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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2023, 7:19:41 PM
In Reply To @jbaert
@jbaert @textfiles no, which one should I join?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2023, 5:08:37 PM
In Reply To @__apf__
@__apf__ @cathrynlavery This is a ridiculously heavy ask of any friend. Moving sucks so hard. I’d sooner ask people to help us give birth.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2023, 5:06:12 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg They were shipping a ton of stuff from 2019 onward. Remember tweet threading, 280 chars? So many things. You are not remembering, but I am.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 18, 2023, 2:44:27 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles Me too. Reach me via email or the blog.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2023, 7:42:05 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
It does indeed kill off the generic high school essay writing task, though.. 🤔 https://t.co/lDRA9148VV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2023, 2:10:14 PM
In Reply To @sairam
@sairam yes, exactly -- all chat apps have this memory retention problem. And now that Discourse has integrated, built-in chat, you can get both "fast lane" and "slow lane" on the same highway.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2023, 4:55:50 AM
In Reply To @diggory
@diggory it does; select the UK localization at setup!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2023, 10:23:19 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Updated link for the Napa concert footage https://t.co/UwUBxFvywy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2023, 10:16:33 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Pleased to see such a great band getting more exposure via popular Netflix shows: https://t.co/gTkNDUtLR7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2023, 4:24:42 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Browse the collection at https://t.co/3AZcvA7Rkd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2023, 1:23:05 PM
In Reply To @mucio
@mucio Painful
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2023, 6:41:26 PM
In Reply To @Crow74
@Crow74 @spike1911 @renaudsn Which app specifically? Sony has their Bravia streaming service which has very high bandwidth video streaming
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2023, 3:26:55 PM
In Reply To @markbaseggio
@markbaseggio "jam bands" are a bit of a turnoff for me personally
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2023, 5:50:11 PM
In Reply To @brian_g_moore
@brian_g_moore It’s noticeable in every aspect of navigating the UI. Balls slow on the TV, snappy on the Apple TV.. and at $129 a steal on price/perf axis
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2023, 5:19:17 PM
In Reply To @PeterLaCombJr
@PeterLaCombJr Yeah same argument for CarPlay and Android Auto. It makes sense.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2023, 5:18:31 PM
In Reply To @lossendae
@lossendae Yeah it’s sad how bad Qualcomm is, and the monopoly they enjoy on the Android side. The Android OS is fine; there’s just no good hardware to run it on. Nothing in the same league as apple’s SoCs anyway..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2023, 5:16:59 PM
In Reply To @davidspitz
@davidspitz Latest one has usb-c!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2023, 5:15:37 PM
In Reply To @AmyBlankenship
@AmyBlankenship A15 scores around 240 on speedometer 2.0. This Samsung S95B scores 12.5. Speedometer is primarily a test of single threaded performance, which is the basis of 90 percent of typical responsiveness
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2023, 3:53:06 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Well technically 24 times slower but who is counting. Native Tv apps are *sloooow*
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 2, 2023, 2:39:17 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
More people probably remember the short-lived *official* Mac clones, but the Apple II clones are an interesting footnote https://t.co/ixIU2fGsln
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2022, 4:10:01 PM
In Reply To @a_arknu
@a_arknu This exact thing has always been Apple's greatest strength, though: https://t.co/oUXDb37Ou7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 30, 2022, 3:02:13 PM
In Reply To @keppla
@keppla Sure, the settings, load/save, etc.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 30, 2022, 2:06:28 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
“I didn’t aimlessly pick Papyrus,” he insists. “I chose it very strategically.” https://t.co/QKOOZJhmh1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2022, 3:17:11 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Hookah bars, Shakira merch, off-brand teas… https://t.co/1q8IxYfFbI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2022, 2:57:46 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Was nice to see a hi-res version of this https://t.co/nw9U1G55hM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2022, 4:34:34 PM
In Reply To @Quemandoacromo
