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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2014, 2:39:45 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly +1 totally on target. Minecraft is a *programming* tool, as true to their roots as anything they've ever done.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2014, 2:38:55 PM
In Reply To @cdixon
@cdixon @kevinroose unlikely, watch seems super situational, but I guess we'll see.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2014, 3:07:45 AM
In Reply To @_jwrb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2014, 2:59:13 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek I approve of these activities
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2014, 7:15:54 PM
In Reply To @CowboyOtis
@CowboyOtis @joshmillard still your best creation! Your "my ding-a-ling!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2014, 5:35:30 PM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie lego is great but they are crap at software
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2014, 3:35:17 PM
In Reply To @wooger
@wooger @darkuncle @loydcase g'wan, load two tabs from http://t.co/bpgDzFgwhW and http://t.co/iezygCFH9c at the same time. I dare you!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2014, 11:37:24 AM
In Reply To @xhafan
@xhafan try some tabs to http://t.co/xtRYvz7geU and http://t.co/iezygCFH9c and tell me what happens
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2014, 10:22:14 AM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout that is SQL Server. Still even with Ruby we see clock speed matter intensely for response times.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2014, 10:18:43 AM
In Reply To @jeffkibuule
@jeffkibuule That would be acceptable, I hope you are right!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 8, 2014, 11:30:31 PM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox we had that initially and resolving all the states is complicated, server is simpler and works across browsers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 8, 2014, 9:10:30 PM
In Reply To @tshddx
@baddox it is suuuper bad for @discourse as well. We do save server side drafts automatically but only every 40 seconds
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 8, 2014, 1:18:17 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans they still make TiVo?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 8, 2014, 12:38:25 PM
In Reply To @kesterallen
@kesterallen sure email me, we have 3, you can borrow two!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 8, 2014, 12:18:09 PM
In Reply To @betsyphd
@betsyphd @kesterallen would you like to borrow a bouncy house
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 8, 2014, 2:31:47 AM
In Reply To @JohnnySoftware
@JohnnySoftware @prescottnasser hey hey heyyy now. Those chemicals might hurt someone.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 8, 2014, 1:22:15 AM
In Reply To @maxlrnt
@ssxz_ yeah, that's the hardest bit to change. Still working on it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 8, 2014, 1:16:55 AM
In Reply To @pamelafox
@pamelafox yeah, I guess there's no substitute for scheduling a lot of activities (that you enjoy!) in larger groups to get out there.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 8, 2014, 12:42:40 AM
In Reply To @pamelafox
@pamelafox for women: wear red. For men: bring a dog. Science!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2014, 7:39:22 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain don't ever stop crushing it, you magnificent bastard
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2014, 6:32:42 PM
In Reply To @wuerl
@wuerl TL;DR gruber really honestly believes building on sand (ambiguity built in) is a feature. Earthquakes disagree!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2014, 6:31:15 PM
In Reply To @wuerl
@wuerl per http://t.co/ENsjptTIxS see "free license .. including subsequent improvements to [the design or blueprint] by anyone"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2014, 6:12:02 PM
In Reply To @wuerl
@wuerl is the house open source? It's also 100% compatible.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2014, 4:50:39 PM
In Reply To @hbeschizza
@hbeschizza is... is it... contagious?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2014, 4:38:44 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza early Facebook employee syndrome (He's from 2005) is the best way to describe it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2014, 4:19:14 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza Yishan Wong is a piece of work, even way before this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2014, 4:15:27 PM
In Reply To @xrobau
@xrobau There's a $99 plan here: https://t.co/yhOcmF4VzL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2014, 3:26:38 PM
In Reply To @commadelimited
@commadelimited That's the thing! It was a really good article.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 7, 2014, 2:33:21 AM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie @waxpancake Reddit is, and has always been, /r/LibertariansGoneWild
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2014, 9:16:41 PM
In Reply To @inscitekjeff
@inscitekjeff @kevinmontrose such handsome people
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2014, 4:08:40 AM
In Reply To @macrael
@macrael it's not *about* me. It's about all the users.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2014, 3:44:38 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I dunno, I see it as Death Proof (the movie), intentionally over the top. Can't there be other sorts of movies?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2014, 3:28:19 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley the whole "sexy killer nun" thing was so dumb it turned me off Hitman: Absolution but it turns out to be a GREAT game
