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Pinboard @Pinboard
Oct 10, 2019, 7:49:52 PM
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Glad to see that the Guardian has picked up the story of Tim Cook's mendacious memo to Apple employees on Hong Kong https://t
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2019, 7:43:43 PM
I have decided I can never upgrade phones again due to the extreme pain of resetting all Google Authenticator 2FA codes on phone switch. I get why a simple “transfer all my 2FA to this other rando device” might be risky, but...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2019, 7:19:34 PM
This is probably too weird to put on Twitter but I’m gonna YOLO it: does anyone else feel like sneezing and orgasms are kinda biologically similar.. ish? 🤔
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2019, 2:05:00 AM
Goodbye Ukraine 🇺🇦 you were amazing 🤩
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2019, 12:00:22 AM
Why do travellers do this luggage wrapping thing? It seems pointless to me? https://t.co/GIQ6Eh68D7
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Oct 9, 2019, 10:00:14 AM
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Cliff Mass is an expert on diablo winds in Northern California and writes a really great weather blog. Last year he called fo…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2019, 8:45:58 AM
I think @deadprogrammer has died and gone to heaven here in Odesa https://t.co/Z5J7ySTY2G
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2tonbug @2tonbug
Oct 9, 2019, 7:50:55 AM
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I want a Joker type movie, but about the fucked-up circumstances that led that guy to become Mr. Bean
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NobelPrize @NobelPrize
Oct 9, 2019, 7:46:46 AM
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Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionised our lives and are used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric v…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2019, 7:17:01 AM
But I... I.. I like brown cars, and Zunes https://t.co/2FTJ3xseXN
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caseJackal @caseJackal
Oct 9, 2019, 3:06:20 AM
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He eats a whiskey pod, He eats a vodka pod, He eats a lager pod, He eats a cider pod, He eats the pods that remind him of t…
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richardmarx @richardmarx
Oct 9, 2019, 3:05:30 AM
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I’ve been friends with @kennyloggins for thirty years and every time we’ve had dinner somewhere and the server asks if he’…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2019, 2:41:16 AM
One ATM feature I hadn't seen before -- admonishing user to check for skimmers! https://t.co/c9g3S0XGVE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2019, 11:44:02 PM
Well, now I get to know how THAT feels 😥 https://t.co/6TrYKXUWY5
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I got this a week ago. Do *not* read your MFA code to anyone that calls you. No matter what they say. https://t.co/j7pPUBFdjI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2019, 2:48:07 AM
@JackDeeth Welcome to my world sir
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knightlab @knightlab
Oct 8, 2019, 1:32:08 AM
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This is awesome! @simonw has set up a website where you can solve the SQL Murder Mysteries without installing anything…
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CNYMetalHead @CNYMetalHead
Oct 7, 2019, 11:54:56 PM
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Need this for my office https://t.co/RDWuicrRJi
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DLeonhardt @DLeonhardt
Oct 7, 2019, 3:54:50 PM
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Watch how radically taxes on the wealthy have fallen over the past 70 years:

(Full column: https://t.co/XP0a4Iljti) https…
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kaykayclapp @kaykayclapp
Oct 7, 2019, 12:43:41 PM
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This. Guy. Folds.😎

Samsung #GalaxyFold Teardown: https://t.co/WNgnzGARpU https://t.co/yXW655VOhS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 7, 2019, 2:41:53 AM
Starting Chernobyl tour https://t.co/eArx4dik1X
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textfiles @textfiles
Oct 7, 2019, 1:07:58 AM
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https://t.co/igS1mhS3HK This is the best article I've seen that lays it down.
