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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2015, 5:35:35 PM
"We pride ourselves in having one of the best communities out there" https://t.co/mMYakFQBJw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2015, 3:26:34 PM
The State of Delaware's yearly "hey we just checked and it looks like you owe us $125,000" is always good for a laugh http://t.co/Il8kEQcWIx
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2015, 1:06:06 AM
"Increasingly, [GPG is] a club that I don’t want to belong to anymore." http://t.co/a9VDSiWQeD
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eviltrout @eviltrout
Feb 26, 2015, 12:05:23 AM
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The only time I ever check out who liked a Facebook post is when it's about something you should never like. I need to know …
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atduskgreg @atduskgreg
Feb 25, 2015, 7:06:40 PM
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Google’s DeepMind team demonstrates an algorithm that learns to play a wide variety of classic video games: http://t.co/BRB…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2015, 5:24:57 PM
"Guess what? This time, no publisher." https://t.co/KEszbs9KGe
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dbgrandi @dbgrandi
Feb 25, 2015, 4:25:06 PM
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OH: “Do programmers have any specific superstitions?” “Yeah, but we call them best practices.”
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2015, 12:30:14 AM
Hey @berkun I got an idea http://t.co/9Kgyjxpu43 :)
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Analogies in picture-puzzles for closing on Stack Overflow, courtesy jmac http://t.co/Dx5yN8GO24
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cloud_opinion @cloud_opinion
Feb 24, 2015, 9:02:42 PM
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@codinghorror Trust but decrypt their SSL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 8:57:34 PM
Trust, but verify™
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OH: "days since last Javascript Framework: NaN"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 5:56:09 PM
over time I have grown to really dislike, almost hate, the traditional office 2003 style toolbar/menu GUI. Prefer web UIs.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 5:53:19 PM
Windows not being Unix is the ultimate strategy tax
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 5:44:07 PM
so far I am liking cmder the best for SSH. But I guess the real answer is "use a Linux VM" http://t.co/i6v18rkDHz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 5:25:10 PM
I don't care for PUTTY. Are there any other good windows SSH GUI clients?
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timoreilly @timoreilly
Feb 24, 2015, 5:04:17 PM
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@codinghorror Or as I put it elsewhere, find things that you love, where coding will give you superpowers, and you will lea…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 4:42:46 PM
so true @timoreilly -- forget the damn piano. Learn to love the music, and whatever else comes, will come naturally.
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JoeGermuska @JoeGermuska
Feb 24, 2015, 4:42:11 PM
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.@timoreilly: 'everyone should learn to code is like kids subjected to piano lessons…a lot came out hating music' http://…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 4:03:56 PM
today's Markdown minority report atrocity. Redcarpet. Do not use it. http://t.co/nn9TQOrRtE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 3:37:17 PM
Why are these cars on my street all cocooned in plastic? http://t.co/n4KGGJCqRp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 3:20:42 PM
"Sorry, pal. You don't hate software enough yet." http://t.co/rcmLjgiIUg
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Feb 24, 2015, 12:19:56 PM
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Welp, I finally understand what the hell is going on with this 12-day-long intermittent DDOS on my server. http://t.co/qYj6…
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JenHeilemann @JenHeilemann
Feb 24, 2015, 12:18:38 PM
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Why Stack Exchange Doesn't Corral Workers Into An Office - http://t.co/kpnkjd7nhf
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joeljeffrey @joeljeffrey
Feb 24, 2015, 12:02:26 AM
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[At job interview] Interviewer: Do you have a police record? Me: No. But I do have a few of their albums on cassette *h…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 7:05:09 PM
Every time I get a (no subject) email I mentally substitute "YOLO"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:32:32 PM
More like GENERATION YOLO amirite? http://t.co/9ptgJh4YqI http://t.co/MNsRoLwm1X
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johnolilly @johnolilly
Feb 23, 2015, 6:28:53 PM
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New post: Design Like You’re Right. Listen like you’re wrong. https://t.co/tmyBTpnjz4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:25:02 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos the example is science. I don't feel a need to be "kind" to anti-vaxxers. I will be civil with them, though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:24:31 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos regardless, civility is enforced with an iron fist at Stack. What people perceive as "kind" can vary, though
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:10:37 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos can you provide evidence of unkindness? Still waiting for links..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:08:10 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos @tawshmcd you're telling Stack to build Khan Academy. Which they could do.. given enough time..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:06:10 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos @tawshmcd more generally look at education. Do we put 3rd graders in with 9th graders? If not, why not?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:05:23 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos @tawshmcd look up "broken windows theory"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:02:37 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos @tawshmcd "because you are a beginner, go to the beginner classroom" doesn't feel weird to me in the slightest
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:02:07 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos @tawshmcd doesn't scale -- experts find that stuff boring. Answering the same question over and over .. teachers paid
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 5:59:16 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos @tawshmcd but if they don't know what to search for.. they need a mentor / live chat / real classroom
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 5:59:02 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos @tawshmcd the idea is that 99% of the stuff beginners would need is already asked/answered
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 5:53:39 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos @tawshmcd and for those beginners who need dupe questions.. they need a mentor / chat
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 5:53:01 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos @tawshmcd we see skill splits, just like high school / college: http://t.co/CQVqikQeHS and http://t.co/onCOCS5yrv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 5:51:47 PM
@helenvholmes @wesbos @tawshmcd complex problem. Over time all basic questions get pre-answered as the corpus gets larger.
