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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 3, 2018, 4:17:58 PM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard They are significantly faster just not by arbitrarily increasing clock. Efficiency per clock went way up. The P4 was kind of a bogus design as it optimized for raw clock speed at the expense of everything else.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 3, 2018, 4:05:33 PM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose Well, actually, it is owning other people’s mistakes. Seriously.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 3, 2018, 3:51:40 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg Maybe, unless Y is sex or piracy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 3, 2018, 5:32:59 AM
In Reply To @andrybak0
@rybak_andrey More dystopian than war
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 3, 2018, 1:33:42 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
"What do we do now?" "I don't know, we've never gotten this far before."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 2, 2018, 3:51:10 PM
In Reply To @patio11
@patio11 See https://t.co/iqOXF2qIpc there are whose businesses based on this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 2, 2018, 1:55:00 AM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer missed opportunity to write "Star Wars" there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2018, 8:18:36 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain this is the best tweet you've ever written Paul
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2018, 4:58:34 AM
In Reply To @pekkagaiser
@pekkagaiser @sklivvz feel free to read the topic I linked, plus the links therein, which covers this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 1, 2018, 1:16:19 AM
In Reply To @noahpryor
@noahpryor @Pinboard eeek deleted
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2018, 11:47:09 PM
In Reply To @kemitchell
@kemitchell the third world beckons, for this is quite a salary on their terms
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2018, 10:54:23 PM
In Reply To @kemitchell
@kemitchell this genie is unfortunately not going back inside that bottle anytime soon ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2018, 10:52:35 PM
In Reply To @tobermatt
@tobermatt yes, but my data can beat up your data ;) also I *never* trust software. Never. Not once.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2018, 7:38:05 PM
In Reply To @sklivvz
@sklivvz so you're saying it's OK if you have "bad intentions"? sexism, racism, bigotry are things that are cool with you, and you personally support? Some humans are lesser than others?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2018, 7:09:26 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout I'd definitely consider moving to a warmer climate based on the number of times you've brought up the complaint!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2018, 7:06:47 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer @Pinboard @JSFitzsimmons pah, he would waste all his wealth on rigging elections
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2018, 7:06:22 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout I think you just don't like cold
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 31, 2018, 5:32:06 PM
In Reply To @TheMADE
@TheMADE oh nice cc @betsyphd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2018, 10:45:01 PM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard maybe you should take a page from the Y Combinator book which is "fund pretty much everything credible and see what works"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2018, 7:54:03 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @Mantia yeah agreed, i&o fries are weak, even though the prep is immaculate.. turns out raw potatoes don't deliver the best fries. This EPIC article covers why https://t.co/N1bLK2rpLA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2018, 5:49:56 AM
In Reply To @attack_monkey
@attack_monkey ah yes the old "no brown m&ms" contract rider!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 30, 2018, 4:07:09 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
because what company wouldn't want to hire someone with not merely a boring same old run of the mill MBA but also a THRILLING background in SKYDIVING
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 29, 2018, 10:03:31 PM
In Reply To @spies_please
@spies_please surprising this guy's other account got suspended, eh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 28, 2018, 8:33:23 PM
In Reply To @WhollySchmidt
@WhollySchmidt you could add crazy unicode characters to it, lots of space and near-space unicode weirdness to choose from. pick your poison.. or pick a better name for a game ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 28, 2018, 8:26:05 PM
In Reply To @WhollySchmidt
@WhollySchmidt use backticks `likethis` see https://t.co/2d3cFcc9mC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 28, 2018, 5:40:10 AM
In Reply To @phessler
@phessler @jwz the opera rap and cowboy intro really does it for me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 28, 2018, 1:42:36 AM
In Reply To @yanisvieilly
@yanisvieilly lol nice
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2018, 5:50:31 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2018, 2:42:07 AM
In Reply To @_allo
@_allo no, you can remove the number. try it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2018, 12:49:23 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I have it on good authority that this movie was filmed on Fruit by the Foot https://t.co/Lxzygpl7u2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2018, 12:17:57 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
also best use of a Roxette song on a soundtrack in recent memory
