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MrAlanCooper @MrAlanCooper
Sep 11, 2012, 7:32:09 PM
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A creepy good (8min) movie about creepy futuristic augmented reality: http://t.co/m2yDDv7b Gamifying EVERYTHING.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2012, 3:33:00 PM
I hope the iPhone 5 comes in Zune brown. How awesome would that be?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2012, 3:16:45 PM
@eableson that is insufficiently enterprisey.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2012, 2:56:19 PM
@secboffin @jkg well, actually, the correct link is http://t.co/qhXV1ye6
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2012, 2:41:08 PM
speed isn't everything of course, but when you struggle to build pages that serve in under 50-80ms.. not good.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2012, 2:40:22 PM
as a person who has recently switched from .net to interpreted languages for building websites, interpreted is .. quite a lot slower. 5-10x.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2012, 2:27:19 PM
WAIT WHAT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2012, 2:22:52 PM
feedback was to wait on upgrading my iPhone 4, so I waited -- and today's the day, going to Apple store for a shiny new iPhone 4S! Hooray!
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Answering questions on Stack Overflow is a lesson in humility: http://t.co/39LEETWx - my experience as well, and a great way ...
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joshmillard @joshmillard
Sep 11, 2012, 1:06:56 PM
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more like Can'tadians amirite
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2012, 10:50:09 AM
“breastaurants” lol http://t.co/mqLYlAVY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2012, 10:40:08 AM
steganography, yo http://t.co/QIO4O0hO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2012, 11:33:01 PM
Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin’s Head http://t.co/B1D9da8M
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2012, 11:26:05 PM
I've decided that Intel's "turbo" scheme for Xeon processors is a cruel joke because servers never *have* single-threaded 1/2 core loads.
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Sep 10, 2012, 11:07:24 PM
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I wonder why wine pairings are limited to just food. Give me a nice dry red for configuring LDAP, for example
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jongalloway @jongalloway
Sep 10, 2012, 10:57:14 PM
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@codinghorror That is unfair. It takes some real imagination to come up with a pants thermometer. http://t.co/EFWeSvl6
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2012, 7:34:30 PM
note that medical conditions preventing one from eating ice cream do not, and should not, count.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2012, 7:34:04 PM
Is there anyone who non-ironically does not like ice cream? I do not believe such a person can exist.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2012, 7:23:49 PM
@Myrmidon16 probably a safe assumption, though some games work OK with it, if they are designed with that in mind. SMB is.. not. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2012, 7:18:10 PM
Skeumorphism, aka "mindlessly replicating the physical world in the electronic one due to utter lack of imagination" http://t.co/oULZ2mBq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2012, 7:11:14 PM
The good news is that you can play video games in hell. The bad news is that it's Super Meat Boy controlled only through Kinect.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2012, 2:14:30 PM
there are as many sides to a story as there are people in the story http://t.co/lM1murwG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2012, 1:08:01 PM
Songs where the backup vocalist is more famous than the singer: You're So Vain, Somebody's Watching Me... others?
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I'm creating a list of funny quotes from the court proceedings of the Java API lawsuit: Pearls of Oracle v. Google http://t. ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2012, 11:13:31 PM
the official comics archetype times table http://t.co/Oqx0Ytk9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2012, 7:55:17 PM
He should have just titled this one "you gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em" http://t.co/cPYGfijR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2012, 1:09:12 AM
Total Annihilation fan? You want some of this: http://t.co/iznqOjZV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2012, 12:51:09 AM
"Overcoming adversity is what produces character. And character, more than IQ, leads to real and lasting success." http://t.co/G46lyD3r
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christian_pyn @christian_pyn
Sep 9, 2012, 12:46:47 AM
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.@codinghorror law - if it can be written in javascript it will! OCR & Neural nets in javascript to decode captc ...