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JaneFalcWhite @JaneFalcWhite
Feb 23, 2015, 5:08:39 PM
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"We Are Wealthy. And Why It Matters." - really gets you thinking about how much you already have. http://t.co/xJ8SO0rXBr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 3:16:47 PM
@howtogeek I like 'em big.. and round..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 3:09:44 PM
@howtogeek all the time, IE11 is my favorite touch browser
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 3:08:42 PM
@howtogeek sure, tablets are fantastic for every web site these days. I barely use apps. Games is a different story.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 2:39:52 PM
@tawshmcd @sachasayan @wesbos hard to say without seeing specific examples.
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CITIZENFOUR wins Oscar for best documentary: https://t.co/EfqOnHz1Gz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 4:19:33 AM
release the pigeons, we have achieved a new low in spam history http://t.co/2Sn81u02yZ
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" if you are stuck on legacy technology like Node.js™"
Boy, that escalated quickly...
https://t.co/JrMLDco3Ux
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2015, 11:59:17 PM
"a wish to see 4.1.15 - because 'that was the version of Linux skynet used for the T-800 terminator'." http://t.co/FijEDvUGS4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2015, 9:54:42 PM
Why yes I was looking for some fine art to accessorize my home thanks Amazon http://t.co/WRHMIUctg2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2015, 9:10:46 PM
a reality show contest involving eating a bucket of fried chicken while trying to get the highest score in Fruit Ninja on an iPad
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2015, 7:32:38 PM
Edward Snowden biopic by Oliver Stone incoming? I think Mr. Snowden has earned it. http://t.co/O2m6XmQgTr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2015, 7:25:36 PM
"fashion has something tech seriously wants: the ability to create and sustain demand for products that are—let's face it—kind of useless."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2015, 2:14:51 PM
Let's get @jennschiffer 's AIDS Walk campaign up to its goal! https://t.co/DX6VjNjfQv
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7-12-year-old percussionists play Led Zeppelin. 100% brilliant. Stay to the end. https://t.co/lxErvW2b4p
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2015, 1:28:07 AM
Bug report #330884 for Firefox "This privacy flaw caused my fiancé and I to break-up after dating for 5 years." https://t.co/ZrCeB0WDjB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2015, 1:14:38 AM
I never get tired of watching this video. I've watched a dozen times. It is the reason I get up in the morning. https://t.co/49evIu7Enh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2015, 11:40:04 PM
Three things to read, watch, and use http://t.co/57g8dkIi1j
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PaperWash @PaperWash
Feb 21, 2015, 7:50:06 PM
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My biggest fear is being bit by a radioactive spider and suddenly having an enormous amount of responsibility.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2015, 2:32:57 PM
Finally, a reason to buy a PS4 or Xbone! http://t.co/btTc7fHq4N
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2015, 12:46:21 AM
@ajoy34 naw writes are not the issuehttp://techreport.com/review/27436/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-two-freaking-petabytes
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2015, 12:32:03 AM
in unrelated news, my Samsung 850 Pro SSD quirked out on me, necessitating a rebuild. http://t.co/TvySkTxUDh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2015, 12:31:19 AM
These Broadwell-U machines have amazing battery numbers. Can't wait to see what Surface and Retina MacBook Air finally look like with them.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2015, 10:21:59 PM
The Monty Hall problem is unintuitive, and a perfect example of "don't guess, write a program to simulate it" http://t.co/dG1u3CVGqU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2015, 3:10:14 PM
I remember talking to @michaelpryor about possibily productizing Stack Exchange chat, which was great. We decided not to. (Looks at Slack)
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MicroSFF @MicroSFF
Feb 20, 2015, 3:06:29 PM
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"Let me prove my love, fair lady!" knights said. "Fight a dragon," she replied. None returned. "You must hate dragons," her m…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2015, 2:58:40 PM
Also, specifically to Vivek, you don't use your power to continually elevate yourself, but push others on the podium
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2015, 2:56:43 PM
this is a great piece; the idea is that you use your power to help the less powerful, not more rich white guys https://t.co/naCGZCbdP5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2015, 2:11:25 PM
so much advice. here's my advice: do the f'ing work.
