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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2015, 4:40:12 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza what a great idea to have a "punchable faces" site, can't see any way that could go wrong
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2015, 4:38:48 PM
In Reply To @Jay_AHR_
@Jay_AHR_ covered in my latest blog post http://t.co/lBMwljmQTq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2015, 4:37:12 PM
In Reply To @meursalt
@meursalt @dangoodin001 are any unimpeachable, though?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2015, 4:31:58 PM
In Reply To @PrevMollrow
@Mollrow Win10 is way better than Win7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2015, 4:26:06 PM
In Reply To @beltfeddiet
@beltfeddiet @scottwasson I read it more as modern CPUs are mostly irrelevant for gaming in the face of GPU demands...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2015, 5:41:31 AM
In Reply To @adrianmouat
@adrianmouat augh! what model, how old, etc?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2015, 5:36:55 AM
In Reply To @mvirkkunen
@mvirkkunen we're an open source project
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2015, 5:22:14 AM
In Reply To @JimmyS
@JimmyS to put this in perspective, the biggest assholes you'll ever have to deal with are your own children. Some grow out of it :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2015, 2:41:45 AM
In Reply To @lloeki
@lloeki @LaziestCanine is there Mall Cop app for Android yet
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2015, 9:50:07 PM
In Reply To @SparkyRobot
@SparkyRobot I'll be honest with you this is kind of working for me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2015, 8:50:01 PM
In Reply To @SparkyRobot
@SparkyRobot is that robo lady rubbing her robo butt on that robo dude?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2015, 3:00:59 AM
In Reply To @sivers
@sivers blocked in USA on copyright grounds
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2015, 3:00:10 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I tend to agree based on the 2560x1440 27" ones I have. 3840x2160 is what I am moving to, minor bump
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2015, 2:37:32 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers ok so a "standard" 4k display (3840 x 2160) would need to be 20" max size to deliver 220pi.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2015, 1:14:29 AM
In Reply To @krmaher
@krmaher are.. are you Carmen Sandiego?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 11:16:04 PM
In Reply To @gregpakes
@gregpakes yeah good point maybe persistence is overrated for a lot of kinds of chat?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 11:09:15 PM
In Reply To @gregpakes
@gregpakes to be fair, search in chat is extra hard. multi user interleaved partial thoughts
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 10:41:34 PM
In Reply To @aalear
@aalear could be worse. Could be raining http://t.co/7IwY1IpZEi
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 9:53:12 PM
In Reply To @vvas
@vvas @TheKanter @scottwasson is such a thing even officially on roadmaps?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 9:50:18 PM
In Reply To @deanputney
@deanputney yeah in chat you have disconnected, interleaved partial sentences by n users. Kind of a worst case search scenario for search.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 9:49:19 PM
In Reply To @jakelear
@jakelear I will give that a shot. We keep most chat in a single general room so in: is not of much use
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 9:08:04 PM
In Reply To @TheKanter
@TheKanter @scottwasson the one that Ars recommended, samsung
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 8:49:34 PM
In Reply To @TheKanter
@TheKanter @scottwasson I have mobo and ram and PCI SSD arriving tomorrow, no CPU to put in it :(
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 8:45:40 PM
In Reply To @gausby
@gausby any other questions about this, feel free to email me directly at jatwood@codinghorror.com
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 8:39:47 PM
In Reply To @gausby
@gausby my point is, it was literally impossible for me to see that image properly sourced. Like, literally, literally.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 8:36:39 PM
In Reply To @gausby
@gausby that person has me blocked, and has for a long time -- I saw the image in chat, unsourced.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 4:43:27 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson I cannot find any place to buy them.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 4:29:06 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson @TheKanter when will we be able to actually buy an i7-6700k CPU? I am jonesing so hard
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 4:12:05 PM
In Reply To @xuhulk
@xuhulk @baconmeteor OH SNAP OMELAS REFERENCE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 4:07:57 PM
In Reply To @seesharp
@seesharp THAT MAKES ME SO HANGRY http://t.co/ItkY1cjRxj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 3:34:29 PM
In Reply To @joshmillard
@joshmillard @waxpancake @mathowie @foozmeat you definitely do not want to be in "startup" "all-in" mode for too many years. It's stressful
