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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2015, 12:39:31 AM
In Reply To @uberbrady
@uberbrady @healsdata they use them because they're Unix. See also https://t.co/3Umj2PXFf2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2015, 11:29:50 PM
In Reply To @uberbrady
@uberbrady @healsdata macs are terrible for triple monitors, I don't dev on a machine with less than 3 monitors. But laptop sure.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2015, 11:27:14 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente you mean io.js right
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2015, 9:38:48 PM
In Reply To @healsdata
@healsdata @uberbrady Java works quite well on Windows as well. It's kind of obscure. You probably haven't heard of it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2015, 5:53:26 PM
In Reply To @deanputney
@deanputney stop griefing randos
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2015, 4:15:52 PM
In Reply To @EVGA_JacobF
@EVGA_JacobF @scottwasson probably all playing DOTA and LoL right?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2015, 4:01:22 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy so good
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2015, 3:59:00 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles p0wn3d
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 6:55:29 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie hmm, are you moving to SF?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 6:17:24 PM
In Reply To @jaz303
@jaz303 @jongalloway sort of, if the laws of physics were constantly changing
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 6:08:52 PM
In Reply To @zippy1981
@zippy1981 @adamcodega time to take a break
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 6:02:54 PM
In Reply To @easthollow
@easthollow yeah well good luck explaining that to MS and Sony. Have fun!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 5:48:54 PM
In Reply To @easthollow
@easthollow sure companies regularly think "how can I help my competitor" all the time
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 5:45:10 PM
In Reply To @aaronchall
@aaronchall what you really want is 10 million hugs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 5:19:43 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie @pbausch STOP THE MOTHER FLIPPIN PRESS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 4:40:09 PM
In Reply To @RockBandAide
@RockBandAide stupid level: extreme
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 2:26:17 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente that, I agree with. It is too different of an audience, goals, and gameplay.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 2:04:38 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke well that is just rude
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2015, 4:40:20 AM
In Reply To @uriahz
@uriahz the lawyer vs. lawyer stuff is particularly dull.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 9:09:12 PM
In Reply To @ZachWeiner
@ZachWeiner question: how do you feel about drawings of penises
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 9:06:32 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly the first bubble happened because 95% of people were still on dialup! http://t.co/MUgsp8eYGL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 8:40:47 PM
In Reply To @bijan
@bijan over my cold dead fingers ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 8:39:31 PM
In Reply To @emmasterakia
@emmasterakia I love this slide @textfiles
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 8:38:55 PM
In Reply To @rigopulos
@rigopulos @RockBand ohhhh shhhhiiiitttt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 7:36:14 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake why do we care about any of this again?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 7:21:46 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon I'm going to slap you infinity times
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 4:47:53 PM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie I had to neti this morning in fact.. real stuffed up. Just a mild cold though
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 4:30:26 PM
In Reply To @jezmck
@jezmck yeah more @photomatt badassery -- I can't take credit for that!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 3:38:14 PM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose sometimes managers threaten violence, but not enough, so the threat becomes ineffective. Typical rookie mistake.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 3:37:13 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 2:12:44 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain have the twins give you a haircut
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 2:03:49 PM
In Reply To @jsalsman
@jsalsman @parkan @xor well, there is a history of hard-core griefers and trolls using Tor. We've had to deal with it too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 1:41:07 PM
In Reply To @xor
@xor too many people slinging hate on Twitter through Tor. What do you suggest?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2015, 1:29:25 AM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray yeah, sort of, if you could dig it out of all the other cruft and strategy tax buried in there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2015, 11:16:36 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain I just lick my rats, it is all you can do, it is all anyone can do
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2015, 11:14:33 PM
In Reply To @xeni
@xeni @BoingBoing I think young people are smarter than that!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2015, 11:14:15 PM
In Reply To @tensorbodega
@nicksahler does melatonin work for you? When do you take it?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2015, 11:13:08 PM
In Reply To @kodkatten
@kodkatten @kellabyte windows NT on 3.5" was a LOT of floppies.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2015, 7:18:35 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain I'm not gonna lie, sometimes hate feels good. You get to pretend that everything is black and white, good and evil.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2015, 7:12:25 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain children don't hate each other... yet.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2015, 2:42:52 PM
In Reply To @tensorbodega
@nicksahler yeah really looking forward to the Broadwell-U version, should be much thinner. The new Mac Air will use that too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2015, 1:21:35 AM
In Reply To @jjm5280
@jmease @Hanzo55 not any more
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2015, 11:54:06 PM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie sinugator. Excellent choice
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2015, 7:00:43 PM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie neti pot time!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2015, 4:25:39 PM
In Reply To @eksith
@eksith well played!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2015, 1:09:14 AM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie poor buddy :(
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 8:16:00 PM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie I kind of envision your home as that video game Splatterhouse http://t.co/GDKOefCoga
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 4:34:01 PM
In Reply To @_
@_ eh, maybe. All these are judgment calls at some level are they not? Anyway, doesn't cover VC "zombie / lifestyle" companies
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 4:29:07 PM
In Reply To @PrevMollrow
@Mollrow I love that this dialog will be on this validation forever. since you can't delete it the validation tweet. MUAHAHAHA I WIN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 4:19:17 PM
