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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
A 30 minute podcast wherein I offer career advice! If you have questions, please direct them to the disclaimer on my Twitter profile! https://t.co/QlEDLK4NJU

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Good for health, bad for education https://t.co/gpNpYvMJWz

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
What I find most inspiring about @pinboard isn't the selective distribution of tech money to political campaigns -- he's spending weeks / months of his own personal time on the ground with those candidates in their districts, campaigning and learning what voters actually want

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This article by @sarahlovescali was definitely better than The English Patient https://t.co/7UhT7etmq8
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ftrain
@ftrain
#archivepix (saved 14 May 2012) https://t.co/7IAEUWJLdL
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TimSweeneyEpic
@TimSweeneyEpic
@mspoweruser Changing search engines is just 4 taps away on iOS, so that shows the value of being the default!
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dosnostalgic
@dosnostalgic
The U.N. building has always reminded me of Scandisk/Defrag in progress https://t.co/pgpWEAgEaf

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
“Does the world need any more games at this point?” https://t.co/RJoY55WvEJ
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Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life
Patrick Collison, Stripe co-founder, keeps a list of questions whose answers could change everything.
• Why are healthca…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Using backdated websites to issue (successful!) fake DMCA copyright takedown notices https://t.co/hkzZWEKc3L

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@theodoredziuba I agree. You should not have shown up for the original twitter complaint.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Rose. Mesmerize. Summer. Sapphire. Crush.
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DavidKPiano
@DavidKPiano
JavaScript equality is wild https://t.co/3WKcQ1bbt1

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"They don’t want or need to understand the issues that affect others, they just need you to play their game so they can win." https://t.co/8JcHVrzTB0
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haleshannon
@haleshannon
This happens at least once every time we have an event for The Princess in Black. A wonderful, well-meaning, female librar…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
All stable long term communities are predicated on internal discussions of “why are we doing this, and should we?” by people that care about what goes on there. If you don't see any discussions along those lines, it's a big 🚩

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@theodoredziuba I think it's really weird that you take this stuff so personally

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I thought I was all Diablo Cody-ed out by now, but Tully is such an eerily realistic depiction of multiple child early parenthood that I gotta say I was .. heavily triggered https://t.co/HTD6SEeVgk

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Humans were not built to handle the continual 24/7 intake of social media misery.
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Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life
Great essay on why praising overtime work on software projects is a sign of organizational failure.
Working nights & wee…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I don’t believe in hope and I don’t believe in hopelessness; I believe in compassion and pragmatism." https://t.co/7psB1bP6Zz

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
They have hotel delivery robots here in Singapore! https://t.co/2hvlGOEsXu
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michaelhoffman
@michaelhoffman
This is amazing. "Do boring speakers really talk for longer?" Nature (2018) 561:464. https://t.co/msuZBHXRD7 https://t.…
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ftrain
@ftrain
#archivepix (saved 9 May 2012) https://t.co/jIL6IyZYu6
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Pinboard
@Pinboard
We're nearing the $600K mark on the Great Slate tonight. Think of how much a Democratic House is worth to you in November; th…
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StackOverflow
@StackOverflow
Ten years ago, Stack Overflow launched to make developers' lives easier. Without you, we wouldn't be here today. So than…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I am ashamed to admit I have never seen the movie Hackers, so we are having a Discourse team screening tonight in Singapore 🇸🇬 https://t.co/pKhtWr5Gnz

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Since @deadprogrammer complained I am not posting pics of food from Singapore, here you go. You're welcome. https://t.co/H2i7AMWGOM
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tomgara
@tomgara
This is so crazy: even if you deliberately don't include your mobile number in your Facebook profile, they'll harvest it when…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Price to Speedometer 2.0 ratio, lower is better:
OnePlus 6 (snapdragon 845) $579 / 50 = 11.6
iPhone 7 $449 / 54 = 8.3
iPhone 8 $599 / 90 = 6.7
iPhone XS $999 / 125 = 8.0
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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I registered stackoverflow.com for 10 years. If I were amazon.com I'd register my domain for 100 years.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Waiiiit so in Android 9, I can basically enable iPhone X navigation gestures now? https://t.co/YeN1k8sJuC
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@codinghorror
Kinda cool, at this hotel you dock your room card to enable the lights and call / DnD buttons. And you never forget your card when leaving the room! https://t.co/73SaVNG5Zz

