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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2013, 11:19:18 PM
"Algorithms are for people who don't know how to buy RAM." I'm just sayin'.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2013, 11:10:15 PM
yeah yeah new consoles are meh, agreed, but new Kinect.. is really exciting http://t.co/blhuZmus7Q
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dansdata @dansdata
May 21, 2013, 9:55:43 PM
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"Thank you, I hated token ring." http://t.co/lWeRow3aYg
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I bet my husband he couldn't swaddle a cat. http://t.co/ldQlkjUZiY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2013, 5:02:33 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2013, 4:36:07 PM
newsflash: if you're not open to criticism, don't post things on the Internet. There are sane voices out there, ignore the rest.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2013, 4:27:26 PM
the Matryoshka Internet of the future: every link tracks through three URL shorteners, every page CloudFlared three levels deep
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2013, 2:18:55 PM
The Internet is EVERYWHERE! http://t.co/iJtfuBUq7U
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textfiles @textfiles
May 20, 2013, 7:13:14 PM
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@codinghorror Not mentioned - you can't tip more than the bill - credit card company won't accept it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2013, 6:39:39 PM
Here is eight hundred twenty six dollars and forty-five cents! Now GO LIVE YOUR DREAMS TO THE FULLEST!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2013, 6:24:45 PM
Look at these numbers and tell me your OCD doesn't flare up something fierce http://t.co/OReHFQgof6
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anildash @anildash
May 20, 2013, 5:01:57 PM
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Nice take on Tumblr's rise from undersung cofounder @marcoarment http://t.co/um34uYqoKA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2013, 3:46:22 PM
"of more than fifty people who had observed the experiment, Maslach was the only one who questioned its morality" http://t.co/NQaFkm3st1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2013, 3:37:38 PM
"A Facebook Group is like the Teen Paranormal Romance section of Barnes & Noble" http://t.co/bJU7q3JeCW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2013, 2:58:25 PM
"Imagine a space so large as to comfortably accommodate everyone in the world. A space in which everyone is near, but no one can touch."
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Help us design the next generation discussion system for Wikipedia: http://t.co/N8NHFzcgVU
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You should watch this video of Dave Grohl inducting Rush into the R&R Hall of Fame. Hilarious. http://t.co/kruPz9BNiS
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waxpancake @waxpancake
May 19, 2013, 2:34:21 PM
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The Tumblr community reacts to the Yahoo news: http://t.co/AHGrnw50Mq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2013, 2:05:59 PM
"...they're not interested in reading and numbers. Heavy lifting and ditch digging, that's their dream!"
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Clay Shirky on MOOCs. From last year but by far the best essay on the topic. http://t.co/LhNgZgryyY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2013, 5:24:06 PM
@penguinpowernz yes there are copies if several book covers as props on the game multiple places
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2013, 2:36:26 PM
Metro: Last Light was great, an excellent B movie experience. I love these quirky Russian shooters. http://t.co/w3up6rRp9D
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2013, 2:54:22 AM
Now and then I think about all the times I screwed fans over http://t.co/XCmYzxbPXW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2013, 1:17:59 AM
I see that Borderlands 2 is on sale for $13.50 on Steam. It is an unambiguously great game in every way. Go buy it. http://t.co/MbaQhCoppb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2013, 12:31:22 AM
Once Yahoo buys Tumblr everyone will have to drive into the office to post their porn on Tumblr. Sorry, company policy.
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jasonofflorida @jasonofflorida
May 18, 2013, 12:25:28 AM
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@codinghorror LOL this just happened http://t.co/BnLC1JPfjk
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bearflash @bearflash
May 18, 2013, 12:23:21 AM
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@codinghorror the worst part is they just retype out those ecards on facebook or old jokes from standup people
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2013, 12:18:23 AM
Its like haha omg the guy pretending to be Bill Murray just said something funny! Well pickle my britches I better click me some retweet!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 18, 2013, 12:16:49 AM
These fake celebrity accounts that people constantly retweet really piss me off for some reason. Scabs, man.