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2014, 3:22:51 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I shoot humans in the face all day long in Battlefield 4 (well not literally all day long) and I love it!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2014, 3:20:08 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I guess. I view games as harlequin romance novels more than high literature. What is WITH all this BODICE RIPPING? LAZY!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2014, 3:17:17 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley you could maybe view sexism concerns as concern trolling, e.g. if it's off-topic for the game
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2014, 3:16:02 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley Concern Trolls could be more accurate term, though it has a specified meaning, e.g. off *topic* concerns: http://t.co/hQxsRVygOw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 6, 2014, 1:38:47 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek quitters never quit.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 11:40:02 PM
In Reply To @viticci
@viticci some do think the Yankees are a joke
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 7:12:10 PM
In Reply To @macdrifter
@macdrifter @BenjaminBrooks take a man's humor away from him, well, that's pretty cruel
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 7:07:41 PM
In Reply To @scottgranneman
@scottgranneman extended disagreement benefits nobody..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 7:03:18 PM
In Reply To @macrael
@macrael every week some user complains to me that they started a list with 3. and it did not work.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 7:02:20 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver nah extended fighting doesn't help.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 7:01:25 PM
In Reply To @ircri
@ircri it only happens on iPad, CSS suggestions welcome!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 6:57:53 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza I am a regex ninja and I know PHP so I will be applying. Hire me fast because I have like 5 other offers, kthxbye
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 6:40:56 PM
In Reply To @sjh_canada
@sjh_canada yeah it will take a bit longer to fix some of the other links, but we will do it over the weekend
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 6:40:06 PM
In Reply To @knardi
@knardi yeah, there's no other projects using it or anything
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 6:09:51 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa I'll see you in hell, Siracusa!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 5:57:09 PM
In Reply To @drylight
@drylight @gruber I'm actually really excited about the iPhone 6 and will buy two on launch day. Will probably buy iPad if 2gb RAM as well.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 5:42:52 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@drylight @gruber LOOK A NEW IPHONE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 5:39:16 PM
In Reply To @drylight
@drylight @gruber I think another good outcome is if someone is incentivized to actually do some work on the thing they created. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 4:42:07 PM
In Reply To @gregorysean
@gregorysean we want Gruber on board. He views ambiguity and building on sand as a feature. Irreconcilable, unfortunately.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 4:36:18 PM
In Reply To @gregorysean
@gregorysean barely a superset. Read the spec.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 4:30:18 PM
In Reply To @gregorysean
@gregorysean Not different. We replied to Gruber that every piece of Markdown he has written, will render as expected in Common Markdown
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 4:26:23 PM
In Reply To @gregorysean
@gregorysean that's a fine outcome to me! I want forward progress. Shall we schedule Markdown 2.0 for 2050?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 4:18:37 PM
In Reply To @gregorysean
@gregorysean what's it going to take to convince Gruber to do the work? Exactly what's happening now. Sad, but true.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 3:59:50 PM
In Reply To @bleroy
@bleroy @ludovicchabant response? after initial email, silence.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 3:59:28 PM
In Reply To @bleroy
@bleroy @ludovicchabant he was in the loop from the start, from over 2 years ago. Was invited into the group even!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 3:02:31 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans these things were EVERYWHERE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 2:32:01 PM
In Reply To @x82isaac
@MichaelTheDevel @shanselman READ MAH BLAWG MAN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 2:31:35 PM
In Reply To @StackExchange
@StackExchange @JasonPunyon Let It Go Punyon! ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 2:16:56 PM
In Reply To @bcharder
@bcharder I saw that but "makeup" is going to be nearly impossible to search for.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 6:10:43 AM
In Reply To @beporter
@beporter sure, if you force everyone else to live there too!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 6:09:53 AM
In Reply To @AmyJane
@AmyJane @gruber YankeesSuck is still on the table!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 6:08:42 AM
In Reply To @gruber
@gruber it was a great reply. Thank you.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 5:05:21 AM
In Reply To @tjcavanaugh
@tjcavanaugh I am literally LOLing over my mental imagery of how that would go
