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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 13, 2014, 10:40:42 AM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain apparently it makes me wonder what those dude's mothers look like.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2014, 11:37:56 PM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie may I suggest generic Ambien. Also self control.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2014, 8:03:36 PM
In Reply To @daubman
@daubman yeah NS is kind of not so good. Labyrinth,stands the test of time though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2014, 5:50:53 PM
In Reply To @OmarShahine
@OmarShahine it is so thoroughly Windows at every level. The parallels are disturbing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2014, 5:09:29 PM
In Reply To @tobykier
@tobykier I did not even like Wall-E
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2014, 12:27:08 AM
In Reply To @paulapostolos
@paulapostolos it is high on the list
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2014, 5:32:17 PM
In Reply To @_sjs
@_sjs it is horrid now. iPad went from being one of my fave browsing platforms to one I dread
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2014, 5:10:18 PM
In Reply To @_sjs
@_sjs lol have done that too. Next up, optimizing high memory!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2014, 4:25:32 PM
In Reply To @jmk1ng
@jmk1ng @mendel it is actually not bad on iPad 5 in absolute times because the cpu is so fast. Limited memory far more crippling.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2014, 2:28:30 AM
In Reply To @TheEvanCarroll
@TheEvanCarroll I demand a recount based on percentage of overall votes and posts
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2014, 11:17:10 PM
In Reply To @matiasblog
@matiasblog thanks for the generous offer! I would not have time to write about it though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2014, 5:18:40 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy don't tell @jarrod_dixon he will eat it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2014, 4:31:49 PM
In Reply To @joshmillard
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2014, 4:27:46 PM
In Reply To @cambridgemike
@cambridgemike is it even a website? totally different approach
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2014, 2:33:12 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake brb, wiring all my money to Hong Leong Bank in Malaysia
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 7:24:27 PM
In Reply To @bijan
@bijan I don't think it's the friend-forwarding (that is kinda like.. work?) but if you make it fun like "ooh, I bet I/he know/s that.."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 7:23:24 PM
In Reply To @bijan
@bijan I can see if it is presented like a game. The "what is this thing?" image posts on Twitter are surprisingly interesting.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 7:13:24 PM
In Reply To @bijan
@bijan but how would one get the necessary giant following on Jelly if one does not already have one *somewhere*? Chicken, egg..?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 7:07:12 PM
In Reply To @bijan
@bijan why not just ask on Twitter? I don't "get" Jelly, other than the visual "what is this thing?" puzzle aspect which can be fun
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 6:55:21 PM
In Reply To @mxkrmr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 6:11:25 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles I'd like to invite you to several discussions about motorcycle and bicycle helmets. Bring your vomit bucket.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 5:49:44 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon @dhh you guys feel free to use that delete key on the characters starting with "at symbol", "c", "o", d"..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 5:45:47 PM
In Reply To @shog9
@shog9 @lizardbill those should be instantly flagged and deleted
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 5:17:19 PM
In Reply To @dhh
@dhh @patientdoctor I am not part of day to day ops at SE any more. Let's ask @JasonPunyon ! http://t.co/oumRDzkt7m
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 1:42:02 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain and I got all excited at the prospect of slutty witches too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 1:21:48 PM
In Reply To @garychou
@garychou you basically don't
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 1:18:08 PM
In Reply To @garychou
@garychou have children and you learn this by like day three
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 11:47:57 AM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @shanselman @haacked well that is because your parents did not love you.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 11:42:21 AM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked @jzy wrong when it comes to kids though, ever been to a kid performance where every parent has their hands up recording stuff?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 2:48:00 AM
In Reply To @gpakosz
@gpakosz unfortunately that's no longer accurate. +6 months
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 9, 2014, 1:52:49 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers well, actually, it's baling wire http://t.co/PhrstfHScY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 7:34:05 PM
In Reply To @tedder42
@tedder42 haven't reached 1.0 yet, per the post.. :P
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 7:30:36 PM
In Reply To @rossrubin
@rossrubin this is why mobile is winning
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 6:19:48 PM
In Reply To @s_m_i
@s_m_i you're probably right, will change
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 5:25:12 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @RWW ooh I hope @EdwardTufte doesn't see this.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 5:23:55 PM
In Reply To @_tomash
@_tomash they aren't so bad.. http://t.co/2pvXtRxadO and so forth are much more dangerous
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 4:54:07 PM
In Reply To @drylight
@drylight @shribr git without github is pretty horrible, actually. The website part is critical.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 4:45:47 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza @Frauenfelder Isn't this exactly Ready Player One? I really enjoyed that book. http://t.co/cweRx8a7kM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 8, 2014, 1:17:18 PM
In Reply To @Sblasko
@Sblasko sign up for notifications at http://t.co/T8eBLeFi1V
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 11:39:59 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza this is a test isn't it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 6:50:34 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon yeah I didn't see the removal of the keyboard coming. But I love touchscreens.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 6:25:33 PM
In Reply To @wingedpig
@wingedpig Dell Latitude Pro
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 10:03:36 AM
In Reply To @shribr
@shribr you are right, nobody has ever succeeded in getting a question answered on Stack Overflow, it is clearly impossible
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 12:06:48 AM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie @waxpancake @buster @torrez run awaaayyyyy save yourself
