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sarcasmbully @sarcasmbully
Jan 4, 2021, 11:08:05 PM
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[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
Jan 4, 2021, 11:07:16 PM
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we are now at the “guitar world covers covid misinformation” stage of the pandemic

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1followernodad @1followernodad
Jan 4, 2021, 8:36:09 PM
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me, after I send one email https://t.co/SSnfMf0mGH
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harikondabolu @harikondabolu
Jan 4, 2021, 7:05:30 PM
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GEORGIA FRIENDS: Please vote for Warnock & Ossoff in Tuesday’s Senatorial Run-Off! IT WILL LITERALLY CHANGE AMERICA!
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samsaffron @samsaffron
Jan 4, 2021, 5:54:33 PM
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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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rip to Jarod Nandin, a World of Warcraft and South Park icon, who lost his life to covid. may he roam Azeroth forever https://…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2021, 7:18:15 PM
@LimpBagel did it work!?
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TimOfLegend @TimOfLegend
Jan 3, 2021, 6:32:00 PM
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These are the sounds of Christmas! https://t.co/G6BaQTwc3u
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diptanu @diptanu
Jan 3, 2021, 5:42:32 PM
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My current work horse! https://t.co/NaARWCcCOj
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DanRather @DanRather
Jan 3, 2021, 5:41:50 PM
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The audio of Trump with the Georgia secretary of state. Wow. It’s like telling the Nixon tapes to “hold my beer.”
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2021, 4:59:23 PM
What's the coolest / most interesting ornament on your xmas tree? Reply with a photo! 🎄😍
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walfieee @walfieee
Jan 3, 2021, 4:28:25 PM
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escape room concept: - you are a software engineeer - there is a production issue related to a legacy codebase - no one knows…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2021, 3:52:06 PM
Ah yes. I had to google beans and can opener, because we're playing the Twitter game today! https://t.co/magPerqjUT
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indigogeek @indigogeek
Jan 3, 2021, 12:05:31 AM
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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
Jan 2, 2021, 8:25:39 PM
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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
Jan 2, 2021, 6:23:08 PM
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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
Jan 2, 2021, 4:41:43 PM
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when i retweet something i am fully endorsing that idea, that person, and any other ideas they've ever had. and i'm do…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 2, 2021, 3:05:28 PM
Children’s Books For the One Percent via @gemmacorrell https://t.co/kQn9gGIVl5 https://t.co/D8z60eVO1H
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 2, 2021, 12:18:35 AM
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
Jan 1, 2021, 11:50:14 PM
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Pfizer has made an estimated $975 million from the vaccine this year, and is expected to earn another $19 billion in 2021…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2021, 10:48:19 PM
@BlackATTR @betsyphd we had a flip clock, it predictably did not survive the toddler years of our first child
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2021, 10:43:31 PM
Wow. They made a modern segmented LCD display version of.. *Asteroids?* Whyyyy https://t.co/FZjbZfhelo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2021, 7:46:47 PM
"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
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2021, 5:45:02 PM
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
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2021, 5:39:48 PM
@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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If you compare the 2013 and 2016 StackOverflow architectures, the changes aren't radical:

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textfiles @textfiles
Jan 1, 2021, 5:31:39 PM
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This project to create silly floppy-disk-sized versions of movies with an incredibly restrictive codec is a delightful thing…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2021, 5:30:05 PM
"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
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2021, 3:32:32 PM
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
Jan 1, 2021, 2:42:24 PM
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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…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2021, 2:29:16 PM
The rapid acceleration of the "hustle economy" https://t.co/QMkkRsHAU5
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SchittsCreek @SchittsCreek
Dec 31, 2020, 11:29:03 PM
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Happy new year, friends.

Let’s all be more Twyla in 2021 💛 https://t.co/yIKSz0Xto5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2020, 10:26:53 PM
Playing some cards against humanity family edition! https://t.co/Vs7aqZwvBk
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year_progress @year_progress
Dec 31, 2020, 6:42:34 PM
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year_progress @year_progress
Dec 31, 2020, 6:42:33 PM
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We should probably call it a night https://t.co/QkhXtKsp0a
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2020, 6:04:34 PM
"AFFILIATED Link to Amazon US for people who enjoy bad ideas executed with minimal effort." https://t.co/SYIgttRNq2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2020, 4:49:57 PM
"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
Dec 31, 2020, 1:26:50 PM
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Everytime I log on to Facebook it’s like... https://t.co/NHLbWDWmkb
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katy_milkman @katy_milkman
Dec 31, 2020, 1:24:21 PM
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FRESH START ALERT: Tomorrow will feel more distant from today than today feels from yesterday. It will give you the sense…
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jeremysmiles @jeremysmiles
Dec 29, 2020, 11:38:14 PM
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idk the "I'm Just a Bill" sequel is way too dark for me https://t.co/T2duUw3jVh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2020, 11:31:58 PM
Gotta have a Tetris ornament! https://t.co/rPGSdul1b1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2020, 9:37:24 PM
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
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2020, 9:30:21 PM
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
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2020, 11:36:41 PM
The unusual origin of the term "fanboy" https://t.co/XuMbucRUTC https://t.co/WdTDjAdewy
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heavybit @heavybit
Dec 28, 2020, 9:09:20 PM
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Don't miss @codinghorror's talk on why he built @discourse to fix online forums. https://t.co/MtjyVVxfv5 https://t.co/jbtVYs3…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2020, 7:47:15 PM
The greeting card business has certainly stepped up their game! 😻 https://t.co/fo3W8Dsa13
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bellye66 @bellye66
Dec 28, 2020, 7:11:37 PM
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@pomeranian99 The Animation here put me in mind of you straight away. https://t.co/yTGBVbJwHs
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year_progress @year_progress
Dec 28, 2020, 4:12:39 AM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2020, 7:19:48 PM
I had never heard of this very early 1977 Columbus, Ohio experiment in interactive TV https://t.co/yuWDFEpSKe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2020, 5:39:15 PM
I have *not* been enjoying our brave new world of text messaging spam ☹️ https://t.co/Yv3qJPgaqj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2020, 4:47:24 PM
"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
Dec 27, 2020, 1:51:20 PM
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"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
Dec 27, 2020, 1:48:01 PM
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Gotta admit: seeing the way they shot ELF with forced perspective kind of blew my mind

