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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Learn Python via nursery rhymes, if you want to start them *very* young! https://t.co/IqYwCh9njX

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“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
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…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
The one part of How to Win Friends and Influence People that I always remembered. http://t.co/K2ANhnZE01

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Here’s a fun keyboard! 😍⌨️ https://t.co/zhMXjO3cQH

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
You’ve got the touch… you’ve got the powerrrr 🎶 https://t.co/RNTNwKCE6X

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“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
me: writes sudoku solver
wife: "that's cheating"
me: uses regular expressions to solve wordle
wife: "that's cheating"
Wha…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
eh, I'm good, just reading the daily news is kinda sufficing at the moment https://t.co/2FjE7sjFqB
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mattxiv
@mattxiv
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
Nothing else on here matters. Just watch this in full. https://t.co/dkjcaRIGIT
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corvidresearch
@corvidresearch
Jkhkhjjmkhj! LOOK AT THESE BABY WOODCOCKS PRACTICING THEIR BOOTY BOP
Video credit: https://t.co/WNgg06nHQY https://t.…
Video credit: https://t.co/WNgg06nHQY https://t.…
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lizardbill
@lizardbill
I don't know whose side I'm supposed to be on here. https://t.co/babU7y4Qbx

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Qualcomm: consistently missing performance estimates since 2014! 👏 https://t.co/mnIw6XsBEb
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migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza
Bill Gates cuts through all the layers of technobabble and PR: https://t.co/ykiPOSwSbt

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
(Open Source!) Tomb Raider on the Game Boy Advance is very cool https://t.co/oMp7ke0Y29

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“Yeah, I know. But not me. If I die, I die, but I’m not going to be controlled.” https://t.co/FTc1L4Azkk

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Q: How do I know if this matters?
A: What cool thing did you do for someone else today?
https://t.co/GKfvjpqQKu
A: What cool thing did you do for someone else today?
https://t.co/GKfvjpqQKu

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Great. Tried this and had zero effect. 😕 https://t.co/bgForvK639
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matthewherper
@matthewherper
A friend saw this car in Cambridge. License plate “DSKDRV.” Love you, Cambridge MA.
https://t.co/YqHKdf5qT8
https://t.co/YqHKdf5qT8

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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.. 😖

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary wow 15 years. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. https://t.co/TacAqsFzqm

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“Some may disagree over which armed conflicts truly constitute “wars,”” https://t.co/Y8g6u4mXSV
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StackOverflow
@StackOverflow
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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Foone
@Foone
Proper safety labels are paramount to a good work environment https://t.co/ICfgk5ALY7
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danlovesproofs
@danlovesproofs
I stepped away from Heap last month, after nine fantastic years.
Here are some things I wish I could tell my 2013 self…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
When was the last time you saw a commercial that demonstrated features in software? https://t.co/87H9cvpwil

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“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
jollibee dancing to the chain by fleetwood mac https://t.co/mZ2aRrxBR8

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
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
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
Choose your climate future. https://t.co/PTFgLqZZpx
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pomeranian99
@pomeranian99
“The Strangest OMNI Magazine Covers Of All Time”
My essay after spending an evening leafing through the entire 17-year r…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Usborne Detective Guides! https://t.co/vNOLWQe5id
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MissPavIichenko
@MissPavIichenko
Yuri Knorozov, the linguist who deciphered the Maya script, listed his cat Asya as a co-author on his work but the edi…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“fewer and fewer franchises rule a larger and larger share of the airwaves” https://t.co/JT5cE4e4ND

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
HEY! IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON SEEING DR. STRANGE THIS WEEKEND, PLEASE READ THIS FIRST:
I saw DR. STRANGE today but, it turns o…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I hadn’t heard the tale of Nauru https://t.co/L790ghTqOb
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haleshannon
@haleshannon
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…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The ultimate backup: "only five emergency goalies have ever seen recorded playing time in an NHL game." https://t.co/7icvxI5410

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Ignore people who make a living saying stupid things to attract attention" https://t.co/tygUVR7r9C

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The history of the Slurpee/Icee/Slushie! https://t.co/dJIDcwhhwe

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
There is a fine line between Emoji and Font these days 🤔 https://t.co/0zdeUceVWQ

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"It only took me 250 hours over 6 months.." https://t.co/oOQjDrHbpV

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Close relationships matter. https://t.co/jEsf4PXuVf https://t.co/8c6vd4RCpy

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I remember these oddball shaped boxes for early PC games! https://t.co/KkHCpNonwU
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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
It's been a while since we did this! Let's support our Ukranian friends. USA only please (shipping). Reply with screensho…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@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! 👍

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The Office and Succession have something remarkable in common: https://t.co/VzIPJqhBp5

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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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brave
@brave

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“people just need a little nudge to behave in line with their values” https://t.co/GiJ7K6NMRz

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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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mirwox
@mirwox
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
Did someone say we need a new platform? https://t.co/Arx8XaaJme
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DavidBegnaud
@DavidBegnaud
There have been no homicides caused by guns recorded in London in 2022 so far
“Drug gangs are finding it increasingly d…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
the ball also gazes into you https://t.co/vFiPWNAWSI
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ktorn
@ktorn
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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ybhrdwj
@ybhrdwj
Every web3 product's website ever. https://t.co/kZWgWfG9Gb

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
Scan it. Scan it scan it scan it scan it https://t.co/11qGgb3onB
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TheOnion
@TheOnion
The Onion has been banned from Twitter. Help us send a strong message to Big Tech by changing your profile picture and tweeti…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
well I can think of one, at least https://t.co/sQz8zvIagG
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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The best time to plant a tree is 30 years ago. The second best time is today.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
Spent too much time and money filing taxes this year? Blame @Intuit & the former regulators its hired to defend its “free” t…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
We are sending sculptures to the moon? https://t.co/XiDPZuAoge

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
In 2007, GameTrailers named it "the worst console of all time." https://t.co/o9oTiQFiPF
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TheMogMiner
@TheMogMiner
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…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
uh oh 👟 https://t.co/dN5haQdsNi

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"..helped to introduce 'body-popping' to the United Kingdom" https://t.co/1vIY8XZ45b

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
when your own team schools you on what "your own web" means 🤣 cc @anildash @oblakeerickson https://t.co/wlYrlPT0V9

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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
There’s a misunderstanding that designing for privacy ends at picking good, safe defaults.
Privacy choices, however, are…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
We’re always trying to find ourselves, one way or another https://t.co/Y7pRQlZvhN
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xssfox
@xssfox
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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llsethj
@llsethj
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
Flock of Seagulls has the most underrated hairstyle in music history. Don't @ me https://t.co/XM78LsshuP