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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2019, 8:37:22 PM
Testing out this USB data blocker, known colloquially as "USB condom". Turns any USB into a power-only (no data) connection. https://t.co/p9HX4xJxLD https://t.co/CXRKV2RbMo
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crookedmedia @crookedmedia
Jul 23, 2019, 8:25:18 PM
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2020 is our chance to take back the Senate and #GetMitchorDieTrying. Donate now at https://t.co/csrTGT5fgk https://t.co/y…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2019, 8:24:15 PM
Have you ever been *super* mega pissed off at someone, then later reconciled and you still talk and are currently friends? Congratulations, you're now an adult.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2019, 8:22:54 PM
@lowellheddings yes, yes this sounds correct to me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2019, 8:04:28 PM
@lowellheddings I am a he-man Facebook hater from way back, still not sure I don't agree. I have no FB account. I wouldn't say it is required in the way that China's wechat and all that stuff is.
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#archivepix (saved 10 Sep 2013) https://t.co/O9vfuYriaI
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ginatrapani @ginatrapani
Jul 23, 2019, 6:34:54 PM
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Software engineers: take your children to work with you. This is pure gold https://t.co/U9XP2IWLpF https://t.co/8LTLfCKuyW
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Jul 23, 2019, 6:33:37 PM
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The list of major tech companies that don't make PAC donations is now: Microsoft, Apple, IBM. Let's add to the list!
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MIT_CSAIL @MIT_CSAIL
Jul 23, 2019, 12:11:56 PM
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#otd in 1985 Commodore released the Amiga 1000, often considered the first affordable multitasking PC. It had a Motorola 680…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2019, 11:28:32 AM
Rule #1 of business: if it is strategic, you never outsource it. https://t.co/uWv391pIt1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 23, 2019, 10:34:16 AM
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"There are no shortcuts, you have to do the work." "Yes, I know, but are there any shortcuts?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2019, 11:54:46 PM
The fact that https://t.co/s23L1AkPo7 is currently the top voted item on hacker news is profoundly damaging to my stereotypes of that community
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2019, 9:47:47 PM
A toy train in space https://t.co/Don9IRAXey
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2019, 8:55:27 PM
Fascinating analysis of real time image censorship in China / WeChat https://t.co/WFslRfPo6J
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2019, 8:21:57 PM
@wavyknife in their defense, if you make the browser really wide and only use two columns, you have a crazy amount of whitespace, because 280 chars
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2019, 7:02:30 PM
You need xmas funk on monday https://t.co/wbqcYCubxu
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PDLComics @PDLComics
Jul 22, 2019, 5:11:29 PM
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keeps you going https://t.co/xAkJhNkCJq
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GretchenAMcC @GretchenAMcC
Jul 22, 2019, 10:26:01 AM
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hello, my book is reviewed in the new york times, this is not a drill

https://t.co/5yCOu2Z8fG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2019, 6:05:21 AM
Does anyone else feel like their children are exceptionally talented and good looking or it is just me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 22, 2019, 4:39:02 AM
The Raspberry Pi 4, performance wise, is about on par with the Snapdragon 800 from 2013 era Android phones like the Galaxy S4, or a "fast" Intel CPU from ~2008 like the Core 2 Duo P8600. It is now in obama-not-bad.gif territory
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EmojiMashupBot @EmojiMashupBot
Jul 22, 2019, 1:28:59 AM
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🥳 partying + 😭 in-tears = https://t.co/CVTUAysvfM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 21, 2019, 10:11:05 PM
Doing some stress and temp testing on the Raspberry Pi 4 https://t.co/Q3c0l3x9fo
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BerniceKing @BerniceKing
Jul 21, 2019, 7:52:00 PM
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“I refuse to give up....I think in any social revolution the one thing that keeps it going is #hope." https://t.co/5uXsGZC…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 21, 2019, 7:35:48 PM
I will never not love passive heatsink cases https://t.co/HU857AjHXI
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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer
Jul 21, 2019, 6:42:47 PM
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Q: You're editing a trailer for a game, but the licensed music supplied seems entirely incompatible with the subject matte…
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Q: Describe Twitter to someone who has never used it.

