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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 5:16:28 PM
@howtogeek "The Intel Core M-5Y70 is a dual-core chip clocked at 1.1GHz, with a Turbo Boost clock of 2.6GHz" you will be boosting under load
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 5:14:24 PM
@howtogeek relative to what? What programs are you using that need core i7 type power?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 5:13:19 PM
@howtogeek what is the actual cpu model number on it? It is broadwell U for sure, but which model?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 5:12:05 PM
@howtogeek ok 16gb but this new one is retina, is it not?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 5:07:28 PM
@howtogeek what specifically? Seems Ok to me!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 3:33:10 PM
These two imaginary guys influenced me heavily as a programmer. http://t.co/zocLRFCJU3 http://t.co/9ruroyg05Z
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sehnaoui @sehnaoui
Mar 9, 2015, 3:27:43 PM
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An oldie that actually never gets old: Movie Hacking vs Real Hacking.
- A classic by @ZachWeiner
#Hackers http://t.co/s764NV…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 10:57:17 AM
I have discovered a new strategery for dealing with DST: just don't go to sleep. Effective.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 7:11:19 AM
Our Programs Are Fun to Use http://t.co/zocLRFCJU3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 3:03:50 AM
I kinda want to grief this list. "Sorry, I forgot to mention that I'm a Juggalo who likes to wear dazzle patterns" http://t.co/DKvVWJULwU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 1:20:02 AM
si fueris Rōmae, Rōmānō vīvitō mōre; si fueris alibī, vīvitō sicut ibi
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Get busy livin'...and get busy drivin' http://t.co/TbTauFIk6K
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 12:45:34 AM
When @cshirky noted in 2008 the Internet enables us to "do big things for love" I didn't understand that would also be true for hate.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 12:15:27 AM
"sometimes it can feel like the performance itself is more significant than [calling someone out]" http://t.co/aINXUB3N5P via @pamelafox
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 9:50:58 PM
@ToseNikolov that too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 9:40:04 PM
@krisaubuchon it is a really good default video game weapon. It's great in Bf: hardline
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 9:35:04 PM
The best thing about the Internet is the self appointed roaming vigilante gangs. Wait I meant worst thing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 5:12:24 PM
Two factor compromise: we need to call AT&T and tell them to NEVER forward our phone numbers http://t.co/Jv6RzAh15g
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 4:17:21 PM
@dozba oh, life
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 4:04:22 AM
"Currently, between 42% and 44% of all users use ad blockers when they visit the site" http://t.co/SaRfccOvkr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 3:27:49 AM
90% of parenting is showing up every day. The other 10% is licking your rats. http://t.co/FwHmTrqBRD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 1:59:03 AM
just FYI, the excellent @archiveteam confirmed (and I can too) that wget alone is quite bad for archiving websites of any size or complexity
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 8:33:30 PM
The amazing variance in "athletic" body types http://t.co/DGmRpAlAu3
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garychou @garychou
Mar 7, 2015, 8:18:44 PM
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"Just this week, I was asked whether I thought the Department of  Justice’s Ferguson report shows that,..." http://t.co/L9351…
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gemmacorrell @gemmacorrell
Mar 7, 2015, 5:23:46 PM
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How to Drive Him Crazy in Bed !!! http://t.co/9YW0OmkYmV
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. @codinghorror Yes, only fix is to force all warrants to be public. No tech solution. Fix the law or open civil disobedience.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 3:29:00 PM
So warrant canaries only work once? You assume from that point on the whole company is compromised by the government?
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sehnaoui @sehnaoui
Mar 7, 2015, 2:57:35 PM
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So either @SilentCircle has been served legal process, or someone messed up updating their Canary page.
