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SavedYouAClick @SavedYouAClick
Aug 2, 2014, 10:16:29 PM
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No. RT @BuzzFeed: Please Stop Saving Me A Click
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ceptional @ceptional
Aug 2, 2014, 2:57:03 PM
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Elsevier profit 36% and Wiley 42%. How? By paying authors nothing and charging taxpayers to read work they funded. http://t.…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2014, 4:44:16 AM
Are you still there? No hard feelings. Target lost. http://t.co/kI6bKPd0eT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 2, 2014, 1:40:36 AM
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Aug 1, 2014, 3:34:51 PM
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samsaffron @samsaffron
Aug 1, 2014, 12:13:50 PM
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zone of mediocrity http://t.co/8KP3BKPJ4m http://t.co/U9JbmgUFGT attempt #2
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MarkAgee @MarkAgee
Aug 1, 2014, 12:08:25 PM
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THE YEAR IS 2016. FACEBOOK DOWN FOR TWO YEARS NOW. AMERICA'S NEW MOMS ROAM THE STREETS. IS MY BABY PRETTY? THEY SAY. PLEASE L…
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the_ajohnston @the_ajohnston
Aug 1, 2014, 11:44:04 AM
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If you don't read Rapid Development at least read @codinghorror 's article http://t.co/ighmx4rbhM it lists the common mi…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2014, 3:47:14 AM
Mouth Silence is indeed a very good mashup, via @waxy https://t.co/0QyppGC4IB the Chop Suey / Crocodile Rock part is sublime
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 1, 2014, 3:20:29 AM
The Found Footage Festival: these are actually real. http://t.co/2Xw3mi5vTB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2014, 9:15:00 PM
Old college friend asked @betsyphd what kind of dad I was. She said "the kind with two bouncy houses". Well actually, now it's 3 (runs away)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2014, 7:47:12 PM
Two Practices, Three Things http://t.co/A4flPX6auw
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PicardTips @PicardTips
Jul 31, 2014, 6:19:41 PM
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Picard strategy tip: Pick your battles. Fight injustices before annoyances.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2014, 6:19:21 PM
@ezranaut Not exactly, it's like having to smelt all your own lego and blend plastics
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@codinghorror don't talk shit about Minecraft. It's the best thing that's happened to parenting for me. I only talk to my kids on …
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underwearninja @underwearninja
Jul 31, 2014, 4:48:56 PM
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@codinghorror @andyford It's adventure, plus hoarding, plus hoarding, plus building, plus hoarding. My favorite things!…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2014, 4:40:53 PM
also why hasn't anyone combined MOBA and Minecraft? Wouldn't that basically be the ultimate digital crack game?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2014, 4:40:32 PM
I could see alternating build stuff / blow up stuff cycles possibly being awesome ala https://t.co/Yn1GOIszTv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2014, 4:36:06 PM
Now, if the game is "go BLOW UP civilization", then I am totally down with that. Let's go.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2014, 4:34:48 PM
These "here, go build civilization from scratch starting with this rock" games just don't work for me.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 31, 2014, 4:33:40 PM
Am I the only person on earth who finds Minecraft suuuuper boring? I respect the design, but man. Tedious to the extreme for me.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2014, 6:58:21 PM
Toddler airport madness setting in. You turn your back for two minutes and http://t.co/y1yi4dIKNY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2014, 6:43:59 PM
Two hours into a seven hour forced layover at DIA with three toddlers. If I never see you all again, please erase all my hard drives.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2014, 4:18:50 PM
Flying with three toddlers is "exciting" but there are moments of tranquility http://t.co/z7jGdc92PW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 30, 2014, 9:28:32 AM
The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups... http://t.co/CDBpzYXpI6
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ben_machell @ben_machell
Jul 30, 2014, 9:20:04 AM
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Only just realised I've lived most of my life operating solely via these commands http://t.co/iOq3MvxQ1z
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 29, 2014, 4:08:12 PM
"procrastination and impulsivity went hand in hand" http://t.co/zaGiMru9Od
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 28, 2014, 6:44:56 PM
The 64 bit era of iPad 5 / iOS 7 has been a disaster. I pray to the greedy gods of RAM each day. More than one app or tab = full reload.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 28, 2014, 6:23:37 PM
Remember, mobile is the future! (screenshot from my phone, 5 minutes of future ago) http://t.co/nSmP9iNOkK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 28, 2014, 9:34:03 AM
New mad max movie! http://t.co/SOPIKzBW5v
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 28, 2014, 9:27:47 AM
Can I pay someone to go on these vacations for me?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 28, 2014, 1:52:57 AM
I know this is a crazy thing to even ask for, but are there any Ditto-like paste history tools for Windows 8 / Metro apps?
