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Things that make you say, well fuck. https://t.co/IoESWquGxp
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wonderella @wonderella
Oct 25, 2018, 8:34:40 PM
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Idiots: Red Dead Redemption 2 is the most realistic cowboy game of all time.

Me, an intellectual: https://t.co/I3Zih4bUIc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2018, 8:33:10 PM
Some people sext. I am so next level I Gext. https://t.co/twXZtqBsr2
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HardDriveMag @HardDriveMag
Oct 25, 2018, 6:55:29 PM
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Man Who Prepared Marriage Proposal in No Man’s Sky Forgets Which Planet It Was On https://t.co/fZKfJkbyf2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2018, 6:49:51 PM
Here's how I'd measure the health of any tech company: How long, as measured from the inception of idea to the modified software arriving in the user's hands, does it take to roll out a *1 word copy change* in your primary product?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2018, 5:48:20 PM
This.. does not reflect well on Netflix. Culture of fear? https://t.co/zqyg0lJoFW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2018, 2:55:39 PM
Me as a proud member of computer club, 1986. Why yes, I *am* wearing a Bloom County t-shirt, thanks for asking. https://t.co/Zisf4iqBER
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lonelytiefling @lonelytiefling
Oct 25, 2018, 1:37:46 PM
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>not only does Mr. Cool Ice not regret his tattoos, he's gotten even more of them

Fucking legend https://t.co/DnOEgnkz…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2018, 4:05:02 AM
@sudoreality did I though? 🤔
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2018, 3:53:44 AM
never forget the legend of dogcow https://t.co/jXsKm7j1HV https://t.co/q2iWQTKg3F
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2018, 3:50:40 AM
I am fairly certain I am now literally unemployable in any traditional sense, by any traditional company.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2018, 3:24:33 AM
@carrickdb I think this guy went for 66:66, because he was playing Quake and 6:66 was a more Quake-y number. It was a LOOONG time. From what I read many microwaves have a maximum timeout though, usually an hour?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2018, 2:34:51 AM
One of my all time favorite early internet stories is from shacknews: some guy was playing Quake online and set up a microwave burrito between rounds.. but accidentally keyed in an extra timer digit. He forgot about it, then smelled burning..
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I STILL BELIEVE!!!!! #thelostboys 🦇🎷🦇🎷🦇🎷🦇🎷🦇🎷🦇🎷🦇🎷 @Winter @RealKiefer 🦇🎷🦇🎷 https://t.co/gFmQ30rC1R
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 24, 2018, 11:58:55 PM
I hope someone records the last unbleached coral reef in 8k UHD so our kids can get a chance to see it https://t.co/bmG0QhWU40
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 24, 2018, 11:38:56 PM
Wherein I learn the origin of the word "curtailed" 🤯 https://t.co/1ljtWfzQ7L
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Seanbabydotcom @Seanbabydotcom
Oct 24, 2018, 9:24:37 PM
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I have a story that might help Megyn Kelly. About ten years ago I was at a Halloween party where someone's friend came…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 24, 2018, 5:51:04 PM
Well, Omelas ain't gonna walk away from itself, now is it https://t.co/ckMRbpKpr0
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Number of spam calls I've received this week: 9 Number of spam emails: 7
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Unfortunately, some C.E.O.s still embrace a myopic view & believe that they have a fiduciary duty to shareholders alone, with…
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isislovecruft @isislovecruft
Oct 24, 2018, 4:06:43 PM
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petition to bring back rainbows in computer logos

rt if u agree, fav if u agree https://t.co/cjofOqEKIb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 24, 2018, 6:38:12 AM
I don't get the people who say a separate "Stack Overflow for beginners / students" wouldn't work. People *love* answering simple, endlessly repeated questions that generate easy reputation / upvotes. Remove the duplicate restrictions / downvoting and go nuts.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 24, 2018, 4:33:59 AM
I tried to watch Designated Survivor and I got so bored I'm now only watching the 30 second episode recaps at the beginning of each episode until I reach the end.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 24, 2018, 2:57:42 AM
"As someone who hacks NASA and the FBI on the regular, can confirm this is legit." https://t.co/7Glamv4ZB7
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Oct 23, 2018, 11:37:21 PM
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Journalists are in the business of grabbjng attention to their newspapers & news sites. Nothing grabs people attention li…
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mattcutts @mattcutts
Oct 23, 2018, 9:13:02 PM
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If you like 30 day challenges, you'll love this new Kickstarter project by Simone Giertz: https://t.co/LjTDg29n5l