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SpookyGothLoser @SpookyGothLoser
Oct 7, 2019, 12:26:03 AM
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me: *hits spider web down with broom* spider: wow me: *puts up fake spider web decorations for Halloween* spider:…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 7, 2019, 12:17:45 AM
Animated nightmare fuel for privacy enthusiasts https://t.co/eBo26lDIoB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2019, 4:18:43 AM
Here in Kyiv, Ukraine for a presentation with @deadprogrammer in a few hours at https://t.co/I9DnTL5HnS https://t.co/XFSweINwPf
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LaughingSquid @LaughingSquid
Oct 5, 2019, 3:51:17 AM
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Scented Candles for Life's Disappointments https://t.co/xxPnew5E8j https://t.co/iHRQO9AuWk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2019, 3:22:08 AM
No more than five bullets per slide is far from the correct rule. Try no more than five *WORDS* per slide: https://t.co/no1n9Tey18
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Did you know? # of Web Servers 1991: 1 1992: 10 1993: 50 1994: 623 1995: 10,022 1996: 100,000 1997: 603,367 1998: ~1.6 million 19…
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Brainmage @Brainmage
Oct 4, 2019, 10:55:23 PM
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No one ever talks about how an oubliette implies the existence of a larger, and far more terrifying, oobly.
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VyceVictus @VyceVictus
Oct 4, 2019, 3:23:05 PM
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Instead of asking people like Scorsese about comic book shit, we need to be asking what they think of the brilliant young p…
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bradfitz @bradfitz
Oct 4, 2019, 3:10:03 PM
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Rather than speculate whether fare enforcement is racist, or whether certain populations might be more pressed for cash & mor…
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harrybr @harrybr
Oct 4, 2019, 5:45:36 AM
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Atlassian should trademark this sound and play it when anyone opens Jira https://t.co/f9eAfMpdmE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2019, 2:01:56 PM
One of my proudest accomplishments as a human being is flying SF to Sydney while taking zero bathroom breaks 😤 https://t.co/rLF0ULGck4
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jonobacon @jonobacon
Oct 3, 2019, 11:02:37 AM
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Here is @codinghorror from @discourse and @StackOverflow discussing his approach to delivering simple user interfaces (and h…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 3, 2019, 8:34:35 AM
HBO's Chernobyl wasn't merely the best thing I saw in 2019, it was probably one of the top 20 things I've ever watched.
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stalman @stalman
Oct 3, 2019, 7:42:53 AM
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Very first tests of #DeepFusion on the #iPhone11 https://t.co/TbdhvgJFB2
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Just added a new glitched screen wallpaper for your mobile device. Download it here https://t.co/GmEStrLVvM https://t.co/YF6FXp…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2019, 6:25:17 PM
Briefly in Noo Yawk Citah! (get a rope) https://t.co/HhTNgm3ilm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2019, 2:29:07 PM
The current ChromeOS / Chromebook UI experience is *really* polished. If the original 2011 vision was "eventually everything will be a webapp" that has kinda happened, and now it .. just works?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2019, 6:14:09 AM
Is it just me or does the original dot-com crash seem really quaint now, like ha ha look at the tiny meaningless problems we thought mattered at the time 😬 https://t.co/69WfcynH40
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ptychomancer @ptychomancer
Oct 2, 2019, 3:01:07 AM
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I'm already a useless machine with a skeleton inside https://t.co/XfSvK26HTf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 2, 2019, 1:48:50 AM
"try the web app first, and if it's not good (or there isn't one in the first place), go for the Android app" 🤔 https://t.co/dWwAQjE5DJ
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Peter Thiel is starting “a conference for people banned from other conferences”, “a safe space for people who don’t feel safe in…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2019, 6:01:15 PM
Circa 1983 this t-shirt was my everything https://t.co/GgqSWUC0Ei
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2019, 5:39:03 PM
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laras126 @laras126
Oct 1, 2019, 5:36:03 PM
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Major gold star to @FirefoxDevTools – love this!! ⭐️ https://t.co/OSrNaHEOPF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2019, 5:07:51 PM
better luck next time https://t.co/f93nHJ0jKv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2019, 3:55:26 PM
The Xiaomi Mi 9 is the new OnePlus? After two days with mine, I'd agree. It is an *insane* value for the $388 you can get it for on Amazon US right now https://t.co/23drtseyuM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2019, 3:31:26 PM
my esteemed cofounder @eviltrout got this super cool IBM 5150 tattoo in Montreal! 👨‍🎤 https://t.co/NbUCiHkSP9
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cassidoo @cassidoo
Oct 1, 2019, 3:18:55 PM
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New project alert! I'm officially helping out at @StackOverflow on their new newsletter, The Overflow!