@Quemandoacromo ZOTAC 4080 does not.. 17.3 x 11.1 x 4.7 inches ..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2022, 9:37:08 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek it's from the couch!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2022, 6:35:46 PM
In Reply To @Scalibq
@Scalibq @snemarch https://t.co/J6wXBgD6Cd .. it is a fully hacked / added on thing, that's the whole selling point
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2022, 6:34:22 PM
In Reply To @JourneymanGeek
@JourneymanGeek right but that also adds a bunch of quirks to the game which was kinda quirky to start with
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2022, 4:42:58 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I eventually got it to work, but WHY haven't they updated the 1995 UI in this game, to at least Portal 2 standards (which has a far better UI)? This is one of the greatest games of all time, it deserves more than this perfunctory treatment.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2022, 3:52:18 PM
In Reply To @0e4b035a
@0e4b035a the tests I've seen show that the eMMC isn't too bad; the M.2 is faster but it's not crippling to use the base model. Plus you can upgrade it yourself! https://t.co/wXMeLXRRDP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2022, 3:47:23 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Get yourself or someone you love a Steam Deck this season! It’s amazing hardware for the price, basically a handheld PS4 pro. I bought an “invisible” sticker wrap for one of mine to differentiate it. https://t.co/nChexWvJ9x
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2022, 2:06:42 PM
In Reply To @chriscoyier
@chriscoyier “I prefer deciding what to read based on titles, or topic-based discussion.” That’s what we do at @discourse! Plus we now have integrated real time chat if you want to shift gears into the fast lane..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2022, 1:34:57 PM
In Reply To @dandjones
@dandjones For big screen couch play
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2022, 11:51:40 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
arrgh! Tried this today and couldn't get any kind of controller support to work. I even busted out the old-ass Steam controller and *that* didn't work either. Lame.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2022, 2:26:38 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@TedMoyses @Carnage4Life Although I always turn off notifications in every single app, except Signal, so it's not exactly a super desirable feature for me. I don't want to be notified of new tweets, I want to check when I want to check.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2022, 2:25:52 PM
In Reply To @TedMoyses
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2022, 1:29:00 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life why bother with an app? use the website, it's always up to date and works with every feature and on every device you own.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2022, 1:27:29 PM
In Reply To @yacallatewe
@yacallatewe wow Elon *personally* made it possible for this woman to get home safely. That's amazing. Does he chauffeur?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2022, 1:17:12 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life Delaying is a smart strategy though -- that way you maximize available medicine and treatment.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2022, 11:18:46 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
“the average kilowatts for a house was 893 kilowatt-hours per month or around 30 kilowatt-hours per day.” 30 / 24 = 1.24 https://t.co/OKGa14Zozd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2022, 1:28:55 AM
In Reply To @diwakergupta
@diwakergupta No, the tiles are not quite there yet, plus our current roof was in very good shape
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 20, 2022, 1:27:50 AM
In Reply To @KristyT
@KristyT Yes, and they buy the power at 1/10 the cost
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 19, 2022, 3:03:57 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
It’s been 6 months from date of order and our home solar system is now *finally* fully functional. 😎 Good news is lots of solar systems are being installed, the bad news is you better get your order in ASAP! https://t.co/X8tRX0uo8B
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 17, 2022, 6:03:05 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
It’s that time of year again.. Tree! is living its best life on the latest firmware https://t.co/lUicEDHGxD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 17, 2022, 4:26:13 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Check your own name here: https://t.co/dkdR1jHUQK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 17, 2022, 1:38:56 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
".. political conservatives tend to value loyalty to a group, respect for authority, and purity—typically in a bodily sense, in terms of sexuality—more than liberals do." https://t.co/HnN0GSgdyH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 16, 2022, 6:35:18 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
"Every morning, daybreak is the remnants of a violent reaction more than 90 million miles away!" Harvesting a bumper crop of photons.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 15, 2022, 4:09:08 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