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Matt_Alt @Matt_Alt
Sep 9, 2012, 12:02:48 AM
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Three words: Printable Zardoz origami. You're welcome. http://t.co/qIYJhRZA
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Vespa59 @Vespa59
Sep 8, 2012, 2:05:04 PM
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this is the best conversation that's ever happened on twitter, which i then stole from @sudama https://t.co/GF08FuII
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jjustice @jjustice
Sep 8, 2012, 12:00:03 AM
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Objective C always reminds me of nursery rhymes. -(id)doYouKnowTheMuffinMan:(TheMuffinMan *)theMuffinMan;
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2012, 2:58:18 PM
was playing Kinect with @rockhardawesome and it "just worked", even with a kid under 4. This is what the Wii was *supposed* to be, folks!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2012, 2:20:54 PM
Apparently the legal risk of treating high income folks means doctors should focus on the poor. I am OK with this.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2012, 12:01:28 PM
. @andrewguenther unfortunately no, I will not be speaking, I had to cancel 3 speaking engagements because of this 5 week jury duty
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2012, 7:19:51 PM
Is it about justice, or the money? I guess here in the US that's the same thing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2012, 5:00:57 PM
I am way more excited about better eInk displays than Yet Another Android Tablet http://t.co/XX8Sdtdj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2012, 2:55:17 PM
If open source is so great, where are all the open source billionaires? http://t.co/g8SGEqnJ
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RockBand @RockBand
Sep 6, 2012, 2:27:57 PM
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Hey #RockBandBlitz fans! We've made some changes to the coin economy. Power Ups cost less and playing gets you more! http: ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2012, 2:27:30 PM
After the horrible Kindle Fire software experience, I can't trust any Android devices from Amazon. I'll take the new e-ink reader though.
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Hey, a Java update! Does that mean the exploit is fixed and I can re-enable the browser plugin to fix all the... zero... sit ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2012, 1:08:52 AM
to be fair, in Windows 8, I should be using the "modern" Music app, not Ye Olde Windows Media Player. It's not bad. http://t.co/H4mShkBe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2012, 12:33:01 AM
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Sep 6, 2012, 12:13:26 AM
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There's really no easy way to sum up Homestuck and its rich, strange fandom. I wrote about it last year: http://t.co/ku8 ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2012, 12:01:52 AM
I'm so glad they improved Windows Media Player in Windows 8. Not. The only app that makes iTunes look like solid engineering.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2012, 11:57:56 PM
@noahkrueger $15/day in California. $18, why, that's oil money!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2012, 11:26:20 PM
@noahkrueger I don't have a job.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2012, 7:43:30 PM
A roomful of strangers listening to your loved ones describe the final hours of your life with tears in their eyes. That is what death is.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2012, 4:58:06 PM
This ultrabook is the best PC laptop I've ever used, but I'm not sure that's enough any more
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2012, 2:32:43 PM
And now, for no particular reason, a reminder that you should have a generous life insurance policy particularly if you have kids
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2012, 1:02:26 PM
@gortok you should see a specialist for that
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2012, 12:02:24 PM
@gortok I could not bring myself to lie. Many others did.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2012, 11:58:44 AM
First day as alternate jury duty for a 5 week trial. Not good times.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2012, 6:35:17 PM
The definitive regular expressions book, now in updated second edition: http://t.co/PaBrW1eB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2012, 4:50:24 PM
"No one should do what I did. Let the science provide something safe, which it will." http://t.co/Q2qYmv2J
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2012, 2:51:00 PM
thinking about buying myself a brand new shiny iPhone 4S! I've been due for a new phone!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2012, 2:44:45 PM
I think I have a problem with authority. http://t.co/S3dL3994
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brianbondy @brianbondy
Sep 4, 2012, 1:52:43 PM
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A programmer goes to the shop to buy some milk. His wife calls and says "While you're out, get some eggs." He never returns.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2012, 1:52:12 PM
revisiting "separating programming sheep from non-programming goats" http://t.co/rRptr2BW
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seesharp @seesharp
Sep 4, 2012, 1:30:14 PM
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"To those of you who haven’t tried sitting lately, I recommend it wholeheartedly." From "In Defense of Sitting" http://t.c ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2012, 1:26:43 AM
Breaking Your Enthusiasm (warning, Season 5 spoiler) http://t.co/ZTS2AYpn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2012, 1:07:50 AM
"I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really." http://t.co/IbGDTDgs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2012, 1:02:56 AM
So long Breaking Bad. I'll miss being totally stressed out for an hour every week. See you and Meth Damon in summer 2013!