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inscitekjeff @inscitekjeff
Jul 27, 2014, 10:24:53 PM
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Hey, weird oven. It only goes to 250 degrees. Good thing I only needed to reheat this. [10 mins later] Celsius Jeff! Cels…
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You Are Not Late - "The internet is still at the beginning of its beginning" https://t.co/FzQtakJnpz
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Here's how to test if your org's Mission is real: would any employee refuse a manager's request on the grounds that it violates…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2014, 10:44:15 PM
"This is why I don't go to church any more. Well, this and the atheism."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2014, 8:31:10 PM
10 thousand years http://t.co/praBdRA57c
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Why are some hard things fun, and some hard things unpleasant? I think it's more than just flow. Some clues here http://t.co/t…
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Jul 26, 2014, 7:47:03 PM
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Kickstarter for my new rental car company called "No Shitty American Cars".
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2014, 7:44:56 PM
The best way to get what you want is to help others get what they want.
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Jul 26, 2014, 7:44:28 PM
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The tech community needs to find a word other than "broken" to describe systems that only work 99% of the time.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2014, 1:05:26 AM
80s computer hacking: a supercut http://t.co/FbGkFvf57A
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 26, 2014, 12:58:54 AM
Can we just kick ALL the people out of the middle east and make it a nature preserve?
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AdrienneLaF @AdrienneLaF
Jul 26, 2014, 12:40:06 AM
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Complaints @nytimes had about the telegraph in 1858: "superficial, sudden, unsifted, too fast for the truth..." http://t.c
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noahkleiman @noahkleiman
Jul 26, 2014, 12:08:53 AM
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My Old UCSC Infinity Professor, Tom Lehrer, granting derivative work permission. http://t.co/VftvfNVwXq
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snipeyhead @snipeyhead
Jul 25, 2014, 4:03:54 PM
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Happy Sysadmin Day, nerds! http://t.co/QimZeMKuzP (Hilariously, the Sysadmin Day website was down earlier.)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 25, 2014, 1:28:07 AM
So apparently it is more efficient to merge lanes as late as possible? Would not have guessed that. http://t.co/vPZap90lSh
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"anybody out there who posts on #stackoverflow or @stackexchange, you are part of the technical elite" -- Ed Snowden https://t
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 24, 2014, 1:49:26 PM
At the county fair, you definitely know you are in Iowa now! http://t.co/H3VO0ljtLD
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The Leader of the Unfree World: http://t.co/zmQ5ulBUrW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 24, 2014, 9:25:34 AM
That's why before I blur info, I first rearrange it through editing. Good luck "Computer, enhance!"-ing that suckas!
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Jul 24, 2014, 9:08:33 AM
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Why blurring sensitive information is a bad idea http://t.co/smvqmEvxJz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 24, 2014, 2:44:17 AM
Random bizdev is the worst. "We should work together.. on stuff.. doing THINGS!" Like what, specifically? "Our best people are on it!"
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Revolvermag @Revolvermag
Jul 23, 2014, 8:01:22 PM
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Viral Vid: 10-yr-old girl & little sister destroy @Slayer’s “War Ensemble” on @Rocksmithgame! http://t.co/NLytzcOYu4 http:…
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BCAppelbaum @BCAppelbaum
Jul 23, 2014, 4:56:46 PM
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That time Americans wouldn't buy 1/3 lb burger bc they thought quarter pounder had more beef. http://t.co/5kKMKle6T7 http:…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2014, 4:54:22 PM
I keep telling you guys, Amazing World of Gumball is not a cartoon, it is a documentary! http://t.co/beZd7cNstA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2014, 4:35:46 PM
@gortok yes I tweeted that a while ago. Great article.
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DanielPink @DanielPink
Jul 23, 2014, 8:03:46 AM
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A TED playlist to watch: The 20 most popular TED talks of all time . . . http://t.co/abQbjpdPWa
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2014, 1:47:00 AM
Excited that the cheap practical solar power I dreamed of as a kid may finally be here. The money for nothing and chicks for free of energy.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2014, 5:45:12 PM
Love details like this: it is as if a million @discourse support requests cried out at once and were silenced. http://t.co/RSHqFWmbke
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2014, 5:06:43 PM
do teenagers today even know who Clippy was? 98 to 2004. http://t.co/Y1Ax3E91Ms
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2014, 4:14:51 PM
http://t.co/1pOqPmAxlZ an unsolicited proposal that the Bedford-Union Armory in Brooklyn, NY be converted into citizen programming center
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kevindente @kevindente
Jul 22, 2014, 3:50:18 PM
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@codinghorror “do you have an uncle al” is my personal hell
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2014, 3:16:12 PM
A little Lego art project (related to @discourse and @stackexchange) for Mr @rockhardawesome's room http://t.co/bQRuthO63f
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2014, 2:44:47 PM
It's the "I think I shall remark that this tall person is particularly tall" school of conversation. Probably news to them.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2014, 2:33:02 PM
I wish more people, before expressing an idea, would wonder "gee, I wonder if anyone else has expressed a similar idea, EVER"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2014, 2:31:50 PM
Oh yeah Baker Street, the smoothest rock science has yet devised https://t.co/ontkSRpps7
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marcgravell @marcgravell
Jul 22, 2014, 2:41:02 AM
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Ooh, look; it's us! http://t.co/AlUoeFFGPY (a day in the bizarre life of a stack geek)
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Nearly 1.5 yrs ago I wrote a Google Doc of "Tips for Finding Software Engineering Jobs". I've updated it w/ new info: http://t
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 21, 2014, 3:22:13 PM
Pretty sneaky, sis... https://t.co/BYO5KbE4dn
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Aaronontheweb @Aaronontheweb
Jul 21, 2014, 2:49:12 PM
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@codinghorror I broke this rule for myself last week. Spent 3 days fixing a problem that we finally solved by a $0.06/ho…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 21, 2014, 2:27:11 PM
I'm going to be using the Simlish font for some of the Discourse 1.0 screenshots. http://t.co/39mnUxXPQ0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 21, 2014, 2:08:26 PM
Hardware is Cheap, Programmers are Expensive http://t.co/DweguA68cu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 20, 2014, 4:55:05 PM
I want to meet these people who are like "yay, I pasted text and all my formatting was preserved". I want to meet them, and kill them.
