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sarcasmbully
@sarcasmbully
[At the supermarket]
Cashier: "May I see some ID for the beer?"
Me: "Sure." (holds up license)
Cashier: "Okay, you're coo…
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william_partin
@william_partin
we are now at the “guitar world covers covid misinformation” stage of the pandemic
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1followernodad
@1followernodad
me, after I send one email https://t.co/SSnfMf0mGH
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harikondabolu
@harikondabolu
GEORGIA FRIENDS: Please vote for Warnock & Ossoff in Tuesday’s Senatorial Run-Off!
IT WILL LITERALLY CHANGE AMERICA!
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samsaffron
@samsaffron
For 2021 I am replacing my daily visit to https://t.co/tW1J9D34KO with a daily visit to https://t.co/HzjIQUM8zx . Looking f…
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Slasher
@Slasher
rip to Jarod Nandin, a World of Warcraft and South Park icon, who lost his life to covid. may he roam Azeroth forever https://…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@LimpBagel did it work!?
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TimOfLegend
@TimOfLegend
These are the sounds of Christmas! https://t.co/G6BaQTwc3u
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DanRather
@DanRather
The audio of Trump with the Georgia secretary of state. Wow. It’s like telling the Nixon tapes to “hold my beer.”

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
What's the coolest / most interesting ornament on your xmas tree? Reply with a photo! 🎄😍
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walfieee
@walfieee
escape room concept:
- you are a software engineeer
- there is a production issue related to a legacy codebase
- no one knows…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Ah yes. I had to google beans and can opener, because we're playing the Twitter game today! https://t.co/magPerqjUT

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Here's an eye-opener https://t.co/xciLZAhYr2 https://t.co/YHhyQjiIJs
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indigogeek
@indigogeek
My dad installed a hot tub for his birds and when he turned it on, word spread pretty quickly that this is the new bestest…
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mattblaze
@mattblaze
The thing that gets most deeply stuck in my craw here is how the thousands of dedicated election workers who worked tireless…
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dweinberger
@dweinberger
Can we share a moment of quiet thanks that somehow, against all odds, a Randall Munroe exists among us? @xkcd
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calebsaysthings
@calebsaysthings
when i retweet something i am fully endorsing that idea, that person, and any other ideas they've ever had. and i'm do…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Children’s Books For the One Percent via @gemmacorrell https://t.co/kQn9gGIVl5 https://t.co/D8z60eVO1H

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
One small internet detail that gets stranger and stranger to me as time goes on: seeing posts with date stamps of "25 years ago". Or more.
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theintercept
@theintercept
Pfizer has made an estimated $975 million from the vaccine this year, and is expected to earn another $19 billion in 2021…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@BlackATTR @betsyphd we had a flip clock, it predictably did not survive the toddler years of our first child

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Wow. They made a modern segmented LCD display version of.. *Asteroids?* Whyyyy https://t.co/FZjbZfhelo

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Elon Musk may be the CEO of multiple successful companies but if you envy his successes you must be prepared to trade everything, including his troubled family life and multiple divorces." https://t.co/R1XR5Ddwpy

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Thanks to a kind gift from @betsyphd I have finally dipped my toes into the next logical (I'd say inevitable) progression in ever-smaller computing devices: I wear an Apple Watch series 6. Best thing about it so far? Clever little charging docks! https://t.co/eBG2T1PsUS

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@BlackATTR @stevenf USB-C works fine for me, I consider this problem mostly solved as we move away from A and mini/micro USB connectors
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danluu
@danluu
If you compare the 2013 and 2016 StackOverflow architectures, the changes aren't radical:
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textfiles
@textfiles
This project to create silly floppy-disk-sized versions of movies with an incredibly restrictive codec is a delightful thing…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I don't understand how USB plugs are always upside-down the first time you try to plug them in and ALSO THE SECOND TIME." -- classic @stevenf tweet, circa Sep 25, 2011

