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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 17, 2015, 1:22:14 PM
In Reply To @slpsys
@slpsys @BhavdeepSethi no, I was not referring to @betsyphd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2015, 9:53:23 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer what are those things in the background? Words printed on binded paper of some kind?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2015, 9:34:13 PM
In Reply To @factormystic
@factormystic well, it is a workaround :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2015, 7:44:07 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver @kevindente not usb C fail
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2015, 7:11:09 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente iPad high voltage?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2015, 2:25:47 AM
In Reply To @ryanwgough
@ryanwgough I don't prefer it, I feel it doesn't matter
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2015, 1:57:00 AM
In Reply To @methylene_
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 14, 2015, 6:45:38 PM
In Reply To @vimes1984
@vimes1984 @chriscoyier me too but instead of asking I just laugh and laugh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 14, 2015, 6:05:02 PM
In Reply To @chriscoyier
@chriscoyier like my Dad always used to say to me "Take my advice and do as you please"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 9:53:05 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles in an alternate reality I would be your sidekick and follow you around for.. Adventure!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 9:21:26 PM
In Reply To @jryio
@JakeRYoung I like @gruber just fine for the record!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 8:53:56 PM
In Reply To @Jaykul
@Jaykul @kevindente if you leave your UX design in charge of randos, You're Gonna Have A Bad Time. See also: PC industry
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 6:03:53 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente "UNTIL THESE EDGES ARE BEVELED, I REFUSE TO USE TWITTER!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 6:03:32 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente well, I'm just saying, I don't believe your issues with the twitter client are all that serious. Like minor nuance-y stuff
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 5:59:50 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente ok, then leave.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 5:54:19 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente the idea that "everyone writes their own zany wacky unique client" turned out to be a shitty, wrong one. See: Usenet.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 5:46:10 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente nobody, tweetbot is and was awful
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 4:22:29 PM
In Reply To @hj_chen
@hj_chen make that dream come true! Very easy with today's video cards.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 4:03:14 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley it doesn't really matter, the iPad Air 2 is like 6mm. This whole clamshell thing, man, it ain't cool any more
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 3:56:58 AM
In Reply To @soviut
@soviut @mpaluchowski wellll there is a reason I have 3 monitors ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 3:14:11 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox I'd just do raw stats on everyone. Problem is, nobody will "let" mouse players and gamepad players exist in the same universe ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 3:11:16 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox I think pro scenes are the least interesting part of gaming; the "one percenters" of the world. Not how the world plays.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 3:10:16 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox but you are right in the sense that one guy vs a tank, does not matter who has the mouse
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 3:09:43 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox having played 500+ hrs of Battlefield 4, watching videos of console and PC players the difference is striking. Gut: they'd be dead
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 3:08:26 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox right but there's no way to know "how much" without a test. I say a lot, you say hardly at all. There are a lot of cross-plat games
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 3:03:40 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox as I said, nobody is interested because the conclusion is foregone. I would like to see a real test, I'd love to be proven wrong
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 2:59:42 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox that's why I brought this up. It's so derp-y to watch console players play BF: Hardline. They'd be dead instantly.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 2:59:14 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox watching youtube videos of console players and pc players on the same game is really illuminating. It's a striking difference
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 2:58:15 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox obviously, no -- these are controller crutches to compensate for weaknesses of the control mechanism
