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nota_bennett @nota_bennett
Aug 20, 2019, 9:42:25 PM
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The other 10% is being able to tell when you are mad because you are hungry https://t.co/O7sHC9RMaB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2019, 9:34:19 PM
Wow: warshipping. This is cool. https://t.co/LlOGGu0T5y
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ProtomCannon @ProtomCannon
Aug 20, 2019, 8:36:09 PM
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So what happened? A few years ago, SRK got hit by a double whammy: first, a general softening of the web-based ad market.…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2019, 6:45:21 PM
Free galaxy brain business idea: make your business Slack font Comic Sans so employees don't waste too much time there. https://t.co/RDRC5xhFW3
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jwangARK @jwangARK
Aug 20, 2019, 4:54:12 PM
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1/ Cerebras just built a chip with 50x the transistor count, 1,000x the memory and 10,000x the bandwidth of Nvidia’s flagship…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2019, 4:17:52 PM
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Electric is so much better of an overall experience, in so many ways, that you begin to wonder: why did we ever do it tha…
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RayRedacted @RayRedacted
Aug 20, 2019, 4:10:51 PM
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When you finally decide to implement the stricter network access controls and firewall rules ! https://t.co/kncXfL7PQz
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Kid: are we there yet? Me: no Kid: are we there yet? Me: no Kid: are we there yet? Me: no Kid: are we there yet? Me: let me…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2019, 7:44:30 AM
@mempko I don’t buy this logic. Battery tech sucked for decades; even modern nimh wasn’t enough, we had to get to lithium ion
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2019, 6:49:45 AM
Electric is so much better of an overall experience, in so many ways, that you begin to wonder: why did we ever do it that way? https://t.co/BiOKNagf49 https://t.co/clg5gpBawS
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rachelmillman @rachelmillman
Aug 20, 2019, 3:05:38 AM
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today is the 100 year anniversary of a woman cyclist beating up a catcaller and scaring off his friends in Albany https:…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2019, 2:49:02 AM
Wait there are Jungle Hunt t-shirts? NOBODY TOLD ME https://t.co/SEw6bM6Kaf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2019, 10:32:45 PM
Paging @pinboard! “of course the article ignores its own device and is a 1.4MB page containing 10x more JS than HTML” https://t.co/1TyyXxWyGN
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Magnavox Odyssey 2 game catalog (1982) scanned and uploaded to the Internet Archive. Covers 52 games (12 more than the 1981 ver…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2019, 7:00:03 PM
15 years later, I don't think anyone has ever topped this particular list https://t.co/uKP6QravR0
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textfiles @textfiles
Aug 19, 2019, 4:36:19 PM
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However, decades of improvement in storage and processing means that we're moving away from that dark pronouncement, and one…
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Guys hear me out https://t.co/pYq0FjpVZ2
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dsquintana @dsquintana
Aug 19, 2019, 2:31:37 PM
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Rabbits love getting stroked on their nose https://t.co/aYOZGAY6kP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2019, 2:45:12 AM
Sinner season 2 with Nora from The Leftovers as a cult leader? Oh hellllllllllls yes https://t.co/Sp6d6RKkR1
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The history and legacy of jQuery https://t.co/3Z2lbEukYu
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LaurenHerschel @LaurenHerschel
Aug 18, 2019, 11:29:15 PM
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After what has been a surprisingly okayish Christmas, I had a moment today in SuperStore. Saw a lady who reminded me of…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 18, 2019, 10:33:52 PM
I feel like the high score table for this iOS game did not quite survive the 32 bit to 64 bit transition intact https://t.co/JbDbzddM4x
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legaladvice_txt @legaladvice_txt
Aug 18, 2019, 4:53:53 PM
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JonErlichman @JonErlichman
Aug 18, 2019, 4:53:33 PM
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Total number of employees at Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google & Facebook: 2019: 940,000 2009: 80,000 1999: 14,000
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Aug 17, 2019, 11:19:19 PM