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Join me and #BeAVoter in the U.S. election. Get started by registering to vote here https://t.co/pwFX8NxzZE

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Meanwhile, here in Singapore https://t.co/2FjhWfSDsp

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Modern American Politics in 2018, because you probably live in a progressive, populated area, means sending tons of money to less populated parts of the country to contest those political races.
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KenJennings
@KenJennings
I'm wearing the sunglasses from They Live and all of Ann Coulter's tweets look like this now. https://t.co/zMShZcOUp7

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Be a rebel, but somewhere else." a glorious life comedy perfomance by @gknauss https://t.co/KcfBKbjAsZ

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@codinghorror
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waxpancake
@waxpancake
After Apple announced the new iPhone XR and XS Max, @gknauss submitted an app update to support them, saying so in his rele…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Re-watched the movie Contact. Fantastic casting, movie holds up well. Gary Busey's son as the religious zealot is 👌. But couldn't they have *scientifically** verified her story by sending a few more people through the machine?
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nikitab
@nikitab
Sigh. No, Google isn’t silently collecting your browser history unless you turn on sync. https://t.co/YrDY3tBIwM
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Saulville
@Saulville
I just listened to two people argue which #Gallagher brother was the bigger talent for 5 minutes before realizing it was abo…
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ftrain
@ftrain
Traditional work anniversary gifts:
1st: Non-dairy creamer
2nd: Flash drive
3rd: Gum jar
4th: Pen mug
5th: Dymo
10th: K-c…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@wavyknife @brianloveswords Swing them back and forth jauntily
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glitch
@glitch
If you want something done right, sometimes you have to do it yourself! This week’s collection of apps reflect that same energy…
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OhNoSheTwitnt
@OhNoSheTwitnt
WHY DON’T WOMEN WHO WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED COME FORWARD SOONER SO WE CAN CALL THEM LIARS AND THREATEN THEM AT AN EARLIE…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Now headed to Singapore 🇸🇬 for this year’s @discourse world meetup! It is (almost) the only time I see everyone I work with 🙌
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natashenka
@natashenka
Latex is the veganism of word processing software

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Remember "cybersecurity"? Good times. https://t.co/KZBc6gZMFM
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danariely
@danariely
People are now taking placebo pills to deal with their health problems—and it's working https://t.co/WvbbWCxq3R
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cabel
@cabel
I almost just got scammed hard: a cautionary tale. So, I got a call from the 1-800 number on the back of my ATM Card: Wells Farg…
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betsyphd
@betsyphd
Our annual reminder that at least one good thing happened in 2016. https://t.co/3l2LNzPEEf

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
There is no longer any such thing as Computer Security https://t.co/KZBc6gZMFM

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
A yoyo company just posted a publicity picture of their new xxtra fancy yoyo. This is a yo-yo I happen to have preordered, because reasons. Guess which number (out of 20) I had requested a week ago? https://t.co/5Ni116QA4g

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
My t-shirt has been touched by the hand of Black Dynamite himself @MichaelJaiWhite #blessed https://t.co/Y93lInRApR
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_andrewlee
@_andrewlee
.@nabeel ten years ago mentioned that much of what we were doing in online games was just a repeat of what was created IRL…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Have you pagan front hugged someone you care for today? https://t.co/HtIG5GhgOL

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
You probably want this.. but nobody actually needs this https://t.co/c9C5E4RDwA

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"this UX was clearly designed by someone who hates users"
"oh, you mean it was designed by a programmer"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
How can a full length movie stay on youtube for a year? How does this bypass Google's (very effective) contentid system? https://t.co/727eBoLF2n
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ladyhaja
@ladyhaja
One of my favourite animal facts is that koala fingerprints are so similar to human fingerprints that they not infrequently s…
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bjmay
@bjmay
My @nest doorbell automatically locks the front door when it sees a face it doesn't recognize. Today it didn't recognize me, so…
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bugKrusha
@bugKrusha
Game night @glowforge and I wanna knock some dominoes, Jamaican style, only to realize we don’t have any on deck. Wait. I ca…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Shipping > Not Shipping https://t.co/x2w9DPPiAq

