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Pinboard @Pinboard
Sep 2, 2018, 9:26:32 PM
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you. Then there’s an awkward silence. Then they laugh at you some more. At night, t…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 2, 2018, 7:21:03 PM
Having moved to California and experienced (very very small) earthquakes for the first time, I can tell you they are .. not .. a good time https://t.co/M6gcwqUmOP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2018, 10:18:54 PM
@downey @MastodonProject @discourse Maybe, it's a long and difficult process. We're still figuring things out today at @discourse
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2018, 10:13:21 PM
a delightful review of the Silicon Graphics Onyx RealityEngine*2 $250,000 1993 graphics supercomputer by @DodoidOfficial https://t.co/z8m98Xgxnz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2018, 9:40:59 PM
if you don't build great moderation tooling, you won't get great moderation https://t.co/qluQSnMnvT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2018, 8:17:32 PM
"It's the best day of the year!" https://t.co/ztibZkCjRU
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abraham @abraham
Sep 1, 2018, 4:46:40 AM
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Charting Browser Interoperability

https://t.co/wJMeliIzOI

I see people complaining a lot that @googlechrome is the new IE an…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2018, 8:51:05 PM
@doewrath It is a profoundly bad moderation choice to heap all the emotional labor on the readers vs. the bad actors. See https://t.co/IJ4dbc5QPD
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timkingman @timkingman
Aug 31, 2018, 8:42:24 PM
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When @pinboard tells me to send money, I tapped twice and think I sent at least as much as I wasted on an inspection for a…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2018, 6:48:07 PM
It has taken me a while to figure this out (probably because of invisible backpack / privilege) but morally abhorrent viewpoints expressed in a civil, substantive manner are even *more* dangerous than overt cruelty. https://t.co/J5I1oZVWbE
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Aug 31, 2018, 5:32:22 PM
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How Netflix automatically selects cover photos using AI to extract and rank screenshots from movies and TV series. Nice a…
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Aug 31, 2018, 5:18:34 PM
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Today is the last day to donate to the Great Slate if you want to help candidates buy WALL-TO-WALL political ads for October…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2018, 2:06:56 PM
I think @pinboard will enjoy this story; if your company is in crisis, build your own ad server and enjoy success! https://t.co/o2WErmTWRg
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triskweline @triskweline
Aug 30, 2018, 11:20:12 PM
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(Using email) You have one inbox. (Sign up for Slack) You have 30 inboxes. (Slack adds threads feature) Your inboxes…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2018, 9:25:18 PM
"a small-scale extension of my brand of hating every living person" 🤣 https://t.co/1jdOzhgye6
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Edgar_Allen_Joe @Edgar_Allen_Joe
Aug 30, 2018, 6:55:11 PM
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When you order a pizza you've become an NPC because you've just given an adventurer a fetch quest with promise of coin…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2018, 6:36:07 PM
In parenting, showing up is 90% of the job, and you’ll never get the other stuff exactly right anyways, so in a way showing up is all there is.
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Aug 30, 2018, 5:38:30 PM
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jonobacon @jonobacon
Aug 30, 2018, 4:19:45 PM
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In the new @badvoltage, we discuss how @TryGhost moved their community away from Slack (as they outgrew it). We discuss how…
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Marie Severin passed away this morning at the age of 89. She was a comic artist, colorist, and creator who was a key part of Ma…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2018, 4:04:18 AM
For some reason, I'm remembering that I forced my dad to list "skydiving" on the interests section of his resume circa 1980. I literally demanded that he put it there, even though it wasn't remotely true.
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thejuicemedia @thejuicemedia
Aug 30, 2018, 3:25:32 AM
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The European Union has made an Ad about the Internet Censorship Bill (aka Article 13) and it's surprisingly honest and i…
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nick_kapur @nick_kapur
Aug 29, 2018, 11:44:04 PM
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The number of independent bookstores in the United States has soared in the past 10 years. The widespread notion that Amazo…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 29, 2018, 11:24:57 PM
Yeahhhhh I’m gonna need you to join this conference call https://t.co/iX3SZ3gplL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 29, 2018, 5:27:56 PM
When all you have is a hammer, make sure your hammer dispenses a just-in-time nail! https://t.co/E5P4zu3qYc https://t.co/Il039mSDmP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 29, 2018, 3:48:50 PM
Upgrade (2018) and The First Purge (2018) would both make excellent Black Mirror episodes. That's a compliment!
