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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 6:14:36 PM
In Reply To @peregrine
@peregrine it is a bummer, but if this doesn't work, I can't think of anything else that will, either.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 5:59:37 PM
In Reply To @drewhutchison
@drewhutchison when walking away is not an option, you develop the skills to improve and deal with it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 5:59:10 PM
In Reply To @drewhutchison
@drewhutchison stated another way, you can walk away from literally anything else as an adult.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 5:58:33 PM
In Reply To @drewhutchison
@drewhutchison not trying at all; it's just other human beings are a hard problem, and having kids puts that problem front-and-center and unavoidable
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 5:57:47 PM
In Reply To @Trevoke
@Trevoke @lyonsinbeta @todoist that is *exactly* the point I am trying to make
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 5:35:13 PM
In Reply To @drewhutchison
@drewhutchison there are other ways to get there. But few of them kick your ass quite the way your kid will, for the entirety of your life.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 5:24:23 PM
In Reply To @negativland2006
@negativland2006 you can also meet some pretty bloody horrible children
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 5:07:45 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg I can agree that he has changed for the better over the last 14 years.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 4:07:03 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg Zuck has changed over the last 14 years. He had kids, which in my book is one of the biggest changes you go through.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 3:49:50 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek @Justins white chocolate is WRONG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 2:59:34 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke I specifically meant statements like "all {this color/gender of people} are.." which is just.. terrible.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 2:58:52 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke yeah I was thinking more of "men speaking to men", "women speaking to women" only. Like I would correct a dude who said "women are trash".
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 2:55:47 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@cwodtke and I'm super tired of gender wars, which I don't think helps anyone, ever.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 2:54:59 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke well, I don't agree. If a man says "women are trash" that is just as BS to me as a woman saying "men are trash". Fuel for gender wars.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 2:46:09 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke I think generalities about people are dangerous across the board, for everyone. "All {anything} are.."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 2:33:35 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke aw come on, if a man said "women are trash" that would not get any kind of pass
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 1:07:33 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf I only use it on Linode.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 12:47:07 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg Well yeah because he won the world. It is easier to be generous as the king.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 12:56:22 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@Beschizza See my recent tweet, you should be pissed at sites that serve webp, nobody appears to want it except Google
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 12:55:22 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
"Webp is not a good format" https://t.co/naLRGwPvHI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2017, 12:48:10 AM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza I can confirm webp images are saved as webp on drag n drop in Chrome. Webp is so rarely supported though this is not a common format
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2017, 5:25:24 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles how expensive are scanning services, roughly? ballpark? I am curious
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2017, 4:30:49 PM
In Reply To @orliph
@orliph @discourse Thanks! There have been a few: Google for "coding horror jeff atwood interview" without the quotes
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2017, 6:24:03 AM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza @supdegrave use Firefox in that specific scenario; it doesn't support webp at all.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2017, 3:58:48 AM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza webp isn't supported in many browsers though https://t.co/jp4NLCUWpu suggestion: use firefox for this workflow
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2017, 3:57:29 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@Beschizza now if the target image is a webp, yeah, drag it to desktop, it stays webp. I can repro that but.. expected?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2017, 3:57:06 AM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza from a webpage to the desktop? No repro.. I drag a .jpg image from https://t.co/mr6lWeG5qP to desktop, it's a .jpg (asus ad)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2017, 12:15:42 AM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans My mom writes the best books.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2017, 12:13:35 AM
In Reply To @mmustapic
@mmustapic No bug I cannot get enough of you. I'm coming over.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2017, 12:12:42 AM
In Reply To @kitchenettekat
@kitchenettekat @danluu @Zenefits The funny thing is the correct answer was "neither"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2017, 9:31:28 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza I don't think this is happening?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2017, 8:57:22 PM
