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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 7, 2011, 2:59:37 PM
@dozba why must you hurt the butts? what did they ever do to you?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 7, 2011, 12:42:30 AM
astonished that @portman_wills experienced a 9 out of 9 fail rate on SSDs, with 5 vendors represented including Intel.. (!!)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 7, 2011, 12:05:20 AM
I secretly love copy-paste coding.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 6, 2011, 10:14:29 PM
this is what the Segway should have been: http://goo.gl/iBUKY
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nytimesbusiness @nytimesbusiness
Feb 6, 2011, 8:08:47 PM
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The Answers Are Out There, and New Q. and A. Sites Dig Them Up http://nyti.ms/esGLuU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 6, 2011, 8:06:42 PM
The heaviest element known to science http://yfrog.com/hso3gfj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 6, 2011, 4:20:33 PM
@dozba it's like a goddamn fire at the microfiche storage area, is what it is
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 6, 2011, 4:20:11 PM
I'm ignoring that people are ignoring the Super Bowl! so nyah!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 6, 2011, 6:38:40 AM
Dungeon Raid is stupidly fun. Recommended. http://goo.gl/JgTHp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 6, 2011, 5:57:30 AM
hmm, there are some 128 GB SSDs at $149 after $75 rebate on newegg. That's netbook rust-upgrade pricing, finally.
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Feb 6, 2011, 2:37:57 AM
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Code Golf: Robot Finds Kitten http://ur.ly/CN4M #codegolf
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Designing around an awful logo http://t.co/3gt7nSi
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 5, 2011, 11:16:09 PM
"Trying to extradite and to convict Assange is like trying to convict the first person who dared install a telephone." http://goo.gl/uXaJ3
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betsyphd @betsyphd
Feb 5, 2011, 10:27:33 PM
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Spotted a Bush/Cheney bumper sticker today. Around here you're more likely to spot a California condor. #fb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 5, 2011, 10:17:46 PM
"Warning: This website contains content known to The State of California to cause stupidity and reduced mental function."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 5, 2011, 5:16:49 PM
@loydcase kind of irrelevant IMHO since "home" and "server" are dumb ideas anyway. Hello cloud!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 5, 2011, 2:49:32 PM
#stackoverflow and all Stack Exchange sites now allow anonymous edits, like Wikipedia http://goo.gl/XqvsD
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badbanana @badbanana
Feb 5, 2011, 12:37:28 AM
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An optimist sees a zombie as half alive. A pessimist sees a zombie and says "yep, I knew this would happen."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 4, 2011, 5:13:38 PM
cats ruin everything. http://youtu.be/o6coQkin2eA (via @toymachinesh)
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wcopley @wcopley
Feb 4, 2011, 4:53:49 PM
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Don't neglect to pay your web designers, folks! http://winonachiropractic.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 4, 2011, 4:53:22 PM
I've tweeted this comic sans monologue before but @dehora reminded me how AWESOME it is: http://goo.gl/0aid
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 4, 2011, 3:49:51 PM
aren't mensa stickers on your car just a highbrow "calvin peeing on {stupid people}?"
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siracusa @siracusa
Feb 4, 2011, 3:31:04 PM
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BTW, I highly recommend http://english.stackexchange.com if you enjoy hashing out this kind of thing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 4, 2011, 3:09:50 PM
ah, the eternal "one space or two after a period" debate. ONE! http://goo.gl/XoC7W
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 4, 2011, 7:05:22 AM
#stackoverflow is a game in service of the greater good – to make the internet better, and more importantly, to make *you* better
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 4, 2011, 6:49:59 AM
How to Write Without Writing http://goo.gl/gnPIf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 4, 2011, 2:53:08 AM
good news, everyone: the "ow my balls! app" was just updated with *retina display support* http://goo.gl/76G1Y
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 4, 2011, 2:31:40 AM
testing out OpenWrt vs. dd-wrt. It's very.. linux-y... :P http://openwrt.org/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 4, 2011, 12:52:02 AM
I SAID WEIRD OLD TIPS DAMN IT!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 4, 2011, 12:49:13 AM
I sure would like to cut down a bit of my belly every day. Does anyone know any weird old tips?
