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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2022, 6:02:10 PM
Learn Python via nursery rhymes, if you want to start them *very* young! https://t.co/IqYwCh9njX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2022, 12:43:28 PM
“Our favorite truism about the internet today—that it divides us into warring tribes and makes everything terrible—simply wasn’t true back then, or at least it didn’t seem to be.” https://t.co/FMOD0q8y9H
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random_walker @random_walker
May 30, 2022, 11:30:35 PM
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I mis-clicked on one of my 150 open tabs and it happened to be a tab that's been open since 2019 with a paper that has a…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2022, 11:28:49 PM
Now these are some testimonials I can really get behind! https://t.co/mOpXyblfU2 https://t.co/A5PW0j5Mql
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2022, 8:57:35 PM
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The one part of How to Win Friends and Influence People that I always remembered. http://t.co/K2ANhnZE01
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2022, 7:59:16 PM
Here’s a fun keyboard! 😍⌨️ https://t.co/zhMXjO3cQH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2022, 4:50:28 PM
You’ve got the touch… you’ve got the powerrrr 🎶 https://t.co/RNTNwKCE6X
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2022, 8:02:34 PM
“It becomes normal if you keep doing it,” says Phil the scientist, after the company redesigns the bathroom stalls to compel employees to use less toilet paper. “Everything does.” https://t.co/hqAlINgqEo
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lizardbill @lizardbill
May 26, 2022, 7:48:31 PM
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me: writes sudoku solver wife: "that's cheating" me: uses regular expressions to solve wordle wife: "that's cheating" Wha…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2022, 4:55:45 PM
eh, I'm good, just reading the daily news is kinda sufficing at the moment https://t.co/2FjE7sjFqB
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florida high school class president zander moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” i…
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CaseyPrattABC7 @CaseyPrattABC7
May 25, 2022, 2:42:23 PM
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Nothing else on here matters. Just watch this in full. https://t.co/dkjcaRIGIT
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corvidresearch @corvidresearch
May 24, 2022, 10:14:28 PM
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Jkhkhjjmkhj! LOOK AT THESE BABY WOODCOCKS PRACTICING THEIR BOOTY BOP

Video credit: https://t.co/WNgg06nHQY https://t.…
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lizardbill @lizardbill
May 24, 2022, 3:36:50 PM
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I don't know whose side I'm supposed to be on here. https://t.co/babU7y4Qbx
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2022, 11:18:22 PM
Qualcomm: consistently missing performance estimates since 2014! 👏 https://t.co/mnIw6XsBEb
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migueldeicaza @migueldeicaza
May 23, 2022, 2:49:48 PM
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Bill Gates cuts through all the layers of technobabble and PR: https://t.co/ykiPOSwSbt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2022, 4:37:43 AM
(Open Source!) Tomb Raider on the Game Boy Advance is very cool https://t.co/oMp7ke0Y29
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2022, 2:43:15 AM
@MikeShur @siracusa Gotta say not feeling it on either count. But I will finish out Witch Queen and let's see. (I also strongly dislike the Raised By Wolves look which is awfully religious)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2022, 1:30:26 AM
“Yeah, I know. But not me. If I die, I die, but I’m not going to be controlled.” https://t.co/FTc1L4Azkk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2022, 9:15:43 PM
Q: How do I know if this matters?
A: What cool thing did you do for someone else today?

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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2022, 8:49:25 PM
Great. Tried this and had zero effect. 😕 https://t.co/bgForvK639
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matthewherper @matthewherper
May 21, 2022, 8:08:54 PM
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A friend saw this car in Cambridge. License plate “DSKDRV.” Love you, Cambridge MA.