In Reply To @PrevMollrow
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 4:13:32 PM
In Reply To @muxauy
@_lanzz_ @howtogeek this is a really good point. But I think it'd be only special "LIKE MY FAMILY!" sites so not a big number. Optional too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 3:35:44 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout make sure it is on the latest version!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2015, 6:45:30 AM
In Reply To @AtyHans
@AtyHans that article is incoherent, I have never had trouble turning the dial to change temp with Nest
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2015, 11:47:50 PM
In Reply To @expa
@expa @johnolilly bundled adblock
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2015, 8:41:09 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain @laura_june thanks for being a part of the blue dress. It belongs to all of us.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 7:20:31 PM
In Reply To @zeldman
@zeldman yeah that looks super spammy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 7:02:30 PM
In Reply To @hbeschizza
@hbeschizza aw you're gonna make me cry :(
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 6:14:36 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 6:03:38 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek YOLO BITCHES
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 6:01:38 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon @SuperDalgas people probably died because of my code. PROBABLY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 5:59:35 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon @SuperDalgas is the best! When I met him he was just a wee lad (wipes away tear)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 5:06:15 PM
In Reply To @ShawnWildermuth
@ShawnWildermuth sad but true :(
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 3:43:28 PM
In Reply To @vonnieda
@vonnieda very unlikely IMO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 5:17:39 AM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly 3am ouch @nest have heard literally nothing but bad things about the protect
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2015, 1:06:52 AM
In Reply To @theresa_lauren
@theresa_lauren @mattcutts the darkest timeline
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2015, 9:42:53 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke there is a bunch of valid research behind this. Lose an arm or a job and you cope. But the squeaky door every day...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2015, 9:41:41 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente wow where was that?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2015, 5:33:56 PM
In Reply To @headius
@headius give it a shot, I think the historical concern was the C / C++ gems. @samsaffron can probably advise more specifically
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2015, 5:14:21 PM
In Reply To @Dysiode
@Dysiode @nitashatiku @kelseyinnis it's a great article
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2015, 4:23:21 PM
In Reply To @nitashatiku
@nitashatiku @kelseyinnis I think I speak for all of us when I say wait no
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2015, 4:05:48 AM
In Reply To @NicoSchuele
@NicoSchuele kramdown seems to be the supported one
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2015, 3:25:21 AM
In Reply To @NicoSchuele
@NicoSchuele did you actually visit the link? it is the ONLY implementation that behaves this way. So no, it's incorrect. Sorry.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2015, 3:03:37 AM
In Reply To @NicoSchuele
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 7:31:33 PM
In Reply To @Selerax
@Selerax nope I get https://t.co/IL37maeaOL try in a new browser, etc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 7:25:27 PM
In Reply To @rossrubin
@rossrubin a bicycle for the mind
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 7:25:06 PM
In Reply To @Selerax
@Selerax that image was a real pain to view. Try clicking your tweet..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 6:01:22 PM
In Reply To @Encosia
@Encosia yep liking it so far
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 5:53:41 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente sucks for triple monitor though. Realllly sucks for that use.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 5:51:44 PM
In Reply To @MJKlaim
@MJKlaim what sh utils did you need?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 4:45:14 PM
In Reply To @jmp_nyc
@jmp_nyc @JoeGermuska @timoreilly you can play Rock Band to get that. Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 4:05:40 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg (and me neither)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 4:05:22 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg STAY STRONG BROTHER!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2015, 3:15:44 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg I say that about Facebook
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:27:29 PM
In Reply To @wesbos
@wesbos @helenvholmes all systems trend to strictness over time, otherwise they don't survive. Split is IMHO the best option.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:13:04 PM
In Reply To @wesbos
@wesbos @helenvholmes the reality is when you're a super-beginner you need to be in a protected environment with mentors. That's it. Period.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:11:20 PM
In Reply To @wesbos
@wesbos @helenvholmes and they do. Again, I need links for evidence of any of this. Please provide links.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:09:30 PM
In Reply To @wesbos
@wesbos I support Stack building a low-level basic education platform, they have $40m to do it with. Ask on meta.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:07:42 PM
In Reply To @wesbos
@wesbos it depends on the beginner.. are they doing the work? do they need mentoring/live chat to find the right search terms?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:04:42 PM
In Reply To @wesbos
@wesbos yeah "general feel" is impossible to work with. Sorry. Sometimes people are in the wrong place, and that never feels good.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:03:48 PM
In Reply To @wesbos
@wesbos yet again, I need examples. Please provide.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:03:10 PM
In Reply To @wesbos
@wesbos post examples, I will personally destroy their SO account if that's the case. (Hint: I don't think that was the case..)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:01:18 PM
In Reply To @wesbos
@wesbos it just feels like these askers need mentors, live chat, real classroom. Not anonymous Q&A at prosumer level
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:00:52 PM
In Reply To @wesbos
@wesbos pretty sure nobody told them they were stupid ;) but yeah being in the wrong place can be uncomfortable
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 6:00:14 PM
In Reply To @DesignUXUI
@DesignUXUI that is the English and ELL example I already cited. There is precedent. Also math and mathoverflow (grad+)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 5:58:18 PM
In Reply To @DesignUXUI
@DesignUXUI basically you want Stack to build Khan Academy. I am not opposed, but understand the effort involved.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 5:54:54 PM
In Reply To @DesignUXUI
@DesignUXUI @wesbos @tawshmcd or maybe you find yourself at the wrong school, e.g. you have k-12 skills and this is grad school
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2015, 5:54:11 PM
In Reply To @DesignUXUI
@DesignUXUI @wesbos @tawshmcd not exactly. It's being yelled at for not doing the work.
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