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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2014, 5:36:22 PM
Maybe I do want to sell sugar water for the rest of my life.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2014, 4:43:03 PM
@loydcase yes what is so different about 3 x 27" vs. 3 x 30"?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2014, 4:36:41 PM
@loydcase yes, but *why*?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2014, 4:33:43 PM
@loydcase Hey, 3 x 27" is what I use. Why do you say that?
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TryGhost @TryGhost
Feb 28, 2014, 10:38:20 AM
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How One Blog Led to $18m of Funding & The World's Largest Online Q&A Community http://t.co/0AU5y2PKlR - http://t.co/V21RguNnTr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2014, 4:21:46 AM
The only person that loves a rainy night more than me is Eddie Rabbitt. Still debatable though. http://t.co/ZZWOQqwEns
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2014, 3:03:33 AM
10 Years of Coding Horror http://t.co/Sb0FzVHdd5
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danbarker @danbarker
Feb 28, 2014, 12:38:02 AM
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.@mattcutts I think I have spotted one, Matt. Note the similarities in the content text: http://t.co/uHux3rK57f
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jongalloway @jongalloway
Feb 27, 2014, 5:24:19 PM
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I'm hoping interest in the Atom editor causes some renewed interest in Brackets as well. Some good thoughts here: http://t
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2014, 3:22:36 PM
Get busy growin' or get busy dyin'
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2014, 2:49:19 PM
Cute Tesla license plate http://t.co/m1NkPnjDKZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2014, 12:54:09 PM
Holy cow, half of free to play game income is from 0.15% of players? http://t.co/O3Acm0Kd6R
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2014, 12:08:28 PM
psst.. hey buddy.. wanna buy a keyboard? http://t.co/oDttHoU42d
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2014, 12:05:18 PM
This SSD has a skull on it, that does not make sense! I must have it. http://t.co/XHkaFyhzMC
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MattNavarraUK @MattNavarraUK
Feb 27, 2014, 12:01:14 PM
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NEW Banksy - A poke at Social Media and our need for attention (notifications). http://t.co/700SLudSGm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2014, 2:43:22 AM
http://t.co/9kHhwEneUc is very, very good. It is the @discourse of chat software. That is my highest compliment, people.
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evil_trout @evil_trout
Feb 27, 2014, 1:56:54 AM
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It feels awesome to be hosting the @AtomEditor forums on Discourse. http://t.co/4MgyX7OeZ9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2014, 7:32:40 PM
If you ain't got nothing but an egg icon, I feel sorry for you, son http://t.co/9y7MF6DMpr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2014, 5:41:17 PM
When I got this image in an email from a trial customer, I thought hey maybe I don't totally suck at sales! NB: I do. http://t.co/DgHeTFyooP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2014, 5:30:51 PM
"Sorry, this content is not available in your region." How dare you make me feel like a non-American! HOW DARE YOU SIR
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seesharp @seesharp
Feb 26, 2014, 4:23:52 PM
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Oh MAN this is awesome:
https://t.co/Zzc30RNEGG

(pun intended)

% man tar <— too verbose
% tldr tar <— simple examples
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2014, 4:06:36 PM
If you have to get arrested while cooking meth, this is how you do it. http://t.co/H09m4SX0lD http://t.co/JiIs8jzBUc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2014, 3:21:25 PM
I can't believe the things people say to each other. Beyond insensitive. http://t.co/kuBIbb5luR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2014, 2:18:12 PM
Hey, @discourse has 10 actual business customers now! (camera cuts to scene of Discourse world HQ) http://t.co/r8B2NfmrQH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2014, 2:52:51 AM
Hmm. http://t.co/GLfC5fJOQs said "invite will arrive on or before Feb 25th". Looks at calendar. Looks at email. Nope.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2014, 3:00:10 PM
@DavidAndGoliath this would make an awesome videogame, please fund @cdixon kthxbye
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2014, 2:57:15 PM
@DavidAndGoliath @cdixon presumably skeleton crew of heavily armed soldiers go with.
