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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2014, 5:47:37 PM
I admire entrepreneurs building new payment systems because holy shit that stuff is boring.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2014, 4:53:42 PM
Exposing our nearly 5 year old to The Labyrinth and Neverending Story. Because Limahl and David Bowie would want it that way.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2014, 5:12:33 PM
I was not expecting "Her" to be such a legitimate sci-fi movie. Recommended! Also, in the future, men wear grandpa pants.
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@codinghorror I realize this is ridiculous, but when you're surfing and tabs are closing kill the last couple of apps you used. I…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2014, 4:14:15 PM
I guess this will get fixed in iPad 6 when we finally get a non-stupid amount of RAM. 64-bit and iOS7 combo is not a good one.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2014, 4:13:00 PM
iOS Chrome does slightly better than Mobile Safari on iPad Air w/ tabs but is glitchy in its own way, plus 5x slower JavaScript. Not fun.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2014, 3:02:07 AM
Guys I think the cyber department of the FBI is on to us http://t.co/a2cRNxdO2y
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@codinghorror I think it's whenever the top result is a dictionary site, based on my totally scientific five-search test.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2014, 6:55:20 PM
Google will sometimes show oneboxed word definitions when you type in a single word, but not always. Why? http://t.co/3jEE8GS8Yu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2014, 2:38:53 PM
Rambo: The Video Game. Well, at least Stallone's acting range will be accurately emulated. http://t.co/4DiZpacV2A
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2014, 2:11:25 PM
fun with a non-newtonian fluid pool http://t.co/cmIb1fv0wl
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2014, 2:08:17 PM
Watching this is literally more fun than playing Dragon's Lair (via @anoras) http://t.co/tj5MNMO66v
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surprisingly, it turns out every game is Dragon's Lair
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2014, 1:44:29 PM
"As long as we live, it's you and me baby, ain't nothin' wrong with that" http://t.co/3LLxocWEoJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2014, 1:13:30 AM
The Ferris Bueller "So *THAT'S* how it is in their family" quote comes to mind http://t.co/25Ay227P6w
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 6:05:18 PM
You should listen to Ween's 12 Golden Country Greats. http://t.co/wjKF0eA6W2
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danderozier @danderozier
Jan 9, 2014, 2:38:16 PM
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The Top 100 Pens of 2013!

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rossipedia @rossipedia
Jan 9, 2014, 1:16:27 AM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 12:48:59 AM
"Do it because you eat, sleep and breathe the shit you’re building. Do it because not doing it would drive you crazy" http://t.co/WY4KpufPN5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 11:44:10 PM
If you wanted an ergo mechanical keyboard this is about as good as it gets http://t.co/gJcvDv9RlO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 7:02:20 PM
I love Broke Mac Mountain so much. http://t.co/6jfEvSmBEN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 6:15:54 PM
An update on @discourse and the ninety-ninety rule http://t.co/5vjYb7Ufl0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 5:00:17 PM
People asking me for feedback is tough. I want you to set up a @discourse instance so you can ask YOUR community for feedback, not me.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 4:48:58 PM
@fooooorrest run awaaaayyyy save yourself
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 4:33:25 PM
it is good that I can say things like "SourceSafe" and "ExpertsExchange" and people will ask WTF I am talking about. That is progress.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 4:22:30 PM
GitHub is down. BRB, switching to Microsoft SourceSafe.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 4:15:17 PM
sharing anon files on Google Drive results in some.. interesting.. icons representing users. Anonymous slow loris! http://t.co/OGTuuVgnz6
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Join us on 1/30 for a special #SFCMGR Meetup featuring @codinghorror here at TwilioHQ http://t.co/WgGMTXqzlG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 1:13:02 AM
Has anyone tried http://t.co/HqDaotg4TP ? Seems like an interesting approach.