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The photojournalist's dilemma: save your girlfriend's pasta or get the shot of a lifetime? https://t.co/ESBf56hvkV
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natalieweiner @natalieweiner
Aug 28, 2018, 6:23:26 PM
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those of us with offensive last names are here and we will not be silenced https://t.co/qZq6353On0
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jongalloway @jongalloway
Aug 28, 2018, 4:57:52 PM
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The smartest people I know: 1 Know that Warren Buffett has two t's in his name 2 Get their life advice from motivational…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 28, 2018, 5:47:29 AM
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recursecenter @recursecenter
Aug 28, 2018, 5:25:47 AM
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Here's a brand new page explaining the RC social rules: https://t.co/gC2CIqNQeP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 28, 2018, 1:56:32 AM
When everyone else is super pissed off about something on Twitter and you're trying your best https://t.co/L7VeCAxAVQ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 28, 2018, 1:25:24 AM
I had kinda ignored Sunshine (2007) because of the absurd premise, but it was surprisingly good https://t.co/mM4qCP5yNr
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future Oreo flavors - gasoline - thunderstorms - drinking orange juice right after brushing your teeth - aluminum foil
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scottbolinger @scottbolinger
Aug 27, 2018, 8:38:24 PM
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At this point in my career I understand that a feature that only takes a few hours to build can create hundreds of hours…
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sm_osment @sm_osment
Aug 27, 2018, 7:13:57 PM
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today i asked my class to come up with a pair of terms that share a denotative meaning but whose connotative meanings differ…
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Aug 27, 2018, 4:08:05 PM
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Facebook banning government officials from inciting hate speech is a good step in recognizing that governments can & do i…
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StephenCurry30 @StephenCurry30
Aug 27, 2018, 1:20:11 AM
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This is personal. https://t.co/PbJlSk95R3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 11:48:16 PM
Mom and Dad (2018) is definitely the second coming of Nick Cage https://t.co/qeThiaES4g
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BlueHeronFarmTX @BlueHeronFarmTX
Aug 26, 2018, 7:50:58 PM
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Why had I never heard of this? Why did we reboot Arthur and Footloose instead of making this movie? WHY? https://t.co/…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 7:13:16 PM
An authenticator app running on your phone is an OK-ish middle ground here, but SMS two factor has to be declared dead https://t.co/9zi4hNGO7b
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 6:42:26 PM
The preferred way to win a father-son Fortnite match https://t.co/JPE5Un2hQf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 5:31:20 PM
One of the many whimsical fun things in Fortnite: about 1 in every 1000 brick walls will randomly have a gnome in it https://t.co/i89eeRRiwN
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Mentioum @Mentioum
Aug 26, 2018, 4:56:04 PM
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@rauchg The blog post from @codinghorror about passwords. A source of amusement which I enjoy sending to people. https://t.c
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theJSmith @theJSmith
Aug 26, 2018, 2:56:01 PM
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Look what happens when you play animal crossing on a computer with a really good graphics card https://t.co/UJF2O5CRJo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 4:04:43 AM
We have 12 hours https://t.co/ZppPktFLF7
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HardDriveMag @HardDriveMag
Aug 25, 2018, 8:18:38 PM
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Why Spend $80 on an SNES Classic When You Can Install Emulators on a Raspberry Pi and Never Shut the Fuck Up About It? h…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2018, 8:15:18 PM
Reading The Great Brain series with my 9 year old son and belatedly realizing I learned everything I know about business from these books, 35 years ago https://t.co/Y8NoEBzF0D
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2018, 6:27:22 PM
"I sometimes think that the universe is a machine designed for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers" https://t.co/SwzlfGxNjT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2018, 5:13:57 PM
@interputed this never happens!
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My lil bro, an artist and writer and all around thoughtful guy, just started studying programming. So I told him to go read @f
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2018, 4:14:30 PM
@interputed It took me a while to figure out this is a threading rant. See https://t.co/ZdFQSeNp7Y
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runarorama @runarorama
Aug 25, 2018, 4:07:01 PM
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The Commodore 64 is now as old as the ENIAC was when the C64 came out.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2018, 7:08:05 AM
@stuxstu @spies_please and Android!! Yes!
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KenStachnik @KenStachnik
Aug 24, 2018, 5:28:06 PM
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This might be the greatest Jaws shirt of all time. https://t.co/sdN4Edg1Lk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2018, 5:01:22 PM
This is from the Something Awful *forums*, since I keep trying to explain to @pinboard what @discourse is without apparent success, maybe this'll help https://t.co/LUOEcedXLH
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Aug 24, 2018, 3:31:02 PM
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There's a device called a USB filter that turns every USB port into a charge-only port, and protects against sketchy charging…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2018, 5:21:23 AM
this is how you incentivize 2FA. Now we just need Epic to release a special "I voted in the 2018 midterm elections" dance and 💩 gets real https://t.co/ozm6dL4W2q
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 7:30:49 PM
super plan, people always pay extra attention to those quiet folks out there https://t.co/E5VVK7ByHz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 6:38:30 PM
I was so busy hacking my life I forgot to ... live
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_ElvishPresley_ @_ElvishPresley_
Aug 23, 2018, 6:08:18 PM
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[phone rings] mary kate: olsen & olsen mystery agency! ashley: we solve any crime by dinnertime! [beat] mary kate:…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 3:37:05 PM
Used https://t.co/bpoZgvQNJZ for a podcast guest spot -- very slick, all audio and client local audio upload handled in the browser!