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 3:07:34 PM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
@baconmeteor @waxpancake you are not going to like hearing this, but it is standard startup type drama. Hard all-in job is hard.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 2:45:28 PM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 2:19:15 PM
In Reply To @ErinIshimoticha
@erinspice and it's been that way prior to today, AFAIK.. so I literally could not have seen the source.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 2:18:47 PM
In Reply To @ErinIshimoticha
@erinspice "You are blocked from following @nslater and viewing @nslater's Tweets. Learn more"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 2:16:35 PM
In Reply To @ErinIshimoticha
@erinspice if you check the reply stream, image was unsourced where I got it (chat) and I literally could not see the source due to block.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 2:15:14 PM
In Reply To @bwest
@bwest yep hugs all around. I love hugs.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 2:14:47 PM
In Reply To @bwest
@bwest @RIKing yeah I just deleted it.Problem solved. No way I could have seen it, and where I did see it, wasn't sourced.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 2:13:33 PM
In Reply To @bwest
@bwest I'll just delete it. Sorry about that. There is literally no way for me to have known.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 2:11:43 PM
In Reply To @bwest
@bwest I found it because @riking posted it in our chat.. didn't know it had a source. And turns out, source has me blocked anyway..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 10:41:44 AM
In Reply To @keithjgrant
@keithjgrant that is one more dimension than usual
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 10:41:27 AM
In Reply To @keithjgrant
@keithjgrant 3d is amazing! It is in THREE DIMENSIONS!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 8:44:14 AM
In Reply To @kermitbeezy
@kermitbeezy no, I use three of them, three of those will not fit on my desk, at all. 27" max for triplets on this desk.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 5:37:47 AM
In Reply To @nso95
@nso95 your insolence has been noted
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 4:28:44 AM
In Reply To @damienkatz
@damienkatz good job Katz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 2:59:17 AM
In Reply To @ultranote
@ultranote what about USA? ps USA #1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 1:50:30 AM
In Reply To @codeincontext
@skattyadz @JohnONolan yeah it was! read the reply stream!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 12:01:03 AM
In Reply To @JohnONolan
@JohnONolan @0xabad1dea I would just buy a new router at this point, time to upgrade if nothing else?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2015, 12:00:45 AM
In Reply To @JohnONolan
@JohnONolan @0xabad1dea oh yeah I forgot about router malware. How old is your router, firmware up to date, etc?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 11:35:54 PM
In Reply To @JohnONolan
@JohnONolan maybe someone who sees this can help? This is in iOS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 11:29:07 PM
In Reply To @JohnONolan
@JohnONolan p.s. The Apple Weather app is not a "virus", or so I am told
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 11:28:47 PM
In Reply To @JohnONolan
@JohnONolan how did you manage that??
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 7:31:50 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver overclocking also way harder on anything with lots of cores. Too much heat.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 7:16:47 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver I work with Ruby, we need the highest possible clock speeds above all else. Multiple cores isn't that helpful
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 7:14:51 PM
In Reply To @colinmjensen
@colinmjensen yeah I'd skip broadwell like everyone else did. It got a massively delayed release..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 7:09:03 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver at least z170 ups RAM to dd4 and 64gb, which is not shabby
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 7:04:01 PM
In Reply To @var_tec
@var_tec gaming improvements are always irrelevant, that's pure GPU upgrade. I am thinking compile times, etc http://t.co/VEOEPmqJ8W
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 6:19:51 PM
In Reply To @hbeschizza
@hbeschizza oh it is assumed. Always. People internalize it when you "ignore" them, it's part of the human condition.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 5:55:11 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles my god its made of stars
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 3:59:39 PM
In Reply To @rgleeson
@rgleeson @waxpancake I agree that VR in its current form will be lucky to do as well as Apple Watch. In 5 years, who knows?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 3:51:44 AM
In Reply To @DShankar
@DShankar @yezzer I hope they have very high end PC gaming rigs nearby, then! I will try all the new stuff if and when released.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 3:35:07 AM
In Reply To @yezzer
@yezzer @DShankar so only 15 minutes at a time, ever? Seems wildly inconsistent with existing media consumption patterns.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 3:31:32 AM
