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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@theneilcave "a buck oh five.." https://t.co/hR5l1j57W5

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
There are sooo many reports of Control Flow Guard causing stuttering in games 🤔
https://t.co/uW3Hhou7Zo
https://t.co/F8TM8t9y1N
https://t.co/6t4UGaM8N5
(lots more games if you search)
https://t.co/uW3Hhou7Zo
https://t.co/F8TM8t9y1N
https://t.co/6t4UGaM8N5
(lots more games if you search)

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
free speech is more expensive than we thought https://t.co/cb3SVPRbsw

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
When asked how long it’d take the best graphics card on the market to crack an eight character password, Corley replied “368 minutes or 6.1 hours to complete the keyspace on 1x 4090 GPU”. https://t.co/QXCesokPmK
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kohai_io
@kohai_io
who needs a #4090 when you've got the power of two 12MB 3dfx Voodoo2's in SLI?
#3dfx #Voodoo2 #SLI #NVIDIA #NVIDIA4090 https:…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
It really bugs me that this article is straight up *wrong*. "your psu must have a minimum of 550w" and yet, my Zotac Magnus One SFF runs on a 500w PSU all day long no issues, even under prime95+furmark. Highest measured power consumption was around 400w. https://t.co/RlhtwMpp2l

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
it is so sad how many broken links there are in this 2011 article. Please, everyone, donate to the Internet Archive. Without it, we'd (literally) be lost: https://t.co/gcF4syA7zp
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SwiftOnSecurity
@SwiftOnSecurity
20 years ago, nVidia released the GeForce FX 5800 Ultra. The first OEM card with a dual-slot cooler, it was an immatur…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
David Foster Wallace's finest work, to me, will always be his "Shipping Out" essay https://t.co/o7jOYWCjlr

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
ah yes, the recreational fear lab. Science at work!! 👩🔬 https://t.co/5FtTITdsFA

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
How so? This is exactly and inevitably how all dating apps work these days.. it was always gonna happen https://t.co/tvfury78Z0

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
It's not cool to admit you have any skill or talent. It's all "Anyone can do this, I'm a moron, we're all idiots, I barely know anything!"
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thraull
@thraull
For the layperson, this could be as simple as starting with @codinghorror educating us about passwords:
https://t.co/mJoad43f…
https://t.co/mJoad43f…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I object to the term “boomer shooter” because “I’m in this photo and I don’t like it” https://t.co/9BZim3BTnj

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
One of the most deadly dive sites is, paradoxically, dangerous because it seems so safe https://t.co/l2EtlekBmg
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criminalmaniac
@criminalmaniac
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DavidRozado
@DavidRozado
1/n The anger, fear and sadness conveyed by news media headlines is increasing over time.
Summary of published paper: htt…
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johnolilly
@johnolilly
I still remember everything about these commercials from 1993, when I was 21 and just starting to get interested in softwar…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I bought some software today! (Treesize, if you're curious.. been using the free version for years.) https://t.co/nbiT20yS8X
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beetlemoses
@beetlemoses
Alien vs predator https://t.co/7xit7oABuG
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CodeCombat
@CodeCombat
Demo Day is Oct. 20th! #TeachersOfTwitter learn about our coding adventure games. Built to meet CSTA and ISTE standards, #O…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I was curious how much lag a modern bluetooth controller introduced vs. a wired one, so I tested with the Xbox One controller (latest version) and https://t.co/KcRiZquLUC -- looks like 8ms vs. 20ms https://t.co/b4zhHBhDm2
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rocketdyke
@rocketdyke
Was anyone else bothered by the 'bit' character in "Tron" having three states?
It had yes/neutral/no states.
image from h…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
https://t.co/60cHEEIN8y has arrived. Think of it as your own personal progress bar. Mine is
█████████████░░░░░░░ 65% https://t.co/BYWN9GH2QR
█████████████░░░░░░░ 65% https://t.co/BYWN9GH2QR

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Meanwhile, in London, circa 2018: https://t.co/UPKsdgaMe6

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I love that the next Batman game fits so perfectly with the excellent Court of Owls storyline .. Batman "dead", 4 player bat-family coming to aid, etc. https://t.co/vRKWtNSQdH
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ryanlcooper
@ryanlcooper
more evidence for my suspicion that cracking down on MLMs/fake supplements/scam cures/etc would strike a tremendous blow a…
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emollick
@emollick
The internet ruined homework which hurt test scores.
When students did their homework in 2008, it improved test grades for 8…
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pomeranian99
@pomeranian99
“Lessons From The VR Craze Of The 1800s”: https://t.co/DWh1XBEjdG
The Victorians were obsessed with stereoscopes
The Victorians were obsessed with stereoscopes