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Nick_Craver @Nick_Craver
May 17, 2013, 10:29:37 PM
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Every talk I went to at google i/o mentioned #stackoverflow at least once...makes me feel good about what we're doing #io13
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TheClippy @TheClippy
May 17, 2013, 4:32:10 PM
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@jongalloway It looks like you're feeling guilty. You should. Would you like some absinthe with that?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2013, 11:47:08 AM
In retrospect, maybe they shoudn't have finished Duke Nukem Forever. http://t.co/YRhSse1XFg
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siracusa @siracusa
May 16, 2013, 10:56:33 PM
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Everything Apple Needs to Introduce at WWDC to Appease the Internet: http://t.co/QkzVAUiWuz
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influads @influads
May 16, 2013, 7:12:26 PM
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Hey guys, @InfluAds is launching the OPEN SOURCE SPONSORS initiative to raise support 200+ projects with $1,000,000+ http://t
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2013, 6:42:00 PM
Here's why the Internet Archive is a national treasure, Electronic Games mag, issue #1: http://t.co/BpULiOw306
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2013, 5:38:49 PM
can someone mansplain or ladysplain to me why grown up work schedules are 9am - 5pm yet kids school schedules do not match that?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2013, 3:17:01 PM
No Yak Left Unshaved http://t.co/zBRDp2tDRP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2013, 1:54:50 PM
tsundoku (n.) buying books and not reading them; letting books pile up unread on shelves or floors or nightstands http://t.co/tMGCYZU7Tv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2013, 12:06:57 PM
the WebFWD Mozilla startup incubator program is now accepting applications https://t.co/lvULkkk5D8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2013, 4:38:53 AM
True Facts about Morgan Freeman http://t.co/SuNfOuBOgN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2013, 4:35:56 AM
Ever wonder what the sound FX guy from Police Academy has been up to lately? No? Me neither. Well, here it is anyway. http://t.co/aH2bKyP0Qy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2013, 12:06:51 AM
met with @df07 @superdalgas @nick_craver and @mjibson tonight in town for Google I/O, great to chat with the SE team again!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2013, 12:15:12 PM
the wearer of this bracelet has an important medical condition that might require immediate attention http://t.co/bofbp2rJBe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2013, 2:41:50 PM
"I can't shake this feeling that basically everything I work on is bullshit." well that ain't good, now is it?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2013, 1:53:08 PM
"Punditry, in short, is apt to create monsters." http://t.co/qZVCTqKJ96
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2013, 12:27:29 PM
@bnewolf yeah that was a little out of line, I deleted all the comments. Ignore that guy.
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textfiles @textfiles
May 14, 2013, 12:59:53 AM
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About 10 years ago I and another fellow discussed starting "EULAworld". It fell by the wayside. Someone did it! http://t.co/…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2013, 12:53:51 AM
"I think she may have been better off with the Scientologists" http://t.co/zyhrkfriMN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2013, 11:35:32 PM
Nothing quite like the smell of preinstalled vendor craplets in the morning http://t.co/878l7bDRr4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2013, 5:19:05 PM
Automatic Sorting of Skittles by Color http://t.co/ZEs2r4zrhq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2013, 3:54:06 PM
@gortok one or two extra comments on a post is not that big a deal. It's the long chains and or multiple replies that cause issues.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2013, 3:52:01 PM
Tegra 3 is awfully slow these days. Looking forward to the new Nexus 7 soon based on S4 Pro: http://t.co/RNPEzaQw3m
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2013, 3:37:33 PM
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon is pure 80s awesomeness. Recommended! also, we nuked Canada in it. Just saying. http://t.co/cNzGmMMJrE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2013, 1:01:24 PM
GameAid, a non-profit org supporting creation of games related to public health and environmental conservation. http://t.co/ERVN1Mbq2v
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2013, 12:23:54 PM
coming back after vacation from tablet/laptop to three 27" monitors is like this http://t.co/YLOK3BnHDu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2013, 9:33:50 PM
Per @siracusa paper armor was a thing, but not convinced that translates to cloth http://t.co/e3FXQSBdKP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2013, 9:27:12 PM
After searching, cloth "armor" is apparently a fantasy RPG conceit more than historical reality. Turns out cloth ain't stopping swords.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2013, 8:12:10 PM
I prefer really thick, substantial t-shirts, like almost +1 cloth armor. Having trouble sourcing new ones. Ideas?
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textfiles @textfiles
May 12, 2013, 6:03:09 PM
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What I want Kickstarter to answer is "How much will it take to make a Buckaroo Banzai sequel?"
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vanillaice @vanillaice
May 12, 2013, 10:29:18 AM
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WORD TO YOUR MOTHER ! - happy Mother's Day !