https://t.co/sjSjrXqZe4 https://t.…
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sarahndipity18 @sarahndipity18
Dec 26, 2020, 10:50:11 PM
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pixar movies 20 years ago: haha talking toys! pixar movies now: how do you identify your life's purpose? what struct…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2020, 6:47:33 PM
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
Dec 26, 2020, 5:10:28 PM
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@codinghorror This is epic in so many levels https://t.co/hvZTeh0Abq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2020, 2:21:08 PM
2FA progress! 👏 https://t.co/x6yVKacqh2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2020, 7:36:10 PM
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
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2020, 5:46:27 PM
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
Dec 25, 2020, 12:49:53 PM
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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
Dec 25, 2020, 12:48:32 PM
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How to Wrap Your Cat for Christmas https://t.co/58tZ0hzNZ4
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alexisgallagher @alexisgallagher
Dec 25, 2020, 12:46:06 PM
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Woke up to walk the dog on Christmas morning here in San Francisco and at Corona Heights park a mysterious GINGERBREAD…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2020, 10:35:48 PM
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
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2020, 6:44:59 PM
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
Dec 24, 2020, 2:50:36 PM
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Can someone help me find this man who delivered my mom’s package in Providence...he deserves a Christmas bonus✊🏾😂 #PVD h…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2020, 2:48:26 PM
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
Dec 24, 2020, 2:33:42 PM
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With the holidays around the corner, GoDaddy employees received an email last week offering some welcome financial relief: a…
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ArmstrongDrew @ArmstrongDrew
Dec 23, 2020, 6:31:43 PM
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🌍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
Dec 23, 2020, 2:06:31 PM
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We just have to know: Is anyone enjoying a fruitcake today? No? Well, the #Apollo11 astronauts didn't either. (This frui…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 23, 2020, 2:05:22 PM
Rich people seem to like it, though https://t.co/yzPBc5zUUm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2020, 9:29:02 PM
“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
Dec 22, 2020, 8:08:16 PM
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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…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2020, 6:45:10 PM
Texting of the Bread was such a brilliant smartphone subversion of the typing game genre. I miss it! 💔 https://t.co/hs4vxiORDD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2020, 6:29:52 PM
Enjoyed this recap of the mostly forgotten (at least by me!) NES expansion port history https://t.co/2PsCdFYi6B
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2020, 4:46:09 PM
The MEGA65 is unnecessary in an *extremely* cool FPGA-is-the-future way https://t.co/hRQVl84m3S
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lolacoaster @lolacoaster
Dec 22, 2020, 4:37:22 PM
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The end of this tiktok is maybe the hardest I've ever laughed https://t.co/XhDowMP7lT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2020, 2:56:49 PM
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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Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned: the full video of the call is unreal, deta…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 21, 2020, 9:19:59 PM
"This is where Windows, and dare I say it, computing.. maybe even life.. peaked" https://t.co/DATnIf2vVt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 21, 2020, 5:39:16 PM
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
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 21, 2020, 5:10:50 PM
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
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 21, 2020, 4:59:20 PM
@loydcase I wonder if any of those old compuserve email addresses still work?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 21, 2020, 4:13:00 PM
Our 2020 ornament arrived! Fire is lit via ikea tea light led base 🥳 https://t.co/JZ5HgC0zyP
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Videlectrix finishes Stinkoman: days before Flash dies, the Brothers Chaps finished their 15-year-old game with help from Jez, Sm…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 21, 2020, 3:09:59 PM
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
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2020, 11:01:18 PM
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
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2020, 9:49:21 PM
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
Dec 20, 2020, 8:49:35 PM
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I think the way that David Crane fit 255 room configurations into an Atari 2600 cartridge is a story that should be told eve…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2020, 8:23:55 PM
OK, the joke is obvious, but I still love this phone case! https://t.co/87ANgUTd8J
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