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This is one hell of an interesting product https://t.co/xZk7zQPsxb
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martynreding @martynreding
Aug 23, 2018, 2:57:09 PM
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When the design team loses a debate with the legal team. https://t.co/oYTnvNVqQ0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 2:43:43 AM
@raganwald @timbray and that is why all my programs are one giant regular expression: unlimited elegance!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 2:37:36 AM
This isn't even clever, this is "I had a really bad idea, and then I implemented it because reasons" https://t.co/VMp0ZjJ6g2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 2:20:25 AM
You think *you've* got family problems, then you watch Hereditary (2018)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 1:28:40 AM
We lived in Virginia in the 80s and even shopped at Best. I knew about this awesomeness but never got to see it. https://t.co/4no9h3UBIj https://t.co/Q3Ow0SaNz1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2018, 11:37:23 PM
Snapchat is the Goop of tech companies https://t.co/86mOq5TVLD
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oneunderscore__ @oneunderscore__
Aug 22, 2018, 10:44:40 PM
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Simply incredible.

(h/t @josh_emerson) https://t.co/hARuDf7kbq
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Aug 22, 2018, 8:06:23 PM
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It's an interesting statement about life currently in the US that of the top 12 campaigns on GoFundMe this week; 10 are f…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2018, 6:42:40 PM
quite the set of dada imagery in this video https://t.co/bXYzWj4gLA
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"Wherever per-person Facebook use rose to one standard deviation above the national average, attacks on refugees increased by abou…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2018, 1:37:25 AM
all hail celery man https://t.co/QqQNAPtsq6
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 7:31:55 PM
“Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior” .. Orwell would be so proud https://t.co/IW9164nR5D
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“catastrophically bad judgment (in my view) is not what anyone wants in a fellow board member”

Preach, Reed.
https://t.co/kWZ…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 4:53:31 PM
“May you live in interesting times.” “Yeah, well may you live in 2018.” “Hey, that’s uncalled for!”
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 3:42:48 PM
One of the absolute funniest things that's ever happened on Twitter is @sarahjeong 's new ultra woke twitter feed, I can't stop laughing about it
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DinaPomeranz @DinaPomeranz
Aug 21, 2018, 3:39:41 PM
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"A short history of global living conditions and why it matters that we know it" Way less poverty! Way more access to ed…
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How to play pinball: https://t.co/1XqCZFqbd7
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CuriousZelda @CuriousZelda
Aug 21, 2018, 3:25:17 PM
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Concatulations! You have won a free staring contest. https://t.co/fWEGXXnmc3
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Carnage4Life @Carnage4Life
Aug 21, 2018, 3:16:14 PM
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A valuable consequence of having a trustworthiness score for users is that you can start penalizing cliques that misuse r…
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gains_tweets @gains_tweets
Aug 21, 2018, 3:08:54 PM
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what... what happened in Alberta https://t.co/R71DnuLObA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 12:09:01 AM
Millennials do the darndest things! https://t.co/JpV13wFpsU
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FlemishDog @FlemishDog
Aug 21, 2018, 12:05:16 AM
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Remember when sony did "Sport" electronics which meant "Yellow" https://t.co/Qr6VCX2cK2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 6:14:12 PM
@theodoredziuba @Pinboard It's a possibility, what is your stance on my pet issue?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 6:13:12 PM
If your product isn't great without "plugins" or "extensions" then I'm sorry to say that your product sucks. https://t.co/GA9iwrbVnh
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Noahpinion @Noahpinion
Aug 20, 2018, 6:10:02 PM
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There is so much talent out there in America, hidden by the class divisions that we pretend don't exist. https://t.co/n7nFM…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 5:39:40 PM
What are you still angry about, years later? How have you transformed that anger into constructive action?
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textfiles @textfiles
Aug 20, 2018, 4:46:36 PM
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I'd like to talk about the Woz-a-Day project at the Internet Archive and related issues about collaboration, volunteering, a…
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nicolestamp @nicolestamp
Aug 20, 2018, 4:37:29 PM
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My university roommate just reminded me that one time, in first year, I signed up to be a guinea pig in a psychology study…
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 4:04:40 PM
I wish my eyes would automatically turn off for a brief period of time after reading the words "body modification expert"
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My car is now a memorial https://t.co/IobLHJOzYp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 5:28:53 AM
@resistmarchwin @sam2code @brianprobono ooooooooooooo yesitdoes
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RichardWestenra @RichardWestenra
Aug 20, 2018, 2:00:23 AM
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Personally, I prefer to increase the spacing for each successive indent according to the Fibbonaci sequence: https://t
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MarcStraight @MarcStraight
Aug 20, 2018, 1:59:40 AM
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My dad is starting to get into different kinds of video games. He tried out No Man's Sky today and said "So it's like doi…
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