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60 years ago today, Miles Davis released Kind of Blue. And 10 years ago today, I released Kind of Bloop, an 8-bit tribute…
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benjedwards @benjedwards
Aug 17, 2019, 11:12:28 PM
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I love this example of vintage game graphics rendered on their intended target, a CRT, vs. modern pixel-perfect emulation.…
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washingtonpost @washingtonpost
Aug 17, 2019, 11:11:04 PM
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In amassing one of the world’s largest porn collections, Ralph Whittington, who died at 74, applied the rigor of a prof…
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coburgirl @coburgirl
Aug 17, 2019, 3:47:28 PM
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I was laughing all afternoon at this cat's reaction after sniffing durian https://t.co/tToLPpLPPe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2019, 2:05:43 PM
My Dad recommended this book Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder: A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science and it is indeed great -- and kinda nuts! https://t.co/ZKd0SmZwWL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2019, 1:23:20 PM
The hunt was on. https://t.co/V569Mp5MdC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2019, 1:21:49 PM
@loydcase interesting how most of the problem is the stuff around the scooters (vandalism, moving them with cars every day/night) etc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2019, 5:06:27 AM
BEHOLD this button, a heartbreaking work of staggering software genius https://t.co/8Z3TbmvKjr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2019, 1:12:24 AM
@3Dfx_Aslinger @Nullcast the *very* first one commercially available.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2019, 1:08:55 AM
"[in 2001] Pope John Paul II compounded his misfortune by proposing (evidently) to nominate him as the patron saint of the internet." https://t.co/YWqCBlvZLM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2019, 12:13:45 AM
Digging through ancient email archives, this is what I was working on just about 20 years ago. I guess you can see the genesis of @discourse and @stackoverflow in there, somewhere! https://t.co/XuFFElchfe
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Aug 16, 2019, 10:03:08 PM
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Hello, my name is Pinboard, and I am smart, but I am not smart enough to correctly use or understand a password manager. I am…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2019, 6:27:14 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2019, 6:24:25 PM
Google Drive has.. added.. uhh.. hyperlinks? 😖 https://t.co/0AWubDDqUC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2019, 5:45:47 PM
The dawn of real 3D gaming on the PC circa 1996! RIP 3dfx. https://t.co/ZPouno5S9v
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 15, 2019, 7:43:22 PM
It's weird how a decade in, you start to expect typos to work at the command line the way they do in Google searches. "You clearly must have meant {x}, so I'm doing that instead."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 15, 2019, 7:41:06 PM
@whiskersedge assuming you want one of Google's FREE webfonts, sure!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 15, 2019, 7:36:07 PM
"But fonts aren’t scripts. They can’t be executed to do malicious things. So the deeper question is, what’s the motivation behind this?" 🤔 https://t.co/nfICLVvcJy
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computerfact @computerfact
Aug 15, 2019, 3:30:29 PM
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if a computer bites you you eventually turn into a computer so watch out
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Aug 15, 2019, 10:16:40 AM
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Interesting attempt to making fact checks go viral on WhatsApp by encouraging users to forward a message sent to a group…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 14, 2019, 11:31:40 PM
So much of modern technology would be dead in the water without Lithium-Ion batteries, especially compared to Ye Olde n Busted NiMH. That makes me wonder: what’s the next big battery chemistry transformation? 🤔
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samsaffron @samsaffron
Aug 14, 2019, 11:29:09 PM
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We are hiring at @discourse! more details at: https://t.co/GM5bxRo3qe. My DMs are open if you have any questions
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postlocal @postlocal
Aug 14, 2019, 10:52:11 PM
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Someone left old TVs outside 50 homes in Virginia while wearing a TV on his head. No one knows why. https://t.co/LYvEgntG5B…
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meghamohan @meghamohan
Aug 14, 2019, 10:50:24 PM
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Love this 🎥 A group of Nigerian teens are creating viral sci-fi shorts using very basic green screen in a garage with sma…
