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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2012, 6:50:22 PM
I really did not care for Borderlands at all, but Borderlands 2 is truly excellent in every way. Recommended. http://t.co/12wTHHNp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2012, 6:36:21 PM
I can only hope I am as cool a Dad as @frandallfarmer is: http://t.co/wu5842ro
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Oct 11, 2012, 5:18:59 PM
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When The Onion parodies TED, "no mind will be left unchanged." http://t.co/TOeHwY1L
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2012, 4:10:31 PM
Sometimes I hang out with other Twitter Verified users. We laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh. But not at you. No. That'd be rude.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2012, 4:09:06 PM
oh, you can now rent Chromebooks for $30/month. That sounds like a great plan. http://t.co/Vyej1mdg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 11, 2012, 1:26:24 PM
if I was, hypothetically speaking, to launch a Magazine "for geeks like us", I'd make sure it was readable on all devices geeks own
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ArtJonak @ArtJonak
Oct 11, 2012, 10:47:43 AM
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Sorry, but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a punctuation mark, a gang sign, an extinct reptile a ...
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rossrubin @rossrubin
Oct 10, 2012, 9:38:30 PM
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Yikes. The fabled, hard-luck Jorno folding keyboard still needs 20+% of its funding goal with only six days to go. http:/ ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2012, 5:40:44 PM
@abackstrom We talked about it, but I agree -- it's not a core competency for the company so it doesn't make sense. Do One Thing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2012, 4:02:27 PM
I use it because there are no truly better options, but HipChat is thoroughly mediocre. I guess there's no money in webchat.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2012, 3:29:56 PM
@jayleeran hard-won experience at being a dumbass is more useful than advice, anyways. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2012, 3:12:24 PM
My sage advice to all the 20 year olds out there: http://t.co/c3RJIzms
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siracusa @siracusa
Oct 10, 2012, 2:57:10 PM
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It's getting to the point where I find any school-related web page *not* set in Comic Sans jarring. "Whoa, am I on the ri ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2012, 2:49:54 PM
I achieve maximum productivity by not thinking about how to achive maximum productivity.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2012, 2:05:49 PM
I'm doing a live lifehacker comment response stream! Ask me stuff! http://t.co/pqdG3VEK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2012, 1:33:32 PM
Sometimes people ask me why I'm not on Facebook or G+. I was already an AOL user once, why would I do that again? http://t.co/ncbuusrx
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siracusa @siracusa
Oct 10, 2012, 1:22:52 PM
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I approve of this list: http://t.co/InKGaQdj
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No SciFi author foresaw this: we are building clans around languages we speak to the Machine.
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Title sequence for The Simpsons done with real actors http://t.co/o1nJXzWQ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2012, 8:45:04 PM
Let's destroy the future together. http://t.co/VTyVI2nJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2012, 4:31:41 PM
That’s so weird, I just heard about Baader-Meinhof the other day. http://t.co/n3P6Sqks
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2012, 4:05:22 PM
Every time I see a reference to David Pogue I think "that's the guy who threw his phone at his wife". Then married his PR agent. #notcool
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johnroderick @johnroderick
Oct 9, 2012, 2:59:09 PM
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Go back and look at old pictures of yourself. See how cute you were? Now remember how ugly you felt? Extrapolate.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2012, 1:32:29 PM
"we're all just temporarily in a very unnatural not-dead state." -- @ftrain
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ajbaird @ajbaird
Oct 9, 2012, 1:23:02 PM
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Most literal job title ever. http://t.co/KQYlUQRV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2012, 2:34:18 AM
excellent JavaScript futures presentation @brendaneich but no mention of Atwood's Law? Tsk. http://t.co/RVjvoXRI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2012, 1:50:09 AM
I've always felt the movie Clifford (1994) was criminally underrated. http://t.co/9dhB7uMb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2012, 12:29:37 AM
Miss Manners: the only person I know that can totally 0wn people and make you fall in love with her at the same time. http://t.co/Cxw3rt6p
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NathanBowers @NathanBowers
Oct 8, 2012, 7:52:33 PM
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Real men wear pink socks and stage family portraits in their foyer wearing an eyepatch of power. http://t.co/IQ4dvc8A ...
