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newsycombinator @newsycombinator
Jun 4, 2012, 11:22:23 AM
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What programming languages were used by the Soviet Union's space program? http://t.co/H4d5Rx1v
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2012, 10:51:14 PM
"where links were previously wrapped at most once (average .66 redirects), they are now wrapped twice or more" http://t.co/K9bUMzH7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2012, 6:32:29 PM
I loved this short-lived TV show from 1983 http://t.co/Yvr4gZea
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2012, 1:10:28 PM
The double and triple shortened links people are putting on Twitter are really bumming me out. One is bad enough.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2012, 1:07:44 PM
AP 'napalm girl' photo from Vietnam War turns 40 http://t.co/0CbgI7zo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2012, 1:05:52 PM
solution to power bricks with really long cables http://t.co/YIHxTTnO (via @OmarShahine)
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SQL_Kiwi @SQL_Kiwi
Jun 3, 2012, 1:01:14 PM
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My answer to Stack Exchange Database Administrators Q: Unexpected scans during delete operation using WHERE IN http://t.co ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2012, 1:55:27 AM
The symbol of the singularity should be a unicorn. Unicorns also get talked about a lot, and also don't exist. (via @jamesmarcusbach)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2012, 1:42:08 AM
"The ship's 40% casualty rate wasn't considered extraordinary for the day" http://t.co/yiEaIWyN (via @psaffo)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2012, 1:36:23 AM
guy answers Final Jeopardy question correctly in 1996, but loses due to never caught show error. Dies in 2005. http://t.co/dH2BG9FT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2012, 1:09:58 AM
So, how good an estimator are you? http://t.co/l1L5RpBN
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Jun 2, 2012, 7:11:02 PM
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19 Things That Will Drive Your OCD Self Insane http://t.co/T1rRgheO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2012, 2:45:46 AM
right, I realize using the vertical mouse wheel works to scroll things horizontally in win8. But why not just make it scroll vertical then?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 1, 2012, 11:45:44 PM
Windows 8's adoption of *horizontal* scrolling by default is odd. Good thing I have this *vertical* mouse wheel.. http://t.co/Pg0mhqrK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 1, 2012, 7:28:33 PM
@Chris_DuPuis oh god I love fondue
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 1, 2012, 7:13:45 PM
I was so sure it was going to be Nightwing. So very sure. http://t.co/YBFoI8h3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 1, 2012, 7:02:05 PM
my only marriage regret: being saddled with the stupid useless wedding gift china. Don't do it kids!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 1, 2012, 6:37:04 PM
@raimesh it is handy for judges to learn about plumbing on a PLUMBING TRIAL. Duh.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 1, 2012, 5:21:46 PM
"I find the cat and see what they like to do and use that in the show." http://t.co/Q1PSxPce
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 1, 2012, 4:44:12 PM
The Internet is sponsored by the word "actually." http://t.co/hKCWWJln
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JohnDCook @JohnDCook
Jun 1, 2012, 2:53:34 PM
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The Best Beer in the World http://t.co/Xzz0dWmS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 1, 2012, 11:00:34 AM
The 50 Worst Cars of All Time. OF ALL TIME! http://t.co/HKwx9Qx9
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RockBand @RockBand
Jun 1, 2012, 10:50:21 AM
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Okay, this rules. RT @DEVO Archive Site now features over 450 different #DEVO buttons spanning their 40 year career: http: ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 1, 2012, 3:10:52 AM
We're no strangers to code golf, you know the rules, and so do I http://t.co/MkTMP9yb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 1, 2012, 2:14:55 AM
How to Stop Sucking and Be Awesome Instead http://t.co/DZGgOqRG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2012, 11:35:45 PM
I hate press requests for photo because all the photos I can find of me are ridiculous. See? http://t.co/UkfAZ9aG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2012, 10:26:20 PM
We’ve watched Pee Wee’s Big Adventure with @rockhardawesome so many times now; a legitimate classic and national treasure @peeweeherman
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tobiasgies @tobiasgies
May 31, 2012, 5:33:46 PM
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Atwood's law still going strong. @codinghorror RT @aza: A 100% accurate IE6 clone written entirely in HTML5 http://t.co/ ...