In Reply To @kwiens
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2017, 8:25:08 PM
In Reply To @kwiens
@kwiens @chad_ramos anything not M2 pci express interface based is pretty slow these days but you may need a system upgrade (Skylake or later)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2017, 8:08:12 PM
In Reply To @chad_ramos
@chad_ramos @kwiens That's the goal!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2017, 8:00:05 PM
In Reply To @mmustapic
@mmustapic @kwiens Yeah I am removing it to put in the samsung 960 pro pci SSD and also more memory
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2017, 5:50:35 PM
In Reply To @robpickering
@robpickering @galka_max Interesting I wonder which states would need to be removed for CA to be equal to? NY, TX, FL? https://t.co/XppNHJquta
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2017, 2:34:11 AM
In Reply To @wiqd
@wiqd @discourse why do you say that?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 9:50:33 PM
In Reply To @kevinmarks
@kevinmarks @matthewlmcclure @rabois I think @rabois is afraid to take the bet because I guarantee he would lose. He already lost in fact.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 9:48:13 PM
In Reply To @matthewlmcclure
@matthewlmcclure @rabois @kevinmarks Trust me, I will be revisiting this tweet in 2020 as well.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 9:37:55 PM
In Reply To @benedictevans
@BenedictEvans @smk @rabois @kevinmarks @tobiaspatton @timbray The app world is easy. Step One: Be Facebook.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 9:36:51 PM
In Reply To @kevinmarks
@kevinmarks @zkirill @BenedictEvans @smk @rabois @tobiaspatton @timbray Why would that matter? Apple has more than lapped Android on overall performance. Android flagships are barely 50% as fast.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 9:11:55 PM
In Reply To @benedictevans
@BenedictEvans @smk @rabois @kevinmarks @tobiaspatton @timbray App install is monstrously prohibitive vs. "tap link"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 9:04:34 PM
In Reply To @benedictevans
@BenedictEvans @smk @rabois @kevinmarks @tobiaspatton @timbray More accurate title for graph:

10 apps won mobile

https://t.co/XfRlLWnvoq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 7:31:06 PM
In Reply To @KristyT
@KristyT very very bad. We're WICKED SMART AND BUILDING THE WHOLE WORLD JUST LOOK AROUND YOU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 7:29:54 PM
In Reply To @KristyT
@KristyT have you met... programmers? 🙄
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 6:56:32 PM
In Reply To @benedictevans
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 5:07:30 PM
In Reply To @heri
@heri @TeslaMotors average bigco is not like tesla, they are quite unique.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 3:40:01 PM
In Reply To @dmitrybrin
@dmitrybrin dunno I have not worked there since 2012
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 3:17:48 PM
In Reply To @etjossem
@etjossem @tqbf yes that is what I would have immediately implemented, with apologies. Like within 24 hours. This is why I need to PM everything
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 3:04:38 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf My immediate reaction was a checkbox on the form that says "it is OK to pass my info on to the target site".. default on, can be checked off
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 2:42:03 PM
In Reply To @Ciwan1859
@Ciwan1859 GOOD NEWS! You can read this article! https://t.co/vL5cfPFpxs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 2:13:51 PM
In Reply To @zeynep
@zeynep @reanimationxp @MweneChanga @zachlatta blaming users for security problems is never correct... always blame the design first.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 1:57:59 PM
In Reply To @zeynep
@zeynep @reanimationxp @MweneChanga @zachlatta google should be blocking "things that use the actual word google" in these cases. Always unicode fake chars to use though..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 1:54:06 PM
In Reply To @jaredgrey
@thejaredgrey @AliciaHawkes @_tizzle was this state specific? What state do you live in? Would it have been better in a different state?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 10:43:02 AM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke "When you are used to privilege, equality feels like oppression"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 2:09:36 AM
In Reply To @Rarst
@Rarst @swissspidy it's this completely insane random jumble of features that makes zero sense as a coherent add-on. It is dessert topic and floor wax
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 12:58:12 AM
In Reply To @kesterallen
@kesterallen Just wanted everyone to know I never recommend something I am not willing to do myself.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2017, 12:41:48 AM
In Reply To @kesterallen
@kesterallen I sent $1000!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2017, 5:49:15 PM
In Reply To @patio11
@patio11 electric cars are going to seriously disrupt this long term. They're way, way simpler than gasoline based cars.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2017, 5:31:29 PM
In Reply To @zofrex
@zofrex I would get the voyage instead, personally.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2017, 3:40:27 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@wilshipley Ask for the "tablet" version of a popular Android app and enjoy the stony silence.. at least iPad is common "enough" for dev