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 11:23:05 PM
In Reply To @daveholle
@daveholle @bad_packets @SwiftOnSecurity I finished The Road but I can't even read Blood Meridian
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 10:50:54 PM
In Reply To @realSpookyShawn
@mayislay @SwiftOnSecurity I rarely weasel out of scary films but reading the wikipedia entry for this I'm gonna hard pass
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 7:46:33 PM
In Reply To @SwiftOnSecurity
@SwiftOnSecurity Under The Skin
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 7:22:47 PM
In Reply To @naftulikay
@naftulikay @PayPal Not true, you can use authentication apps. I tweeted a link about this a few weeks ago
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 6:10:09 PM
In Reply To @awexfwex
@awexfwex brb drinking a red bull to get more health
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 5:32:43 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I am sure someone somewhere is going "grumble gnarg bargle realism PUBG" right about now. These people are dead inside.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 3:42:05 PM
In Reply To @ByJessicaMason
@fangirlingjess @austinarmatys @spies_please are you familiar with "jokes" and "humor"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 6:09:54 AM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose EH WOT GUV'NOR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 4:42:55 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
"One possible future Great Filter is a regularly-occurring cataclysmic natural event, like the above-mentioned gamma-ray bursts ... and it’s just a matter of time before all life on Earth is suddenly wiped out by one." https://t.co/bI27RIshDO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 4:39:10 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
This might be based on Larry Niven's "Inconstant Moon" but I see that's actually in development as a different movie https://t.co/OGRwcOuUNt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2018, 3:06:23 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@snipeyhead @uberbrady some good stuff on this list that I have not yet seen, working my way through it! Childhood's End, Time Lapse, These Final Hours
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2018, 8:20:26 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly The thing is, the dark patterns never *really* win in these books!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2018, 1:53:50 AM
In Reply To @snipeyhead
@snipeyhead yes, already watched, as I mentioned here https://t.co/mwRbEuQR5E
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2018, 7:07:12 PM
In Reply To @thepawandubey
@thepawandubey @Pinboard @discourse well, there's a good reason for that, as I'll now explain to you in this series of painfully contorted twitter replies 1/42
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 7:15:34 PM
In Reply To @unknownmetric
@mspowahs Minecraft usually fulfills this role for the last ~5 years, doesn't it?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 6:59:43 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@snipeyhead @uberbrady legit question, for the record, not a hypothetical
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 6:58:48 PM
In Reply To @snipeyhead
@snipeyhead @uberbrady also is it The Signal (2014) sci fi or The Signal (2007) horror
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 6:57:45 PM
In Reply To @snipeyhead
@snipeyhead @uberbrady this should link to imdb or metacritic or rotten tomatoes or .. something .. for each movie
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 6:56:02 PM
In Reply To @snipeyhead
@snipeyhead @uberbrady did you watch the Trainspotting sequel movie? Way way better than I expected. Recommended
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 6:47:49 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf I don't really want to the referenced objective, though. I tire of YC snark. Been done to death.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 6:21:07 PM
In Reply To @snipeyhead
@snipeyhead @uberbrady I tend to rate movies by how much I think about them, years later. That one rates pretty good on the think-about scale.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 6:07:46 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@snipeyhead @uberbrady oh I got one. Under The Skin. Warning, a lot of people REALLY hate this one. I think it's worthwhile, but I understand why they do.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 6:06:04 PM
In Reply To @snipeyhead
@snipeyhead @uberbrady you are a tough nut, you've seen 'em all! Recommend me some now ;)

(I didn't recommend anything that I thought was below the "meh" threshold for me.)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 5:41:05 PM
In Reply To @snipeyhead
@snipeyhead @uberbrady all right then I recommend Cargo, Game Night, The Survivalist, It Comes at Night, The Conjuring, Green Room, A Dark Song
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 5:33:53 PM
In Reply To @snipeyhead
@snipeyhead @uberbrady Metacritic don't agree "universal acclaim" https://t.co/UVwThsxxOt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 4:59:16 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@snipeyhead @uberbrady also The Witch
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 4:52:40 PM
In Reply To @snipeyhead
@snipeyhead @uberbrady instead watch:

It Follows
Babadook
Killing Ground
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 4:29:17 PM
In Reply To @snipeyhead
@snipeyhead @uberbrady it ultimately could not decide if it was a sci-fi or a horror movie and split the middle in an unsatisfying way, at least for me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 4:06:21 PM
In Reply To @uberbrady