A:

https://t.co/0XEUrnuxn9
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TheRealBuzz @TheRealBuzz
Jul 20, 2019, 11:16:37 PM
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Goodnight Moon! #apollo11anniversary #roadtoapollo50th
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 20, 2019, 10:59:02 PM
There was a mouse for the Sega Genesis?! https://t.co/5GBLz0KvVX
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seesharp @seesharp
Jul 20, 2019, 10:16:06 PM
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You might like your Scotch peaty, but how about your Arctic? There's a lot on fire...

https://t.co/SaVbafxPm2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 20, 2019, 8:02:30 PM
I'm just an average man, with an average life. I work from 9 to 5; hell, I pay the price. All I want is to be left alone, in my average home.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 20, 2019, 5:37:17 PM
Am I as cool as @pinboard now? Spoiler: I’ll never be as cool as @pinboard. https://t.co/2pAu6kuYtm
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Browser extensions have call it 10% of the attack service of a browser, 10 to 100% of the damage to the user if compromised, a…
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"It was the first time we could play a game and be free to see ourselves represented within."

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roaringgirle @roaringgirle
Jul 19, 2019, 10:37:44 PM
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& we can also bring back the irony mark ( ¡ ) ... https://t.co/j0Hsp1I0YU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 19, 2019, 9:11:06 PM
IF HAS-GOAT 0 AND OBJHIT-EDGE 14 AND EDGE-OBJ-HIT 1 AND GOAT-GONE 0 AND SHOW-CARROT 0 THEN ASSIGN GOAT-ROOM 11, ERASE 10 https://t.co/loH8u2Qle6
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Jul 19, 2019, 8:57:48 PM
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This @DigiAntiquarian retrospective of Sierra Online's Police Quest 4 doubles as a blistering critique of the game's "autho…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 19, 2019, 7:18:35 PM
Some ideas on how Stack Overflow can improve https://t.co/LTddi2uxPa
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 19, 2019, 6:50:49 PM
remember when people used to care about Mercurial?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 19, 2019, 5:30:35 PM
When we visit Grandma it's a rare opportunity to drink Cheerwine. Which I recently realized tastes .. kinda like cough syrup .. yet I still like it. It's productized purple drank https://t.co/7ISKnKk46b
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StephenAtHome @StephenAtHome
Jul 19, 2019, 4:35:54 PM
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People have paid more attention to "Cats" in the last 24 hours than cats have paid attention to people in history.
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TheOnion @TheOnion
Jul 19, 2019, 2:53:32 PM
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‘Now I Understand How Nazi Germany Happened,’ Says Astonished Man Finally Playing ‘Wolfenstein 3D’ https://t.co/43whhJ9mTA ht…
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LissandraVilla @LissandraVilla
Jul 19, 2019, 1:03:14 AM
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Wanna give a shoutout to whoever thought up projecting a Saturn V rocket on the Washington monument to commemorate the…
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I asked Trump if he would be okay with someone telling the First Lady to go back to her country. He did not answer.
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Jul 18, 2019, 11:51:52 PM
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Ask yourself: am I even good enough to suffer from impostor syndrome?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2019, 11:35:02 PM
'Back in the MC Hammer era from which PGP originates, “encryption” was its own special thing' 🤣 https://t.co/VR1pdAK50Z
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2019, 11:20:25 PM
“Social turmoil can overwhelm critical thinking. It makes us get beyond what is logically possible. We go into this state of hysteria and we let that overwhelm ourselves.” https://t.co/9gI6TnsXFG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2019, 9:29:22 PM
@Isham_M_Iqbal stackoverflow isn't a discussion site https://t.co/QpiBf849bw
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kendrictonn @kendrictonn
Jul 18, 2019, 7:39:27 PM
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"The Amarijuantillado!" I said.