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How @jarrod_dixon and I initiate a Skype call. http://t.co/GmoJv1mH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 2, 2012, 11:41:05 PM
You can see why parents who lose children through tragedy become relentless, obsessed activists: they have nothing else left.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 2, 2012, 11:37:06 PM
I was warned by @siracusa that becoming a parent would make some things hard to read. He was right. http://t.co/2oiDkO5j
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 2, 2012, 11:20:26 PM
"coöperate"? "élite"? Who the hell do you think you are, New Yorker Magazine?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 2, 2012, 2:28:07 AM
Interesting article about marathon cheating http://t.co/AKNboJMg discussed on forum, let's have a look OH GOD MY EYES http://t.co/CY7fRDEy
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Sep 1, 2012, 11:02:28 PM
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12 (Really) Controversial Programming Opinions http://t.co/WvVJcO9q
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hugodahl @hugodahl
Sep 1, 2012, 10:05:53 PM
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I just got: 'Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code' by Jeff Atwood (@CodingHorror) via @amazonkindle for free! htt ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2012, 10:04:27 PM
Thinking of opening a Lord of The Flies Daycare Center just to see who shows up.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2012, 6:55:15 PM
Every time we go to the pet store for kibble and litter, I am reminded that children are the ultimate and final pet experience
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Nick_Craver @Nick_Craver
Sep 1, 2012, 6:41:22 PM
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Put up a MVC4 sample project for the #stackoverflow exception handler: https://t.co/brccVCjX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2012, 4:57:47 PM
A plush uterus toy for @theladybabies http://t.co/sPbT7awh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2012, 1:25:01 AM
Chrome's continued terrible font rendering on Windows is becoming a deal breaker. Does dev or canary have improvements (directwrite)?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2012, 1:10:33 AM
"When you vote to close a question, you are really voting for that question to be eventually deleted." http://t.co/9umYmv7J
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No Gangnam Style http://t.co/y4rxDpuB
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supafamous @supafamous
Aug 31, 2012, 4:47:13 PM
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@codinghorror The maple syrup thieves have been identified and cops are pursuing: http://t.co/PQn49iuv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2012, 4:43:43 PM
meanwhile, in Canada http://t.co/5eQWkdet
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2012, 4:09:51 PM
@rootwyrm no actual money, not even possible, just earning "coins" through playing it. Not what you are talking about, at all.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2012, 4:07:04 PM
hey @rockbandaide I can't get past "you need coins to be competitive" kind of.. ruining Rock Band Blitz for me. Seems unfair, all the time.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2012, 3:15:24 PM
Mobile device performance will easily increase 5x-10x in the next few years. Desktops and laptops? Not so much.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2012, 3:13:20 PM
Happy friday! To all us verified twitter users, I mean. Champagne all around!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2012, 3:11:04 PM
Random: I'm loving me some insulated tumblers. Look good, keep things cold with ice, no sweaty glasses. http://t.co/pteTkpUg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2012, 3:03:29 PM
@SuriReale You're ... somewhat ... outside my core audience of programmers; always encouraging to hear!
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siracusa @siracusa
Aug 31, 2012, 11:44:45 AM
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Read this and weep—weep!—for our totally insane copyright laws: http://t.co/cZBYXnO9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2012, 12:23:58 AM
The gods of random chance failed me. Sworn in as alternate juror for 5 week trial. Nine, nine, nine.. nine.. http://t.co/rNv0d1gv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2012, 12:18:09 AM
wouldn't a 7" device need to be about 1433 x 1075 resolution to achieve true "retina"? Nexus 7 is 1280 x 800.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2012, 12:04:25 AM
enthusiasm for iPad mini dampened considerably by likely 1024x768 resolution. That ain't even retina-esque.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2012, 3:42:44 PM
I have tremendous respect for our public jury trial system but the wheels of justice sure do turn excruciatingly slowly
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2012, 3:26:13 PM
Since Miguel is nagging people about their typing skills, I will too: http://t.co/9rHSJSEv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2012, 1:27:56 PM
"In the pecking order of the university, those who are most abstract and irrelevant are at the top, most practical and useful at the bottom"
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OReillyMedia @OReillyMedia
Aug 30, 2012, 12:26:42 PM
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The #RegEx Cookbook: 'Accessible and almost ridiculously comprehensive' - @codinghorror And now 50% off http://t.co/4A ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2012, 3:22:43 AM
OH SWEET JESUS STAR WARS DETOURS CANNOT UNSEE MUST SCRUB BRAIN WITH BLEACH
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richardkerris @richardkerris
Aug 30, 2012, 3:21:54 AM
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It's as if everything else before was just a rehearsal for this ... :) STAR WARS DETOURS™ Trailer http://t.co/tIT ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2012, 3:17:41 AM
See also: Pinball Construction Set, Adventure Construction Set, Racing Destruction Set http://t.co/8GQMa60i
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2012, 1:42:32 AM
I have not said anything nice about http://t.co/okRpMfpI , but I should, because it is a stellar upgrade from http://t.co/Kpg7Lvg8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2012, 1:38:56 AM
The Project, Inc. http://t.co/9yNN3fpY
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