyFd7m
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2015, 5:57:42 PM
Isn't copyright fun? http://t.co/kTkXtlWcLs
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XplodingUnicorn @XplodingUnicorn
May 25, 2015, 5:44:09 PM
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Me: What happened on the coffee table?

5-year-old daughter: Elsa killed all the stormtroopers. http://t.co/36hCfd1z5s
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SoVeryBritish @SoVeryBritish
May 24, 2015, 9:13:50 PM
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Have you been waiting long? 1. "No don't be silly" = 5 minutes 2. "Only a few minutes" = 15 minutes 3. "A little while" …
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2015, 8:51:48 PM
Age 4 is when I start seeing the kids as (not necessarily reliable) teammates versus chaos monkeys.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2015, 8:44:09 PM
Having three children, I can say with a degree of scientific certainty the age of maximum craziness is 3 to 4. All the ability, no control.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2015, 4:48:15 AM
trying to learn some flexbox and the 2nd box I add has my name in it OMFG what is going on http://t.co/vVVF4bykqw http://t.co/oKjhTTuWGB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2015, 4:27:05 AM
life: Free To Play
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2015, 4:11:27 AM
heartening to see the visible social progress in gay marriage (and everything that entails), just in my lifetime. Kids, stay frosty.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2015, 2:28:06 AM
I told that person the same thing I tell all prospective job candidates: "come with me if you want to live"
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jonobacon @jonobacon
May 22, 2015, 9:50:45 PM
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kids trying to hide: http://t.co/JeaMbga2t8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2015, 7:22:03 PM
So this is the origin of "Gaslighting". Still not really clear how one would do this outside of a movie. http://t.co/KTYNPFnYnv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2015, 6:38:26 PM
The "turn it off / remove it and see who complains" model is strikingly effective in software development.
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BadAstronomer @BadAstronomer
May 22, 2015, 3:48:48 PM
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Pac-man is 35 years old today, but is not generally known as a Kafka-esque statement of existential suffering. http://t.…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2015, 3:01:08 PM
2 GB/sec is roughly within an order of magnitude of RAM speed (Around 22GB/sec) http://t.co/NddRdIlBAM
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"ly" is the mullet of startup names.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2015, 4:17:50 AM
"what evidence would you need to see to change your mind about this?" http://t.co/dbrVO71clz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2015, 3:23:39 AM
I kind of miss Safari on Windows. The days when every font was bold. So bold.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2015, 5:52:37 PM
Hardcore sneaker culture is a little freaky, man https://t.co/4HpkghlM9a
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2015, 3:31:23 PM
Meanwhile, in Australia https://t.co/yvCHd2Rrvy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2015, 3:51:12 AM
"Only someone who’d done Babe: Pig In the City, Happy Feet, and Happy Feet 2 could have directed Fury Road." http://t.co/TiqvxIJK4w
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2015, 12:00:43 AM
The Google Autocomplete game delivers http://t.co/pHU5ohcFH0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2015, 9:41:51 PM
@krisaubuchon IMMA LET YOU FINISH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2015, 6:53:49 PM
Still more performance coming out of JavaScript engine development -- http://t.co/txX12yN0Cz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2015, 6:11:52 PM
May you ride eternal, shiny and chrome.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2015, 4:26:55 PM
very happy to see this working in Chrome latest. Stop letting users pick (bad) passwords. http://t.co/lBEnDR58iK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2015, 2:34:54 AM
Tetravaal has like the worst IT security of any company ever #chappie
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2015, 12:11:36 AM
"a nation-state can break a 1024-bit prime" https://t.co/mXO3kTyquY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2015, 9:11:35 PM
It'll be interesting to see what happens as SSDs get closer to RAM speeds with faster interfaces http://t.co/s1M4m99lbL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2015, 8:40:10 PM
The continued absurdity of "we only hire the BEST!!!1!" http://t.co/M1hyE97HPW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2015, 7:22:49 PM
kudos to @davidlee for all his work with SV Angel. He's pretty good at Twitter, too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2015, 7:21:07 PM
it is a little creepy how I never, literally NEVER, see promoted tweets as a verified user. Never. Not once. Go on, promote to me. It's fine
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2015, 7:17:26 PM
“When was the last time you used a library to get a physical book?” And he said, “Maybe elementary school?” http://t.co/46lCcV3Zum
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2015, 5:39:39 PM
how close are we to having https / ssl be free for everyone, on the certificate side at least?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2015, 4:56:05 PM
So much better than a friend! https://t.co/qV6Rd4acV5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2015, 4:52:04 PM
"F**k you Caillou! Grow some hair and leave the house! Find out what the world's aboot!" https://t.co/sXFD1J2NMW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2015, 11:02:26 PM
A rare insight into an elite Google anti-fraud team http://t.co/PnokWUi9wl
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jarrod_dixon @jarrod_dixon
May 18, 2015, 7:27:16 PM
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I loved "Bloodsport" as a kid, but I always thought this scene was out-of-place... no longer: https://t.co/NGgMoksu9G
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2015, 4:21:27 PM
This Internet Archive shirt is great https://t.co/OkAPBYxL9z http://t.co/lV6HnCeeRS
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neverjessie @neverjessie
May 18, 2015, 4:09:11 AM
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PROPERTIES OF A CAT: - Easy to compress - Will expand to fill the container - Will take the shape of the container http://…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2015, 9:05:08 PM
@loydcase I hated Dragons Lair, even though it was beautiful. That gameplay...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2015, 8:34:59 PM
@loydcase aw you say that like Dragon's Lair wasn't the pinnacle of modern gameplay!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2015, 12:49:37 AM
"This whole stupid rock is a cage, with gravity well as its bars."