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wilshipley @wilshipley
May 31, 2012, 5:30:12 PM
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If you like code you wrote a year ago you may not be learning fast enough to be a programmer.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2012, 3:15:24 PM
That's .. advice, I guess http://t.co/KIsC59oF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2012, 2:02:49 PM
"the only sure way to convince them is by actually caring" http://t.co/kZuBbj4K
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2012, 1:05:24 PM
man, Twitter has really ramped up the advertising. BROUGHT TO YOU BY CARL'S JR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2012, 2:10:07 AM
Is it OK to say that I didn't like Diablo 3 very much now? http://t.co/p3YlBTmG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2012, 1:38:51 AM
If Windy had stormy eyes that flashed at the sound of lies, why wasn't she used for police interrogations and trials? http://t.co/kXiCdsXr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2012, 1:28:31 AM
I wish more people in our industry were trying to build communities first and products second, like @photomatt with WordPress
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siracusa @siracusa
May 30, 2012, 9:38:27 PM
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25 years of HyperCard—the missing link to the Web
by @matthewlasar http://t.co/vYUifUeC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2012, 6:22:45 PM
What should we do about Wikipedia’s porn problem? http://t.co/YA0oClkr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2012, 6:07:37 PM
"Never do nothing you wouldn't want printed on the front page of The New York Times." http://t.co/FyvyXiap
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2012, 5:35:29 PM
5 Weird Things That Make Me Horny http://t.co/8HCZOUKg
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stevecla @stevecla
May 30, 2012, 4:20:13 PM
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Can We Please Move Past Apple’s Silly, Faux-Real UIs? http://t.co/iVwN5Y6T via @FastCoDesign
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I wonder when restaurants in SF will offer to pre-instagram your food before it even hits the table
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2012, 3:30:30 PM
"I still haven't broken into the big league yet. Just wait until my next game!" http://t.co/oqm2ZG2Q
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2012, 2:55:40 PM
the actual origin of the name for id Software's "Doom" game http://t.co/SDSkPFCS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2012, 2:22:34 PM
We should endeavor to fix ourselves before accusing the world of being broken. http://t.co/BZywa9Qj
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Son asked, "What's AOL?" Well, son...it was a dark time for us in Internet history...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2012, 11:46:26 AM
"[computer] use for education or meaningful content creation is minuscule compared to use for pure entertainment" http://t.co/fd7iEuhn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2012, 11:28:04 AM
wait, I just visited a website where my cursor was Beiber'ed. That's still possible? http://t.co/hEHFh0oG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2012, 7:20:56 PM
Libraries & Information Science, finally public! http://t.co/EtUWAgJv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2012, 4:53:25 PM
I can't even remember the last time I heard the word "shareware"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2012, 4:21:52 PM
"Mazes and Monsters" was, shock, a press exaggeration http://t.co/ZDRWU2YF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2012, 1:14:03 PM
if you read @romero's stream, he recommends Masters of Doom non-stop. So it must be accurate from his perspective..
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Thank god. Clippy is back, and he comes with more Webby! http://t.co/SYOw2DEp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2012, 1:01:21 PM
reading Masters of Doom on Kindle because @romero told me to. It's good! http://t.co/YCeS3B4Q
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2012, 2:14:24 AM
That said, I actually think Windows 8 looks great. I'll install it on my iPad.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2012, 2:13:07 AM
Dear Microsoft: the $99 3rd party licensed OS is no longer a good business model. Everything else is just rearranging deck chairs, etc.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2012, 1:37:19 AM
"PHP doesn't even have a language specification" http://t.co/1EW5PvJH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2012, 12:25:11 AM
more video games should have a poetry key. http://t.co/OzHDsIob also, great music http://t.co/YJ5Q173N
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2012, 10:56:16 PM
@dozba fuck that noise, I build flash apps.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2012, 10:52:46 PM
@dozba live by the hipster, die by the hipster
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lizardbill @lizardbill
May 28, 2012, 10:37:14 PM
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How far human radio broadcasts have reached in the Milky Way. http://t.co/ikWtM4SU /via @reddit
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old_sound @old_sound
May 28, 2012, 12:41:44 PM
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I can't believe that today "Angry Birds" an iPhone game places advertisement in F1 Cars: http://t.co/aPsV7LT4
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This is why judges need to learn how to sew. http://t.co/dRUPCvv8

cc @codinghorror
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2012, 11:24:59 PM
"the first person to win, as an individual, both a Nobel Prize and an Ig Nobel Prize" http://t.co/fRgQVuLF
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If your iPad feels a bit too portable, don't worry: you can now hook it up to a typewriter http://t.co/D06cCpBU
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lgrammel @lgrammel
May 26, 2012, 6:05:01 PM
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#stackoverflow documentation for #android and #java matches the actual API usage: http://t.co/Bdfp1Owy http://t.co/gcwuSjDt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2012, 3:40:37 AM
