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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2015, 8:12:58 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout (slow clap) ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2015, 11:25:09 PM
In Reply To @jessamyn
@jessamyn that was way back in 2012 they didn't even have computers then
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2015, 1:30:56 PM
In Reply To @cdixon
@cdixon well that plus inflation. Eventually a dollar is worth 25 cents.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 2, 2015, 8:44:45 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza provided it does not escalate, in a variety of dimensions, can be OK. A tad masturbatory IMO.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 2, 2015, 2:55:08 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza there is a fair bit of replying to what IMO are fairly obvious trolls. More than I expected.,
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2015, 10:34:36 PM
In Reply To @gknauss
@gknauss yeah! when they order a mimosa, send back a margarita. That'll show those fuckers!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2015, 7:08:39 PM
In Reply To @benedictevans
@BenedictEvans @cdixon true! Apple will be remembered for the iPhone, not the Mac http://t.co/rkplcxgc2a
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2015, 4:57:26 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans oh yeah do the movie is amazing on many levels
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2015, 4:30:13 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans yes they did
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 1, 2015, 3:49:26 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans it is a road spike strip eg http://t.co/Ftq7fpSQKf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2014, 10:42:23 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke could it be? Steelmanning! https://t.co/oZt06sIgxN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2014, 3:13:54 PM
In Reply To @ffee_machine
@ffee_machine @ramez I know me too!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 31, 2014, 3:36:08 AM
In Reply To @jmlane
@jmlane yep!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 30, 2014, 3:37:41 PM
In Reply To @Mykx
@Mykx words can be so hurtful, Jared
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 30, 2014, 3:17:02 PM
In Reply To @Argonnite
@Argonnite @komiska @pamelafox or just read it, yelling, from across the room
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 30, 2014, 3:01:05 PM
In Reply To @SamueleLilli
@SamueleLilli thank you for being a part of Stack Overflow -- your contributions are the reason it works!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 30, 2014, 2:13:33 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout reads more as "fix parents" to me... Or "religion can be really harmful"... Very sad
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 8:37:53 PM
In Reply To @hbeschizza
@hbeschizza our favorite is products "made by a mom". Ah yes, that special, unique touch..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 8:36:24 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza send anyone using "strawmanning" to the Long Now Foundation page on "steelmanning". https://t.co/oZt06sIgxN THEY DESERVE IT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 4:42:35 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza still there are a LOT of people who are unapologetically 100% in the "same room, together, always, forever" camp.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 4:41:15 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza @paulg not a great title for the article, many people never read beyond the title as I have learned many many many times
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 4:37:27 PM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose @migueldeicaza @paulg correct answer is always "it depends" .. but "everyone must be in the same room, always" is archaic
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 4:29:35 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza @paulg is coffee and lunch and hallway chats worth losing one of the best minds in the world to another startup or country?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 4:15:13 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg I'll admit that you come across very different in person than online. I am not so sure I do though..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 4:14:35 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@paulg @photomatt and I insisted, always insisted, that the structure of the company had to reflect the structure of the website
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 4:13:50 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@paulg @photomatt for reference I always viewed Stack Overflow as a tool for a developer in Brazil to work with a developer in New Jersey
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 29, 2014, 4:08:57 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg @photomatt when you imagine the future of work, particularly in technology, is it a bunch of people in a physical room? Is it?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 7:45:41 PM
In Reply To @hbeschizza
@hbeschizza gentle has no downside, really, and lots of upside
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 7:35:38 PM
In Reply To @hbeschizza
@hbeschizza I say "gentle!" to my kids several times a day. For the past THREE YEARS. Not joking even a little.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 6:38:41 PM
In Reply To @b0rk
@b0rk @macros this is my characterization of programming: https://t.co/nUwW2XQt47
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 6:37:50 PM
In Reply To @b0rk