#Privacy http://t.co/…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 5:44:09 AM
I need to manually recompile wget from source to have sane (pcre) regular expressions. Don't ever change, Linux.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 4:17:40 AM
so storing your private keys on an iOS 8 device might actually.. be pretty secure?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 4:16:46 AM
Android quietly backs away from full-encryption-by-default. Note that any device running iOS 8 has this. http://t.co/Aqwhfy28A3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 2:13:10 AM
Them: "What do you make of this?" Me: "A hat! A broach! A pterodactyl!" Them: ಠ_ಠ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 1:53:39 AM
Public/private key encryption is still far, far too complex. And storage of the private key is so risky-- where does it go?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 12:53:46 AM
I guess there's no form of text markup that's easy on mobile, since the entire visible keyboard is just A-Z; even the 0-9 page only has ()
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2015, 8:18:05 PM
Hit me right in the feels http://t.co/SJoCYLPVsf
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Ristolable @Ristolable
Mar 6, 2015, 7:34:25 PM
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age 15: I can be anything! age 25: I can be several things age 45: I can't believe this hot water heater isn't working. It'…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2015, 7:08:46 PM
Love Ruby, but hard to imagine a more hostile dev environment for someone on a Windows box. I think it would punch me if it could.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2015, 6:05:24 PM
Work proceeds on http://t.co/Z5z1VFtXpa with more news in the summer.. we're jumping right in. http://t.co/NXcozwxxkd
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Mar 6, 2015, 3:43:11 PM
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Regex to match Egyptian Hieroglyphics http://t.co/JPj3Rf1Glx
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Incredible Moment When A Father Of Four Hears Silence For The First Time http://t.co/2FiIvEOf96
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2015, 2:27:06 PM
I was watching Roller Derby videos last night with @rockhardawesome and realized we both have absolutely no idea how Roller Derby works
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leighalexander @leighalexander
Mar 5, 2015, 9:58:31 PM
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Along with @laura_hudson and @BoingBoing, I'm launching a new little home where we can love video games again http://t.…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 9:16:49 PM
"I notice that it’s not there, and yet I cannot justify the expense to bring it back because it’s ridiculous." http://t.co/u7zwJvylvG
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A manager's input controls feel a lot like these buttons http://t.co/Dtk9Pu0FFB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 9:04:32 PM
Sometimes I find myself paralyzed by the fear that hot singles in my area no longer want to meet me
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secretGeek @secretGeek
Mar 5, 2015, 6:31:33 PM
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More like "rando" calrissian
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 5:42:24 PM
Give unto others what we would have others give unto us. How? When? Where? The answer is: All the time, everywhere.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 5:36:11 PM
The one part of How to Win Friends and Influence People that I always remembered. http://t.co/K2ANhnZE01
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 4:37:26 PM
"my Rock Band DLC won't transfer from Xbox 360 to PS4, outrageous!" also, I'm super totally pissed clouds aren't made of cotton candy
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Nick_Craver @Nick_Craver
Mar 5, 2015, 4:35:50 PM
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I really want to answer your question about why we don't run on the cloud like reddit but the page keeps 503ing.
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eviltrout @eviltrout
Mar 5, 2015, 2:11:56 PM
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I can play any PC game on high settings at 60fps and yet a page full of animated gifs scrolls at like 2fps
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 2:01:27 PM
Rock Band 4 is coming! Sad about the loss of keys, though. http://t.co/kwFiRzRyvA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 4:27:31 AM
Better Call Saul -- was Breaking Bad this slow to start? I wish I could watch the first 12 episodes at once to get to something.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 1:32:06 AM
Here's to all the full figured unicorns out there http://t.co/99vVqfgr2b
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 1:28:20 AM
The invitable end product of the blame and shame game http://t.co/whZKYjRLOn http://t.co/v52IpAgRBF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 11:56:41 PM
Lots Of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe (LOCKSS) http://t.co/dCX4OICrzX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 7:06:05 PM
anyone else feel like they have an infinity of things to do and their days are only 15 minutes long? Just me then? Okay.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 4:14:19 PM
"We’ve had more 'business people' in the past, and it just didn’t move the needle" http://t.co/jRxdZYfXRr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 3:00:47 PM
ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY! 13,140 left.
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"Be brave, and realize that paying your technical debt every so often is a normal...." by @codinghorror :) http://t.co/RyiA2Dsr…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 12:53:26 AM
It is becoming increasingly clear to me that email and calendar are the same application. Or should be, anyway.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 12:13:07 AM
Our 3 year old twin girls have confirmed what I always knew: Batman > Superman
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Mar 4, 2015, 12:08:56 AM
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Poor Superman gets no love in this house. The girls refer to him as “Other Batman”. 😢
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2015, 9:38:19 PM
Nice to see hands well supported in Sony's take on VR http://t.co/qU6n4YdPIh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2015, 2:54:14 PM
"You may have experienced the dreaded Flash Of Invisible Text (FOIT)" https://t.co/9Lh5m5k1Io
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CommitStrip @CommitStrip
Mar 3, 2015, 1:07:41 PM
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Stackoverflow : you're not alone
http://t.co/GXx5R1vogC http://t.co/jTFt9Iiibm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2015, 11:40:25 AM
"messages span 23 years"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2015, 7:33:20 PM
Everyone is like whee fun programming! What they don't tell you is that your computer is a total asshole.