@uberbrady @snipeyhead Ultimately I was a little disappointed in it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2018, 1:23:27 AM
In Reply To @NookTtocs
@lazycoder I reverse psychology it. "I don't even care if this gets done!" super next level, you probably can't understand
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2018, 11:03:57 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf Dogs are mans best friend amirite
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2018, 10:10:54 PM
In Reply To @Hanzo55
@Hanzo55 oh dear
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2018, 9:05:36 PM
In Reply To @Hanzo55
@Hanzo55 the world needs you
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2018, 5:01:15 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout to be fair this is probably because you are terrible 😉
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2018, 4:49:26 PM
In Reply To @zeldman
@zeldman @gmail @Google welp, I like it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2018, 3:28:05 PM
In Reply To @jwz
@jwz @textfiles do you mean man or lady type
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 7:30:51 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf welcome to invasion of the body snatchers, NOT ON MY WATCH PTACEK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 7:28:52 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles it was cool in 2017 man
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 7:27:35 PM
In Reply To @SparkyRobot
@SparkyRobot I love your mom she's the best 😍
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 3:48:04 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza "WHATS UP YOUTUBE!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 3:43:19 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
A+++ @sarahjeong is a national treasure
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 3:41:59 PM
In Reply To @sarahjeong
@sarahjeong your new twitter feed is SO WOKE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 3:08:20 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles I loved Astro Blaster because it was kinda easy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 3:02:02 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer but stackin da bloooocks
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2018, 12:30:26 AM
In Reply To @Julian_Epp
@Julian_Epp @nicksahler For me it is “Lord of the Flies”. Also the name of a local daycare center
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 9:55:05 PM
In Reply To @robomatthew
@robomatthew @Carnage4Life .. until the ARM switch in 2020 my friends 😈
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 9:07:54 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake oh man this sucks, hope you have a full recovery soon. 👁
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 8:41:42 PM
In Reply To @rcpeterson
@rcpeterson programming IDEs are the big honking exception to this rule, that said, some of the rules still apply. cc @jwz https://t.co/M1HvGBIKME
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 8:26:43 PM
In Reply To @DocPop
@DocPop stop being so fake "DOCTOR" "POPULAR"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 6:46:24 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson such a sad collection of too few keyboards
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 6:14:35 PM
In Reply To @ryanbigg
@ryanbigg 👏👏👏👏👏
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 5:49:19 PM
In Reply To @DocPop
@DocPop I have some contrarian opinions on this. The "let's curate RSS manually" ecosystem was already doomed. That said, they didn't *need* to kill it off, either.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 5:46:45 PM
In Reply To @taso42
@taso42 watch The Leftovers. I loved it, and it fucks with the viewer in an existential way I've never seen any show even attempt before. I mean that as a compliment.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 4:47:11 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles could be the timescale is not what you expect; some things maybe take years, even decades
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 4:34:38 PM
In Reply To @ChrisHanel
@ChrisHanel @textfiles @qu1j0t3 when you're already dead inside, you are completely free
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 4:34:08 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles @qu1j0t3 yeah, siccing your followers on someone is not cool. The hip kids call these people "stans" now. I guess it's an Eminem thing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 4:32:59 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@textfiles @qu1j0t3 maybe I am overestimating your degree of badassery
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 4:28:54 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles @qu1j0t3 was there really a risk that this actor would kill your cat? I would think you get personal death threats on the daily. I figure you'd be sad if there was a day you *didn't* get a death threat.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 2:43:48 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain it looks like one of those Mystery Spot pictures where the perspective is intentionally distorted
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 2:12:59 PM
In Reply To @jonobacon
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 2:00:39 AM
In Reply To @RichardWestenra
@RichardWestenra @splattne you're hired, report to work Monday 9am sharp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2018, 12:38:38 AM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life not overpriced relative to performance on iOS devices at all. Quite the contrary. Apple's knocking it _way_ out of the park on performance. It isn't even close. Plus, on security they're next level far FAR beyond what Android offers.
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