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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Feb 24, 2019, 4:19:53 PM
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An example of software defaults being a matter of life & death. The default option in the software is to send the chargin…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2019, 3:49:31 PM
My favorite bug reports are the "I'm trying to set up ads and they aren't working" ones where the breakage is caused by ... the ad blocker the developer is running. 🤦‍♀️
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TheOnion @TheOnion
Feb 24, 2019, 3:47:13 PM
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MPAA Adds New Rating To Warn Audiences Of Films Not Based On Existing Works https://t.co/RGx3N4RdY5 https://t.co/dcmoknIQAZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2019, 12:43:48 AM
that-castle-gif-of-nathan-fillion-failing-to-disagree.gif https://t.co/HUeCkHqYQk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2019, 10:27:36 PM
“The Elephant’s Foot initially gave off more than 10,000 roentgens an hour, which would kill a person three feet from it in less than two minutes.” https://t.co/7Q5PE0NShW
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matvelloso @matvelloso
Feb 23, 2019, 9:42:37 PM
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When Excel's AI sees you can't spell "February" so it goes along with your crazy... https://t.co/dHkB1FSrpJ
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francescagino @francescagino
Feb 23, 2019, 12:56:45 PM
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Next time you find yourself in a conflict or stuck in a collaboration, check your assumptions: if you start by thinking…
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The_Law_Boy @The_Law_Boy
Feb 23, 2019, 1:13:53 AM
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sorry Klobuchar fans but I just don't think this is ok https://t.co/ydsxu4dRGG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2019, 12:50:29 AM
I try mightily never to hold grudges, but there are also people that I won't necessarily miss ever seeing again for the rest of my life.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2019, 12:46:24 AM
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The old saying "Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." is very very deeply true.
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timoreilly @timoreilly
Feb 22, 2019, 2:20:17 PM
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When you read this story about how New Orleans reduced homelessness by 90%, you realize that the answer is not rocket scien…
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hardmaru @hardmaru
Feb 22, 2019, 2:18:32 PM
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If you are having a bad day, try this app: https://t.co/xHmBIoiSmW
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graemecoleman @graemecoleman
Feb 22, 2019, 2:14:23 PM
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Hello, my name is Graeme, I have a PhD in computing, and I am a senior accessibility consultant, but when I want to type…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2019, 10:59:02 PM
I beg of you, if you liked Office Space even a little, read this article. It is literally gold. IT IS SO GOOD. I'm dying over here 🤣  https://t.co/b1aBEYmhMX
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MikeJudge @MikeJudge
Feb 21, 2019, 10:39:27 PM
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More information than you would probably ever want about Office Space on the 20th anniversary, and about 90% of it is accura…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2019, 10:29:56 PM
my most on brand childhood story is how I went viral by stealing someone else's on brand childhood story tweet concept
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2019, 9:09:05 PM
"I have found that, to a disturbing degree in this world, you have to believe your own hype to succeed." https://t.co/kC1sC04c5D
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Bring back the RCA composite video port you cowards! https://t.co/PtHPTgHlVu
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Remember everything you said you wouldn't do until Hell froze over? Well, guess what... https://t.co/yuoVcBAlmY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2019, 8:04:54 PM
There is nothing more delicious in software development than low hanging fruit 🍒 🍓 🍊 🍎 🍈 👾 🔔 🔑
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chalkboardsband @chalkboardsband
Feb 21, 2019, 1:26:47 AM
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we got kids on Nextdoor now. truly there is nowhere online safe for boomers anymore https://t.co/ZWafcEsimC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2019, 12:34:57 AM
I would DNA-snitch on every single relative I have, without a second's hesitation. https://t.co/IXrKboBnRb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2019, 9:14:49 PM
My new favorite hobby is further perversions of the hideous non-word "performant". "Ah yes, this error is highly resemblant of others we've encountered recently, I shall investigate forthwith!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2019, 9:05:26 PM
someone replied to me "after reading this tweet and its replies I have concluded that words are meaningless" and I was gonna disagree but now I think it's the truest thing anyone has ever said to me on Twitter in 10 years
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notbangalore @notbangalore
Feb 20, 2019, 8:51:20 PM
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what's the worst that could happen? https://t.co/4ZijBgsW57
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2019, 3:50:01 PM
See, spending $25 on ticket based games can pay off! So totally worth $25! https://t.co/tCsyQfX5XW
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lolitasdead @lolitasdead
Feb 20, 2019, 3:08:43 PM
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16 year old girl on depop selling her mom’s old, faded tee from 1999: yeah its super vintage so the lowest its gonna be is…
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textfiles @textfiles
Feb 20, 2019, 3:08:11 PM
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The @internetarchive is upgrading js-MAME and as a result, we now have WOZ 2.0 support. This means that a whole host of WOZA…
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Watching JavaScript's ethos move from "you don't need types, they hold you back from poetry" to "types are going to solve every…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2019, 1:19:16 PM
I have to run my Surface Pro 6 in "best performance" mode when plugged in to reach iPhone XS and iPad Pro (2018) performance levels https://t.co/m7uolELVCU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2019, 1:02:00 PM
@theratsass @discourse @dhh Driven by the one and only @ZogStriP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2019, 12:51:38 PM
Today in @discourse news! Even @dhh has to be proud! 😘 https://t.co/KnxCACzIFx
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2019, 12:27:23 PM
@headmelted @tlesher Not necessarily. Running a whole company is a colossal pain in the butt. Just having employees alone opens a whole world of new pain points.