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JimMFelton @JimMFelton
Aug 14, 2019, 7:50:20 PM
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“Lads I’ve solved knife crime” “Have you?” “Yes” “Have you though?” “It’s as good as gone” “Really though have you? ... “Ok…
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NAChristakis @NAChristakis
Aug 14, 2019, 7:03:45 PM
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I love it when this fact comes to wide attention. The same sort of thing is happening in higher education (administrators…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 14, 2019, 5:52:54 PM
Massage chairs are like bidets — it is worth getting your kids to use them just to watch their faces https://t.co/xiFP1fPLAy
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Re-reading Murphy’s Rules, the 1980s cartoon strip that ran in Space Gamer magazine and made fun of weird rules from popular ga…
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staceyabrams @staceyabrams
Aug 14, 2019, 2:19:29 PM
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I am excited to announce the launch of #FairFight2020, a comprehensive initiative to staff, fund, and train voter protect…
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Mother Earth claims an artifact of a lost culture https://t.co/vkB88KQ8I9
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seesharp @seesharp
Aug 14, 2019, 2:02:19 PM
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The Wool series of science fiction books is alive in this Times stories of underground bunker villages: https://t.co/O49i0Zax…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 14, 2019, 12:18:23 AM
I had forgotten that I used to own this for my Amiga https://t.co/2VRB2VmmQG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 13, 2019, 8:34:55 PM
This is why it is tough to be a sysadmin in Australia https://t.co/66cLfVXSnP
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Cuccinelli: That statue of liberty poem was about "people coming from Europe." https://t.co/nrDcUGJsU3
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sarahjeong @sarahjeong
Aug 13, 2019, 5:21:39 PM
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This brilliant cover story by Nitasha Tiku is a must-read. https://t.co/i9tDcTNaZt
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garywhitta @garywhitta
Aug 13, 2019, 4:20:28 PM
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If you asked me to name the most criminally under-appreciated movie of the modern age it would be CHILDREN OF MEN. https://…
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The 3rd edition of #hlfwdays conference is approaching fast 🔥 Only 1 month left to submit the talk and join us on October 5 in…
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4th grade: "You can't hand it in late!! When you grow up and hand things in late, you don't get a bad grade, you get fired!!!"…
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Aug 12, 2019, 6:15:23 PM
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Bought by Yahoo for $1.1 billion, sold to Automattic for under $3 million. https://t.co/V1wOi8U5m9
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katerutter @katerutter
Aug 12, 2019, 6:10:10 PM
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There I fixed it. Certified Designer Card ™ @cwodtke @lauraklein https://t.co/MrapZzO2La
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2019, 4:41:20 PM
Null — breaking programmers’ hearts since 1969 💔 https://t.co/HmRg9KHb5m
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2019, 4:29:16 PM
@lowellheddings I understand what was said and what was meant, but smaller is inevitable minus screen challenges. Phablets won big for a reason
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magencubed @magencubed
Aug 12, 2019, 4:21:19 PM
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Social media doesn't work the way you think it does. It's a marketing platform. Those horrible people you keep responding t…
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chetfaliszek @chetfaliszek
Aug 12, 2019, 4:15:21 PM
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Some AR I can get behind - the continuous sampling of the leaves is a great idea instead of just trying to get that perfe…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2019, 4:14:27 PM
This “pied” coloration is so crazy. You did not finish coloring your snek! https://t.co/SX2ykHSdjI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2019, 11:24:54 AM
@lowellheddings Some part of it is inevitable — computers have to keep getting smaller. Screen space is an issue tho
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janerichsen @janerichsen
Aug 12, 2019, 11:23:55 AM
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Most people: I guess balloons are ok

Me: https://t.co/urmWxJ5hI2
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EpsteinJeffrey @EpsteinJeffrey
Aug 12, 2019, 11:22:12 AM
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Friends: So Jeffrey, how was your weekend?