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
On this excellent piece: the rising dominance of real time chat is going in the exact opposite direction of “thoughtful friction” https://t.co/rdiKC1uaq8

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Everyone with even the slightest interest in PC gaming should own a Steam Deck. It’s outstanding. https://t.co/A8drsL2yh0
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textorian
@textorian
.@zeynep is very good at generating productive ways to think about & respond to disinformation. https://t.co/asiKqxjNZ9

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“Is there room, even now, for hope?” https://t.co/Qm7IkpaDqx
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KaelanRamos
@KaelanRamos
If wrestling is fake, then explain this: https://t.co/eDbJW6dE3s
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stshank
@stshank
Is the Pixel 7 Pro as good as a "real" camera? With @madebygoogle bragging of its "pro-level zoom" and AI smarts, I wanted to…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
That time “Murder, She Wrote” did a VR episode: https://t.co/WcmLmhBqqw

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Computers are good with math, except when they aren’t … https://t.co/1fBsv2Pdnj
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TechAmazing
@TechAmazing
The Moore’s Law of is the evolution of Nvidia GPUs from 1995-2020.
https://t.co/WnWADQmyyU
https://t.co/WnWADQmyyU

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
These are amazing https://t.co/1Sh9jCPuvX https://t.co/xWLBHWQM8z
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lizardbill
@lizardbill
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool." — Richard Feynman
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pomeranian99
@pomeranian99
So, I can make the case the Neopets HTML guide is one of the most influential tutorials in the history of coding: https:/…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Name a movie most people have not seen that you personally consider a movie everyone *should* see.
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mattxiv
@mattxiv
the conservatives-only dating app has been released and the reviews are rolling in https://t.co/kxYDYpSSFE

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Well done, but Huxley called it https://t.co/DkchMS1hvp https://t.co/qqRgUeZLxo

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This is neat: a keyboard where you can dynamically set the actuation levels (amount of pressure required to activate each key) from 1 to 9 via a small oled display https://t.co/VvKSIMlgMe

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
On the absurdity of "ultra" settings versus "high". Of these 7 people, only 1 could tell the difference. https://t.co/3wV9xwfFP1 https://t.co/FjRJ4ePq52

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"You know it's a badass game when people write whole theories about the main menu and its meaning." https://t.co/AwyPSJXBn9 https://t.co/fg8mFKYiHE
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mischiefanimals
@mischiefanimals
become ungovernable https://t.co/pxx20AX3Lk
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gregmaletic
@gregmaletic
Portland folks! Next weekend (Oct 21-22) I’ll be exhibiting more than 100 vintage calculators from my collection! (All fro…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
What's the most addictive (to you) game that you've ever played?
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GaryMarcus
@GaryMarcus
“the supply of misinformation will soon be infinite”—incredibly prescient Sept 2020 piece by @noUpside @TheAtlantic
Then…
Then…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
That's what programming is: millions of tiny details https://t.co/kJSiu1ieUJ
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shog9
@shog9
"To learn more about Git, [@VonC_] dove into answering questions. For the first few, he didn’t even install Git; instead, he com…
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waxy
@waxy
"Through the Fire and Flames" in Trombone Champ: by law, DragonForce must be in every rhythm game ever made https://t.co/YtsZIFow…
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washingtonpost
@washingtonpost
Opinion by Michael Gerson: Why Anthony Fauci is the greatest public servant I have known https://t.co/HIMejRc03t
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GrahamStarr
@GrahamStarr
William Shatner on his Blue Origin flight to space: "It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered.…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Me: "I guess I'll try finishing the Halo Infinite campaign.."
Halo Infinite: https://t.co/4ZumpM27m2
Halo Infinite: https://t.co/4ZumpM27m2

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"On January 13, 1946 Chester Gould introduced Dick Tracy’s 2-Way Wrist Radio, having drawn inspiration from a visit to inventor Al Gross ... it was eventually upgraded to a 2-Way Wrist TV in 1964, and a 2-Way Wrist Computer in 1986." https://t.co/HYKfsxQXCa

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Please, please don't use SMS for authentication. Ever. Use authenticator apps (good) or 2FA hardware keys (best). https://t.co/h69NymaZAq

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"That's right, folks, I'm talking about the beautiful American tradition of private healthcare. Something embedded so deeply in the heart of the American people that only a surgeon could excise it -- and it would cost at least $60,000." https://t.co/cSg7YT0TWm
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waDNR
@waDNR
Made a motivational poster for spawning salmon😌 https://t.co/UEWTar1L93