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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2022, 8:08:36 PM
This is the second time I've tried to play Destiny 2 (I finished the campaign the first time around, maybe 2 years ago) and everything about this game is so incredibly obtuse and mystifying to me. If Halo was perhaps too simple, Destiny goes so far in the other direction.. 😖
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2022, 11:20:00 AM
Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary wow 15 years. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. https://t.co/TacAqsFzqm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2022, 6:03:20 PM
“Some may disagree over which armed conflicts truly constitute “wars,”” https://t.co/Y8g6u4mXSV
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StackOverflow @StackOverflow
May 16, 2022, 5:59:27 PM
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Popularity comes with a price: our public site receives lots of attention...good and bad. Here's how Stack Overflow's SR…
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Proper safety labels are paramount to a good work environment https://t.co/ICfgk5ALY7
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danlovesproofs @danlovesproofs
May 16, 2022, 5:45:28 PM
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I stepped away from Heap last month, after nine fantastic years. Here are some things I wish I could tell my 2013 self…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2022, 4:47:02 PM
When was the last time you saw a commercial that demonstrated features in software? https://t.co/87H9cvpwil
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2022, 3:41:41 PM
“Few had heard of Terra’s demise despite the attention it captured in the cryptosphere, with even fewer owning the asset or any cryptocurrency, for that matter. One elevator operator said Terra was Latin for ‘dirt.’” https://t.co/ZjlMg0oXKW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2022, 3:18:55 PM
“the chance of dying from driving 250 miles is 1 in a million, or what's called 1 micromort. In a year, the average American driver racks up about 54 micromorts” https://t.co/ICidIvlzGr
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nadjasfilms @nadjasfilms
May 16, 2022, 2:35:58 PM
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jollibee dancing to the chain by fleetwood mac https://t.co/mZ2aRrxBR8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2022, 6:06:25 PM
Brought this in today as a gift for my new dentist's office. There was absolutely zero art on the walls. Nothing to look at. I need to HANG IN THERE! 😺 https://t.co/c8ctYmgVxR
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Warcraft @Warcraft
May 12, 2022, 12:29:11 PM
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17 years ago today, one group of heroes ran valiantly into battle within the Upper Blackrock Spire... One man led the charge…
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benpershing @benpershing
May 12, 2022, 12:08:43 PM
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Just to recap, this person allegedly: 1) Plagiarized in her novel; 2) Plagiarized in her confessional essay about plagiari…
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ed_hawkins @ed_hawkins
May 12, 2022, 11:58:40 AM
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Choose your climate future. https://t.co/PTFgLqZZpx
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pomeranian99 @pomeranian99
May 12, 2022, 11:52:40 AM
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“The Strangest OMNI Magazine Covers Of All Time” My essay after spending an evening leafing through the entire 17-year r…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2022, 11:41:03 AM
Usborne Detective Guides! https://t.co/vNOLWQe5id
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MissPavIichenko @MissPavIichenko
May 11, 2022, 1:05:33 PM
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Yuri Knorozov, the linguist who deciphered the Maya script, listed his cat Asya as a co-author on his work but the edi…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2022, 11:10:19 AM
“fewer and fewer franchises rule a larger and larger share of the airwaves” https://t.co/JT5cE4e4ND
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2022, 8:08:06 PM
It is wild how much 🔌⚡ latest gen GPUs pull. Even from my UPS which has an on-screen power meter.. idle (180w), then 100% cpu load prime95 (290w), then gaming (430w), then furmark (700+w) 🔥 https://t.co/TtDlzAOw6m
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2022, 4:12:04 PM
saw The Batman and indeed, there is a difficult balance between gritty realism and the inherent absurdity of superheroes https://t.co/oXA6IbRcOT
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GoFrankGo @GoFrankGo
May 8, 2022, 2:29:49 PM
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HEY! IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON SEEING DR. STRANGE THIS WEEKEND, PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: I saw DR. STRANGE today but, it turns o…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2022, 12:44:42 PM