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kevindente @kevindente
Feb 3, 2011, 5:44:37 PM
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@wilshipley also, I'm grateful for that bevy of reporters that Google News has canvassing the streets to bring us import ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 3, 2011, 5:07:38 PM
@loydcase @arstechnica @benkuchera probably best for them to focus on BF3, I hear it's gonna be epic
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 3, 2011, 3:53:06 PM
Code Golf & Programming Puzzles -- now in public beta http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/
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sholsinger @sholsinger
Feb 3, 2011, 2:13:31 PM
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UI and UX engineers: How should yes or no questions be represented in a form? http://ui.stackexchange.com/q/3335/3493 @c ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 3, 2011, 2:36:19 AM
@loydcase must be I/O bound then, I guess. We disable it on our database servers: http://goo.gl/LmMv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 3, 2011, 2:25:51 AM
@loydcase it's kind of like doing a compile for -cpu ONE ZILLION, it will be slower; you're supposed to only do -cpu actual_cores etc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 3, 2011, 2:25:01 AM
@loydcase generally because of cache contention, as they aren't real CPUs so it may be slower overall to do it that way
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 3, 2011, 2:00:27 AM
Why "Do It In-Camera?" http://ur.ly/CFcO #photo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 3, 2011, 1:47:36 AM
@loydcase eww, it's sending encoding tasks to your fake hyperthread 'cpus'?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 2, 2011, 10:20:57 PM
stackoverflow.com will be down for a moment while we reticulate some splines
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 2, 2011, 7:37:24 PM
"But why explain yourself when you can just use magic?" http://goo.gl/NQU2r
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 2, 2011, 7:05:13 PM
congratulations to the newly elected stackoverflow.com, superuser.com, and serverfault.com community moderators! http://goo.gl/X0m7
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spolsky @spolsky
Feb 2, 2011, 6:45:06 PM
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I'm sad about OKCupid selling out to match.com. They're welcome to cash out, but selling to your purported enemy cannot lea ...
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The Niney are coming! VOTE NOW! http://dlvr.it/FZVHC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 2, 2011, 5:57:31 PM
downhill speed skateboarding is *terrifying* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvR3OReRTb4
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typemock @typemock
Feb 2, 2011, 5:16:14 PM
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Happy Groundhog Day! In honor of the day, an article from @codinghorror on Groundhog Day and A/B testing http://bit.ly/aO180S
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splattne @splattne
Feb 2, 2011, 4:16:12 PM
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Yes! RT @mstum: @splattne of course: http://html5zombo.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 2, 2011, 4:02:09 PM
like #blekko slashtags? like #stackoverflow? help us curate the programming slashtags! http://goo.gl/UXZQ7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 2, 2011, 3:59:13 PM
rt @breakthesystem "your sensible answers to my inflammatory comments are no fun."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 2, 2011, 12:56:52 AM
like blekko.com slashtags? like #stackoverflow? help us curate the programming slashtags! http://goo.gl/UXZQ7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 1, 2011, 11:29:55 PM
since Xbox Live updated recently, I have not been able to connect to multiplayer games at all -- no changes on my end. Anyone else?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 1, 2011, 11:04:12 PM
oh, I see, nobody wants Stack Overflow to support IE9. Well, THAT CAN BE ARRANGED
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 1, 2011, 10:59:33 PM
I'm interested in sending some of the Stack Overflow team to MIX but haven't heard from any MIX-ies I emailed. Ain't no love in the 'hood?
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spolsky @spolsky
Feb 1, 2011, 4:11:45 PM
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David @Pogue should ask about summer camps for programming on programmers.stackexchange.com - http://nyti.ms/fvgBlA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 1, 2011, 3:55:42 PM
"We won’t even get into the 162 e-mails that Quora sent me in the next hour. " http://goo.gl/jNToZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 1, 2011, 3:37:20 PM
are consumer MLC SSDs safe to use in a (semi) production server? http://goo.gl/66eSl
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 1, 2011, 11:41:09 AM
reminder: we have an API (about to rev to 1.1) at http://stackapps.com -- example app at http://stackmobile.com
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StackAndroid @StackAndroid
Feb 1, 2011, 9:42:52 AM
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How does power usage for data over WiFi compare to data over 3G? (Ignore LTE for now) http://ur.ly/CBF2 #wifi
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mattcutts @mattcutts
Feb 1, 2011, 9:41:41 AM
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BREAKING: Bing cheating, copying Google's results? You have to read this: http://goo.gl/U41pb Please RT!
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Jan 31, 2011, 8:46:05 PM
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What are the performance difference between unsigned and signed integers? http://ur.ly/CAPS #gamedev
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kevindente @kevindente
Jan 31, 2011, 4:29:42 PM
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"If 37Signals is the poster child for OpenID failure, Stack Overflow is the poster child for its success. " http://goo.g ...