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theodoreross @theodoreross
Mar 2, 2015, 7:29:47 PM
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“‘I was 22 and the Internet was new and everyone was sitting around a table chatting and laughing,’ @ftrain told me.” htt…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2015, 7:28:51 PM
If you are wondering why so many programmers are pedantic jerks, we become who we work with. The computer is the ultimate pedantic jerk.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2015, 6:36:46 PM
I wince every time I see the word "CoffeeScript" now.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2015, 6:00:17 PM
Yes I played and completed Duke Nukem Forever. It was the least I could do after 3000 years of development.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2015, 3:49:10 PM
Visual summary of every "discussion" I tried to have on Twitter http://t.co/dpxzDbIq4L
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2015, 1:00:33 PM
I took a job at BuzzFeed and you won't believe what happened next http://t.co/ffLFXNgcbz
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Mar 2, 2015, 12:48:41 PM
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PSA: When introducing a woman by outlining her professional accomplishments there’s no need to mention what her husband does …
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2015, 12:43:12 PM
Whiplash (the movie) was excellent, like HBO's Oz meets Julliard. I kept expecting someone to get their face, uh, (unspeakable) on.
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kpoulsen @kpoulsen
Mar 2, 2015, 12:22:46 PM
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The plot to unseat Kim Jong-un by flooding North Korea with American movies and TV shows. Great piece by @a_greenberg http://…
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eviltrout @eviltrout
Mar 2, 2015, 12:02:17 PM
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New cartoon idea: A developer rock star, ninja and dev ops unicorn share a house, reality show style. Like Drawn Together bu…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 11:25:51 PM
New Republic on the current Bitcoin landscape: http://t.co/pF9iXZJAqL
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austinkleon @austinkleon
Mar 1, 2015, 7:37:01 PM
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This pie chart by @codinghorror really nails parenting. Pay attention to/cherish that 1-2% http://t.co/KEw0jkwSZG http://t
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cwodtke @cwodtke
Mar 1, 2015, 7:33:52 PM
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Advice for startups, via Hollywood http://t.co/z288jpAZ96
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 6:42:11 PM
@jzoller it was never a discussion site
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 4:17:27 PM
The more pernicious one is that the market does need your product but "not enough". The dreaded, wait for it, lifestyle business!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 4:16:37 PM
Top 20 reasons startups fail: No Market Need, Cash, Team. http://t.co/hiw5l18qDa http://t.co/UyNrX55wtR
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FakeScience @FakeScience
Mar 1, 2015, 3:19:00 PM
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Optical illusions: now more than ever. http://t.co/gBREGLWMbz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 3:17:46 PM
@howtogeek you can probably capture a bit more money and avid support that way, but you are right 99% will not
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 1:27:38 AM
“Thank god I don’t need to download another f------ app for this.” http://t.co/Sps07bpRHM
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secretGeek @secretGeek
Feb 28, 2015, 5:39:45 PM
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Kathy Sierra's new book is coming out soon. Awesome news. http://t.co/PDhvRJvA7I
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2015, 3:48:43 PM
Moonman, a procedurally generated 2d adventure http://t.co/9L0qayotjt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 6:38:22 PM
I find it very irritating that all URLs in the form http://t.co/1CU2CS85uS are being harangued into http://t.co/DB1pF4H4JV "because SEO"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 5:47:52 PM
I'll always remember seeing Office Space in the theater. @superdalgas made me go. He was right.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 5:33:27 PM
you know startups and (very) minor internet celebrity is nice but sometimes I wish I could just sit in my cubicle and file my TPS reports
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 3:56:31 PM
Dear podcasts: copying Ira Glass isn't interesting or original. Find your own voice. Love, Jeff Atwood.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 3:32:32 PM
What are the odds we will put a human on Mars in my children's lifetime?
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meteorjs @meteorjs
Feb 27, 2015, 2:43:44 PM
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We're officially moving to a new, @Discourse-based forum for the #MeteorJS community! Join us at https://t.co/JLvF5WTTfT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 2:41:22 PM
To die beloved by millions; not a bad way to go. Live long and prosper, Mr. Nimoy.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 4:41:51 AM
imma let you finish, American Sniper, but Berenger was the original http://t.co/zfd9IxqwEU (also why are these always sniper vs. sniper?)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 3:41:03 AM
@MCKlNSEY @dcurtis seems like a nice guy to me, fan of his work
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 1:06:06 AM
"Hey Malkovich, think fast!" http://t.co/OpvWO75al3
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