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StackSecurity @StackSecurity
Oct 8, 2012, 7:51:04 PM
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What is the purpose of a fuzzer? http://t.co/psQHBYbt #fuzzing
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2012, 6:43:43 PM
"Man dies after winning bug-eating contest" After serious internal debate on the matter, I have elected not to click this link.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2012, 6:28:46 PM
"The word geek is said 14 times. Lots of tears. Algorithm. A sombrero." http://t.co/UdONAhmW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2012, 2:27:26 PM
I always thought bank and school holidays were pointless, but I live in abject fear of them now that we have 3 children.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2012, 12:32:37 PM
Phablets: winning. http://t.co/FE5Cf8Cp
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AccordionGuy @AccordionGuy
Oct 8, 2012, 11:01:21 AM
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The Most Interesting Man in the World was a Red Shirt on Star Trek…and survived the entire episode! http://t.co/tm4tRBZ1
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marcgravell @marcgravell
Oct 8, 2012, 10:36:16 AM
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#stackexchange q&a network #autism site enters commitment - can you bring questions and knowledge? http://t.co/nKEMp8Tz
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Conorpope @Conorpope
Oct 8, 2012, 10:32:47 AM
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"Tell me about Twitter, Dad." "Well son, we would piece together the news of the day by reading strangers' decontextified ...
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Greenspeak @Greenspeak
Oct 7, 2012, 6:22:38 PM
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A profound lesson in tolerance for one redditor. http://t.co/xzzhtQi3 (thanks @djongewaard)
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Greenspeak @Greenspeak
Oct 7, 2012, 1:59:40 PM
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Yowsa! 14 Philip K Dick books for $1.99 a piece on the Kindle Daily Deal. Goodbye $28! http://t.co/fI4uWltA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2012, 11:33:48 PM
"Instead of counting the hours you work, judge your success by the results you produce." http://t.co/Xf7ltd0E
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2012, 5:13:24 PM
Stuff White People Like Enough to Invest $15M In: explaining rap music http://t.co/qomNpIpF related: http://t.co/XtaaWHI8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2012, 4:48:54 PM
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Based on this, I really hope to see more UI critiques from Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi: http://t.co/SwZPSuxX via ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2012, 11:22:18 PM
First World problems in perspective https://t.co/4ctPxik2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2012, 6:13:47 PM
The Internet in one sentence: "I’d like to waste all day reading about living in a van. Where should I start?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2012, 6:10:11 PM
http://t.co/V7nvsq7g "and I live in a van, down by the river." http://t.co/3YlAsJWQ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2012, 6:07:25 PM
The arms race -- Logic bomb, Fork bomb, E-mail bomb, Zip bomb http://t.co/nTJFCS2t
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2012, 1:37:17 PM
The Video Game Systems of the 1983 Sears Wishbook http://t.co/FLjXkAUr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2012, 1:27:22 PM
Nobody should build things out of desire to be an "entrepreneur". You should build things because they need to exist.
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Oct 5, 2012, 12:26:48 PM
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Why are there no 256-bit or 512-bit microprocessors? http://t.co/BcMPiPs5
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Maybe the best conference out there: http://t.co/a2CejBxZ
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mrsflinger @mrsflinger
Oct 4, 2012, 7:23:01 PM
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Todo: 1. Create Todo List. 2. Don’t lose todo list. 3. Review Todo List. 4. ..... Remember what to write on todo list.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 6:16:02 PM
@zthomae DAMN, LIFEHACKED AGAIN!!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 6:12:13 PM
People who never forget anything are, uh, not really functioning human beings. Forgetting is a feature.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 5:59:49 PM
I've been saying this for the last eight years! http://t.co/0MKZ9pLf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 5:53:55 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 4:19:15 PM
such a wonderful time of the year when bromance is in the air http://t.co/WPm8HoaL
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scottwasson @scottwasson
Oct 4, 2012, 2:09:35 PM
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SSD prices keep plummeting. Works for me. http://t.co/cAFGfSEt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 1:00:24 PM
now that I think about it, iOS 6's maps probably are about as good as the Apple Newton handwriting recognition.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 12:58:37 PM
"That was really fun. Let's never do that again." http://t.co/GFA32dTh (via @blankbaby)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 12:53:42 PM
man, I haven't seen this much Apple bashing (w/r/t maps) since Doonesbury and the Newton. http://t.co/dTRHYmL7
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willjohansson @willjohansson
Oct 4, 2012, 12:44:33 PM
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@codinghorror the e-penises keep getting bigger!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 12:42:07 PM
2009: Motorola Droid, 3.7" screen. 2011: Galaxy Nexus, 4.65" screen. 2012 Galaxy Note II, rumored 5.5" screen.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 3:28:34 AM
Error: insufficient storage for CAT-1 http://t.co/iPWl5z6u
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 2:39:14 AM
Nobody remembers The Grey prequel, Touch of Grey? The series lost its way after The Grey 3D: Tokyo Drift. (via @jongalloway @EoftheOther)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2012, 2:17:36 AM
saw The Grey. Intense. Looking forward to The Grey II: The Regreyening.