"The lonelier you are, the more doggedly you will seek out a partner, and the more negative outcomes you’re likely to be faced with, and the more alienated from other people you will feel. This happens to men and women in the same way." 😬 https://t.co/yuRDzQgj0F
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 15, 2022, 2:16:49 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
"I had committed to telling a cerebral science fiction story with a female lead, tackling linguistic relativity, Bayes’ Theorem, Snell’s Law, etc. I didn’t know if anyone besides me would be as fascinated and emotionally invested in the material as I was" https://t.co/zDE2BeU0kG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 15, 2022, 12:38:19 PM
In Reply To @dnalounge
@dnalounge 1989? wow
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 14, 2022, 9:08:10 PM
In Reply To @the_cguy
@the_cguy it's quite fun when it isn't crashing! And many of the missions are not affected by crashing, e.g. you get credit as soon as the event happens.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 14, 2022, 7:09:17 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I don't mean to be salty, but this is the most crashes I've experienced during major AAA gameplay in recent memory. Even after several patches and video driver updates.. I'm sending in crash report after crash report, so at least the crash reporting is working? 🤔 https://t.co/x4ob7zUGuu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 14, 2022, 4:44:14 PM
In Reply To @osterman
@osterman there were other battery options and I thought about it, but the installer said the Tesla ones were the best option. As long as I'm not driving the logo around outside, I'm OK with that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 14, 2022, 4:41:03 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans This was, without a doubt, personally my most favorite obsessive 80s song that I internalized as a teenager. I even called the radio station to ask them to play it more. Only time I ever did that. That being said, I'd nominate "Bette Davis Eyes" as the most 80s of all 80s songs.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 14, 2022, 4:36:26 PM
In Reply To @dbrower
@dbrower good, glad to hear I'm not the only one.. the whole part about the plastic mass gyre / continent is completely missing from the show, for example..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 14, 2022, 4:34:26 PM
In Reply To @gmile
@gmile interesting; I felt they are of roughly similar quality, Westworld hit harder in the first season, but fell off in quality sooo rapidly. Let's see how they do with S2.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 14, 2022, 4:08:51 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
aaaannd finally complete 🎉 .. big delay on getting the batteries in. Ironically we had a super localized 88 household power outage Monday evening that affected us but *just* missed the install date for real world testing https://t.co/UFbLNXPwJt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 13, 2022, 4:06:10 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I started read The Peripheral on my newly unwrapped Amazon Scribe eInk tablet (I wanted to try a larger model) and.. so far the book and the show are quite different. 😖
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 13, 2022, 2:46:13 PM
In Reply To @Spiral90210
@Spiral90210 @chucker oh yeah DPI scaling has gotten better over time but can be quirky, especially if you mix monitors and DPI levels. I understand what you mean now.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 13, 2022, 1:28:51 PM
In Reply To @Spiral90210
@Spiral90210 @chucker I've never had trouble setting refresh rate per-monitor in Windows as long as the display, cable, and gpu support it..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 13, 2022, 1:14:24 PM
In Reply To @AlamedaMuniPwr
@AlamedaMuniPwr may we ask what caused this outage? how common are outages of this type?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 13, 2022, 12:17:20 PM
In Reply To @amyjokim
@amyjokim oh nooo so sorry 😢
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 13, 2022, 11:26:56 AM
In Reply To @irae
@irae It is not good for the world. https://t.co/AEKSlM9XYw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 13, 2022, 11:24:44 AM
In Reply To @Spiral90210
@Spiral90210 @chucker 60hz is a limitation of your gpu not Windows.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 5:46:21 PM
In Reply To @chucker
@chucker 27" 4ks are plenty available and hit that target close enough don't they? well, that's "only" 171ppi but I think it's good enough. 4k would need to be 15 inches (!) to be 300ppi!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 5:43:41 PM
In Reply To @rodhilton
@rodhilton perhaps! Will be moving soon. Planning to blog more, smaller stuff.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 5:43:03 PM
In Reply To @Wbp193
@Wbp193 no; unfettered connection was creating division. Look at nextdoor for example https://t.co/h45z1BTBew
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 5:41:53 PM
In Reply To @adrianscottcom
@adrianscottcom irrelevant unless this is a government platform. If you walk into wal-mart screaming about (whatever), you will be asked to leave.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 5:40:38 PM
