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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2016, 6:57:36 PM
In Reply To @lefticus
@lefticus @chaiscript if you feel you are close "enough" to the limit that a discussion community would work, try the form anyway!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2016, 5:33:44 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente the licensing was jacked, which is not uncommon.. licensing is hard to get right if you don't start right
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2016, 5:02:28 PM
In Reply To @raanan
@raanan was thinking about this.. what are your top 5 things you say to it?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2016, 2:42:57 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon well that'd be easy. Basically, hire anyone.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2016, 1:42:37 PM
In Reply To @joshk
@joshk I see someone woke up a little cranky today ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2016, 6:58:29 AM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza the bearded lady
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2016, 1:43:54 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles @KevinSavetz these are awesome
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 9:37:53 PM
In Reply To @ninjaweasel
@ninjaweasel yes I am a huge Battlefield fan, I could not get into the Star Wars stuff though
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 9:34:55 PM
In Reply To @Thebettafish
@Thebettafish gets realll old after the 100th or 1000ndth time though
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 9:34:07 PM
In Reply To @IfErrThrowBrick
@IfErrThrowBrick yeah 45 minutes of guaranteed underperform/afk loss is way way too much
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 9:10:00 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly weak ideas, strongly held
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 9:04:37 PM
In Reply To @seesharp
@seesharp I used the 10 million top list on GitHub linked in the replies to that tweet, extracted 10+ char only out of it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 6:45:22 PM
In Reply To @itsjakerobb
@itsjakerobb I don't disagree but that's a whole different ball of wax
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 6:43:40 PM
In Reply To @marcprecipice
@marcprecipice @timoreilly anything other than encryption by default all the time is increasingly the wrong choice
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 5:10:40 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie drumpf always does a kind of duckface in his photos, doesn't he?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 5:22:24 AM
In Reply To @jmp_nyc
@jmp_nyc @cshirky videogames were, and are, the future. Still photos in a freakin' 360 degree circle wasn't that impressive... even in 1994.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 5:07:10 AM
In Reply To @jmp_nyc
@jmp_nyc @cshirky I'd go with https://t.co/xP6TSkzpbD circa 1993-ish?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 5:01:11 AM
In Reply To @cshirky
@cshirky this? https://t.co/6a5O4ATLhO Not sure I'm super down with "panoramic photos = VR"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 4:53:46 AM
In Reply To @Buffer_Cat
@Buffer_Cat yep, but that's a different problem.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2016, 4:37:16 AM
In Reply To @Buffer_Cat
@Buffer_Cat try "remembera10+password"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2016, 10:24:05 PM
In Reply To @ShaneX
@ShaneX also, 8 hours? This is barely a difference. Add a few more chars and try again.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2016, 10:22:33 PM
In Reply To @ShaneX
@ShaneX read the article. $40k buys a lot of GPUs, or rent a cloud with GPUs.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2016, 10:10:54 PM
In Reply To @ShaneX
@ShaneX 8 chars is about 60 seconds https://t.co/nPpJKKOs6c
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2016, 9:39:37 PM
In Reply To @ShaneX
@ShaneX statistically speaking, nope
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2016, 9:39:15 PM
In Reply To @ShaneX
@ShaneX not better, longer. We also expect people to lock their cars and houses.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2016, 8:59:04 PM
In Reply To @ShaneX
@ShaneX 8 char passwords are no security at all these days.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2016, 8:25:45 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza this is true, drone healthcare is much cheaper
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2016, 5:33:40 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg true, but you have to watch / measure what users do, not only talk to users
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2016, 5:10:34 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie unlikely
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 6:19:39 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles recommend me a best episode
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 5:08:33 PM
In Reply To @ianremsen
@ianremsen my soul
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 4:42:22 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles I'll see you in hell
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 4:42:05 PM
In Reply To @marcprecipice
@marcprecipice they don't understand why the first call to action is direct contact between the flagger and the poster.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 4:40:13 PM