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Finally getting to show the new Rift off! "I Wore the New Oculus Rift and I Never Want to Look at Real Life Again" http://t.co/…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 7:13:00 PM
The new Mirra is out! Mirra 2: Electric Boogaloo. http://t.co/zR3XK5Ap7L
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 6:40:22 PM
Tablets are the new Notebooks http://t.co/bXfJ25HrOa
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 5:45:31 PM
"My sixth grade teacher played 'Greatest Love of All' on the first day of school. It was awkward."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 5:39:13 PM
So today I found out @shanselman is pretty much the biggest http://t.co/HnRmKIqWmB fan in the world
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 11:20:42 AM
@tosbourn no, that is EVERY POST
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 1:53:14 AM
I want a thermal imaging camera so bad, but $1k+. There is even DUBSTEP http://t.co/9Rqs3AOJt8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 6:11:12 PM
Gee, I have no email record of an order I placed 30 days ago because, gee, it all went to spam. SPF fail DKIM fail just 100% fail
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 6:10:33 PM
I just had to lecture a reasonably well known online business about email deliverability: http://t.co/jhzs4WG4t7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 5:18:52 PM
our blame-driven development, starring the ghost of @SuperDalgas http://t.co/drJdRvW5pj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 4:58:43 PM
Sometimes before I say something on Twitter I check to see if certain people are following me first
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 4:55:22 PM
What does it feel like to get auto-promoted in trust levels on a @discourse forum? A bit like this. http://t.co/3fLkes9pdU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 4:32:55 PM
"be mindful of your past and the many privileges you almost certainly had" http://t.co/2YFY4ncpmy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 4:27:49 PM
It is interesting that most online ads I see are "retargets" now. Must work well. http://t.co/7KaYdaktt3
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albedoa @albedoa
Jan 6, 2014, 4:15:55 PM
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@codinghorror girls are seen as weak and exploitable in online poker too. A feminine name and avatar makes for good action, hi…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 4:03:51 PM
Did you ever read an article on Medium and think that is way too many words on a page without skateboarding, explosions, or a numbered list
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 2:02:51 PM
Alphabetical listing of every sound effect word that ever appeared in any Don Martin cartoon in Mad magazine http://t.co/6Y3vF4FUaQ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 1:42:03 PM
Accounts with feminine usernames incurred 100 sexually explicit or threatening messages a day. Masculine: 3.7 http://t.co/U0dr4jPoap
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 1:28:29 AM
You should strive to be the kind of person your pets believe you are.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 1:23:56 AM
@agnel_k will have the cripplingly slow (4x worse) JavaScript perf due to Apple sandboxing, not an option.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 1:18:30 AM
Do you enjoy watching every browser tab you have open reload everything from scratch every damn time you tap on it? If so, get an iPad Air.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 1:06:55 AM
@seriouspony what can we do to help?
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samsaffron @samsaffron
Jan 6, 2014, 1:05:27 AM
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Turns out popular websites are faster, now with science: http://t.co/4mrT9izZlh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 12:01:09 AM
@howtogeek looking forward to HTG article on this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 9:36:33 PM
@seriouspony so sorry to hear. Does it help to move down in grades? At kindergarten level (max of our kids) I still love every kid we see
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 7:53:01 PM
I am convinced Siri is Magic 8 Ball for affluent people
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 5:37:45 PM
I always read BitCoin in that Rod Tidwell Jerry Maguire voice. BitQwaaaan. The package. The BitQuan.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 5:26:04 PM
"you're a tourist at sexual perversion, I am a prisoner there" (via @voidqk) http://t.co/fVb8q59ynw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 2:38:53 AM
"it happens at least once a quarter" http://t.co/sH2bb5kExG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 2:34:10 AM
"After testosterone, there was no narrative" (read Act Two) via @cultiv http://t.co/LbtTB2ZtZC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 1:50:51 AM
Those of you who said cats are born with an extra leg were right. Our (relatively) newly 3 legged cat has been happy. Playful even.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 1:00:22 AM
@typicalprog well, I am not looking at high or low ends of the age range and thinking this. Thank god.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:45:17 AM
Can I also admit it would be nice to look at vaguely attractive women without reflexively thinking about sex? I want out of my own head.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:43:05 AM
The arc of my life is learning to rein in my stupidly aggressive tendencies over time. That is just how it is for dudes, sort of like porn.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:14:04 AM