It helps…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 23, 2018, 6:36:15 PM
If computers experienced time the way humans do https://t.co/bqHWIKeWWV https://t.co/J75lsKnF1a
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beesandbombs @beesandbombs
Oct 23, 2018, 5:48:50 PM
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bigevilboss @bigevilboss
Oct 23, 2018, 5:37:08 PM
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"Sorry my compiler is in French :/" is one of the best error messages I've seen https://t.co/Dh2Rk0QufO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 23, 2018, 4:37:24 PM
The Fermi Paradox has one obvious solution to me: the future lies is in very, very tiny things that are impossible to detect at distance.
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“Talk of Mega Millions—a circus on the theme of getting some bread—dominates chatter at the corner store, where it drowns out…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 23, 2018, 4:01:45 PM
Just got mailed these tasteful nud.. IBRANCHES from Monterey Bay Aquarium https://t.co/CDArGcPwTS
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DanielPink @DanielPink
Oct 23, 2018, 2:13:30 PM
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The greatest skills gaps in the US workforce, according to LinkedIn CEO @jeffweiner:
- written communication,
- oral commu…
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kpoulsen @kpoulsen
Oct 23, 2018, 2:07:54 PM
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Cyber Command is kicking ass and sending annoying text messages to Russian election hackers. Polite messages, because otherwi…
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perlberg @perlberg
Oct 23, 2018, 1:58:10 PM
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Well this caption really takes a turn https://t.co/d5Y8uubWF8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 22, 2018, 9:17:20 PM
Let's raise a little more money for the Great Slate tonight. I have a Pocket C.H.I.P. new in box here, it is PICO-8 compatible. Reply with a screenshot of your $5+ donation to https://t.co/5qDWP0szsh -- we'll cap it at 20 entries so you have a good chance! https://t.co/MTiHG97SkM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 22, 2018, 7:35:56 PM
Destiny 2 is like a much worse Borderlands 2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 22, 2018, 7:23:06 PM
@carrickdb well that's an awesome sister
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 22, 2018, 6:57:41 PM
These are the challenges I see facing Stack Overflow for the next 10 years: https://t.co/QpiBf849bw https://t.co/f7lN8Vpm4a
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 22, 2018, 6:46:45 PM
I get a little sad when I see someone doubling down on a bad position. They could have tripled or quadrupled down instead. Such a lost opportunity. 😢
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KimZetter @KimZetter
Oct 22, 2018, 6:27:55 PM
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Bloomberg has doubled down on insisting its hardware hacking story is accurate; but the server experts at STH are now also d…
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botnikstudios @botnikstudios
Oct 22, 2018, 5:27:23 PM
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Reader beware! We wrote a Goosebumps Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book. Can we predict YOUR DOOM? Click to find out...https…
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Ok I got an idea. When you hire people into your company, the final interview question should be: There’s an email sent to a…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 22, 2018, 4:54:39 PM
How did I miss Best of Bootie 2017 being released? I'm slippin' https://t.co/i1eIeC9TdN
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DanielPink @DanielPink
Oct 22, 2018, 4:45:19 PM
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When teachers started class by greeting each students at the door by name, academic engagement increased by 20 percentage p…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 22, 2018, 6:01:08 AM
What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up? https://t.co/QpiBf849bw https://t.co/FzmOsmuqAL
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stephenWalt @stephenWalt
Oct 22, 2018, 2:41:41 AM
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I'm grateful to Murtaza Hussain for this excellent and fair-minded review. Post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy has been a n…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 22, 2018, 2:40:01 AM
@howtogeekfeed the claim about working title being "pedestrian" isn't true https://t.co/pIZYzS8Fnu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 22, 2018, 2:34:43 AM
Don't forget to have an extra special scary programmer halloween.. by doing the SCARIEST THING IMAGINABLE... looking at your own code from 10 years ago! 🎃👻🕷
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2018, 8:03:03 PM
After getting this inexpensive depth / ir / cam for Windows 10 Hello, and Apple's (presumably) faceid compatible iPad Pros on Oct 30th, plus iPhone X/XS of course.. I am now all-in on face login. ALL IN! https://t.co/ZIdtTrt3kf
