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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 22, 2016, 5:28:47 PM
In Reply To @ChrisVermilion
@ChrisVermilion @lizardbill not exactly, if they are hiring for an athlete of a certain caliber..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 22, 2016, 4:29:33 PM
In Reply To @lizardbill
@lizardbill why does it feel any different than "hiring for skill X that I don't have?" and should it feel any different?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 22, 2016, 12:16:16 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke if only the camera was better :D
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 22, 2016, 1:31:31 AM
In Reply To @kemitchell
@kemitchell @TedDennison I want you both to have INCREDIBLE nights. The best!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 9:43:23 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza yes but what about meeeeeeeeeeeee
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 9:41:20 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza hmm, what does this mean I am? A crony?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 5:31:34 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon it is a perfectly cromulent word
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 4:44:24 PM
In Reply To @andiih
@andiih @migueldeicaza I use that too but when I take my glasses off, it stops working. So I have to go find my glasses to log in...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 4:31:06 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 2:33:19 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza it is about the journey, not the destination. Do you feel cool? Do you LOOK cool?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 2:31:30 PM
In Reply To @sirarsalih
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 2:23:19 PM
In Reply To @natbro
@natbro when people ask me how something went, I also answer "Pretty good. Nobody was killed. Yet."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 2:22:41 PM
In Reply To @natbro
@natbro I also like "Drive dangerously! Take lots of risks!" which I say a lot. Driving safely is boring.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 1:03:48 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf TL;DR make sure people who aren't white get to vote. Drive them if necessary. In contested states, of course!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 12:41:33 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly "beer me" drones
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 12:39:20 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly self-driving vehicles is the one big "AI" thing I think will truly come to pass in our lifetimes.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 11:51:46 AM
In Reply To @shog9
@shog9 @sklivvz @tinkertim @JasonPunyon guaranteed basic income is the future.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 11:41:05 AM
In Reply To @deray
@deray @siracusa ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOOTBAWWWLLLLLLLLLLLL (passes out)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 11:40:24 AM
In Reply To @shog9
@shog9 @tinkertim @JasonPunyon and how many people drive stick? Hell, I don't want to drive at *all*; hopefully my kids won't need to.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 11:33:43 AM
In Reply To @shog9
@shog9 @tinkertim @JasonPunyon *building* your own car versus buying one.. is a mess. You're buring the lede so hard here.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 11:25:00 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@paulmwatson @shog9 even worse the NOBILITY and BEAUTY of coding, jesus christ, get off my lawn people!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 11:23:49 AM
In Reply To @shog9
@shog9 @JasonPunyon @paulmwatson buy a plugin perhaps, never, NEVER write code. That is a trail of tears you don't want to be on.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 11:21:58 AM
In Reply To @shog9
@shog9 @paulmwatson very, very few. Configuring WordPress or another CMS, on the other hand...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 11:16:42 AM
In Reply To @shog9
@shog9 @paulmwatson it's the job of the auto mechanic, which is more analogous to what a coder is. The best code is zero code.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 10:47:48 AM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon You are an inspiration to us all, Jason
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 10:26:27 AM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon you show that operating system who is boss!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 3:18:28 AM
In Reply To @marcprecipice
@marcprecipice hmm. I disagree, I felt it was objective and reflected the difficulty and scale they face
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 21, 2016, 1:08:06 AM
In Reply To @Gryzor
@Gryzor why not USB controller??
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2016, 10:00:00 PM
In Reply To @marcprecipice
@marcprecipice long term donating to reduce voter suppression .. a surprisingly big problem in our democracy .. seems best strategy to me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2016, 9:58:46 PM
In Reply To @marcprecipice
@marcprecipice what makes me crazy is, you gotta vote in contested states or it basically doesn't matter. PoC will determine this election.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2016, 8:59:33 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf also, most of all, I pray the dude who ratted out Manning suffers extreme karmic justice.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2016, 8:57:57 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf I predict neither will get any clemency whatsoever, I will be (pleasantly!) surprised if Manning does not eventually die in custody.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2016, 8:50:12 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf I suspect Manning will eventually die in custody, which is why Snowden should never come back. Love to be proven wrong though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2016, 6:15:44 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @joshmillard (grabs the spray water bottle)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2016, 3:57:59 PM
In Reply To @marcprecipice
@marcprecipice act now how, exactly? Calls to action should provide a default that works.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2016, 3:56:55 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek we need a fuck off bot
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2016, 1:07:09 AM
In Reply To @clemensv
@clemensv @pkanavos what generally wins is the Dumbest Thing That Can Work, and that is Linux.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 20, 2016, 1:00:57 AM
In Reply To @clemensv
@clemensv @pkanavos yes, but two decades from now.. the trend is quite clear already.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2016, 11:09:01 PM
In Reply To @Steve_Yegge
@Steve_Yegge this isn't true, best rep is always from answers. Questions worth less, true since 2010 https://t.co/0oYZubE4tB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2016, 6:08:12 PM
In Reply To @bxlewi1
@bxlewi1 @siracusa 4k @ 60hz on PC like a REAL GAMER https://t.co/3LJJeBTKYD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2016, 5:58:32 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa I'll see you in Battlefield 1, which might be the best one they've ever made. Codename Eagle redux.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2016, 5:44:44 PM
In Reply To @bookercodes
@bookercodes anything by @jonskeet is going to be magnificent