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As birth rate slows and population ages, demand for adult diapers is outpacing baby diapers: http://t.co/SG2jXTr1hf http://t.co/N4…
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willmanduffy @willmanduffy
Jul 20, 2014, 4:08:21 PM
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@SaraJChipps ugh they're blocking proper airflow to the servers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 20, 2014, 1:19:00 AM
Five Posts You Will Never See on Social Media https://t.co/gesnU6voyv http://t.co/RJVFET0L7B
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2014, 9:44:22 PM
2 year old daughter just walked in the room, pointed her naked butt at me, and said "look at my booty". I am awesome at parenting.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2014, 4:45:54 PM
❤ 💗 💓 💕 💖 💞 💘 https://t.co/mXgFjzRNzX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2014, 2:46:05 PM
How hard is it OK to physically hit someone with a slap bracelet? Asking for a friend. A friend named @JasonPunyon
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When I am knee-deep in project mess this is what everything I read looks like: http://t.co/UP8pNEkUfd
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badbanana @badbanana
Jul 18, 2014, 11:56:57 AM
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I see your treadmill desk and raise you a chin-up desk.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2014, 8:45:16 AM
10% of people will never steal, 10% of people will always steal, and for everyone else … it depends. http://t.co/8FB79cQd6c
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2014, 8:32:09 PM
Scully Likes Science https://t.co/4AbAtCCALg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2014, 7:10:47 PM
The "Just In Time" Theory of User Behavior http://t.co/8FB79cQd6c
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2014, 6:31:58 PM
Our Discourse summer intern learned programming from Roblox and Minecraft. That's exactly how it should be. Games.
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alispagnola @alispagnola
Jul 17, 2014, 4:31:06 PM
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When a girl walks in with an itty-bitty waist and a round thing in your face you TREAT HER RESPECTFULLY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2014, 4:26:26 PM
Who is Tyler Durden? https://t.co/XK46ZjP6f8
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What if undefined WAS a function?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2014, 7:23:56 PM
I get a little nerd rage when I see meme images not using the proper Impact font. http://t.co/kLQsUAAO58
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2014, 7:12:31 PM
I don't wear this shirt because I like it. I wear it as a WARNING TO THE PUBLIC. http://t.co/SbOxrxQgXC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2014, 2:34:53 PM
"Most of our current technology sucks, and even if it didn't, who am I to try and stop you?" http://t.co/ZlDtvjJSiD
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sambowne @sambowne
Jul 16, 2014, 1:39:56 PM
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To teach security via gamification, we should create a worldwide network of vulnerable servers containing valuable data to st…
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googlewmc @googlewmc
Jul 15, 2014, 3:32:51 PM
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We'll now inform you in search results when we detect pages that may not work on your devices: http://t.co/JwWZqeHTKe http:/…
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eileentso @eileentso
Jul 15, 2014, 3:32:11 PM
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THIS: teaching "computational thinking" way more important than coding (syntax) http://t.co/RYI1SriDZl by @tasneemraja via @…
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"Trolls do not build." – Aragorn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 15, 2014, 12:46:34 PM
New Weird Al video is fantastic: Word Crimes https://t.co/YSBGQlwArf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 15, 2014, 2:56:18 AM
Put your hands together for Randy Watson, ladies and gentlemen! https://t.co/n1mraXtUJB
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doctorow @doctorow
Jul 14, 2014, 8:30:03 PM
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Last chance to save #NetNeutrality http://t.co/Dj7qskpph8 #cablecompanyfuckery /PLS RT! PLS RT! http://t.co/bMgA1pzxIv
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