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DanielPink @DanielPink
Oct 21, 2018, 3:47:16 PM
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If you want to have a single conversation, don't include more than 4 people. That's maximum number, according to evolutio…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2018, 6:38:26 AM
I just set up 2fa hardware key and 2fa app for Twitter (btw, boo for only allowing ONE 2fa hardware key), but I can't escape the nagging feeling that someone stealing and destroying my Twitter account would kinda be doing be a favor in the long run
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2018, 2:36:06 AM
“... seemed destined to become the next James Damore” is a sentence you reallllly don’t want appearing anywhere near your name https://t.co/IZHioWQSwX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2018, 11:33:53 PM
@LowellHeddings @lucas_gonze @jessamyn @tedpercival @DenaeFord It is a very different problem space when there are 100 million other questions versus 10 million .. or 1 million
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2018, 10:00:33 PM
I saw Eddie Murphy on the Raw tour in Richmond, VA ... with my mother, at age 16. I am still cringing.
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kelseyhightower @kelseyhightower
Oct 20, 2018, 9:33:05 PM
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Once you've found success, your next goal should be helping others do the same.
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kiley__wolf @kiley__wolf
Oct 20, 2018, 9:13:37 PM
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I babysit a girl named Eileen and I absentmindedly called her for dinner by yelling “come on Eileen” and she appeared out…
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This game is just about staying in bed all day https://t.co/Q3R7Wq2vyU https://t.co/kSEj63CoyW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2018, 7:27:38 PM
Simple and accurate parenting milestone: can my child take a bath (or shower) 100% all by themselves, without needing help, creating a giant mess, or hurting themselves? If yes, you have a Big Kid now.
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rbrtrmstrng @rbrtrmstrng
Oct 19, 2018, 6:46:14 PM
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That's going to leave a mark
@TBraithwaite @WeWork https://t.co/VzmGv8Jceo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2018, 5:53:15 PM
I am a big fan of this new feature Stack Overflow added. A research study via @DenaeFord in mid-2016 highlighted the need, and I forwarded multiple rounds of direct email feedback at that time. Glad to see it finally getting worked on. https://t.co/cZ975wDeTC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2018, 5:45:14 PM
is the word "smartphone" quite dead yet? As in, you can't reasonably buy dumbphones any more, even if you wanted to?
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kimgoodwin @kimgoodwin
Oct 19, 2018, 4:14:00 PM
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Don’t be data-driven. Be data-informed. Metrics should never be in charge because they have no moral compass.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2018, 10:35:23 PM
"a [DNA] database would have to have about two percent of a population in it in order to make it likely that 90 percent of the searches would produce a match to a family member" https://t.co/sYcuniKPgn
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f_francavilla @f_francavilla
Oct 18, 2018, 7:40:22 PM
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BIG (BIRD) THREAD https://t.co/0dAe7Wo1Lz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2018, 7:24:08 PM
current status: living the YouTube restricted account dream https://t.co/9NIIasQf5Q
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cigelske @cigelske
Oct 18, 2018, 7:21:36 PM
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Wow I can’t believe this is why Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson split up https://t.co/WQrbEBV6uD https://t.co/Dc8b9azhua
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2018, 6:49:38 PM
It's interesting how simple heuristics like "display name does not match email AT ALL, not even a little" can be so effective at outing spammers.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2018, 6:17:26 PM
"America has long outdone others in its level of inequality, but in the past 40 years it has reached new heights." https://t.co/tc016OeoeL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2018, 11:55:32 PM
Reminds me of the last time I visited Canada https://t.co/3QTxIHYxqF https://t.co/VyNeHT7n0g
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AndrewChamings @AndrewChamings
Oct 17, 2018, 11:26:58 PM
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[putting the wrong type of shampoo on my enemy’s voodoo doll] enjoy a dry scalp you son of a bitch
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2018, 5:59:23 PM
Things that aren't "against the rules", but you absolutely and actively *should* ban people from communities for:

- Endless Contrarianism
- Axe-Grinding
- Griefing
- Persistent Negativity
- Ranting
- Grudges

https://t.co/vo2y1zHSCy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2018, 5:50:14 PM
Imagine the sheer utter inhumanity of a world where Wikipedia articles don’t start with Hello and end with Thank You Very Much!
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Techmeme @Techmeme
Oct 17, 2018, 5:48:31 PM
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The Internet Archive stores a total of 22 petabytes, adds four petabytes per year, and uses ~7K processes crawling the web to…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2018, 5:17:55 PM
Every time I try to eat my pudding. EVERY. TIME. https://t.co/hOpKhFKBDk
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Story on Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King, who keeps conveying his support for far-right racism, endorsing Toronto white nationa…
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gavinsblog @gavinsblog
Oct 16, 2018, 8:49:18 PM
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Spot the robot dog dancing to UpTown Funk is simultaneously both terrifying and hilarious. https://t.co/UNPsXZrXvh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 16, 2018, 7:04:39 PM
"America’s grip on children’s entertainment is coming to an end." https://t.co/A09Fun2iCm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 16, 2018, 6:16:07 PM
I love how in Windows 10 you can tick the "allow alpha characters" for your PIN. Your .. Personal.. Identification.. *Number*
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 16, 2018, 2:36:01 AM
“Frankly, I value both my Ig Nobel prize and Nobel prize at the same level and for me [the] Ig Nobel prize was the manifestation that I can take jokes, a little bit of self-deprecation always helps.” https://t.co/yXn6fvyJDp
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AndrewChamings @AndrewChamings
Oct 15, 2018, 9:48:56 PM
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[trying to explain to my grandchildren what cds were] imagine if songs were hard
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2018, 6:21:01 PM
@loydcase @this_dot_user @ciaran128 Apple isn't choosing to update it which means it probably isn't selling well, sort of like the iPad Mini. I don't even think there are that many small Android phones. Phablets seem to outsell everything, despite predictions that they wouldn't.
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In light of Paul Allen's death, let's take some time to remember that Quincy Jones interview where he said Allen was the second…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2018, 4:57:49 PM
@loydcase @WilyMongoose We do need more wrist mounted devices!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2018, 2:21:31 PM
@loydcase The sales numbers don’t seem to back this up though. If there was huge demand for small phones the money would be there.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2018, 2:20:19 PM
Current phone lock screen https://t.co/yqmFc1TEeJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2018, 1:25:55 PM
@loydcase I don’t think those sell any more .. the watch strategy makes more sense to me personally
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Oct 15, 2018, 1:00:02 PM
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Product managers are the highest paid workers in Silicon Valley. May seem surprising that they make more than developer…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2018, 3:26:53 AM
"How much time have we got?" "As a species?"
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jongalloway @jongalloway
Oct 15, 2018, 12:22:22 AM
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I gave 9 years to the military - roughly 11% of an avg life - this really strikes home. I gave those years to defend the c…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2018, 12:13:23 AM
@saxbophone these are the capitalists reacting my man
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2018, 11:14:48 PM
@SlightlyCyborg Yes Twitter is clearly the optimal place to learn every possible thing
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2018, 8:56:32 PM
The Woke vs. The Resentful https://t.co/6WUVXkIdwJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2018, 8:15:33 PM
Shall we seize all the means of production from capitalists?

Apple, Twitter, Samsung, Whatsapp: yes
Google: maybe?
Microsoft, Facebook: LOL https://t.co/RjsNvl4vUC
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