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 4:37:37 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles I don't hate Gruber. I wish he wasn't so happy building on sand because the touch, the feel of sand through your fingers..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 4:23:37 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles thanks man. naming is very hard. would love all the help I can get.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 4:10:57 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles @waxpancake for serious? go for it. You have my fax number.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 4:08:57 AM
In Reply To @JamieMSmyth
@JamieMSmyth @waxpancake @danielwithmusic HEY MAN THE HEART WANTS WHAT THE HEART WANTS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 4:07:23 AM
In Reply To @kapowaz
@kapowaz @waxpancake thank you! I think it is a very apt analogy. And I truly do have a *deep* respect for the historic value of the house!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 3:56:57 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake it's just irrational to me at some level. But I agree, he's the founder. I want to respect his wishes.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 3:56:00 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake "this house, although it is on the national register of places, must be built on sand, because I love the feel of sand!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 3:45:28 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake cool URLs don't change. That's why.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 3:44:45 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake and Markdown suffers. It could be 3x adoption with a sane parseable version of virtually the exact same syntax.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 3:44:06 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake there is a lot of support angst over these "useful ambiguities". Users suffer, websites suffer, implementers suffer.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 3:36:33 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @danielwithmusic but the house is in a visible state of disrepair, and is on the national register of places..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 5, 2014, 3:23:59 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake not at all. house remains as untouched as possible as historical (compatible) preservation -- that was an explicit goal.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 10:05:20 PM
In Reply To @harrierj
@harrierj think IETF standard, ECMA standard. Word has much compsci heft, was not intended.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 8:54:01 PM
In Reply To @pamelafox
@pamelafox omg this is soooo true
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 7:30:55 PM
In Reply To @niclake
@niclake @waxpancake @punyweakling that's saying a lot in the face of "gamergate"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 7:25:43 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @punyweakling I want to work with the standard, not against it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 7:24:40 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @punyweakling so.... Reddit-GitHub-StackOverflow-Pandoc-Discourse Markdown, then?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 7:19:46 PM
In Reply To @JamesDeacon
@JamesDeacon so Reddit-GitHub-StackOverflow-Discourse-Pandoc Markdown, then? :p
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 7:07:15 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @punyweakling I guess we'll see. Sometimes progress requires resolution. The name was changed, as requested.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 6:59:52 PM
In Reply To @pamelafox
@pamelafox wake me up when you drop IE9 support ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 6:59:17 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @punyweakling I'd argue that IETF Standard and ECMA Standard is very different than "Common". Special compsci meaning.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 6:57:06 PM
In Reply To @sh4na
@sh4na I would respond with "You seem very upset, I'm sorry. Is everything OK?" ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 6:53:39 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @punyweakling the word Standard seemed to be a very big problem from all the feedback I saw. I can agree with that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 6:51:22 PM
In Reply To @sh4na
@sh4na wow someone has anger issues. Sorry about that :(
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 4, 2014, 11:26:41 AM
In Reply To @michaelpryor
@michaelpryor they do have the right to type. Displaying what they type on the screen is another matter...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 3, 2014, 7:23:14 PM
In Reply To @scfrench
@scfrench yeah I went back and forth on that one. But it is even called Babelmark!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 3, 2014, 5:56:02 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente so.. select is broken? http://t.co/wrj3L8T5Mw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 3, 2014, 4:00:01 PM
In Reply To @maradydd
@maradydd please discuss on http://t.co/28pczK3TdL (I believe a topic is already there)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 3, 2014, 2:49:09 PM
In Reply To @Navarr
@Navarr you could help us create that at http://t.co/HXGfj7NNOL !
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 2, 2014, 8:35:06 PM
In Reply To @kellan
@kellan @rands we should be a little afraid of commandos, and they should know their role in context of infantry too http://t.co/ZAe7t2fRiu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 2, 2014, 2:36:53 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza I had some sushi with jalapeno the other day, and it was amazing. (Can't remember the roll "name", but a first for me!)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 2, 2014, 1:03:12 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza mexican rolls for iOS 8 and Android 5
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