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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2011, 5:12:19 AM
lol, googlebot has set our #stackoverflow auto-crawl rate to 10 requests/sec (the max). We've been feeling that, too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2011, 1:35:55 AM
w/r/t previous tweet, I was only kidding. OR WAS I?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2011, 12:26:28 AM
"I am now reducing your salary by 1k/year for every day this goes by unresolved."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2011, 4:06:09 PM
"a game of musical chairs, where the last one standing looked dumb and everyone else got absurdly rich." http://goo.gl/Whatu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2011, 2:25:29 AM
the way Wikipedia blesses putting bizarre characters in URLs makes me want to get all face-stabby on them. http://goo.gl/STqQ
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maykelmoya @maykelmoya
Mar 20, 2011, 1:26:18 AM
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#StackGuru: a near realtime bot for all #StackExchange sites http://j.mp/g1eBRT #xmpp
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kevinmontrose @kevinmontrose
Mar 20, 2011, 1:07:01 AM
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Can't sleep so http://bit.ly/dPsq4I now works everywhere, #metroid nom-nom-noms.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2011, 11:40:44 PM
"My common sense is tingling. It's my special super power."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2011, 11:40:16 PM
picture properly viewed only with Zeppelin's "The Immigrant Song" playing at full blast. AhhhAAAAAAhhh.. ah! http://goo.gl/BmfdP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2011, 10:08:24 PM
"Someone should take a stand, and tell her she's awful... but not me." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkoMbxHQmuM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2011, 10:13:54 AM
@nyuszika7h we did, but you did not edit the document to refer to Stack Exchange..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2011, 9:58:58 AM
pulled the trigger on a new HTPC build with 35w sandy bridge: http://goo.gl/bUUwM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 18, 2011, 9:54:04 PM
@loydcase microatx
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 18, 2011, 6:32:27 PM
@loydcase excellent, any HTPC mobo recommendations?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 18, 2011, 6:29:10 PM
@loydcase hey, are those slow / low-voltage sandy bridge chips out yet? itching for a HTPC build but not seeing them..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 18, 2011, 5:17:17 PM
Stack Exchange Guitars Q: I need help getting out of my scalar rut. http://t.co/dlF3ip0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 18, 2011, 4:27:19 PM
The Process (a.k.a. Designing The Stop Sign Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wac3aGn5twc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 18, 2011, 4:22:49 PM
@loydcase hahaha consoles and "consumer-friendly" pricing.. that's rich. RICH!
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Mar 18, 2011, 4:10:46 PM
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Job description translation guide for programmers http://goo.gl/XfZ2n
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 18, 2011, 3:03:51 PM
[sic] might as well be [the author is an illiterate dumbass, and I would like to apologize to the reader on his or her behalf]
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 18, 2011, 12:49:33 PM
Stack Overflow MeetUps – worldwide – April 6 http://goo.gl/nYt7K
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wilshipley @wilshipley
Mar 18, 2011, 5:52:31 AM
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Shakespeare once said, “First thing we do, let’s kill all the C++ programmers.”
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 18, 2011, 3:10:03 AM
bed intruder song comes to Rock Band.. with PRO KEYS!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5jpxlzv8r4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 17, 2011, 10:58:16 PM
well, actually, our #stackoverflow mailing lists are 110% dick measuring contests.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 17, 2011, 10:49:11 PM
"mailing lists that are 50% dick measuring contests." http://goo.gl/9WXLM
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So first I stamped some envelopes "PLEASE BEND" : http://tumblr.com/xn91jnxfus - And now here is the result! http://tumblr.co ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 17, 2011, 7:28:29 PM
evolution of the web in a nutshell, 2001 to 2011 -- http://zombo.com/ to http://html5zombo.com/
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Mar 17, 2011, 5:36:48 PM
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I am currently in a lily-free building. Fuck you, lilies. http://t.co/j6ACwdU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 17, 2011, 4:21:40 PM
IE9 is sooo much nicer than IE8. Major step forward for IE. Now we need to kill off IE7..