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
My high school senior science project (1988) was digitizing "silence" on different types of cassette tapes on my Amiga, and comparing noise levels in the resulting files via an AmigaBASIC program I wrote https://t.co/KQSCUF1zCm
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TedLasso
@TedLasso
I love New Year’s Eve. So much excitement! In need of a resolution? Well, here’s a list of a couple of my rules for livin’ to…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The rapid acceleration of the "hustle economy" https://t.co/QMkkRsHAU5
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SchittsCreek
@SchittsCreek

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Playing some cards against humanity family edition! https://t.co/Vs7aqZwvBk
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Oatmeal
@Oatmeal
We should probably call it a night https://t.co/QkhXtKsp0a

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"AFFILIATED Link to Amazon US for people who enjoy bad ideas executed with minimal effort." https://t.co/SYIgttRNq2

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Like a panther hiding in the brush and stalking its prey, Ramsay lurks on TikTok and waits for the perfect opportunity to strike." https://t.co/w6cm7G01UY
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Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life
Everytime I log on to Facebook it’s like... https://t.co/NHLbWDWmkb
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katy_milkman
@katy_milkman
FRESH START ALERT: Tomorrow will feel more distant from today than today feels from yesterday. It will give you the sense…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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jeremysmiles
@jeremysmiles
idk the "I'm Just a Bill" sequel is way too dark for me https://t.co/T2duUw3jVh

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Gotta have a Tetris ornament! https://t.co/rPGSdul1b1

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Don't study the successes. Everyone studies those. They're boring as hell. Study the *failures*, because that's where all the interesting edges were being explored. https://t.co/Etm7mlCtOM

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Whenever you feel like you might have made a bad decision, remember that some people bought a $10,000 gold version 1 non-upgradeable Apple watch in 2015 https://t.co/X3bNoruXxL

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The unusual origin of the term "fanboy" https://t.co/XuMbucRUTC https://t.co/WdTDjAdewy
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heavybit
@heavybit
Don't miss @codinghorror's talk on why he built @discourse to fix online forums. https://t.co/MtjyVVxfv5 https://t.co/jbtVYs3…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The greeting card business has certainly stepped up their game! 😻 https://t.co/fo3W8Dsa13
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bellye66
@bellye66
@pomeranian99 The Animation here put me in mind of you straight away. https://t.co/yTGBVbJwHs

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I had never heard of this very early 1977 Columbus, Ohio experiment in interactive TV https://t.co/yuWDFEpSKe

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I have *not* been enjoying our brave new world of text messaging spam ☹️ https://t.co/Yv3qJPgaqj

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Microsoft made a series of negative videos for Office XP about Clippy, featuring Gilbert Gottfried" https://t.co/8uOlqAQy0B
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lizardbill
@lizardbill
"The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things…
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austinkleon
@austinkleon
Gotta admit: seeing the way they shot ELF with forced perspective kind of blew my mind
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sarahndipity18
@sarahndipity18
pixar movies 20 years ago: haha talking toys!
pixar movies now: how do you identify your life's purpose? what struct…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Not entirely sure what is going on with this Little Free Library in our ‘hood https://t.co/JSthCm79wE
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affanzbasalamah
@affanzbasalamah
@codinghorror This is epic in so many levels https://t.co/hvZTeh0Abq

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
2FA progress! 👏 https://t.co/x6yVKacqh2

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
How can this work? HOW CAN THIS WORK!? It's the entire basis of all medical treatment in the well known documentary The Karate Kid!! https://t.co/rhcEKLb4wV https://t.co/rEMlYhZ5tc

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
It is extremely indulgent, but I "treated yo' self" to an OB-4 speaker and I have to say it is *extremely* cool. Already updated firmware. https://t.co/ZPv9HX7gAv
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textfiles
@textfiles
Applesoft 280 Char Basic Bot, the winner of the 2020 Demosplash retro-demo competition, is now up and emulated at Internet A…
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LaughingSquid
@LaughingSquid
How to Wrap Your Cat for Christmas https://t.co/58tZ0hzNZ4
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alexisgallagher
@alexisgallagher
Woke up to walk the dog on Christmas morning here in San Francisco and at Corona Heights park a mysterious GINGERBREAD…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
It’s an Xmas lego completion miracle!! Thanks to one of my master builder daughters, Maisie, who did most of the work 😍 https://t.co/YTpyYzDvzk