Opt in via your SO ac…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2019, 3:16:18 PM
$ man cu … BUGS This program does not work very well.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2019, 2:14:47 PM
Nightmare fuel, and they didn’t even say they were sorry about it, either https://t.co/ObCBj9JR9l
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2019, 2:00:25 PM
“Six years ago, vast portions of our communication were done in plaintext” https://t.co/oL5NP2Cie6
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 1, 2019, 1:35:08 PM
CODE keyboard now available in white! https://t.co/zk7gEnZf4C https://t.co/MpBGtzzplX
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JonErlichman @JonErlichman
Sep 30, 2019, 10:42:51 PM
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Social media rankings over 15 years:
https://t.co/PAhI4vhds5
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BriannaWu @BriannaWu
Sep 30, 2019, 9:05:15 PM
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In retrospect, linking every person on earth to every other person with no rules and almost no law enforcement was probably…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 30, 2019, 9:04:25 PM
Aw nice I can add this to my "ultimate software dogfooding" blog entry https://t.co/UCJ3sbogUg
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egoraptor @egoraptor
Sep 30, 2019, 7:02:03 PM
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Thought this was an ad for Black Mirror https://t.co/BYFdl3NnOZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 30, 2019, 6:05:29 PM
Are you in Ukraine? Are you available October 5th to attend a tech conference in Kiev? Do you dislike Russian interference as much as I do? I have two free attendance codes for https://t.co/FhyZxrQfBj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2019, 10:06:41 PM
How To Smell 👃 https://t.co/rtkCH6jS9m
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2019, 8:24:57 PM
A powerful and moving story about family and the difficulty of being.. well, human https://t.co/UPCn4959vS
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maijasauna @maijasauna
Sep 29, 2019, 8:18:48 PM
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The storm sucks but this is a good tag to check out if you need a break https://t.co/OAkfIuap1j
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2019, 8:05:27 PM
This $388 flagship-specced Xiaomi Mi 9 is quite a good deal, but there is a fair bit of Xiaomi crapware on it to get rid of. https://t.co/8egz79RWdT
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summerbrennan @summerbrennan
Sep 29, 2019, 7:11:47 PM
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Here's a little story that happened to me yesterday about what life can be like in a country that has some version of "m…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2019, 5:31:50 PM
Having a heck of a time trying to copy a *lot* of photos off an iPhone 8 via USB. It takes a looong time for the DCIM folder to appear, and eventually enough file ops always lead to "device unreachable" ☹ https://t.co/GUCn40iX8Q
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2019, 5:24:23 PM
The Tech Issue
September 30, 2019
https://t.co/GQPxURM81B https://t.co/jo5Nbx0iGk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 29, 2019, 10:13:13 AM
“Rendering text, how hard could it be? As it turns out, incredibly hard!” https://t.co/SVVQlJ1b8n
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After months of work, I am now holding the very first fully manufactured #OMGCable. I can’t wait to get these up on https://t.co/…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 28, 2019, 11:23:11 PM
Do I buy iMessage sticker packs just to grief the people I love? Mayyyyyyybe? https://t.co/yZeTakpiGg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 28, 2019, 1:43:51 PM
Definitely buying this souvenir from Montreal to wear back to the Bay Area :trollface: https://t.co/7PQdmYOJXN
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robinhouston @robinhouston
Sep 27, 2019, 11:32:03 PM
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I think it’s time for a thread on the cultural history of this tweet. (1/?) https://t.co/qSIJ0IeRTZ
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BillHolohanSolr @BillHolohanSolr
Sep 27, 2019, 11:26:29 PM
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A history lesson for people who think that history doesn't matter: What's the big deal about railroad tracks? The US s…
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jongalloway @jongalloway
Sep 27, 2019, 11:20:57 PM
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I have replaced "gets hit by a bus" with "runs off to join the circus" in theoretical discussions about single points of f…