In Reply To @marcprecipice
@marcprecipice I get hassled all the time because the flag dialog in Discourse looks like this. But you know why! https://t.co/2ff1T3Gn68
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 4:37:34 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles just sayin', IRC is a hideous abomination. And you guys DID use it, as you just said..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 4:37:00 PM
In Reply To @marcprecipice
@marcprecipice perhaps anonymous feedback is not a good idea. "If you'd be willing to say it in person.."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 4:32:51 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles @internetarchive no human should ever use IRC, it is a cancerous cyst on the anus of the world
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 4:30:21 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles IRC is literally cancer of the face. I can't understate how much I hate it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 4:29:27 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles that's surprising since I had to go to IRC to give positive feedback to archive team. And I fuckin' HATE irc.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 4:26:53 PM
In Reply To @jamiedixon
@jamiedixon @balpha you can embody it by going out and paying it forward -- helping others in kind. Much more meaningful.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 4:26:30 PM
In Reply To @AJFarkas
@AJFarkas you can blur between frames at any frame rate.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 1:24:32 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles @internetarchive and note the Discourse team is in 8 different time zones so we obviously use chat too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 1:23:08 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles @internetarchive not surprising, IRC is absolute shit on every level
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 1:21:33 PM
In Reply To @steffi3
@steffi3 what was it about? The warm fuzzy feeling of paying more?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 5:23:57 AM
In Reply To @Rcomian
@Rcomian @jonskeet ah, the old "hide the cookie jar" diet approach -- such a shame it so rarely works ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2016, 5:16:48 AM
In Reply To @Rcomian
@Rcomian @jonskeet at what cost? Constant interruptions? That's the kiss of death for programming productivity.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 29, 2016, 9:15:44 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza pagination has always been horsecrap. Who jumps to page 6?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 29, 2016, 9:11:24 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke CEOs don't have time to read!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 29, 2016, 6:03:33 PM
In Reply To @TheEvanCarroll
@TheEvanCarroll I believe the cloud should be punished, this would be just
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 29, 2016, 5:46:18 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke simple, add more naked bodies, traffic will increase. Problem SOLVED!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 29, 2016, 4:54:11 PM
In Reply To @tensorbodega
@nicksahler nice! @cottonbureau is the best!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 29, 2016, 1:33:06 AM
In Reply To @haakoo
@haakoo @terrajobst always looking for contributors! https://t.co/K1JWKVhIz7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2016, 9:04:02 PM
In Reply To @maggiekb1
@maggiekb1 torrents are your friends!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2016, 7:54:48 PM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie @eviltrout bad news you need 4K per eye at >60fps. Soooo good luck with that over wireless
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2016, 5:21:41 PM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose our discourse world meetup in 2016 is in France and @zogstrip is securing our castle!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2016, 5:20:56 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout wow creed was that good eh?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2016, 5:19:27 PM
In Reply To @yuhong2
@yuhong2 @Nick_Craver that is the hope! Then we can upgrayedd our DB servers to 256gb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2016, 12:53:28 AM
In Reply To @insidetheblock
@InsideTheBlock average person (well, dude, anyway) way more into sports than tech
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2016, 12:39:44 AM
In Reply To @insidetheblock
@InsideTheBlock sports is is a million times bigger
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2016, 4:01:26 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente yeah we've seen that thing around!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2016, 3:40:16 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek buy another, swap and return. You didn't hear this from me though...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2016, 1:35:27 AM
In Reply To @ShaneX
@ShaneX @StackOverflow as I recall @kevinmontrose built that originally in 2010?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2016, 10:58:00 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie I wish to subscribe to your newsletter
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2016, 10:57:23 PM
In Reply To @ILOVETHEHAWK
@ILOVETHEHAWK that is a perfect place for a cat
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2016, 6:55:53 PM