@b0rk @macros and a lot of people are like "why do I bother talking to an idiot computer, much less following its idiocy to term?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 6:37:18 PM
In Reply To @b0rk
@b0rk @macros it is a bit more subtle than that.. you have to be able to follow the computer's idiocy to its final idiot outcome every time
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 5:00:08 PM
In Reply To @hrheingold
@hrheingold @mathowie what do you mean? In the sense that they expect everything to be a 1-to-1 webchat session?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 4:27:21 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie well that's what @discourse is about, too. When people say "blog" everyone thinks "WordPress", ditto for "community" : "Discourse"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 28, 2014, 12:25:52 AM
In Reply To @sama
@sama @paulg it should also go to the best candidate who cannot move to SF or NYC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2014, 7:17:52 PM
In Reply To @cdixon
@cdixon logins and passwords have similar problems. TouchID helps a lot here and the fact that this barely works on Android should be news
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2014, 6:55:10 PM
In Reply To @cdixon
@cdixon @fredwilson kind of but in crowdfunding "I sooo badly want this to exist!" vs "here is completely free thing, pay optional"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2014, 6:50:58 PM
In Reply To @cdixon
@cdixon @fredwilson so when you have the whole thing.. not much natural incentive to pay to "unlock" the rest.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2014, 6:50:34 PM
In Reply To @cdixon
@cdixon @fredwilson hmm. interesting idea, but in Masters of Doom they note Shareware model only worked with 1/3 then pay for "the rest"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 27, 2014, 6:38:07 PM
In Reply To @m2jr
@m2jr if by "re-invented" you mean "add a bunch of new features" Apple is on it!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 9:24:58 PM
In Reply To @ChewableFritter
@ChewableFritter WASD puts rubber o rings on the greens
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 8:24:01 PM
In Reply To @sgrif
@sgrif someone posted it in the replies to the parent tweet
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 7:57:52 PM
In Reply To @levie
@levie @cdixon apparently this "everyone can learn to code" initiative is not going to plan?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 7:38:29 PM
In Reply To @thibautseguy
@thibautseguy @paulg does it matter? How many employees did whatsapp have? instagram?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 4:26:14 PM
In Reply To @LaceySnr
@LaceySnr We were like "how can this even be fixed? how can you work with 155 horizontal px to enter *anything*?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 1:37:48 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg let them in? They are already here, on the Internet.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 26, 2014, 12:33:51 AM
In Reply To @jorm
@jorm the dead don't give a shit about anything
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2014, 8:24:44 PM
In Reply To @KristyT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 25, 2014, 5:14:58 PM
In Reply To @jnd1er
@jnd1er yes, I like to call this the Last Responsible Moment! http://t.co/F2sngBbzrr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 11:23:39 PM
In Reply To @smellsblue
@smellsblue we did just add this to Discourse, yes, the thresholds in unique flagging users and total flags per topic are configurable
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 8:19:08 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza my favorite is watching a 30 second ad to see a 15 second clip
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 8:04:27 PM
In Reply To @hbeschizza
@hbeschizza that discussion topic is so awesome too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 6:12:41 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain TWIN HIGH FIVE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 5:59:00 PM
In Reply To @hbeschizza
@hbeschizza hmm I read that last one as "Run" and it worked for me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 5:50:55 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain seriously I love this photo so much, TWIN BUDDIES! Here, I uploaded this just for you, just now. https://t.co/PLe9bNlRqt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 5:17:33 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain these are your twins? this is awesome
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 5:13:04 PM
In Reply To @cisellis
@cisellis c'mon, vs iTunes? iTunes is the hitler of music players. OH YES I WENT THERE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 5:00:20 PM
In Reply To @eileentso
@eileentso @rosnow @horiacernusca @nerdgirl oh yes I love the Surface Pro 3. The third iteration is always the best.. just needs Windows 10!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 4:55:29 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles me too! <HIGH FIVE>
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 3:15:22 PM
In Reply To @JimPetkus
@JimPetkus no that is dogs!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 3:07:44 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles @rojoroboto don't worry, all the old racists will die soon enough. Probably from a disease they weren't vaccinated against.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 2:44:48 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles yeah that one is hard to forgive, I honestly think I'd be more tolerant of someone who was a racist than anti-vax
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 24, 2014, 2:37:19 AM
In Reply To @MChetrusca
@MChetrusca it is the final solution