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moomoomang @moomoomang
Sep 27, 2019, 8:09:10 AM
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If you're not into 1980's Soviet Prototype computers, then I don't need our friendship https://t.co/8ISTyagLTK
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StackOverflow @StackOverflow
Sep 26, 2019, 2:21:39 PM
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We used your feedback to continue evolving and improving the design of our question asking experience. Read all about it…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 26, 2019, 1:05:17 AM
@pythonmeister @discourse Also note that A12 has significant hardware mediation for exploits per Google. Turns out there is progress for a reason
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 26, 2019, 12:50:08 AM
@pythonmeister You do realize @discourse is 100% JavaScript, right? And pretty much half the web at this point? The whole “cpu perf doesn’t matter” crowd is like the “640kb of RAM should be enough for everyone!” crowd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 26, 2019, 12:41:45 AM
@pythonmeister I am sorry Qualcomm is so hideously incompetent at making fast CPUs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 26, 2019, 12:40:02 AM
Don’t forget your USB data blockers, kids! https://t.co/yIFADF1I4Q https://t.co/7cuPcJMAV6
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 26, 2019, 12:28:17 AM
I feel like 50 years from now history textbooks will discuss this particular period of history with a heading titled "giant dumbasses." Well, if history textbooks still exist.
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gravislizard @gravislizard
Sep 26, 2019, 12:09:33 AM
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forgot about the time i was in a thrift store and found a Sony CD-ROM bay module that pops out into a numpad https://t.co
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kitty4prz @kitty4prz
Sep 25, 2019, 11:09:22 PM
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yakuza au where everything is the same except https://t.co/WsHOWCjjBu
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danariely @danariely
Sep 25, 2019, 10:55:52 PM
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Harvard Officials Say $8.9 Million Donation From Jeffrey Epstein Was From Brief Recovery Period When He Wasn’t A Pedophile h…
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TJ_Cooney @TJ_Cooney
Sep 25, 2019, 10:52:34 PM
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The clearest photo of the surface of Venus ever taken. This 1981 Soviet lander lasted only 127 minutes on the surface, due t…
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Update: Nothing came of this. https://t.co/lnBmadjkMK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 25, 2019, 8:34:41 PM
Last year we watched the so-bad-it’s-good movie Hackers at our world meetup. This year it’s an .. actually good movie in the same vein https://t.co/8Of9ykrGS9
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TheOnion @TheOnion
Sep 24, 2019, 11:30:38 PM
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Nation Perplexed By 16-Year-Old Who Doesn’t Want World To End https://t.co/5tOnREXUo5 https://t.co/AFqDPKbOBL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 24, 2019, 9:19:15 PM
Aw nice Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes is available on iOS finally! https://t.co/tkqsR1WotU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 24, 2019, 11:18:34 AM
This team building plugin we built for @discourse has kind of taken on a life of its own https://t.co/IaPK4et2hm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 24, 2019, 6:33:00 AM
this ohno.gif is a bit too on the nose... isn't it 👃👈 https://t.co/QLiQWtLc3V
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 24, 2019, 6:20:15 AM
"But why, 20 years and many tech leaps later, are students still forced to buy these calculators? And why are they still prohibitively expensive?" https://t.co/RnC28O3r6w
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 24, 2019, 6:18:44 AM
I read about this new Google quantum supremacy research in Golf Digest and I think we should upgrade our AWS cloud qubits immediately
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 24, 2019, 5:44:45 AM
The larger the commons, the greater the tragedy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 24, 2019, 5:24:10 AM
@joemazzanti no worries, in my defense, at least I got it right 50% of the time in the tweet ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 23, 2019, 10:54:32 PM
@joemazzanti yes this was already pointed out in the replies, if you had read them.
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