12 inch Star Wars arcade game! Just because we can! http://t.co/LrUmHjQH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2012, 1:01:07 AM
discovered that the only way to connect with an old high school friend is http://t.co/g0wGiqii, not teh facebooks #nerrrrrds
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2012, 12:26:15 AM
People who agree with me make me far more uncomfortable than those who disagree with me. "You're even crazier than I am!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2012, 6:38:54 PM
"no, no, your we meant your *real* friends this time" http://t.co/gDrKxjF1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2012, 6:37:42 PM
facebook + opera = SWEET JESUS NO http://t.co/KwaExnzw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2012, 5:06:08 PM
So You Want to be a Programmer http://t.co/uEppvzeR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2012, 2:52:33 PM
revisiting the "Please Don't Learn to Code" well in a few hours. Prediction: http://t.co/Rhq4gZSh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2012, 12:56:21 PM
that's it, I'm switching to Android. https://t.co/g8Hgzygf
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ltackmann @ltackmann
May 25, 2012, 11:20:30 AM
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Woot! 2nd edition of "Hacker's Delight" is coming http://t.co/TuddQsUM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2012, 7:21:10 PM
"I apologize for any harm done as a result of my neglect to consider how quickly the site would spread" -- Zuck http://t.co/aHddx390
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2012, 7:14:24 PM
In the future, all gardens will be walled. Good fences make good neighbors. http://t.co/NF6H1K2Y
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neilkelty @neilkelty
May 24, 2012, 7:11:35 PM
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@codinghorror So I guess this is what happens when politicians learn technology/to code? http://t.co/p72LyIEb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2012, 6:03:01 PM
Still serving at the pleasure of the king http://t.co/thv0N70V
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2012, 4:03:40 PM
remember, if they exceed their goal they'll build Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball too! http://t.co/TZRYfk7Z
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2012, 3:55:07 PM
"Y'see Theo, each Cosby is getting *worse* than the last, y'see.." http://t.co/xDm9cXct
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karaswisher @karaswisher
May 24, 2012, 3:49:07 PM
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From the Mixed-Up Files of AOL: Meet the tireless entrepreneur who squatted at AOL http://t.co/lyqd5xFC via @CNET
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2012, 3:34:28 PM
. @conanobrien, what is good in life?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2012, 3:16:30 PM
I have given this considerable thought, and I no longer believe that greed is good. http://t.co/rCt7Zy7p
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Incredibly juicy! Who’s taking down whom on the Internet: http://t.co/L2HqXV7V
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betsyphd @betsyphd
May 24, 2012, 3:09:15 PM
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My SIL was in the audience for Ivan Boesky's 1986 commencement at UCB. That speech was the inspiration for Gordon Gecko's ...
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greenberg @greenberg
May 24, 2012, 12:29:49 PM
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I'm starting a band. I can't really play any instrument or sing, so I'm looking for a few musical co-founders.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2012, 2:41:36 AM
Skydiver Becomes First To Land Without Chute http://t.co/lp8NtcNt
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AntiFreeze @AntiFreeze
May 24, 2012, 1:44:47 AM
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Dying from laughter: RT @jf: http://t.co/punxO8xP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2012, 5:13:31 PM
50 minute Q&A with me on Stack Overflow and related topics http://t.co/VLqUVyi7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2012, 4:51:38 PM
"don't you care about the story?" I care about my story, which is me playing the game. I get to tell that story.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2012, 4:48:12 PM
My problem with technology conferences is that they are like videogame cutscenes. They aren't gameplay. (I also skip Blizzard cutscenes.)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2012, 2:17:39 PM
The lesson of Yahoo is that a company with poor leadership is inevitably doomed. "bunch of engineers in a room" is not leadership.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2012, 1:25:38 PM
"None of those lectures were as opaque as anything these academics said." http://t.co/EKUL5FR2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2012, 12:10:34 PM
snowclone: "Some people, when confronted with a problem, think, {x}. Now {y}." http://t.co/h0CdIPQ3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2012, 12:02:16 PM
"[in Python] the conversion from int to float can't fail, while byte string to unicode string can" http://t.co/a3UYu81p
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textfiles @textfiles
May 23, 2012, 11:41:44 AM
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It gets better! If you have Windows or don't want to install - introducing ARCHIVETEAM WARRIOR: http://t.co/TkAEyj68
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Writepop @Writepop
May 23, 2012, 11:39:36 AM
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"Eighty-seven percent of people think lasers are friggin' awesome." - Pew Pew Pew Research Center
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2012, 3:15:31 AM
Q: "Why does this person I know do that weird thing in public?" A: "It's cheaper than therapy."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2012, 3:06:06 AM
more kickstarters should have a "one meeeellion dollars" pledge level where they go all Indecent Proposal on you.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2012, 2:57:39 AM
I apologize for linking "The Bachelorette" material but it is @wilshipley's masterwork on so many levels http://t.co/LSAmgd4B
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