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Grady_Booch @Grady_Booch
Feb 25, 2014, 2:43:35 PM
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"Nothing terrifies me more than an app with no moral conscience in the desperate pursuit of revenue." http://t.co/i7HkKpRe…
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thinkgeek @thinkgeek
Feb 25, 2014, 2:36:32 PM
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Mind = blown. The true identity of Andy's mom in "Toy Story": http://t.co/b9DBibyOBN by @JonNegroni
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The #StackOverflow moderator election has ended. FRESH MEAT! http://t.co/YcxdixqdNO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2014, 1:04:27 PM
This one goes out to all new @ycombinator startups http://t.co/EOBmWr7LoE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2014, 12:09:33 PM
Excellent deep-dive technical explanation of cryptocurrency mining. You probably can't understand it. http://t.co/VIDqSmhrg6
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2014, 12:05:49 PM
waffle taco. waffle taco. waffle taco. waffle taco. waffle taco. waffle taco. http://t.co/LZhia9mnlk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2014, 11:46:54 AM
you know, it's dads like you who screw it up for the rest of us. http://t.co/4eyIkvTrGR
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adikamdar @adikamdar
Feb 25, 2014, 10:46:20 AM
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Wow, the folks at @AskPatents killed Google's absurd restaurant bill splitting patent application! https://t.co/SnoiGktKeZ /…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2014, 3:46:29 AM
a bizarre and fiendish plot ... to corrupt, pervert, and ultimately enslave the youth of this generation http://t.co/qNn692WEzE
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Spotted: @df07 starring as Lucas in an ad campaign on http://t.co/Oc2nWXOlDY http://t.co/QdKCEMZ6lY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2014, 1:40:24 AM
customers, how the f*** do they work
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2014, 1:08:12 AM
for fun, count all the differences between the official Twitter iPad, iPhone, Android apps and Twitter web. That's *official* apps.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2014, 12:16:18 AM
App-pocalypse Now http://t.co/ijMMMYsQ5K
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 6:28:06 PM
"Quantum attribution. Schroedinger's Cite. There is no justice in memes." @joshmillard
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 6:13:27 PM
such a wonderful feeling I LOVE MOBILE ITS THE FUTURE <jumps off ledge>
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 6:13:03 PM
What I think when installing phone apps now: gee, what shitty thing is this "free" app going to do to me so they can satisfy their investors
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dotmariusz @dotmariusz
Feb 24, 2014, 6:09:45 PM
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That escalated quickly: Scientists taught monkeys concept of money. Not long after, first prostitute monkey appeared. http:…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 5:57:41 PM
Applaud the push for ultra-low cost open source phones. All about execution though. http://t.co/BWp1SdRRkB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 4:34:45 PM
now this is some viral marketing I can get behind, people http://t.co/T4wnIMxBMf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 2:46:48 PM
@rachkovskyy yes the link in the actual tweet perhaps?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 2:42:41 PM
so glad Rick is finally updating http://t.co/DPNnA0rc6J again. I use it all the time. http://t.co/oGUPAbd0SD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 2:39:54 PM
"I wrote two lines of code yesterday. They were both wrong."
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Chewing on @incitekjeff's blog post, wondering if SE's "recommendation questions" aren't really just RFPs... http://t.co/ia4EnJU…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 2:01:12 PM
Who leaves the house wearing "disintegrating" corduroy pants and no underwear? Oh, listserve, you so crazy.
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pezholio @pezholio
Feb 24, 2014, 1:07:12 PM
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Lego Space evolution: From 80s command line to 00s GUI http://t.co/VsSTyseqJY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 2:06:41 AM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 12:47:31 AM
Aha! found the email from the Googler who moved my Feedburner in 2009. Still haven't logged in since 2008, but.. found.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2014, 12:36:28 AM
Trying to make an adjustment in my Feedburner, realized I haven't logged into it since 2008, it "just worked". Can't log in now at all.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2014, 8:08:59 PM
I never much cared for the books, but glad Harry Potter made having giant permanent forehead scars cool again https://t.co/amPAtX3ysg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2014, 12:49:30 AM
hmm. Today I learned you can edit the ad categories Google serves you: http://t.co/pgKH7b22G8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2014, 12:27:42 AM
ohh man I totally forgot to check out Best of Bootie 2013 until now! http://t.co/tbZdmTUPw3
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textfiles @textfiles
Feb 22, 2014, 9:26:07 PM
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Goodbye, obsolete unwanted media http://t.co/RhFrpkhCf6
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2014, 6:04:38 PM
We now offer very low cost installs of @discourse communities for non-profits and schools: http://t.co/YEZEMxB7me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2014, 5:52:00 PM
Jesus, @Newegg hates my server order so much they cancel it and suspend my whole account for the audacity of even placing the order.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2014, 12:37:03 PM
Ubuntu copies Mac menu design, discovers it has bad usability: http://t.co/qt07lCMzyt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2014, 12:34:41 PM
Turns out competition actually works! http://t.co/GK0YQCF6cb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2014, 5:07:58 AM
this is our house Nest heating runtime graph, the day before (zero insulation) and after (insulation in attic/floor) http://t.co/xgAPRaRRej
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2014, 1:23:16 AM
So, yeah, adding insulation to your uninsulated house is crazy effective as expected. Heat used to run every 40m, now once every 5h (!)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2014, 1:05:23 AM
For every good mentor, there are 100s or 1000s of people who need the help. You want to make a engineering difference? Scale that out.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2014, 12:12:58 AM
A computer user with Parkinson's emailed me, wanted to help, searched and question already answered on Super User <3 http://t.co/hcvMR5G1Lw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2014, 7:32:13 PM
Apps are great. It's like if we had multiple parallel internets. "no, it's not available on that Internet, only the iOS Internet."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2014, 6:38:52 PM
"Screw all you Alumin-i-um bastards, though." http://t.co/a9XNzKPDdd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2014, 6:24:03 PM
"So who could kill Superman? I mean, the whole idea behind Superman is that he's unkillable." https://t.co/SsvOtOy8oB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2014, 4:09:45 PM
sometimes, things just fit http://t.co/TqMGOOq4YV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2014, 2:06:24 PM
Barksdale later amended that to "all you need to do is show up.. 3 milliseconds before the competition" http://t.co/j6ZzXGNkcg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2014, 1:54:05 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, Jim Barksdale, business genius: "all that Netscape needs to do is keep showing up" http://t.co/cqMTiNEoho
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2014, 1:08:41 PM
"Have you ever worked with anything (dramatic, pregnant pause) high tech?" http://t.co/QhB0YKnS8d
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2014, 1:01:22 PM
Stay tuned for my next thrilling blog entry where I talk about.. things! and .. people! and.. stuff! OK actually never mind.