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 2:54:05 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox it'd need to be tested. Interesting that nobody seems to want to run this test, though, don't you think?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 2:45:31 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox yes, but a pro on mouse would dominate a pro on controller. It is rare to see this tested, I think because the conclusion is obvious
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 2:44:45 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox "The console players got destroyed every time." http://t.co/YQSCwQmcIf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 2:40:53 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox this hypothesis has never really been tested, and I think you might know why ;) http://t.co/tdLdeWptQh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 2:36:00 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox I think that's debatable. But as long as everyone is on the same footing, it's definitely fair. And good = good, for sure.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 2:33:01 AM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox yeah everyone has the same limitations, so it's fair in that sense. But put them against a mouse and.. buh-bye
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2015, 2:24:45 AM
In Reply To @Erikmitk
@Erikmitk I was thinking more like "excruciating"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2015, 5:48:43 PM
In Reply To @rhs
@rhs @heroku awesome, PRs gladly accepted!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2015, 5:44:36 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon I'll slap you until you feel better
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2015, 5:28:51 PM
In Reply To @fredsters_s
@fredsters_s I like your blue steel, it rivals mine
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2015, 5:28:01 PM
In Reply To @joshmillard
@joshmillard green mayo. horrible
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2015, 5:13:32 PM
In Reply To @cwilso
@cwilso @cyrusradfar mine is called "stupid stuff"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2015, 5:10:11 PM
In Reply To @cyrusradfar
@cyrusradfar @cwilso yeah it's such a blatant upsell. I don't mind WEATHER and STOCKS or whatever. but this is an upsell
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2015, 5:01:54 PM
In Reply To @fostermatt
@fostermatt yeah but this one is such a *blatant* upsell
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2015, 4:13:31 PM
In Reply To @clacke
@clacke that is directed more at sites you run and control, you do not control twitter
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2015, 2:26:02 AM
In Reply To @danielsamuels
@danielsamuels agree to disagree then. Lots of users confirmed a problem on Chrome 41, so did we. Maybe your test case is different.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2015, 1:25:35 AM
In Reply To @danielsamuels
@danielsamuels not fixed according to the test we just posted -- lots of people confirming the bug in Chrome 41. We do see it fixed in 43
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 11:47:27 PM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose @samsaffron for consumer facing web stuff, sometimes. But IOS 8 has been SUPER buggy for Mobile Safari.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 11:35:01 PM
In Reply To @aditya_bhatt
@aditya_bhatt there is a lot wrong with IRC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 7:24:04 PM
In Reply To @sirw0lfgang
@sirw0lfgang kinda both, one comes from the other
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 7:03:34 PM
In Reply To @sirw0lfgang
@sirw0lfgang IRC is shit, there's no question there.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 7:02:56 PM
In Reply To @danielsamuels
@danielsamuels errr.. no, it is not fixed in Chrome 41. Sorry.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 7:01:48 PM
In Reply To @jamessocol
@jamessocol oh yes, the IRC protocol is shit. Not talking about carrying that forward except as a crutch for older ones.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 6:26:13 PM
In Reply To @damienguard
@damienguard @kevindente I can do it after Discourse, but I need 5 more years on this project. Sorry, I can't multi-task.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 6:19:23 PM
In Reply To @punkeel
@PunKeel that seems very, very unlikely to me. Particularly given heavy VC involvement.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 6:18:47 PM
In Reply To @Myotherpants
@Myotherpants pretty much, problem is, chat produces near zero useful search results. (vs. forums, vs. stack) so hard to get excited about
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 5:54:51 PM
In Reply To @robertmaxrees
@robertmaxrees they are brutal on Chrome right now. It is very, very browser specific. Try it yourself and compare.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 1:45:01 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers Stack Exchange what is this bullshit rigged game
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2015, 12:50:50 AM
In Reply To @psaffo
@psaffo more prison experiments
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2015, 11:47:50 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake you should see it. It's good, and because of that movie, like you, I now have an irrational fear of Jazz.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2015, 10:39:24 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake did you watch the movie Whiplash?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2015, 10:12:42 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver @jarrod_dixon wow I still got redirected to this on iphone http://t.co/NqgTa2EUUB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2015, 10:04:06 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly try the Olive Garden, I know the chef there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2015, 6:46:59 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake sounds like someone is kind of bloop