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
One of the absolute best ways to grief your PC friends is to get them a sound card as a present for the holidays 🔊 https://t.co/q6a9iliMSR
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iamclaudiusjr
@iamclaudiusjr
Can someone help me find this man who delivered my mom’s package in Providence...he deserves a Christmas bonus✊🏾😂 #PVD h…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
decades later, we still don't rely on handwriting recognition, even though the devices in everyone's pockets are so many orders of magnitude more powerful.. https://t.co/OAGOQhFJIF
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lolonghi
@lolonghi
With the holidays around the corner, GoDaddy employees received an email last week offering some welcome financial relief: a…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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ArmstrongDrew
@ArmstrongDrew
🌍VACCINE UPDATE (Dec. 23, p.m.)💉
The U.S. 🇺🇸 has administered 1.12 million doses (all of them first doses, we think), t…
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airandspace
@airandspace
We just have to know: Is anyone enjoying a fruitcake today? No? Well, the #Apollo11 astronauts didn't either.
(This frui…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Rich people seem to like it, though https://t.co/yzPBc5zUUm

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“Have you ever cursed your past self for saying 'yes' three months ago to that thing you have to do today?” https://t.co/mXzD3cx0W1
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textfiles
@textfiles
And yes, that includes me, a half dozen times since 2000. 20 years of me working with these folks on stuff you didn't have t…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Texting of the Bread was such a brilliant smartphone subversion of the typing game genre. I miss it! 💔 https://t.co/hs4vxiORDD

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Enjoyed this recap of the mostly forgotten (at least by me!) NES expansion port history https://t.co/2PsCdFYi6B

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The MEGA65 is unnecessary in an *extremely* cool FPGA-is-the-future way https://t.co/hRQVl84m3S
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lolacoaster
@lolacoaster
The end of this tiktok is maybe the hardest I've ever laughed https://t.co/XhDowMP7lT

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Five PS5s https://t.co/McCtXEg9ht

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I owned an Amiga, and this advertisement is accurate: these *were* good reasons to own an Amiga! https://t.co/DwU03qchea
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waxy
@waxy
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned: the full video of the call is unreal, deta…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"This is where Windows, and dare I say it, computing.. maybe even life.. peaked" https://t.co/DATnIf2vVt

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
today I learned the Sega Master System (the 8-bit Sega console prior to Genesis) remained hugely popular in Brazil for, like.. *decades*. https://t.co/Gb1ZWgxo0X

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@loydcase also weird: https://t.co/Yhsq2u0Py5

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
It's a looong story but I did a random search of a random phrase to verify internet access and somehow ended up on.. the Mark Wahlberg fan forum. 🤯 https://t.co/Gbm4ZHnyMG

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@loydcase I wonder if any of those old compuserve email addresses still work?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Our 2020 ornament arrived! Fire is lit via ikea tea light led base 🥳 https://t.co/JZ5HgC0zyP
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waxy
@waxy
Videlectrix finishes Stinkoman: days before Flash dies, the Brothers Chaps finished their 15-year-old game with help from Jez, Sm…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Apparently there were a number of "choose your own adventure" type books where you typed in BASIC code to solve the story? The Bytes Brothers and Micro Attacks? https://t.co/dnCNB5q9sf https://t.co/d1jpbKcLQ6 https://t.co/Oqlj017IXE

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I was thinking there oughta be a modern remake of Little Computer People but then I realized, much to our chagrin, that we invented social media on the internet https://t.co/kivOHuqFrn

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I had forgotten about this 80s neon vibe in the Epyx game box art https://t.co/xduv2CQ9AS https://t.co/XYOCeCJ6hH
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textfiles
@textfiles
I think the way that David Crane fit 255 room configurations into an Atari 2600 cartridge is a story that should be told eve…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
OK, the joke is obvious, but I still love this phone case! https://t.co/87ANgUTd8J



