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Jan 31, 2011, 4:08:55 PM
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Resisting the urge to close a co-worker's email as "Not a Real Question."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 31, 2011, 3:26:36 PM
@gortok that's about the only one we need to pull over, though
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 31, 2011, 10:08:08 AM
Lived Fast, Died Young, Left a Tired Corpse http://goo.gl/DJNB0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 31, 2011, 5:39:13 AM
"while the ASPX version has 21 transition chars, the Razor version has only 3" http://stackoverflow.com/q/4019740/1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 31, 2011, 3:20:06 AM
Giving 100 different passwords to 100 different websites is a GREAT solution that people love! And it scales.. in identity theft.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 31, 2011, 3:11:02 AM
"Plentyoffish was hacked last week and we believe ... passwords were downloaded." http://goo.gl/Q9T8c
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 31, 2011, 2:58:07 AM
I posted a reply to Arrington yelling at Scoble (fair warning) http://goo.gl/RuqkJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 31, 2011, 2:18:43 AM
Camera+ and default Camera launch at the exact same speed for me (just under 2 sec) with GPS disabled in Camera.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 31, 2011, 2:03:04 AM
actually turning off GPS in the camera app, and rebooting, did help -- just under 2 secs to camera now instead of a bit over 3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 31, 2011, 1:56:08 AM
Why does it take the iPhone 4 three full seconds to launch the camera? Is there any way to speed that up? I deleted all photos, no change
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 31, 2011, 12:16:12 AM
@tommy_hinrichs thanks -- if you have 15 rep flag it for mod attention
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 30, 2011, 11:54:21 PM
wikihow explains how to answer a #stackoverflow question. The most brilliant minds of our generation at work. http://goo.gl/Zwv3q
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 30, 2011, 11:50:45 PM
"At one meeting, former DotOrg executives said, they were stunned when Mr. Brin dropped to the floor and started doing push-ups." lol
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 30, 2011, 10:57:43 PM
I have reached the point in my life where I am so busy I actually pay other people to have fun on my behalf.
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I seem to have gotten hooked on answering questions on serverfault.com. It's like RPG grinding, except combating ignorance n ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 30, 2011, 3:01:44 AM
ITT tech, who I made fun of http://goo.gl/UXgz9 is now exacting their revenge on me :( http://goo.gl/ibH01
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 30, 2011, 2:26:26 AM
I had forgotten how much I loved opera rappin' yo http://www.wired.com/listening_post/2008/04/a-scientific-at/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 30, 2011, 2:22:50 AM
Do I need to go to a big-name university [to be a successful programmer]? http://goo.gl/yTSrJ
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jarrod_dixon @jarrod_dixon
Jan 30, 2011, 1:22:31 AM
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Bacon: The Gateway Meat for Vegetarians http://j.mp/fa1R1r
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 30, 2011, 1:11:25 AM
"c'mon, I invented poking!" (warning USA only video) http://goo.gl/Jha3z
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StackExchange @StackExchange
Jan 30, 2011, 12:07:35 AM
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How to be a zero-bug programmer? http://ur.ly/Cxjg #programmers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 29, 2011, 4:30:11 PM
@dozba you should play Bad Company 2, it's a much better game -- real time destructible buildings that affect gameplay FTW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 29, 2011, 3:23:24 AM
Weird Al on "less" vs. "fewer" http://goo.gl/gjVDy unfortunately.. he's wrong on this one. http://goo.gl/Jae9h
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“killing two birds with one stone” should be replaced with something more relevant to modern times like “killing two pigs wi ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 29, 2011, 2:03:18 AM
@ZenPsycho our 500,000 users beg to differ. You can expect to see "log in with Facebook" become fairly dominant (and hopefully open alts)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 29, 2011, 1:27:25 AM
@ZenPsycho OAuth 2.0 can do what OpenID does. That's how we have a facebook login button on all http://stackexchange.com/sites ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 11:49:03 PM
another day, another email about compromised passwords.. this one from SourceForge. The status quo is BROKEN. http://goo.gl/VgnOO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 10:59:15 PM
any credit for improvements to Google search should go entirely to @mattcutts amazing community stewardship http://goo.gl/vuiUw
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rexparker @rexparker
Jan 28, 2011, 10:42:33 PM
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As crime puns go, SEX WITH A MINER (actual crossword answer) is icky. About as welcome as SEXUAL ASS SALT, GANG GRAPE, an ...
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kevinmontrose @kevinmontrose
Jan 28, 2011, 10:40:12 PM
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Working on old code is like stepping back in time... to a time when I sucked.
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http://apple.stackexchange.com/ launches with a beautiful UI even mac fan boys can love
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 28, 2011, 3:25:14 PM
http://area51.stackexchange.com , our new site creation process, gets discussion and categories http://goo.gl/sztdg
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