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Feb 21, 2014, 12:58:15 PM
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"Everybody is somebody else’s monster." @gknauss on the Internet's empathy vacuum. http://t.co/AXv5RDx40h
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timoreilly @timoreilly
Feb 21, 2014, 11:56:43 AM
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Worth reading: The problem with WhatsApp's privacy boasts: They're not true http://t.co/nDlpLeVy1L via @pandodaily
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2014, 1:48:26 AM
Sometimes, late at night, when the world is very quiet and still, you can almost hear the tweets of non-verified Twitter users.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2014, 12:14:04 AM
Guys I am an expert on Q&A systems watch and learn http://t.co/EeU5oQYDg3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2014, 11:33:19 PM
An Oculus Rift movie? Interesting http://t.co/qH7oS7iPiD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2014, 10:52:48 PM
Our hideous, hideous American chocolate makes American cheese seem like a delicacy http://t.co/mdAC56vIni
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Brian Williams Raps "Rapper's Delight" http://t.co/Y0f3JYEcXA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2014, 1:36:17 PM
@F0lan just switched to Android and my phone bill went up because now messages between me and my wife are SMS not iMessage.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2014, 1:08:48 PM
only a venture capitalist could write "Mobile social apps are not, really, about free SMS." Uh, yeah, iMessage and WhatsApp are.
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leroytellez @leroytellez
Feb 20, 2014, 12:18:18 PM
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Working on project influenced by phone habits & the influence on culture, would love feedback http://t.co/egLVIByllT #tech…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2014, 11:55:40 AM
a lesson in "improved" control schemes http://t.co/mYBqUVd8bl
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Feb 20, 2014, 11:14:22 AM
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Turns out listening to Everything is Awesome on repeat during your commute gets you super pumped up for the work day. (n=1).
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2014, 3:21:38 AM
This changes everything. About my next visit to Chipotle. http://t.co/GMAbxmHhXm
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Feb 19, 2014, 9:25:38 PM
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"But could you though? With hacking?" If Movie Hackers Were More Like Real IT Guys http://t.co/anDb4r8sUQ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2014, 4:32:14 PM
That final decisive meeting between Zuckerberg and @jankoum was documented on video here: http://t.co/K0BpBSQJGF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2014, 4:25:58 PM
If you've ever wondered what the "fuck you" price for someone's company is, now you know: 16 billion dollars.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2014, 2:48:11 PM
oh god I can't take another email full of inspirational quotes, I've already started ritually cutting myself
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Star Wars Episodes As Community Forums, And Other Lessons From Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror) http://t.co/yW5eiGhrKN
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IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT SOMEONE CALLED JASON HAS BEEN ENCODING AND DECODING DATA IN OUR APP. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR PASSW…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2014, 1:34:07 AM
More than half of developers working on PC games. Just look at those PC games, can you blame them? http://t.co/buRUhoAdrK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2014, 6:07:25 PM
the eye of the dot-matrix tiger http://t.co/DHMzSVijoa
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2014, 1:08:49 PM
@seriouspony it is amazing how symbiotic a relationship humans have with animals. One of the first thing you teach kids: animals.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2014, 1:05:58 PM
@seriouspony sometimes I think you dig the horses more than the people :)
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Finally! Somebody (@codinghorror) really gets "Focus ruthlessly on the most serious problems"! http://t.co/lKY1mWj0V2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2014, 10:59:34 AM
so happy I was able to work in one of my favorite @skrug quotes in today's blog post: http://t.co/3HbJCheAqm
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