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#overheardatwork: "You haven't authored a good API until your users can surprise you with it"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 17, 2011, 2:57:59 PM
for those who missed it yesterday, I was a guest on the TechZing podcast http://goo.gl/AmTYt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2011, 7:39:05 PM
I was on a podcast, which I will call "play in the service of learning" http://goo.gl/AmTYt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2011, 6:06:55 PM
build warnings: always ignored, because if they were *really* important, they'd be errors, right?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2011, 5:01:19 AM
I'm continually amazed at the people who think behaving like an ass online gives them the right to scream "censorship!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2011, 11:38:10 PM
thank {insert deity here} that friction exists, otherwise... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifTIuA8Dq58
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wilshipley @wilshipley
Mar 15, 2011, 7:37:54 PM
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New blog post: “In Semi-Defense of Twitter”

http://t.co/UKUIe8y
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2011, 2:41:53 PM
@lindgrenM yeah, the guy on the Coke team really doesn't like Pepsi. Shocking, is it not?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2011, 2:40:50 PM
Q&A for mechanics and DIY enthusiast owners of cars, trucks, and motorcycles http://mechanics.stackexchange.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2011, 3:36:33 AM
IE9 is really quite fast at workaday rendering, noticeably faster than Chrome. Shame about the font rendering though. :(
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2011, 3:18:50 AM
The new Internet Explorers are here! The new Internet Explorers are here!! http://goo.gl/CIoF (final) http://microsoft.com/IE9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2011, 1:57:04 AM
Experienced guitarist reviews Fender Squier pro guitar controller http://goo.gl/1IGBa
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Mar 14, 2011, 11:53:50 PM
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The IE9 party is the hippest thing Microsoft's ever done. It's so good that it's shaking my perception of the company. C ...
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kevinmontrose @kevinmontrose
Mar 14, 2011, 10:27:43 PM
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Never trust a man in a bolo tie.
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bradlarson @bradlarson
Mar 14, 2011, 2:41:43 PM
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Want to easily get the Deputy badge on Stack Overflow? Run some of these queries and flag the non-answers: http://t.co/ ...
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thecontentfarm @thecontentfarm
Mar 14, 2011, 1:35:20 PM
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How to Eat a Popsicle: 1) Slower. 2) Sloooower. 3) That's it. Aw, yeah.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 14, 2011, 1:30:13 PM
I sense a parody going on http://www.thecontentfarm.net/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2011, 4:04:30 PM
@loydcase @edbott protip: use 64-bit java which only works within 64-bit browser instances. Instant IE 8/9 64-bit sandbox!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2011, 12:18:28 AM
at just over 2 seconds for SunSpider, iPad 2 is definitely getting into netbook browser perf territory http://goo.gl/M1vHo
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I'm worried about political instability in our nation's hipster coffee shops when all their mayors are at SxSW.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2011, 11:26:38 PM
katamari Stack Overflow! http://goo.gl/L3NtV details at http://goo.gl/UJa1B
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2011, 10:50:02 PM
ah, confirmed, Skype can use both front and rear cameras on iPhone 4. Excellent!
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SorenJohnson @SorenJohnson
Mar 11, 2011, 4:08:21 PM
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This map of Sci-Fi works is incredible. Wish they had the wonderful Mandeville's Travels under exploration/legend, tho ...
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Mar 11, 2011, 1:34:53 PM
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How accurate are fingerprints at identifying somebody? http://ur.ly/G9HA #skeptics
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Mar 11, 2011, 1:34:22 PM
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I had to pull a "Well, actually..." on someone today. In my defense, I was right.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 7:45:38 AM
@jdjeffers there is such a thing as a dumb question, and dumb users. Not all of them, but some are unreachable.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 6:44:46 AM
yes, if ONLY that user could find a link to the /faq! We make it so very, very hard to find! #sigh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 5:28:04 AM
redesigned #stackoverflow tags page (also network wide) http://stackoverflow.com/tags
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 4:47:05 AM
actual commit message: "coded with 33.2% less crack."
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dwineman @dwineman
Mar 11, 2011, 3:06:47 AM
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Free idea: programming language whose entire syntax is various spacings and capitalizations of "all work and no play makes ...