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I have always, *always* felt that statistics is a more useful skill than most advanced mathematics.. https://t.co/EFzvmH8OLY
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tmorello
@tmorello
Congrats to my former @Harvard bandmate @CarolynBertozzi on her @NobelPrize in chemistry! We won the Ivy League Battle…
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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I have more respect for people who attempt to share their true, authentic selves on Twitter and occasionally get in troub…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This person played the ENTIRE SNES LIBRARY... and then ranked the games. "Over the course of the multiple decades that it took me to play through the Super Nintendo library" https://t.co/41PnOEYbak

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This is how badly conceived Apple ideas die, in quiet obscurity. Its replacement, "haptic touch", is literally touch-and-hold with a vibration to acknowledge. https://t.co/pKHaeMHQiJ

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
".. but at least choose your own adventure books could go on wildly different paths." https://t.co/pR2XT8CUc8

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Another kind of content label; I'm a fan of this approach. https://t.co/0xNGlk9PRy

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I had an iPhone 12 and I'm happy to finally get macro mode in the 14. Check out these photos taken at the same close distance, here's the iPhone 12.. https://t.co/tiyfJq8B8o

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“Once you've given up on existentialism, and grown out of nihilism, all that's left is to embrace the absurdity.” https://t.co/MwTci0UG1R

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Mr. Beast is the archetypal postmodern youtube experience https://t.co/3NbtdZcjsy
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ZwiezenZ
@ZwiezenZ
This video of Walmart's chief marketing officer on a stage in Roblox talking about its new "Walmart Land" experience is one o…
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Derron_McNelly
@Derron_McNelly
Me on my way to annoy my favorite person https://t.co/fMFwdIy6sf

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
One of those “these are the lungs of smokers” PSAs https://t.co/rFYD6KmTYG

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I am such a huge fan of the Battlefield series and even I have to admit the 2042 game is kind of a total loss :( .. especially a shame because the prior two games (bf 1 and bf V) were excellent. What happened?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Parody or reality? You be the judge. https://t.co/nIv8Ha9QIB

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
A keyboard philosophy 🤔 https://t.co/akM4OVWfYO
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ecto_fun
@ecto_fun
the seinfeld movie references are so good https://t.co/t9YmRKnGJS
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dcgrodz
@dcgrodz
Lemme clear it up for you. Sci-fi is when your currency is called credits, and fantasy is when it's called coin.
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kylebrussell
@kylebrussell
Doom 3 in your browser in WebAssembly https://t.co/rcDrkHjWf0

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Just briefly checking in to see how things are going in Soylent land.. https://t.co/UCayAvnl9E
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erikbryn
@erikbryn

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I never thought much about this, but there are apparently different carbonation levels in all fizzy drinks.. https://t.co/MJvmADtCqY
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JacobDJAtkinson
@JacobDJAtkinson
Trombone Champ is the best game ever made https://t.co/GH58eHGXHV
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Jackapedia_
@Jackapedia_
i've preemptively named every mountain dew-based cocktail. please note I've only made like 3 of these combinations https:/…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This person completed every Assassins Creed game on highest difficulty while taking zero damage: https://t.co/agT5K3I5C6

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“I blame myself for our careless life, for our hedonism. We were completely relaxed, a bunch of computer geeks enjoying a happy and comfortable decade of Moscow life, creating and playing our games.” https://t.co/3xV2SNNuEz

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
".. more than 65 percent of people experienced symptoms of cybersickness, and more than one-third of these people experienced severe symptoms. Twenty-two participants decided to stop the simulation before the 10 minutes were up." https://t.co/EV6hbn6q7x

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Sean’s father, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, was the founder and leader of the Unification Church, the conservative global religious movement founded in South Korea" https://t.co/8r1tH3TNUG

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I have to admit, I picked the Apple watch ultra purely based on looks... 🤩 and I like titanium things. https://t.co/tkeLJ9iDXC

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
awesome to see @vgdunkey launch a new initiative to support / finance building better games https://t.co/NBXUc7S8yb

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
In 2010, a Japanese game developer intentionally released a trojan purporting to be a cracked version of their game .. and hijinks ensued https://t.co/7DH1w6uspY

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Sometimes bugs really *are* features. Seriously! https://t.co/z4DWBdnXpA
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simulo
@simulo
Just now I discovered @codinghorror's excellent reading list for developers. https://t.co/l4oWmlQ7W9 Happy to see that it inclu…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
An important life lesson https://t.co/LS7QPZSchN

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I'm doing it. I'm building my dream machine, an M1 based Chromebook. This is the "f**k everything, we're doing five blades" of computing. https://t.co/0eOryQltUs
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Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life
This entire industry is a parody. https://t.co/ebVHyacYrr
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TimSweeneyEpic
@TimSweeneyEpic
My first computer was about 10 Kiloflops: the Apple ][ ran at 1 MHz but had to do floating point in software using only…
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textfiles
@textfiles
Humans are the Apex Predator for a reason. We think our ways out of proble https://t.co/Me5xl1JrIe