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paulcoxon @paulcoxon
Feb 20, 2019, 11:21:05 AM
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Hello my name is Paul, I have a PhD in physics and thanks to a random brain freeze forgot the word for photon so had to call…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2019, 6:41:05 AM
@wembleyleach So the idea that is eating you alive is not wanting to work for other people, but rather working for yourself on your own terms. Sounds like a great idea to me 👍
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2019, 9:03:12 PM
I heated myself today, to see if I still feel https://t.co/FBdTinIAxb
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siwalikm @siwalikm
Feb 19, 2019, 7:54:38 PM
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TIL the watches on @ROLEX's website uses HTML canvas elements and syncs themselves with your system time. 🤯 https://t.co/X1Ec…
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redfacts @redfacts
Feb 19, 2019, 5:13:32 PM
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TRUE FACT OF THE DAY: When falcon breeders want to breed falcons, they wear special falcon sex hats. The hat encourages the f…
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A randomized trial on gender in Overwatch:

https://t.co/QSkI1ShoWo https://t.co/gn5T0gljTn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2019, 4:25:32 PM
After seeing users struggle with YAML and the “two spaces at end of a line for a linebreak” rule in Markdown, I can definitively say that any tool which hinges important semantics on invisible characters ... is a mistake.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2019, 4:02:40 PM
It is such a lifesaver to have this WiFi media library / battery loaded up on a family trip with the kids. The Infuse app on iPad makes a great media browsing front end https://t.co/QIBJu2dbNJ https://t.co/59qsIXoHvU
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MikeJudge @MikeJudge
Feb 19, 2019, 3:27:08 PM
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20 years ago today, Office Space came out in theaters. This is the clapper from the last scene we shot. As you can see, Step…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2019, 2:40:07 AM
Deliriously bad role modelling goes predictably wrong; basically an allegory for the current US political climate https://t.co/Ty1wKCeHE0
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Endless Jeopardy: a new Twitter bot/game from Neil Cicierega https://t.co/CIhdd8CSO7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2019, 12:23:04 AM
If you want to start a company because it sounds like a nifty way to make money, you are wasting your time. Start a company because you have this idea that is just eating you alive inside and you have to get it out into the world for the pure satisfaction of making it happen.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2019, 6:29:28 PM
Amazon: we print all our counterfeited books on demand! https://t.co/WuAEyJoHWm
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Kids would pay more attention to U.S. history if teachers told them that two or maybe even three presidents in the mid-1800s w…
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jayforeman @jayforeman
Feb 18, 2019, 4:09:51 PM
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Ask most YouTubers if they want to be on TV, and they go “What’s TV, grandad?”, then they roll around in their big pile of…
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1StevieKilner @1StevieKilner
Feb 18, 2019, 3:48:48 PM
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I don't suppose you've seen those two boiled eggs I left sitting on the kitchen sideboard by any chance? https://t.co/dV…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2019, 5:22:04 AM
How do CDNs work? TL;DR -- if you are in Africa, China, or Russia.. apparently they .. don't? https://t.co/npGAW1vp1r
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2019, 2:23:09 AM
Goodbye Counterpart. You were too good for this world. Time to step up here @netflix https://t.co/DVB1ppxXuL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2019, 11:13:53 PM
how amazing are these shirts https://t.co/3NF0n4N0BE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2019, 10:44:02 PM
It is a miracle that feedburner is still (barely) running after all this time, but its RSS-to-email is.. kinda bad and unmaintained. Any ideas for more up to date free-ish "subscribe to this RSS via email" services?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2019, 9:32:30 PM
Enjoy it while it lasts https://t.co/L13f353RKf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2019, 8:22:19 PM
The Lego Movie 2 was .. better .. than the first movie. 😲 Kudos. I can count on one hand the number of sequels that have improved on the original. https://t.co/eiL8mKbRJv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2019, 4:08:14 PM
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The Cloud is Just Someone Else's Computer https://t.co/CCFsItb39f
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dvassallo @dvassallo
Feb 17, 2019, 4:04:04 PM
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@timfox @bytor99999 @codinghorror @patio11 Author here. Since you're all curious, here's my last 3 year-end pay stubs: https…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2019, 3:43:06 AM
One of many "what the everlovin' F**K is that?" moments in Metro: Exodus https://t.co/41nhfQBZxi
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2019, 12:26:20 AM
UNIX is a guaranteed good time, every time https://t.co/5FJnhGDYS6 https://t.co/dY7QABktJY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2019, 10:40:09 PM
"I was always going to be working on somebody else’s terms at Amazon." Something @patio11 doesn't talk much about, but should. https://t.co/PT31dSBfLQ
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JasmineLWatkins @JasmineLWatkins
Feb 16, 2019, 9:57:58 PM
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Love that Steph is wearing the same style jacket as the one he had on at all-star 1992 https://t.co/jpwACyJbdL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2019, 8:27:26 PM
The Cloud is Just Someone Else's Computer https://t.co/CCFsItb39f
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2019, 6:40:02 PM