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Mar 10, 2011, 6:02:10 PM
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When taking vitamins and supplements, does it matter if I take them all at once or should I spread it out thro... htt ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2011, 4:33:57 PM
I needed the greenscreen set up for our board meeting with our new investors. Seriously. http://i.imgur.com/wud2M.jpg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2011, 6:25:34 AM
results of my chroma keying adventures, a partial solution. http://goo.gl/c83Ct
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2011, 4:00:19 AM
wow looks like I should have searched.. my own.. sites.. first.. http://goo.gl/EYUNX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2011, 3:58:54 AM
wow, even in 140 characters, nobody reads. I said chroma key in the last tweet. Amazing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2011, 3:54:07 AM
is there any webcam software that can do live greenscreen (chroma key)? Google says not so much.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2011, 2:13:46 AM
"if you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix your program." http://goo.gl/QIe8y
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2011, 1:27:20 AM
if I had a dollar for every time SQL Server has cached a bad query plan, I'd be a millionaire by now.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2011, 7:30:44 PM
"we should expect by now that Facebook Places would have obliterated the use of Foursquare" http://goo.gl/3wp14
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2011, 6:46:32 PM
now public -- Drupal Q&A for developers and administrators http://drupal.stackexchange.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2011, 6:20:27 PM
@loydcase that is so not a loydcase move!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2011, 5:35:19 PM
programming puzzle: single line password generator? http://goo.gl/C9iey
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jedisct1 @jedisct1
Mar 9, 2011, 9:51:09 AM
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Oh, finally an ad server that doesn't suck: AdZerk http://adzerk.com/ /via @zeroload
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josephcooney @josephcooney
Mar 9, 2011, 9:48:33 AM
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splattne @splattne
Mar 9, 2011, 4:08:41 AM
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Is it normal to get hundreds of break-in attempts per day? http://serverfault.com/q/244614/45
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2011, 1:16:22 AM
A New Name for Stack Overflow (with surprise ending) http://goo.gl/t3ttI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 11:50:51 PM
"I just checked in some awesome new changes!" "I look forward to all your awesome new bugs!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 11:23:55 PM
"Given two strings, work out if they both have exactly the same characters in them." code golf BEGIN http://goo.gl/hMk19
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 11:15:43 PM
when the Facebook Zombie Poke goes horribly wrong http://goo.gl/ZT0Lf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 10:40:40 PM
I vote for Mac Pro as "dumbest model of Apple Computer to own". It is the new Apple ///.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 5:37:46 PM
@rockarts I don't disagree, but at that level you should be asking "how much am I willing to pay these accredited experts to get my answer?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 5:22:31 PM
@rockarts hey man, be the change you want to see! we allow anonymous participation and even anon edits http://goo.gl/XqvsD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 4:22:08 PM
new public Q&A site beta -- Fitness & Nutrition http://fitness.stackexchange.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2011, 7:20:34 PM
"though too advanced at the time to build, it inspired future designers." http://goo.gl/Z84qz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2011, 7:12:45 PM
"I'm feeling douchey." http://unsuck-it.com/
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mahalie @mahalie
Mar 7, 2011, 6:29:23 PM
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Stackexchange is to user forums what Gmail was to email clients. Srsly. It just works good, real good...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2011, 5:28:18 PM
http://superuser.com blog on hybrid hard drives vs. ssds http://goo.gl/Cwwys
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2011, 5:05:10 PM
Firefox team now explicitly copying Chrome in every way. Reeks of desperation. http://angl.in/frDmKU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2011, 2:41:53 PM
now public with snazzy new design -- Q&A for cartographers, geographers and GIS professionals http://gis.stackexchange.com/
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ComputerHistory @ComputerHistory
Mar 7, 2011, 1:28:47 PM
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Thx @codinghorror for the high praise and Stack Overflow support! Maybe our slogan should be "Don't Die, Just Visit ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2011, 2:52:14 AM
Stack Overflow and the Computer History Museum http://goo.gl/AJOgH
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agnoster @agnoster
Mar 6, 2011, 11:57:40 PM
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@wilshipley git gets easier once you get the basic idea that branches are homeomorphic endofunctors mapping submanifolds o ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2011, 11:45:51 PM
@howtogeek no. often it's WORSE.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2011, 9:11:06 PM
Journalist recommends installing anti-virus on Android phones. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. http://goo.gl/KaUIy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2011, 1:59:26 AM
ah, excellent, the motor vehicle http://stackexchange.com proposal reached 100%. been waiting for that one to hit. http://goo.gl/gAE7M
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alyankovic @alyankovic
Mar 6, 2011, 1:40:47 AM
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I know it's not as culturally significant as Sheen's Korner, but it looks like they just found life in outer space. http ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2011, 3:35:55 PM
the best HD video yet for scaring your friends who are afraid of heights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Nd1qtk1Go
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Mar 4, 2011, 11:41:08 PM
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Which is the safest way to get root privileges: sudo, su or login? http://ur.ly/FGjh #unix
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