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2016, 5:41:22 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon pretty tame compared to the productivity loss of "Jason Punyon will code this himself"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2016, 4:01:28 PM
In Reply To @ach0w
@ach0w I don't care for Halo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2016, 2:59:20 PM
In Reply To @squigiliwams
@squigiliwams I'll play it when it comes to PC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2016, 2:56:20 PM
In Reply To @Greenspeak
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 19, 2016, 1:49:08 PM
In Reply To @pinchito
@pinchito I never said it made sense!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 11:34:09 PM
In Reply To @KristyT
@KristyT I have had a lot of bad watermelon before. Tasteless.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 8:17:48 PM
In Reply To @ircri
@ircri what size drives? Zero manufacturer info? :(
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 8:03:12 PM
In Reply To @ircri
@ircri what percent is that?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 7:47:32 PM
In Reply To @mattcutts
@mattcutts verdict? I like the quesarito as well
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 7:40:56 PM
In Reply To @bxlewi1
@bxlewi1 @siracusa that's MS sucking ass, nothing to do with Skylake. Ask me how many Surface 2 BIOS updates caused problems.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 7:40:04 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa Kaby Lake seems like a minor update. Mostly adding better 4K and HDR 10-bit decoding.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 7:33:00 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa how many Macs are been on Skylake at this point? One? Two?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 5:40:18 PM
In Reply To @flaximus
@giant_niggler do not even get @samsaffron started about that
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 5:39:45 PM
In Reply To @hbeschizza
@hbeschizza There Will Be Pumpkins
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 5:34:46 PM
In Reply To @rands
@rands only good, it is a Smart Bear service.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 5:33:14 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@jc4p @kevinmontrose @EricLichtblau it is also true rate of social change is accelerating, first black president ever, next first woman ever
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 5:28:11 PM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose @jc4p @EricLichtblau the system isn't just unfair, it is systemically unfair and growing more so every day. Break it?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 5:20:58 PM
In Reply To @psaffo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 5:16:15 PM
In Reply To @NinjaPotts
@NinjaPotts I know this cartoon can vote, drink, and graduate from college!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 5:14:15 PM
In Reply To @jc4p
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 5:09:25 PM
In Reply To @jc4p
@jc4p @kevinmontrose @EricLichtblau the scary thing is millions and millions of fellow Americans voted for this, and will vote for this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 4:10:10 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver ducking right it can
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 3:53:58 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver not even remotely the same thing, though, than one of the central figures telling people explicitly NOT to care.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 3:50:35 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver nah perf is easy as hell on .NET. Nobody regularly tells you, "oh you gotta use this C gem everyone uses for speed.."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 3:47:27 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley you mean apps like ... iOS? (confused look)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 3:18:49 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain paul.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 11:59:34 AM
In Reply To @stekoshy
@stekoshy closer to galaxy note 7, there is software impact on Chrome optimizations per platform
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 11:44:36 AM
In Reply To @balpha
@balpha unfortunately the type of men who do this crap usually only do it when no other men are around to intervene
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2016, 12:02:50 AM
In Reply To @sbrown23
@sbrown23 so much worse in percentage terms though
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2016, 3:32:14 PM
In Reply To @xor
@xor most bad movies are spoiled food, not differently tasting food.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2016, 3:29:28 PM
In Reply To @xor
@xor I dunno this is like saying. 'Some people enjoy spoiled milk'.. I guess?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2016, 1:15:27 AM
In Reply To @dluxem
@dluxem so the SSD number is "failed in last 12 months"?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2016, 11:52:04 PM
In Reply To @ircri
@ircri any stats?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2016, 11:51:21 PM
In Reply To @dluxem
@dluxem any stats?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2016, 11:19:47 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans I got used to Kindle Voyage so I am used to this too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2016, 9:12:46 PM
In Reply To @JasonMcBoyd
@JasonMcBoyd twin 4.5 year olds and a 7.5 year old. 2 years old is rough for sure
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2016, 6:29:41 PM
In Reply To @diogenesosilva
@diogenesosilva PLEASE, I need that
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2016, 6:05:21 PM
In Reply To @BenPackard
@BenPackard @siracusa @wilshipley Millions of People Voted For This
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2016, 4:57:39 PM
In Reply To @JimLynn
@JimLynn haha just kidding what an inappropriate joke I made. My bad #notreallykidding
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2016, 4:40:43 PM
In Reply To @JimLynn
@JimLynn I kinda wish I was dead every day, does that count?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2016, 3:56:32 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley they'll be remembered fondly by PRESIDENT TRUMP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 15, 2016, 11:02:01 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer capsela baby
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 15, 2016, 5:58:31 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway no no no nonononononononono here is your test suite https://t.co/GaKwOC7Xgg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 15, 2016, 12:50:43 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson 4k display is required for any kind of passable mobile VR. It's gonna be.. a while..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 15, 2016, 12:22:57 PM
In Reply To @AccordionGuy
@AccordionGuy @PainPoint @gortok I think several people here should Check Themselves Before They Wriggedy-Wriggedy Wreck Themselves
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 15, 2016, 12:15:32 PM
In Reply To @PainPoint
@PainPoint @AccordionGuy are we just copying stuff outright now? https://t.co/UeVHKRD2ZH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 15, 2016, 12:14:18 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf Yeah Patrick effectively said as close to nothing about it as he could in his blog entry, so ..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 15, 2016, 10:16:23 AM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray it's tough wearing a damn bow tie
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