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 23, 2014, 8:02:31 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout it taught me that the combinations are in Google
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 23, 2014, 5:49:08 PM
In Reply To @gknauss
@gknauss aww yeah that's the stuff
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 23, 2014, 4:47:11 PM
In Reply To @gknauss
@gknauss hey man turn that frown upside down
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 23, 2014, 12:48:46 AM
In Reply To @SwiftOnSecurity
@SwiftOnSecurity @jorm that is all fine, but what about oil changes? (I am a fan of automatic updates)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 23, 2014, 12:44:10 AM
In Reply To @SwiftOnSecurity
@SwiftOnSecurity @jorm And yet "everyone should learn to code".. Is coding = driving? I think it is more like engine repair.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2014, 7:01:45 PM
In Reply To @gknauss
@gknauss it ain't braggin' if ya can back it up http://t.co/5hG5tx04Eb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2014, 6:58:52 PM
In Reply To @gknauss
@gknauss effortocracy!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2014, 5:58:01 PM
In Reply To @DinaPomeranz
@dinapomeranz I don't generally like to reply to stuff like this as it always ends badly. Sorry.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2014, 5:49:13 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly bad for certain "geniuses" as well
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2014, 5:35:31 PM
In Reply To @aaronchall
@aaronchall no, this is in reference to http://t.co/5bgtPmObcK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 22, 2014, 3:03:37 PM
In Reply To @GlennF
@GlennF @deanputney WAIT WHAT MY CHEESEBURGER
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 19, 2014, 11:32:46 PM
In Reply To @hoffenbrau51
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 19, 2014, 7:19:21 PM
In Reply To @kylembrandt
@kylembrandt @betsyphd I did notice a mass and said "oh we should take her in" but it was no more than 1 or 2 months :( I can't remember
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 19, 2014, 6:36:53 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly this is performance art. It will be worth more when you're dead.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 19, 2014, 6:28:20 PM
In Reply To @betsyphd
@betsyphd I wrote some stuff about it because I was sad http://t.co/EEGMY2mATI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 19, 2014, 4:55:51 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles retired why?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 19, 2014, 4:47:24 PM
In Reply To @SaraJChipps
@SaraJChipps my favorite was the cab driver in Seattle who asked me if I knew how to get there (2008). THIS REALLY HAPPENED
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 19, 2014, 4:34:13 PM
In Reply To @marcprecipice
@marcprecipice @mcfunley this is a great presentation
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 19, 2014, 3:44:04 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy that's a smart vendor
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 19, 2014, 1:22:35 AM
In Reply To @m2jr
@m2jr I like Marissa, but I think Yahoo is fundamentally unsalvageable. Can any average person tell you what it is Yahoo *does*?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 18, 2014, 11:21:51 PM
In Reply To @diskopo
@diskopo @howtogeek more common than you would think http://t.co/86kHZNhf6O
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 18, 2014, 10:00:34 PM
In Reply To @cedfunches
@CedFunches should be impossible if you're using the only install we support, this one https://t.co/hij9E6l4qp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 18, 2014, 9:56:02 PM
In Reply To @cedfunches
@CedFunches are you talking about Discourse? Make sure you are using the Docker image install; we can't support anything else
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 18, 2014, 7:36:59 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon @EllePunyon I mean it is not a contest or anything but if it was I would be winning.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 18, 2014, 5:51:35 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon @EllePunyon except our kids > your kids. I mean I am just saying you know?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 18, 2014, 4:59:08 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon @EllePunyon depends on the kid, I suppose.. have seen some 5-ish year looking kids with binkys. I don't judge, man.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 18, 2014, 4:53:04 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@geneweingarten FYI, your article was linked via my 'most heartbreaking single article?' tweet and honestly nothing else was even close
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 18, 2014, 4:31:13 PM
In Reply To @geneweingarten
@geneweingarten @craig_do the stats must bear out, rotated car seats + in back saves more lives. Like no bicycle helmets debate.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 18, 2014, 3:50:11 PM
In Reply To @AlfonsoML
@AlfonsoML hard to explain but once you do, it is 10x to 100x worse to read anything involving children. @siracusa warned me, he's right
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 18, 2014, 3:43:36 PM
In Reply To @kesterallen
@kesterallen you're right. Several trigger paras in there for me. The guy in Tennessee who silenced his car alarm three times..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Dec 18, 2014, 3:31:19 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke I think the best thing to do is take action via money, if you don't know what to do or are unsure of what to do
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