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I have a good rule of thumb for these situations. Whatever I'm doing is correct, and whatever you're doing.. well, kinda sucks TBH

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
A reckoning is coming -- per Geekbench 4, the iPhone XS is the 43rd fastest processor on the market, despite the vast difference in TDP watts https://t.co/Mo7gZo3kvX

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
If you already had an iPhone X, I feel this is the most "skippable" new iPhone release cycle.. maybe ever?
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Pinboard
@Pinboard
The spreadsheet-watchers' odds on winning the House have been dropping as polls come in that don't reflect the blue wave cons…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Two of my favorite movies that turn out not to be what you think they are: Arlington Road and Source Code. Others?
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johncutlefish
@johncutlefish
Company Culture Is ...
- What you say, and how often you say it
- What, when, and how you celebrate
- The losses and m…
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TheOnion
@TheOnion
Video Game Character Stares Impotently At Forbidden Realm Beyond Impassable Waist-High Bush https://t.co/H2MFwUywa0 https://t…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Act 22 goes much further: It makes Puerto Rico the only place on U.S. soil where personal income, capital gains, interest, and dividends are untaxed" https://t.co/sweoCCkIr5

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@mdnestorov @letsencrypt hopefully they now pay to sponsor

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Firefox telemetry says 75% of page requests are now HTTPS! Has your company donated to @letsencrypt yet? If not, why not? https://t.co/Mdf5HUfxlc

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This is the first spam email I've ever gotten that I actually kinda liked. I really should brush my teeth more, thanks for the reminder Hwang David! https://t.co/l4Je6bi68s

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Huh. So it turns out "not a flamethrower" was an accurate name after all. https://t.co/qFpDUXlcar
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lukew
@lukew
iPhone: 153,600 pixels
iPhone XS Max: 3,338,496 pixels https://t.co/JuGuaczMLE
iPhone XS Max: 3,338,496 pixels https://t.co/JuGuaczMLE

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
you can never be too rich, too thin, or have too many keyboards https://t.co/wsjHrIrQPW

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I need to find time to blog this, but TL;DR we've gotten *insane* value for the dollar out of our public vulnerability bug bounty program, so much so that it has completely changed my mind on the matter
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rmondello
@rmondello
Big day! iOS 12 is out! I hope y'all love it.
I'm going to highlight a few iCloud Keychain, Safari, and WebKit features and…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
You know Amazon's Jack "Jim Halpert" Ryan series is gonna be good when it literally opens with The Safety Dance. Also it has Bunk from the Wire! https://t.co/hMRz4Obf8N
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elle91
@elle91
Me: Why'd my bill go up?
AT&T: u got rid of ur land-line
M: But it should cost less if I have fewer services.
AT&T: And we th…
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mjg59
@mjg59
Something that's possibly even bigger news in the kernel - the adoption of an actual code of conduct based on the contributor co…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
LOL you can play as the super low poly Tomb Raider 2 Lara in the latest Tomb Raider https://t.co/BPea9E9TeP
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TechSolidarity
@TechSolidarity
Our next event is in San Francisco this Wednesday, September 19, featuring Marielena Hincapié, director of the National…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Fluid dynamics lunar lander entry in the js13kgame competition! https://t.co/ZXRKeBX6jY

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
If anyone that follows me works at Epic on Fortnite, can I email you a quick request? I promise it's not crazy. Well, not too crazy.
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JonErlichman
@JonErlichman
Things that didn’t exist when Lehman Brothers collapsed this day in 2008:
Uber
Instagram
Bitcoin
iPad
Snapchat
Apple Map…
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Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life
Wow. Linus Torvalds apologizes for decades of "flippant attacks in emails [that] have been both unprofessional and uncal…
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SteveCasino1
@SteveCasino1

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
An important reminder about statistics and DNA testing -- 99.9% accuracy means each of those individual 600,000 DNA tests is 99.9% accurate, not the whole thing. https://t.co/qGPq0TeKpo
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somospostpc
@somospostpc
I did a thing to convince myself the XS MAX 512 GB wasn't so expensive https://t.co/ne3hiR2NR9

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Henry and I combined some of the small https://t.co/u8tFrKhHn4 kits with motors today https://t.co/0CEvOcYZ4Y





