Me: https://t.co/u5sVKYVftk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2019, 10:33:09 AM
@wavyknife @PoliticusSarah I am in Iowa now and they have “corn kernel voting” at the state fair where you drop the kernel in a jar indicating the labeled candidate. I saw many, many people dropping them in the Trump jar.
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Why is the “Save” button on MS Excel represented by the picture of vending machine? (with purchased drink at the bottom) — a ques…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2019, 3:19:58 PM
#statefairlifegoals https://t.co/RNa2U8a3vy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2019, 12:47:43 PM
Disabled motion smoothing on my brother-in-law’s TV sets, you’re welcome Tom Cruise https://t.co/uO7fLIlsjF
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PavelASamsonov @PavelASamsonov
Aug 11, 2019, 7:20:14 AM
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The correct number of developers on a project depends entirely on the type of summoning circle you want to construct.…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2019, 7:18:32 AM
Obligatory “they’re always after me Lucky Charms” joke goes here https://t.co/5XeUg3r4lh
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DatesInMovies @DatesInMovies
Aug 10, 2019, 7:43:02 PM
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Aug 10th 1988 - Zero Cool was in the New York Times for crashing 1,507 computer systems #Hackers #HackThePlanet https://…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2019, 12:32:24 PM
Gotta try the scorpion lollipop at the Phoenix airport https://t.co/r2cvJWXTAZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2019, 10:55:34 AM
MAY I OFFER YOU THE SAME COMPLIMENT? I HAVE NEVER REALLY BEEN CERTAIN IF YOU WERE MACHINE OR HUMAN EITHER. https://t.co/BlDlz6Bfoe
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ShortFormErnie @ShortFormErnie
Aug 10, 2019, 8:57:33 AM
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Brilliant intro on this @reallygoodemail newsletter https://t.co/YlAqgVqJvf
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PavelASamsonov @PavelASamsonov
Aug 10, 2019, 7:31:17 AM
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Agile, but pronounced ah-gee-lay
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2019, 2:26:21 AM
RNGesus giveth and RNGesus taketh away https://t.co/0WflHrzWJW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2019, 7:58:41 PM
Check out my giant sword. No, I don’t know why I bought this. Yes, I am happy to see you. https://t.co/vdWlV2ZPcI
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apaprocki @apaprocki
Aug 9, 2019, 7:09:46 PM
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My 8yo hacked around @Apple Screen Time, discovering a loophole that they consider iMessage widgets “social networking” inst…
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My colleague named her wifi network “oldbayseasoning”.

Then this happened outside her apartment.

*** @OLDBAYSeasoning is watch…
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Hey, you.
This is important.
Cheetahs don't roar, they meow like housecats. https://t.co/N6F3ibUgcD
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Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold
Aug 9, 2019, 3:38:35 PM
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As electric vehicles rise, gas station owners try to prepare for a future w/out gas buyers. https://t.co/ujXF41K4W3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2019, 5:43:39 AM
There are a truly comical number of these pirate Pandora’s Box arcade machines on Amazon now. Here’s a double sided one. https://t.co/7y7tEnHLdr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2019, 10:07:20 PM
I absolutely love that Forbes has rebranded itself into the best place to get Fortnite information. And.. it really is.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2019, 6:51:53 PM
I just made the joke "pretty soon we'll be implanting smartphones into babies at birth haha lol" and then realized that isn't technically a joke because that's definitely coming
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2019, 3:13:27 PM
I legit want to see this new Dora movie because they slyly channeled that hilarious College Humor bit https://t.co/EyOxPGuHej
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Benioff @Benioff
Aug 8, 2019, 3:07:17 PM
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Make America Safe Again. https://t.co/EiqQsrahng
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clairecmc @clairecmc
Aug 8, 2019, 1:07:44 PM
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When 600 agents were making a show of arresting 680 undocumented immigrants working at Mississippi processing plants, did a…
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Bondcliff2008 @Bondcliff2008
Aug 8, 2019, 1:04:14 PM
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in the 1980s when I used to play Battlezone in the arcade I would sometimes spend a long time trying to drive to the mou…
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