In Reply To @thresh
@thresh @esportsawards can't wait to see you rock the white crocs 🐊
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 5:33:18 PM
In Reply To @trmpstr
@trmpstr @jonobacon @fals_xp @Twitter @elonmusk @bariweiss @mtaibbi say and do are two different things, esp. when it comes to the Muskiness. So I'll believe it when I see it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 4:32:32 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
The sad thing is, Twitter was quite influential in cracking down on harmful activity from 2018-2021. They finally made big product moves. https://t.co/bmTIArLGNK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 3:58:47 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
And the final version! Thank you @EdwardTufte .. be sure to pick up a copy, these books profoundly influenced my work. https://t.co/Q7mx57DmCW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 3:21:52 PM
In Reply To @fals_xp
@fals_xp @jonobacon @Twitter @elonmusk @bariweiss @mtaibbi plus shadowbanning the account that provides public info on his private jet. "free speech", eh? For who?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 3:17:22 PM
In Reply To @jonobacon
@jonobacon @Twitter @elonmusk @bariweiss @mtaibbi weev being back on the platform, and the "pronouns" tweet should be all you need to know. Google weev if you want to see why that's a problem.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 3:16:05 PM
In Reply To @TimSweeneyEpic
@TimSweeneyEpic He's got brass balls writing it in Comic Sans
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 2:13:05 PM
In Reply To @ksieff
@ksieff @NickMiroff @ScottHigham1 @stevenrich @dataeditor @MrErinO @SalwanGeorge "The synthetic opioid is so powerful that a year’s supply of pure fentanyl powder for the U.S. market would fit in the beds of two pickup trucks."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 1:36:17 PM
In Reply To @JohnONolan
@JohnONolan @Ghost @a16z This is why at @discourse we used the classic GPL license, by the way, and *not* MIT. Some plugins are MIT.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 1:30:23 PM
In Reply To @stevesi
@stevesi reminds me of the small phone clique. Loud, but not enough $ to make it worth the vendors' time.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 12, 2022, 1:27:31 PM
In Reply To @ID_AA_Carmack
@ID_AA_Carmack There's been a lot written about basic typing input and mouse input latency as well via @danluu here https://t.co/LxxHRIq4MZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 11, 2022, 9:39:11 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
also, what he said

https://t.co/KQEGVwsnpD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 11, 2022, 9:33:59 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg I expected the complete failure of Lisp to get traction would have illustrated this 20 years ago? That said, languages do evolve and improve; today's JavaScript is so much better than 2008's JavaScript.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 11, 2022, 9:31:20 PM
In Reply To @CookedNick
@CookedNick I think I can fairly definitively say you are better off spending $60 on an old used phone (particularly iPhone, because their SoCs are so fast) than buying a "new" $60 phone.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 11, 2022, 9:26:56 PM
In Reply To @rahaeli
@rahaeli @shog9 it's been table stakes since 2008! https://t.co/LK6UNXylSd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 11, 2022, 9:12:10 PM
In Reply To @JasonDeArte
@JasonDeArte It's like 6 or 8 per box, they're big!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 10, 2022, 11:45:04 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Upgraded my Apple Watch today https://t.co/tPza3ays6i
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 10, 2022, 8:57:53 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Ok I apparently the Trader Joes brass decided crack cocaine wasn’t addictive enough… thanks I guess? https://t.co/aWPO7bKEJC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 10, 2022, 8:17:49 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Here's the ZTE Blade L9 2021, an Android phone which can be had for the princely sum of $53.97. What can I say about this phone except that it.. works? If you're patient? https://t.co/u9cyq4HPuT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 9, 2022, 5:11:04 PM
In Reply To @alanbourke
@alanbourke have there been any trailers or visual media?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 9, 2022, 5:00:38 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
It was part of "Fallout 3 Survival Edition", but now I can have a Pip-Boy on my keyboard! https://t.co/prYcNmzPvt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 9, 2022, 4:15:07 PM
In Reply To @hajo_thelen
@hajo_thelen @RonaldGee that is precisely the point I am trying to make! ⚡
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 9, 2022, 4:14:44 PM
In Reply To @pekkagaiser
@pekkagaiser @shakethemonkey I would say MC solidly makes it in the decent category, it's not forgettable. So many of the (great!) replies, I had NO IDEA these movie remakes existed!
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