"investigators consistently found that men exhibit more frequent and more extreme levels of physical aggression" http://t.co/bsgfrjjLUR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:11:49 AM
"These findings suggest that these preferences were actually altered in some way by the early hormonal environment." http://t.co/x7Wc2WPwny
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:05:35 AM
"Boys are diagnosed with learning disorders and attention problems at nearly four times the rate of girls" http://t.co/mlbbgBIKuK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 8:27:24 PM
Having done the science of having both male and female children, I invite you to do the same: the differences are stark and profound.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 8:24:40 PM
Gaming is a strange topic. Dudes are just born aggressive, way more aggressive than women. We have to unlearn smashing things for sheer joy.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 8:22:15 PM
This feminist gamer bingo card is comedy gold on so many levels. http://t.co/lMGnJX2yUV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 3:24:55 AM
Getting tired of reading "Disastrous Controls Destroy An Otherwise Good [classic game] Port" in iOS game reviews
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 1:20:41 AM
Sometimes it seems like everything is terrib..LY AWESOME
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 3:25:12 PM
dipdipdipdipdipdip http://t.co/nTB5VjsEEH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 3:05:02 PM
@tarr11 @kevindente just not what we do. Don't want low quality, drive-by, strafing run comments. Want real committed community clubhouse.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 2:59:04 PM
GOD WHY DOES HE HAVE TO BE SO DAMN GOOD AT EVERYTHING
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 2:58:39 PM
Yeah, that's right, Elon Musk is better than you at having children, too. Twins + triplets.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 2:55:22 PM
Did you know @elonmusk had twins *and* triplets? Of course being a skazillionaire helps. A little.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 2:51:50 PM
as for that angry graffiti @billb saw, maybe that's how it feels to be a woman or minority for us white tech guys?
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I've lived in Oakland for 33 years and never seen this kind of hate. It doesn't help anyone. http://t.co/lZE2JU2Omv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 2:44:58 PM
when I read all these tweets about "wonderful relaxing time home with my family" I am pretty sure they didn't mean 3 toddlers
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flyosity @flyosity
Jan 3, 2014, 2:42:01 PM
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Screenshots of computer code from movies and what the code is actually doing. http://t.co/WyZpyKkcxP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 2:10:38 PM
We are experimenting with @discourse as a comment/forum back end for static HTML blogs, feedbacks? http://t.co/aG3VVmYwXU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 11:57:39 AM
Reservoir Dogs, in tweet form: https://t.co/Ici1B0tUCn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 1:51:11 AM
Android's battery life data / graph is insanely great. You can drill into it even further from here. http://t.co/vVuuMpyFtZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 12:25:05 AM
. @wingedpig yes! @munchery is a great service, @mattcutts was right!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 2, 2014, 5:52:34 PM
Like Martin Luther King, Jr. I have a dream. A dream that people will read the damn thread before replying.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 2, 2014, 5:49:13 PM
Amazing hobo nickels. Hobo nickels? http://t.co/rmwRfM9pql
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 2, 2014, 1:11:02 PM
I wish more indie games would think beyond the tired pixel art trope, like this http://t.co/4xb6uF5wtR
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dingstweets @dingstweets
Jan 2, 2014, 1:10:21 PM
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Most startups "imagine the impossible" only when it comes to making people click ads. They LACK audacity http://t.co/qqEA8…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 2, 2014, 1:39:38 AM
Oh, the creator of Myst and Riven did an Ask Me Anything. I got a question: why do you hate video games so much?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2014, 7:55:28 PM
Wow, some countries *rolled back* public domain? That is crazy. http://t.co/WX8h2IsgUV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2014, 3:20:24 PM
“Whisky is for the endgame” http://t.co/E3GeJTgJTl
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Today (Jan 1st) is 100th anniversary of first commercial airline flight: http://t.co/IkLAizfh6U
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2014, 12:39:57 AM
Astrology is fun, but the idea that everyone born in a particular month or year has the same personality traits.. who truly believes that?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2013, 11:09:22 PM
Point Break Live: how have I not heard of this until now? http://t.co/ReEmJBFEFV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2013, 6:46:19 PM
Looking for a new years resolution? Try the Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming: http://t.co/cSyadcutQB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2013, 2:40:02 PM
I wonder if Nelly is still wearing that band-aid
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2013, 12:46:54 PM
@iamthatjuan nobody goes there any more. It's too crowded.
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