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"this wing of the facility is where we do updog research" "what's updog" "that's what we're trying to determine"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2015, 11:26:23 PM
It is unhealthy to live in an area where everyone is rich and "successful", especially for kids https://t.co/WFtLgqqLEQ
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SwiftOnSecurity @SwiftOnSecurity
May 16, 2015, 5:15:22 PM
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An emotional #mustread. I want to see this explored further | Learning the Human Costs of Ransomware | by @nartv | htt…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2015, 2:15:24 AM
Microsoft could have bundled Minecraft with Windows 10, instead of Candy Crush. Think on that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2015, 1:22:48 AM
Mad Max Fury Road is probably the best geek movie sequel I've seen since Terminator 2. Arguably better than the original.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2015, 4:11:17 PM
you would think network filesystems (gluster, ceph, etc) might be mature enough to have an "array of plain old servers + drives" but.. uh no
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2015, 4:09:46 PM
I have belatedly come to the conclusion that expensive network storage devices (24 drive 2U magic boxes) are unavoidable for hosting
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sarahjeong @sarahjeong
May 15, 2015, 3:44:03 PM
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I have literally blocked out 12 hours of playing Diablo 3 while consuming nothing but Soylent and coffee
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triketora @triketora
May 15, 2015, 2:28:24 PM
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This is as close to a silver bullet as you can find in terms of reducing gender inequalities http://t.co/eiVjlrq413 http://t
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# /etc/init.d/daemon stop http://t.co/LMJK6UX4B9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2015, 1:37:24 PM
There are only four numbers in computer programs: 0, 1, many, "a zillion" http://t.co/XTwcPftRQw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2015, 12:14:48 AM
Trying to convince @betsyphd to see Fury Road on date night, because it is all about the lady power & 98% rating. Or Paul Blart Mall Cop 2.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2015, 12:03:43 AM
Design lesson: Instead of telling people not to do something, give them an easily discoverable alternative. http://t.co/ZD3aLohoJK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2015, 11:41:48 PM
Rally driver experiences an unusual mechanical problem... and adapts! http://t.co/AmjZwYu1Zp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2015, 11:33:57 PM
You have total freedom of speech. You have the freedom.. to say that bullshit somewhere else
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2015, 8:26:21 PM
I didn't say it was a good band
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2015, 8:26:13 PM
Starting a band. We only play one song: http://t.co/JnEK18ZGYs
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stevewerby @stevewerby
May 14, 2015, 7:32:29 PM
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I love how @howtogeek and @codinghorror cite same biz/life advice from Better Off Dead I do. http://t.co/ydEkEVx9M3 http://…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2015, 6:45:13 PM
I applaud this change http://t.co/tSQcjFBYW2 *but* it is an extreme policy reversal in a short period of time. Those... don't go well.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2015, 6:34:50 PM
thing is, a mind blowing trip into unimaginable pain sounds pretty good to me right now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2015, 6:24:28 PM
How to sales: "prepare yourself for a mind-blowing trip into a world of unimaginable pain" @drburnorium http://t.co/0HKFj0dwe5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2015, 5:03:17 PM
When is a constant not a constant? When it's a constiable.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2015, 4:07:47 PM
#NetNeutrality has been sued! I just donated to help protect the rules we fought so hard for: http://t.co/I4cxrBq3R5 via @freepress
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wilshipley @wilshipley
May 14, 2015, 2:33:13 PM
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Let’s all tweet why we wouldn’t be allowed in the Startup Castle!

http://t.co/oUu7UlQl26
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