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 9:18:32 PM
In Reply To @patio11
@patio11 I will not be sad to see a person of your talent leaving bingo cards behind forever ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 9:08:37 PM
In Reply To @banoonoo
@banoonoo @comcast holy crap I can repro this on my Comcast!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 8:53:24 PM
In Reply To @uberbrady
@uberbrady so the page at http://t.co/sfdZqyJ1qS is a giant iframe pointing to.. are you serious?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 8:48:23 PM
In Reply To @ArcayrIRL
@Aeyrix we know it is possible with Fastly
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 7:37:00 PM
In Reply To @jessiechar
@jessiechar maybe you're "close" with the "neighbors" if you "know what I mean" also "quotes"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 6:04:07 PM
In Reply To @petrillic
@petrillic @0xabad1dea @howtogeek the aluminum case can be a fine heat sink. We really need tests to know.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 6:01:45 PM
In Reply To @0xabad1dea
@0xabad1dea @howtogeek you will get 2,4 ghz or 2,9 ghz the question is for how long
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 6:01:02 PM
In Reply To @tedder42
@tedder42 .. That can also boot OS X yes
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 5:59:45 PM
In Reply To @uberbrady
@uberbrady I have that rule but for 32gb and triple monitors ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 5:58:49 PM
In Reply To @PolCPP
@PolCPP very interested in seeing detailed tests on new MacBooks
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 5:58:05 PM
In Reply To @jeffkibuule
@jeffkibuule very interested in surface pro 4. Can it dual boot OS X? ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 3:42:12 PM
In Reply To @Jonathan_Blow
@Jonathan_Blow yes, if you have other good examples, definitely share and I plan to update the post with the best ones
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 7:10:46 AM
In Reply To @marcstober
@marcstober sorry, that was a frankensystem from early 2014. Long story. Now it's re-imaged from backup as standard.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 5:08:01 AM
In Reply To @doekezanstra
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 3:30:33 AM
In Reply To @artursreiljans
@artursreiljans @riking27 it was quoted from wikipedia (wikiquote) aka pedants central, so this does not surprise ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 3:00:33 AM
In Reply To @yortw
@yortw @jongalloway just saying, it is more subtle than "you should always.."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 2:52:54 AM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway so it can pop an unwanted keyboard on mobile / tablet? awesome
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 1:05:19 AM
In Reply To @alfiedotwtf
@alfiedotwtf @killerswan send it to ArchiveBot at Internet Archive! http://t.co/dzea48AitX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2015, 12:46:27 AM
In Reply To @schof
@schof I assume they would let you put a note on the account. I will be doing it myself Monday.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 9:52:07 PM
In Reply To @c64_gio
@c64_gio you do not change culture overnight. Or even after years. It is a very good step though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 9:31:38 PM
In Reply To @jennschiffer
@jennschiffer @SaraJChipps it is a great commercial, until you watch a SNL cast member dry hump a car you have not truly lived
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 8:49:25 PM
In Reply To @jennschiffer
@jennschiffer @SaraJChipps (cue link to SNL commercial for the car with same)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2015, 5:20:49 PM
In Reply To @Navarr
@Navarr everything else was two factor and should have been safe, AT&T made that possible by forwarding number
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 6:00:17 PM
In Reply To @danbenjamin
@danbenjamin @petecorey ok now you are just hurting my feelings
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 5:33:29 PM
In Reply To @photomatt
@photomatt isn't this what @wilshipley's delicious monster does?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 3:42:51 PM
In Reply To @adamcaudill
@adamcaudill yeah it seems like a lot of info is missing. Maybe they prevailed??? It is possible!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 3:30:51 PM
In Reply To @jessejiryudavis
@jessejiryudavis I was thinking maybe they prevailed against the warrant? It is possible?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 4:43:47 AM
In Reply To @dpfrank07
@dpfrank07 @fmanjoo everything is encrypted in iOS 8, hence crazy gov't "iPhone choice of pedophiles" language http://t.co/AvcIVUtJKZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 4:22:22 AM
In Reply To @sdarlington
@sdarlington basically. It's super lame on Google's part to let this happen on a Nexus device. (Wouldn't say the 4s is "fast" today tho)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 4:20:02 AM
In Reply To @timo_quinn
@timo_quinn well, you can do fingerprint plus long passcode. Which is a very, VERY nice combo.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 4:19:19 AM
In Reply To @leedavis81
@leedavis81 @jc4p yeah it's a screwed up problem. The private key should NEVER be in transit. Which makes things realll weird.
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