"For the love of God, Montresor!"

"Yes," I said, "for the love of God!" https://t.co/haP…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2019, 6:47:58 PM
@wavyknife I feel like you need to post this on dev 🤣
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2019, 6:26:15 PM
@mostlycoolmark that is what people with terrible ideas always say!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2019, 5:47:02 PM
Did they super-mega-bury comments on youtube? Someone asked me to upvote a YT comment (long story, kid in a yo-yo contest) and the comments were at the very bottom of the page, with only 2 showing until I pressed "sort by newest".
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Viper: ~53
Maverick: ~56

You're just like he was, only better...and worse. https://t.co/WiNdJk6ITT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2019, 4:45:21 PM
"You make choices.. you take chances.. sometimes it's scary, but that's also what makes it so rewarding." https://t.co/WDrX9VSqu4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2019, 4:02:49 PM
I have some thoughts about the movie "Deep Impact" (1995). First, imagine this movie with Trump instead of Morgan Freeman as president. *Very* different press conference. "Oh well, humanity had a good run. See ya!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2019, 3:56:47 PM
This is.. not.. a good idea? 🤔 https://t.co/0h1snGAd9E
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BillGates @BillGates
Jul 18, 2019, 3:40:15 PM
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This is something I would have loved as a kid: @MicrosoftStore is hosting a series of free Camp Know Where events across the…
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andrewchen @andrewchen
Jul 18, 2019, 6:43:37 AM
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American kids want to be youtubers, and the Chinese kids want to be astronauts. https://t.co/HY2MBDG8wD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2019, 8:37:07 PM
The problem with Facebook isn't that they are evil, it's that they are amoral and extremely technically competent
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2019, 6:31:06 PM
I am continually amazed at the number of people who do not understand the concept of "punching down" .. at all. Not even one little bit. https://t.co/14Xs2qkJqG
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Jerry Foxhoven, the director of Iowa's Department of Human Services, was told to resign for being an outspoken 2Pac fan. Foxh…
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CMastication @CMastication
Jul 17, 2019, 3:35:31 PM
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This is just to say... I have shaven the yaks that were near my project and which you were probably ignoring as a wast…
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jon_bois @jon_bois
Jul 16, 2019, 11:11:46 PM
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just a reminder to all my fellow content creators: never back up your work. no storage drives, no cloud services, nothing. do…
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krisajenkins @krisajenkins
Jul 16, 2019, 8:57:57 PM
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Maybe instead of, "doing agile," we should ask, "where's your feedback loop?" Do you have a feedback loop at all? Is it…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2019, 6:39:40 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2019, 6:28:00 PM
The best use of thoughts and prayers 💭🙏 https://t.co/NIiSzab5yV
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iamTannenbaum @iamTannenbaum
Jul 16, 2019, 5:56:03 PM
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DOCTOR: How would you describe your anxiety?

ME:

https://t.co/pLdk98tzax
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SamanthaaaReece @SamanthaaaReece
Jul 16, 2019, 3:53:39 PM
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Me: I actually don’t have anything to talk about in therapy today