"The only way to scientifically determine just how much parents affect their kids would be to randomly assign different kids to different parents and study how they turned out. In fact, this has been done." https://t.co/ZrG7XxrbtH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2022, 4:01:45 PM
I hadn’t heard the tale of Nauru https://t.co/L790ghTqOb
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richardmarx @richardmarx
May 5, 2022, 3:40:15 PM
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haleshannon @haleshannon
May 5, 2022, 2:01:46 PM
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So I grew up in a very conservative religion that views abortion as a sin, and I live in a state that will outlaw abortion…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2022, 12:54:30 PM
The ultimate backup: "only five emergency goalies have ever seen recorded playing time in an NHL game." https://t.co/7icvxI5410
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2022, 12:24:34 PM
"Ignore people who make a living saying stupid things to attract attention" https://t.co/tygUVR7r9C
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2022, 3:14:15 PM
The history of the Slurpee/Icee/Slushie! https://t.co/dJIDcwhhwe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2022, 11:46:39 AM
There is a fine line between Emoji and Font these days 🤔 https://t.co/0zdeUceVWQ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2022, 11:29:42 AM
"It only took me 250 hours over 6 months.." https://t.co/oOQjDrHbpV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2022, 10:32:28 AM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2022, 9:20:44 PM
I remember these oddball shaped boxes for early PC games! https://t.co/KkHCpNonwU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2022, 11:43:33 AM
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It's been a while since we did this! Let's support our Ukranian friends. USA only please (shipping). Reply with screensho…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2022, 2:52:45 PM
@Deadpan_Joker right, it's more of an experiment at this point, just wanted to try it out and see. Soil testing results looked good! 👍
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2022, 2:33:08 PM
The Office and Succession have something remarkable in common: https://t.co/VzIPJqhBp5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2022, 2:15:32 PM
It's been a while since we did this! Let's support our Ukranian friends. USA only please (shipping). Reply with screenshot of a $40+ donation to https://t.co/WqFrbBuRyX and you get a chance to win a handheld AYANEO 2021 Pro gaming PC. I will cap it at 50 entries. https://t.co/lPYwj7UZNv
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A week ago, we launched Discussions on Brave Search, the unique way to get relevant results via platforms like @Reddit & @StackE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 27, 2022, 4:24:35 PM
“people just need a little nudge to behave in line with their values” https://t.co/GiJ7K6NMRz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 27, 2022, 1:11:01 PM
When you tell Siri you don’t know where you want to go. (Oddly I used to live in Chester, VA) https://t.co/wt1OCpSaTP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 27, 2022, 12:39:40 PM
I had to look this up, but apparently Dracula (the novel) is "epistolary", meaning it is told through letters, journal entries, newspaper clippings, telegrams, etc: https://t.co/KqeLyv8x2s more detail at https://t.co/HVReqyMW8N
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Few of the younglings know this! The origins of #Stackoverflow were brainstormed by @spolsky and @codinghorror on a podcast in…
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decafjedi @decafjedi
Apr 25, 2022, 8:36:04 PM
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Did someone say we need a new platform? https://t.co/Arx8XaaJme
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DavidBegnaud @DavidBegnaud
Apr 25, 2022, 2:28:18 PM
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There have been no homicides caused by guns recorded in London in 2022 so far “Drug gangs are finding it increasingly d…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 24, 2022, 7:11:30 PM
the ball also gazes into you https://t.co/vFiPWNAWSI
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Had no idea this happened (12 years ago). Voyager 2 suffered bit flips on its encryption key (due to cosmic radiation) and scie…
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Every web3 product's website ever. https://t.co/kZWgWfG9Gb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 22, 2022, 4:46:59 PM
A juvenile boxfish aka “the world’s squarest fish” in waters off Indonesia. Via NYT https://t.co/i4OzkqJ0Te
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zackfreedman @zackfreedman
Apr 22, 2022, 2:53:25 PM
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Scan it. Scan it scan it scan it scan it https://t.co/11qGgb3onB