In Reply To @gabrielstuff
@gabrielstuff I didn't say hate, I said dislike. Hate is a strong word.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2016, 6:23:07 PM
In Reply To @zedshaw
@zedshaw apparently (cues up Whitney) I am the grea-a-a-test, hater of all
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2016, 5:57:10 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley banks are the worst. I wish they could be disrupted as easily as Taxis with Uber.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2016, 5:55:38 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa only on the inside!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2016, 5:55:20 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I just apologize to everyone all the time now. Seriously.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2016, 5:36:52 PM
In Reply To @Gryzor
@Gryzor @BatLabels this is how I have always thought of you
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2016, 2:24:15 PM
In Reply To @Gryzor
@Gryzor @betsyphd ask @jarrod_dixon about his autographed picture of Iceman!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2016, 2:11:04 PM
In Reply To @betsyphd
@betsyphd @Gryzor one of the favorites of @jarrod_dixon and I
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2016, 12:01:35 AM
In Reply To @DrTc666
@counterweight7 less traffic, less expenses
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 11:59:41 PM
In Reply To @damienkatz
@damienkatz tell me your password
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 10:12:15 PM
In Reply To @jason_koebler
@jason_koebler but if the info is delivered by third parties, their costs go down. Effectively distributed CDNs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 10:10:00 PM
In Reply To @_sjs
@_sjs and reading the information is not using it?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 9:21:20 PM
In Reply To @ryanttb
@ryanttb traffic is down means it also costs less to run as it is more distributed...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 9:09:11 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly something is deeply wrong at the heart of Wikipedia if they felt they "had" to build a secret search engine
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 9:04:25 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly there is something very wrong with this line of reasoning. Is the goal to disseminate info freely or generate "hits"?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 8:55:02 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly Google won this long ago by de facto choosing search result order. Oneboxing top result is no different.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 8:54:09 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly I don't see the problem in this case. Oneboxing search results isn't stealing traffic.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 8:47:12 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly hmm. Content is clearly marked as from Wikipedia, regardless of where that content was served from.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 8:22:00 PM
In Reply To @themikepan
@themikepan I will keep my eye out for this, that would be bad, system can never be fully human idle
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 8:21:24 PM
In Reply To @fuzzybinary
@fuzzybinary looks neat let me know how you like it! I think I prefer trackball for in-hand
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 8:19:30 PM
In Reply To @goncalossilva
@goncalossilva @eviltrout ask on HN, and I can answer there!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 7:15:21 PM
In Reply To @Crazy_MYKL
@Crazy_MYKL might be good to capture this with @eviltrout here https://t.co/hfO38Ey39I
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 6:42:13 PM
In Reply To @themikepan
@themikepan huh, my HTPC never sleeps since I want it to be the only 24/7 computer in the house. 10w idle https://t.co/3E6WdAHNBA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 6:37:28 PM
In Reply To @fuzzybinary
@fuzzybinary much more compact for in-hand use
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 6:37:18 PM
In Reply To @Samsinite
@Samsinite @keithjgrant ask on HN topic
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 6:37:11 PM
In Reply To @keithjgrant
@keithjgrant @Samsinite ask on HN topic
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 6:23:21 PM
In Reply To @maggiekb1
@maggiekb1 I think that's a weak argument, but the "coded eugenics" one is quite strong. The "wrong" people are having lots of kids!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 6:18:45 PM
In Reply To @Crazy_MYKL
@Crazy_MYKL good question for @eviltrout
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 6:16:24 PM
In Reply To @darkestevens
@davidcstevens_ htpc doesn't involve a ton of data entry..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 5:26:50 PM
In Reply To @maggiekb1
@maggiekb1 the "hidden eugenics argument" is a much stronger criticism IMO. It's anti-dumb not anti-poor.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 5:18:15 PM
In Reply To @maggiekb1
@maggiekb1 As I said, I think this article reflects the state of the mind of the reviewer. It's not an interpretation I've heard before.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2016, 5:17:51 PM
In Reply To @maggiekb1
@maggiekb1 I've had enough experience with wealthy people to not assume they are smart. And with poor people to not assume they are dumb.
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