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secretGeek @secretGeek
Oct 3, 2012, 11:22:54 PM
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can't sleep. worried about guid collisions.
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supafamous @supafamous
Oct 3, 2012, 2:29:47 PM
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@codinghorror - They found the missing maple syrup: http://t.co/9U42TtKB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2012, 2:00:55 PM
Scheherazade, Richard Siken http://t.co/1GYbM9ah
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2012, 1:38:21 PM
Our vacation policy is simple: you are always on vacation, so enjoy yourself.
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AskPatents @AskPatents
Oct 3, 2012, 1:16:11 PM
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Prior Art for a URL to a point in time of video http://t.co/KeMOJK3W #priorart
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2012, 2:51:42 AM
Why can't I change the Kindle Paperwhite font in a new book I just bought? Works for one book, not the other? I hate Caecelia soo much.
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Oct 3, 2012, 2:49:37 AM
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NYTimes: It's My Birthday Too, Yeah http://t.co/RqYzr0rC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2012, 1:00:34 AM
"and if you don't believe me, then explain the patent system." http://t.co/LiXx8wEv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2012, 12:52:16 AM
@mrbhill yes, I still sell them from the blog itself! Mail some out every month. They come with bonus Stack Overflow stickers now too :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2012, 12:42:14 AM
The Pirate Bay! The galaxy's most resilient bittor... well, never mind about that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2012, 12:23:28 AM
Or I could just wait 2 years, yes. But I am impatient.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2012, 12:22:37 AM
I would pay $800+ for an iPad 3 that was 4x faster and had 2gb of ram. That's why Apple's model is kind of a bummer for a hotrodder like me.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 3:39:24 PM
are you crying? are you crying? there's no crying! there's no crying in startups!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 3:29:03 PM
"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." http://t.co/ORCs5ghr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 2:36:39 PM
oh wow Lockitron has audio knock detection and will text me when someone is at the door. I actually.. need that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 2:31:59 PM
Lockitron: one less key to carry. I am down with this, preordered. https://t.co/8LElC7Gb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 2:13:28 PM
IMNSHO it is more important to be continually *evolving* than pursuing growth for growth's sake.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 2:06:28 PM
Startups are like cancers, remember? they have to grow because *they have to grow*.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 1:08:46 PM
@sarajd more importantly, why are you not holding a LED light in your hands?!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 12:18:40 PM
at my house, measurements taken right now with same equipment -- Comcast http://t.co/HRcoZ7W7 vs @ATT @Uverse http://t.co/Q07fC51Z
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kevinmontrose @kevinmontrose
Oct 2, 2012, 12:14:32 PM
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iOS6 maps can't find where I live (never mind directions). In New York City. In Manhattan. Who the hell tested this?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 11:41:36 AM
I was told this AT&T u-verse thing is fiber, and it seemed fine for a few days, but now: 3.5 mbps down, 0.41 mbps up. http://t.co/VmmdclLC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 11:34:05 AM
tried out AT&T "u-verse" DSL. Seemed OK for a while, but for the last 18 hours, bandwidth has been terrible. Back to Comcast I guess.
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girldevelopit @girldevelopit
Oct 2, 2012, 9:34:38 AM
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Super excited to launch our new site. Learn more about our chapters, classes, and the impact we are having on women! ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 9:34:28 AM
My first Apple maps fail. Tried to route this on foot, "no route found" but http://t.co/yohiD1hV sez http://t.co/AP8TkiAm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 2:42:31 AM
Just realized I actually had a class with Randy Pausch (of last lecture fame) at UVa circa 1991-1992 :( http://t.co/FBH3dc6G
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2012, 12:41:10 AM
creating xkcd-style graphs in Mathematica http://t.co/UtllrlbS
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Come join us, we're hiring! http://t.co/NQL4kxjH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2012, 4:13:25 PM
I'm just going to turn off the Internet now. kthxbye.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2012, 4:10:46 PM
The other thing that makes me crazy is people who can't figure out how I find out about the people who can't figure out how to contact me.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2012, 4:03:44 PM
It makes me crazy when people "can't figure out" how to contact me. You just failed the first test of whether I'd want to talk to you at all
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