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2017, 3:39:38 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley Android is especially not great on tablets. Hardware slowness + lack of large apps exacerbated there. OLED screen literally the only plus.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2017, 3:33:36 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley It is a Windows 10 tablet as I said. There are effectively zero Android tablets worth buying.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2017, 3:15:11 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I don't. I have a Samsung windows 10 OLED tablet though! And a surface 4 pro etc.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2017, 3:06:05 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley How is it heterogenous? I am required by law to have my phone with me at all times, and I bring one "bonus" device..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2017, 3:00:15 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley Not being able to see twitter is a feature, for reading.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2017, 2:56:49 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley eink is way way better than LCD for reading. Try it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2017, 4:48:30 AM
In Reply To @rabois
@rabois @kevinmarks @tobiaspatton @timbray Can you even name five "important" companies without a website?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2017, 1:22:46 AM
In Reply To @seesharp
@seesharp they have several for Kindle, e.g. https://t.co/Zax4gDc2sL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 5:41:18 PM
In Reply To @rabois
@rabois @kevinmarks @tobiaspatton @timbray sorry I was in VR so it was hard to see that. I'm in VR 24/7 these days. I never leave.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 5:23:11 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain at the Florida-Alamaba beach hotel, on the elevator, from one of our 5 year old twins as the doors are closing: "GOODBYE STRANGERS!!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 4:04:16 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley SO JELLY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 3:58:41 PM
In Reply To @jabelsjabels
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 3:58:09 PM
In Reply To @belmikey
@belmikey awww I got all excited and checked spam folder and.. nope :(
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 3:51:59 PM
In Reply To @SuperDalgas
@SuperDalgas @df07 you are like patient zero Dalgas seriously, not even joking with this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 3:30:05 PM
In Reply To @df07
@df07 PHISH ME DAVID! PHISH ME RIGHT NOW! PHISH ME SUPER HARD! I WANT IT! I NEED IT!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 2:52:13 PM
In Reply To @rabois
@rabois @kevinmarks It's 2017. Ain't nobody on the web but us chickens.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 2:43:29 PM
In Reply To @joshmillard
@joshmillard @ironicsans clicking that was better than Cats. I would click it again, and again.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 2:31:18 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie @sthig see https://t.co/YLHQpLc2pf the reveal is that it requests TOTAL access to email. Full control.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 2:28:21 PM
In Reply To @zachlatta
@zachlatta @zeynep wow "read, send, delete and manage your email" that should have a bright red alert glyph next to it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2017, 12:46:50 PM
In Reply To @ZachWeiner
@ZachWeiner Just do 3 weeks of poop and butt jokes like usual! Come on this is easy!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2017, 5:05:12 PM
In Reply To @wycats
@wycats @mattt416 @samsaffron @eviltrout we eventually got where we needed to go. Ruby people are *AWFUL* about understanding that performance is, in fact, a very important feature
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2017, 4:44:15 PM
In Reply To @marcgravell
@marcgravell @Dell pretty sure that violates the Hippocratic Oath
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2017, 4:20:09 PM
In Reply To @mattt416
@mattt416 probably, ember.js has been more.. challenging, but they have adapted with (cough) pushing
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2017, 4:19:15 PM
In Reply To @rkoutnik
@rkoutnik pretty sure he meant "forum", perhaps a typo?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2017, 4:10:56 PM
In Reply To @seesharp
@seesharp @Oatmeal sooo much better than listening to three long ass podcasts, too. (that's the source)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2017, 2:57:45 AM
In Reply To @igrigorik
@igrigorik @tominsam @jaffathecake @Bitly you should look into this goo.gl thing, it's pretty cool
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2017, 2:23:42 AM
In Reply To @seesharp
@seesharp I loved it because I love dark comedies! This one is so California. Also the director who did Wild and Dallas Buyers' Club. Big fan
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2017, 2:10:18 AM
In Reply To @jarredsumner
@jarredsumner fair, but there's no _doubt_ that this is the nadir of American politics
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2017, 7:27:42 PM
In Reply To @LukeD
@LukeD @MaxCRoser still pedantry, because it's pretty close to a straight (up & right) line even if you manually etch-a-sketch between the data points!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2017, 7:23:51 PM
In Reply To @LukeD
@LukeD @MaxCRoser sooo pedantic. "up and to the right".. better? ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2017, 8:20:43 PM
In Reply To @conlific
@conlific Great price for what you get though IMO. Plus it comes with keyboard cover that is $100+ on iPad and Surface.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2017, 8:19:55 PM
In Reply To @conlific
@conlific It could be good or bad depending on your take of Windows 10 on a tablet. Perf wise it is what I said. My use is video so I wanted it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2017, 3:49:58 AM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg sure, skull face is a bit xtreme, but there are some *really* cool helmets available out there now. Like.. really cool.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2017, 3:43:52 AM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg yeah but you didn't have helmets this badass either https://t.co/7zMFEQOG0L
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