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peterc_nz @peterc_nz
Feb 20, 2015, 1:34:30 PM
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Presented without comment. cc @Polygon http://t.co/6NuJu5FXnP
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Feb 20, 2015, 12:57:26 PM
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If Apple released a perfume, would @gruber write 40,000 words on civet musk glands and ambergris? I bet he would, but I wonde…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2015, 7:18:26 PM
"NOTE: Your password can't be the same as your email address."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2015, 7:12:55 PM
Transferwise: fill out giant form (nicely done), get to the end, "Sorry we couldn't reach your bank. Try again" x 3 FUUUU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2015, 6:30:50 PM
Linux ate my RAM! http://t.co/5uBnGhWZx5
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discourse @discourse
Feb 19, 2015, 5:11:39 PM
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Discourse 1.2 released, with tags, post exporting, Akismet support, and even more Emoji! http://t.co/uLAAhGJjxQ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2015, 2:00:24 AM
If you can't say anything nice, reference it obliquely in a tweet that's open to interpretation
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2015, 12:47:02 AM
"Bro, you don't work hard. I just worked a 4700-hour week digging a tunnel under Mordor with a screwdriver." http://t.co/zIF7T7RFRf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2015, 5:25:13 PM
asm.js coming to IE12 / Spartan http://t.co/4EBiuyG0To Atwood's Law marches on!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2015, 5:23:50 PM
Everyone is at war, it is just not obvious from the outside.
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duckduckhack @duckduckhack
Feb 18, 2015, 5:06:00 PM
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Create the next generation of search results on the next generation search engine! https://t.co/puldpPcUR9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2015, 3:00:34 PM
I think I suffer from delusions of adequacy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2015, 12:54:45 PM
I love working on @discourse -- finally, I can post as many "what's your favorite programmer food" topics as I want and nobody closes them
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2015, 12:45:19 PM
let this be a lesson to all of us http://t.co/Zud3F2gGZ1
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rkoutnik @rkoutnik
Feb 18, 2015, 12:38:17 PM
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Hot dog stand theme for #SublimeText: https://t.co/gQ6eQUx8Qq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2015, 12:35:51 PM
Top 10 Email Client Market Share -- nice use of sparklines http://t.co/PBxRRp4XUN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2015, 11:56:59 AM
I suck at biz metrics, because that's not how I look at things. At all. http://t.co/dbJZhkPBzm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2015, 11:15:52 AM
"Like most other spaces on earth, the internet is a deeply unchill place for women" http://t.co/pivEwXxr96
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2015, 9:02:55 PM
"Medium is a new kind of type­writer—the bil­lion­aire’s type­writer." http://t.co/aWbJGE2XME
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Interviewed at Slack. They don't want to continue because I'd be remote 😶
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2015, 8:47:23 PM
The gig economy http://t.co/tEbKSPtfFf
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textfiles @textfiles
Feb 17, 2015, 7:33:33 PM
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Let the learning begin http://t.co/4Dkr73gnAi
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2015, 7:14:12 PM
@appakz opinions vary. To be fair, the community does have a lot of input in how the site works.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2015, 6:59:51 PM
When someone mansplains Stack Overflow to me http://t.co/oDXON0O876
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2015, 5:18:43 PM
Breakfast? Samoas. Lunch? Samoas. Dinner? A nutritionally complete, balanced meal. HAHA JUST KIDDING SAMOAS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2015, 5:04:11 PM
@krisaubuchon have kids and you will understand where that 25 million views comes from. they LOVE this stuff
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jongalloway @jongalloway
Feb 17, 2015, 4:40:58 PM
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"Stop listening to podcasts at 1.5x" http://t.co/thKJfEDW0w

I totally agree, time to move up to 2x or 2.5x.
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