My therapist:
https://t.co/8f5viiQMwY
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sovietvisuals @sovietvisuals
Jul 16, 2019, 3:51:57 PM
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In 1989, the cash-strapped Soviet Union paid Pepsi with 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate & a destroyer in exchange fo…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2019, 2:46:19 AM
Oh man nobody told me there was a web based Rescue Raiders (Armor Alley) https://t.co/2ysv2WBeGh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 15, 2019, 10:58:33 PM
An epoch shift in Nerf style blasters https://t.co/IaEstYqTzo see https://t.co/IZmRCSOmRs
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I like trains... 🚂🤪
#voxels #voxelart #magicavoxel #lowpoly #gamedev #screenshotsaturday https://t.co/6GYSoi6b9Z
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2019, 11:05:14 PM
"He spent $100,000 on 15,000 to 20,000 Beanie Babies and Beanie Buddies, and they now sit on shelves and in boxes, nearly worthless." (squinting at screen) there's a lesson in here somewhere, I just know it https://t.co/QpoO46RYix
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2019, 9:12:53 PM
"The progressives act as though anyone who dares disagree with them is bad. Not wrong, but bad, guilty of some human failing, some impurity that is a moral evil that justifies their venom." 🤔
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I forget who said it but I think about this a lot: "Facebook did to our parents what our parents warned that video games woul…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2019, 5:11:59 AM
Years and Years is rather Black Mirror adjacent and decently sci-fi https://t.co/0t9AMHyXzp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2019, 7:42:11 PM
Toy Story 4 was fantastic. There is an epic 🇨🇦 joke in the movie, so shout out to my Canadians — be sure to see this one
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RonaldKlain @RonaldKlain
Jul 13, 2019, 7:37:30 PM
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The math is stunning. White evangelicals are now just 15% of the population. But because they vote so regularly, they ar…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2019, 4:47:57 PM
I did not realize Gab had migrated to Mastodon https://t.co/Ox96ubwn54
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2019, 4:51:15 AM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2019, 4:49:29 AM
2015 LED bulbs are like 2011 SSDs — great when they work, but not *quite* as reliable as billed. I’ve had to replace a lot of them. https://t.co/OV9MbHQAzW
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Lagomorpho @Lagomorpho
Jul 12, 2019, 5:51:00 PM
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The Sleep Blanket A visualization of my son's sleep pattern from birth to his first birthday. Crochet border surrounding a…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 5:20:49 PM
Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 https://t.co/5J6M4VrA0t
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jonathanfly @jonathanfly
Jul 12, 2019, 4:10:02 PM
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Experimenting with 'upscaling' old video games with @nvidia's #GauGAN https://t.co/SleyareqFp
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danielvlopes @danielvlopes
Jul 12, 2019, 3:48:53 PM
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I know I'm biased, but I love the Watercooler community (https://t.co/pYzHHs4qIw ). It's the only place I know on the int…
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And on the pedestal, these words appear: MY NAME IS OZYMANDIAS, KING OF KINGS LOOK UPON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND THESE RELATED AR…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 3:34:16 PM
I feel like 23andme is just trolling me now https://t.co/naVGHwvCEW
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seesharp @seesharp
Jul 12, 2019, 3:05:31 PM
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Fast Company article on Project Wren, my son's startup...a path for individuals to easily offset their carbon emissions. It w…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 3:19:14 AM
I was just thinking I should re-watch Shallow Grave. That one stayed with me, and remarkable it was Danny Boyle's *first* film. https://t.co/4QxYMUXoIl
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 2:15:15 AM
Oh man More Than Words (ironically, without words) was playing low-key in the background of this weeks Handmaid's Tale and it was sublime 👌 https://t.co/yq06rKwy5e
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 1:06:03 AM
@derguerda @chadloder @sarahjeong @TechJournalist @Werner I disabled force touch years ago for this reason, and literally forgot it existed. Horrible horrible idea.
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@codinghorror My most controversial post of all time https://t.co/YwrsJXBvW9
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OFalafel @OFalafel
Jul 11, 2019, 7:07:45 PM
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Opera singers dubbed with dial up modems are gonna be big this summer https://t.co/1SDwO3w6e8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2019, 6:00:56 PM
I actually like minivans, minus the not-so-great gas mileage. Where is Tesla's electric minivan, eh? EH? https://t.co/6NoayNfCak
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@andrewchen I’ve been considering buying this for this very purpose. Also loosely related, got a dedicated iPhone SE for my ni…
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waxpancake @waxpancake
Jul 11, 2019, 3:37:37 PM
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This is amazing—Stranger Things 3's Starcourt Mall wasn't a sound stage. It was all built inside an actual dying mall in Ge…
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drewisgooden @drewisgooden
Jul 11, 2019, 2:53:46 AM
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Excuse me @Delta but this is outrageous. I just got sucked through the toilet hole in one of your aircrafts and am now hu…
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