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Best $25 I've ever spent - TimeSnapper. Even if you don't fill out timesheets, just a visual timeline (screenshots) of your da…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2013, 1:52:59 AM
@LisaMcIntire imagine the children, just imagine them
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2013, 1:50:33 AM
@LisaMcIntire well I guess I wasn't planning to go to sleep tonight anyways
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trevortimm @trevortimm
May 11, 2013, 6:06:01 PM
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Hey journalists, we're crowd-funding a Bradley Manning trial court stenographer to help you! Consider donating: https://t.c
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@codinghorror It's an experimental feature they enabled on mobile a couple weeks ago http://t.co/fEzl0At7ii
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2013, 5:03:54 PM
When did Google start offering "quick view" of cached Wikipedia articles in their search results? Interesting.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2013, 4:20:35 PM
To be fair, the default iOS and win8 browsers are also quite good. IE10 is solid, hoping IE11 in 8.1 helps evolve faster.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2013, 2:55:33 PM
At this point the only OS with decent default apps is Android with Gmail and Chrome. Win8, iOS default apps all replaced or unused.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2013, 2:13:47 PM
The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification http://t.co/caDayzokuF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2013, 11:24:57 AM
Do you feel lucky? http://t.co/SWUqeEnCza
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2013, 4:01:13 PM
King of the Nerds season 2 casting, I never saw the show, was it any good? http://t.co/AZtImwIZJD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2013, 12:09:41 PM
What If GitHub Worked Like Stack Overflow? https://t.co/kiDbuC9G25
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2013, 12:02:21 PM
I quit LinkedIn in 2006 and never looked back. http://t.co/d9spoDvs9g
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2013, 1:01:05 AM
"etherpad-like tools .. only let me see if candidates knew how to write text that resembled code" http://t.co/UkrTFk1Mzy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2013, 6:52:42 PM
The code name for Discourse, aka The Lil' Project http://t.co/1FkonxefBC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2013, 4:01:07 PM
Not a bad set of guidelines to live by. Can anyone identify where I am reading these? http://t.co/KONeSxsZss
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thinkgeek @thinkgeek
May 9, 2013, 2:23:53 PM
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The internet summed up: http://t.co/7Tav886zC1 (remixed @Explosm comic)
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libovness @libovness
May 9, 2013, 11:19:00 AM
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@codinghorror Ceci n'est pas un comment http://t.co/nyK51NxvDY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2013, 9:02:44 AM
Possibly the greatest code in the history of computing http://t.co/hcFnw5iyqS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 1:50:44 PM
Tree threading also *strongly* encourages replies-to-replies-to-replies which leads to a ton of "get a room" rat holing
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 1:47:58 PM
The reason the first thread on HN is always so long and full of irrelevant BS is because everyone has to scroll past it, without engaging
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 1:24:09 PM
Problem 370 with threaded discussions: 1st branch and all sub branches dominate the discussion by monopolizing the top of page, "first!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 9:11:28 AM
Wait this guy is in Nine Inch Nails now? All righty then. http://t.co/0v2tw1rKRP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 12:10:08 AM
Ideal column width for paragraphs online http://t.co/u7g11aBsyh
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Why isn't Gatsby in the public domain? https://t.co/vGQSAJBTfT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2013, 6:48:20 PM
two dozen “ultraconserved words” that have survived 150 centuries http://t.co/JnHeB4vzZp
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timbray @timbray
May 7, 2013, 1:24:01 PM
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The CSS Zen Garden is back! http://t.co/inETlQKIGJ
Few young webfolk understand how massively influential the Garden was.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2013, 11:11:04 AM
"The main problem is that your posts make it sound like you are drunk all the time" forum moderation in action, folks
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samsaffron @samsaffron
May 7, 2013, 10:46:32 AM
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Want to help get Discourse running on Rails 4? I got the process started here: http://t.co/xkQpVKHvaq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2013, 10:34:59 AM
So @TheChangelog is looking for folks to join their team to cover .Net in open source. Contact them on Twitter if interested!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 11:31:19 PM
Semantic web, my ass
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 8:15:04 PM
Have you ever been unfortunate enough to get the Stack Overflow error lolcat? The team is very sorry about that http://t.co/wcGUMK5W4Z
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 6:24:15 PM
@KTHXBAIE @robconery @unclebobmartin I guess I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 5:37:14 PM
Eating some taco flavored Cool Ranch Doritos along with some Cool Ranch flavored Taco Bell tacos, aka "living the dream"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 5:27:32 PM
@KTHXBAIE @robconery @unclebobmartin are you sure that was me? As I recall Spolsky was the one who had issues with the methodology.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 4:53:40 PM
Your children copy everything, which is a constant reminder not to engage in negative behaviors. Including all the ones you stopped seeing.
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nathansmith @nathansmith
May 6, 2013, 4:46:33 PM
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Haha. Best comment on the Adobe FW thread: “No wonder Steve Jobs fired you.” — http://t.co/sFJVsQKIOY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 4:06:44 PM
If you're interested in learning Ember.js, co-founder of Discourse Robin Ward is teaching at Embergarten in Toronto: http://t.co/7sEL8YnB1J
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 1:10:55 PM
@antony_scott supposedly coming I the next ver
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