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TheOnion @TheOnion
Apr 21, 2022, 6:40:19 PM
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The Onion has been banned from Twitter. Help us send a strong message to Big Tech by changing your profile picture and tweeti…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 21, 2022, 3:49:45 PM
Imagine your car's horn had two buttons: "hey!" and "I'm sorry." We know what "Hey!" sounds like. What would "I'm sorry." sound like? https://t.co/pwcslhL4AT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 21, 2022, 1:00:05 PM
Surprised today by 3-4 spam emails all in the same basic format, from: {foo}https://t.co/y0g0r5TOD6, title "Invoice", body is a single image showing you've been "automatically charged" and inviting you to call/reply and dispute it, I guess? https://t.co/Bv7prFF4zW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 20, 2022, 8:25:46 PM
well I can think of one, at least https://t.co/sQz8zvIagG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 20, 2022, 5:30:12 PM
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The best time to plant a tree is 30 years ago. The second best time is today.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 20, 2022, 2:01:19 PM
"Not until 1948, after two global wars, did the world even acknowledge that there should be a Universal Declaration of Human Rights codified by the United Nations with the intention, in theory at least, that all of humanity should be protected by it." https://t.co/rb4ShracRh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 20, 2022, 1:16:06 PM
Mail carrier accidentally delivered someone else’s mail and whoo boy what little I knew about Cato seems to be embodied right there in huge letters on the front page 🤦‍♂️ https://t.co/6GWjjXFXpf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 18, 2022, 9:23:29 PM
Apple will no longer be selling a new iPhone under 6 inches in size. Phablets 4 lyfe! https://t.co/1rWVl5GTmY
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SenWarren @SenWarren
Apr 18, 2022, 12:47:48 PM
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Spent too much time and money filing taxes this year? Blame @Intuit & the former regulators its hired to defend its “free” t…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 18, 2022, 12:45:16 PM
We are sending sculptures to the moon? https://t.co/XiDPZuAoge
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 17, 2022, 4:42:54 PM
Zack Snyder kinda-sorta invented the "multiple physically linked cameras all recording at once" technique that is now ubiquitous on smartphones? https://t.co/W99BbGrXiN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 17, 2022, 4:28:42 PM
In 2007, GameTrailers named it "the worst console of all time." https://t.co/o9oTiQFiPF
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TheMogMiner @TheMogMiner
Apr 17, 2022, 4:06:23 PM
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Something for fans or alumni of the late SGI's workstations: Here are all 11 audio chimes of the O2 (8 unused as far as I…
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dieDoktor @dieDoktor
Apr 17, 2022, 3:55:36 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 16, 2022, 5:49:09 PM
Just took soil samples for this lawn subscription plan. They analyze the soil in the lab and combine with historical weather / location data .. worth a shot? I did have to remove a worm I accidentally put in there 🪱 https://t.co/WIPbTM7B4f
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 15, 2022, 7:16:45 PM
"..helped to introduce 'body-popping' to the United Kingdom" https://t.co/1vIY8XZ45b
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 15, 2022, 6:50:27 PM
when your own team schools you on what "your own web" means 🤣 cc @anildash @oblakeerickson https://t.co/wlYrlPT0V9
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 14, 2022, 1:10:41 PM
Gotta give this ad points for weirdness .. at least it’s interesting, not the typical “let’s gamble on crypto” https://t.co/ux7l2SWiOj
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alexainslie @alexainslie
Apr 14, 2022, 1:03:24 PM
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There’s a misunderstanding that designing for privacy ends at picking good, safe defaults. Privacy choices, however, are…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 14, 2022, 1:02:40 PM
We’re always trying to find ourselves, one way or another https://t.co/Y7pRQlZvhN
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Boss: your leave request broke the system Me: uh sigh Boss: why do you want to take the specific week off in 2038 Me: for this…
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Welcome to the future. Cop pulls over driverless car (because no lights?) Then Cruise goes on the lamb. (via https://t.co/mtms…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2022, 11:09:52 PM
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Flock of Seagulls has the most underrated hairstyle in music history. Don't @ me https://t.co/XM78LsshuP
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