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Windows not being Unix is increasingly a liability in my world.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2019, 4:47:20 PM
In retrospect, it is amazing how effectively the email spam problem was solved. https://t.co/Mo7zH6BvWL
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DavidSchenet @DavidSchenet
Feb 16, 2019, 4:13:49 PM
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Baby SPARC
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Baby SPARC
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Baby SPARC
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Baby SPARC https://t.…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2019, 3:38:05 AM
Metro Exodus is a very very attractive game. Even the map is 😍 https://t.co/YdipB1EXm1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2019, 1:27:43 AM
LOL I had not heard this John Butler song, Hand of the Almighty 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/FennHaQn6V
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Today in "Headlines It Would Take 2019 Me An Entire Hour To Explain To 1999 Me": How Kids YouTube Star Blippi Used Copyright L…
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BrianLeeWow @BrianLeeWow
Feb 15, 2019, 8:11:36 PM
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here it is. here's Farm Egg https://t.co/vEGQp1U3T5
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richziade @richziade
Feb 15, 2019, 7:03:37 PM
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Sometimes designers need that filler text and lorem ipsum is booooring. So why not find real actual bullshit to fill those b…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2019, 5:58:53 PM
Every time someone says "I suuuper need that headphone jack on my electronix device" https://t.co/wdNJXTqGR1
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“She was going to herald a revolution in medical treatment in this country.”

From Academy Award-winning director @alexgibneyf
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sarahmanavis @sarahmanavis
Feb 15, 2019, 5:26:26 PM
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See yourself through to the weekend: I spoke to the people who make up the one fur cent — the secretly rich furries dro…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2019, 9:59:43 PM
Aww @betsyphd so totally *gets* me 😍💘 https://t.co/zan0wCvjbJ
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textfiles @textfiles
Feb 14, 2019, 8:17:57 PM
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Don't miss this excellent scan of a Johnson Smith Company Catalog from 1991. https://t.co/xVztywUiXz https://t.co/XNr4smIvqk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2019, 6:19:11 PM
Remember when 1080p used to be "high resolution"? Now it is like a cute tiny little baby 👶
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cjgiaimo @cjgiaimo
Feb 14, 2019, 5:13:33 PM
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happy valentine's day!!! do you believe in love??? these galapagos tortoises dated for almost 100 years and then they broke u…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2019, 2:16:36 AM
Meanwhile, in North Korea https://t.co/jSKCN01vWN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2019, 10:07:21 PM
"The more you talk, the better the conversations become. Is this the right message to send to everyone in a discussion? More fundamentally, is this even true?" https://t.co/X3dFR3l3BG
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Hello, friend Are you a jackass? Do you like annoying people? Are you tired of posting ASCII dongs and ROFLcopters? Why don'…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2019, 8:34:08 PM
@bengunbharta Kinda, I was also thinking about the NYT article (back in the day) that they thought would give them bad publicity.. turned into the opposite, a publicity windfall.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2019, 6:59:12 PM
@SnailMailGames @migueldeicaza I'm dropping System.Text.RegularExpressions
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2019, 4:17:32 PM
whoa, super cool detail -- when I visit Stripe's documentation pages, they customize the sample API code using our org data and keys 😍 that's so clever!
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I can't wait to watch the documentaries about the massive Fyre Fest LARP happening in Detroit at the end of April. It's off to…
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andest01 @andest01
Feb 13, 2019, 2:49:34 PM
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@HoeflerCo The designers who made Dee Jay from Street Fighter used "MAXIMUM" for his pants because they wouldn't have to re-d…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2019, 6:49:27 AM
@_AdamCook I never go there, I always search from browser address bar now
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Feb 13, 2019, 6:43:29 AM
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Remember all of those essays about how Apple was wrong about getting rid of the headphone jack? Airpods are now their sec…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2019, 6:08:23 AM
Of all the ancient 1999 dot-com era web sites I used to frequent, to me eBay has aged the most gracefully in terms of utility. It is arguably more useful than ever for finding really esoteric stuff for sale.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2019, 1:38:41 AM
I'm gonna do it, back to back Fyre Festival documentaries IM GONNA DO IT https://t.co/vBslCj28Cg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2019, 10:23:53 PM
Every time we go to a PTA meeting I like to imagine it is gonna be full of drama and sass like the Harper Valley PTA https://t.co/CMQeXq3EO5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2019, 6:53:42 PM
ah yes, the hot new PUA "you should hire me because your product sucks" job hunt strategy. You gotta neg 'em to get in there, everyone knows that.
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TheDreamGhoul @TheDreamGhoul
Feb 12, 2019, 6:19:24 PM
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my rabbit claiming my cat’s belongings and my cat being too scared to do anything about it: a photo series https://t.co/…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2019, 5:20:25 PM
"you don't need the bullet when you got the ballot" https://t.co/8r0E7nTt7L
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