In Reply To @DShankar
@DShankar @yezzer consider a video game or movie. That is ~2 hours and 6-12 hours. Even TV show is 40 mins. Big big ask...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 3:28:50 AM
In Reply To @DShankar
@DShankar @yezzer I think it will do worse than Apple Watch in the near term. 2lbs of stuff on your face for 30+ mins is a big ask.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 3:00:10 AM
In Reply To @alexjc
@alexjc I hadn't heard much about it over the roar of Facebook billions. But inclusion of hands as default is very promising!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2015, 12:24:09 AM
In Reply To @Gryzor
@Gryzor this new profile pic is great!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 11:18:08 PM
In Reply To @brada
@brada only 15? Slacker.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 3:31:17 PM
In Reply To @ileff
@ileff I meant with a real renderer ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 3:30:00 PM
In Reply To @pdeva
@pdeva it needs to ship, then. ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 9:57:51 AM
In Reply To @cdixon
@cdixon Rob is a solid guy. I would vouch for Rob.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 9:08:14 AM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain so you are saying you have a lot of tabs open in your browser
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 7:01:32 AM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson hmmm L4 cache
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 6:51:29 AM
In Reply To @UltimateBrent
@UltimateBrent I know right?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 3:57:30 AM
In Reply To @vavrusam
@vavrusam I remembered laughter. Then I remembered FizzBuzz.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 3:57:04 AM
In Reply To @spronkey
@spronkey sunspider's been a little gamed, unfortunately. Best bet is PCMark or something like that which goes back a while.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 3:46:07 AM
In Reply To @spronkey
@spronkey lol cinebench. Here's what most people's real work looks like http://t.co/Lcbd7FnuIM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 3:08:43 AM
In Reply To @dentharg
@dentharg @wilshipley I love how Awk has its own page of solutions BECAUSE FUCKING AWK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 2:55:48 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I'm gonna hurt you
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 2:27:25 AM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray one of the petals is out of focus
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2015, 12:17:06 AM
In Reply To @hyper_text
@hyper_text percentages
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 4, 2015, 11:42:24 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout garbage
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 4, 2015, 5:17:29 PM
In Reply To @mattgemmell
@mattgemmell @NathanBowers yes, but the whole machine is a dongle. Just a different kind of copy protection: http://t.co/gnd81iSZiW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 11:31:26 PM
In Reply To @markrussinovich
@markrussinovich you go, Mom!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 9:00:28 PM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
@baconmeteor like how cold your balls are gonna be. Scientifically
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 8:59:49 PM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
@baconmeteor just depends if you want a place for people to hang out and talk about {topic of mutual interest}
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 8:56:26 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@baconmeteor did you want a Discourse for trip stuff? I can set it up for you on Digital Ocean, gratis
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 8:55:17 PM
In Reply To @cdixon
@cdixon contrast with The Verge https://t.co/3LtqgXTjls
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 8:53:31 PM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
@baconmeteor we need to start selling Discourse to successful kick starters. Built in community with nothing to do but talk for long while
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 8:41:11 PM
In Reply To @HookTM
@HookTM it is fixed when people stop complaining about it in my book http://t.co/hERUzJuayx
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 8:34:18 PM
In Reply To @ScottRobertLane
@ScottRobertLane it is free upgrade for all Win7 and Win8 users for a year.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 8:18:19 PM
In Reply To @brianvan
@brianvan not really, Visual Studio is worlds ahead of other GUI code editors
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 8:10:12 PM
In Reply To @KristyT
@KristyT I need to think on this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 8:09:35 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley SO MUCH YES
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 7:24:30 PM
In Reply To @Aethylred
@Aethylred mostly for people that skipped Win8's many improvements in that area, but yes, from win7, big diff
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 3, 2015, 6:44:46 PM
In Reply To @BillB
@BillB nah, the "dumbest thing that works" is actually a success strategy in my experience. It's the fancy that always fails.
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