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 12:05:49 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@samsaffron @robconery because not-new users have gotten an earful on GMO already on BBS. It is not exactly a new original controversy.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 7, 2014, 12:01:16 AM
In Reply To @samsaffron
@samsaffron @robconery Sam, try reading the 15 other BBS topics on GMO. I dare you. Hell I triple dog dare you. You will pray for limits.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 11:59:48 PM
In Reply To @circlejtp
@circlejtp @robconery good idea. Blog the research and links and data, edit last post to include a link to your blog. Will reach more folks.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 11:56:58 PM
In Reply To @robconery
@robconery there are lots of people who are VERY passionate about GMO. Like.. very very. Read the other BBS topics, exit sandbox, post more.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 11:49:38 PM
In Reply To @robconery
@robconery and, amazingly, visiting other topics and reading them tends to move one out of the new user sandbox
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 11:48:03 PM
In Reply To @robconery
@robconery the GMO topics rarely end well. If you are curious, search for the others. I thought you made your point clear in 3 replies, tho.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 11:25:42 PM
In Reply To @robconery
@robconery wait, Rob Conery has complaints about something? Say it ain't so! :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 4:39:32 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake what is this Patreon magickry? Like Kickstarter but per-generated-content action?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 4:37:12 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley THANKS OBAMA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 4:09:18 PM
In Reply To @albedoa
@albedoa as in dudes pick female avatars to psyche people out, or..?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 4:08:30 PM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray I guess TV is arguably the largest general "tech" purchase in a household, and smartphones occupy computers now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 2:21:48 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain you just liked that one because it had the actual words F train in it. That writing was every bit as indulgent as "glass" itself.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 2:18:41 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain speaking of left out, how about applying that to maybe half the words in that article next time. My god.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 1:29:48 PM
In Reply To @jeffkibuule
@jeffkibuule FTLllllllll
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 3:13:47 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I mean they could use iTunes, that'd be ok lol I can't even type this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 3:12:09 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@wilshipley when your choices are Silverlight and Flash, you are in a world of Full Metal Jacketesque shit
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 2:27:14 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley what do they use? Flash? Not too many viable choices for DRMed up video delivery
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 2:24:33 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley DRM And Shit(tm)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 12:08:12 AM
In Reply To @jessfraz
@frazelledazzell investment opportunity! I wish we could make more. Switch supply limitations.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 6, 2014, 12:03:47 AM
In Reply To @jessfraz
@frazelledazzell link does not resolve?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 9:48:12 PM
In Reply To @donpark
@donpark The process of snapping is incredible OCD fun. Lego manuals are superb as well. Try it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 9:32:23 PM
In Reply To @anaisbetts
@paulcbetts @wilshipley well obviously all the cool people use vim
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 8:46:20 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley Wait what?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 5:44:01 PM
In Reply To @cdixon
@cdixon The Stanford Bitcoin Experiment! Like the prison one but more.. bits.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 5:42:24 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley that is ice cold man, ice cold
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 5:41:14 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy pretty much
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 3:32:56 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie even as a kid, I was like "that's bs". I used erasers and rubbing alcohol
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 2:06:46 AM
In Reply To @estory1
@estory1 @distantcam I never said they did, just that the statistics bear out men are more *generally* more aggressive, substantially so.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 1:40:48 AM
In Reply To @spongeprojects
@spongefile @PearlChen and talking about it can be creepy. Again I am sorry. But it's kind of a prison sometimes, feels hard-wired.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 1:21:53 AM
In Reply To @wandsci
@wandsci point of book seems to be, gender diffs can be overcome. Do not disagree. But see my later tweets; mine has taken 43 years so far.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 1:18:40 AM
In Reply To @PearlChen
@PearlChen I know, we don't usually talk about it. I am sorry. But that is how it is inside our stupid annoying heads. I want out too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:53:45 AM
In Reply To @aniruddh26
@aniruddh26 yes but now you have another very very similar problem :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:51:36 AM
In Reply To @bearflash
@bearflash @SpaceCatPics this.. sounds unwise
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:51:15 AM
In Reply To @distantcam
@distantcam keep reading. Aggression constantly higher in all male *mammals* with one exception.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:50:07 AM
In Reply To @daedtech
@daedtech @distantcam @haacked my gut feeling is competitiveness is in the ballpark, at least. It is the aggression that I worry about.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:47:11 AM
In Reply To @distantcam
@distantcam go read the data. Guess who commits 90% of the murders in the USA? Hint: not women.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:37:49 AM
In Reply To @wandsci
@wandsci from each other? Of course. There is normal statistical variance, you can find break-all-the-shit girls and blissed out zen boys.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:29:19 AM
In Reply To @wandsci
@wandsci the hormone studies are IMO conclusive. Plus, I just look at the babies we had. Such profound differences and noticeable so early.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:27:48 AM
In Reply To @eliperelman
@eliperelman FAIL :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:18:53 AM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie we were dumbfounded by the attention span both lady babies had very early on. Henry at same age had a tiny fraction of that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:09:22 AM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked interesting link, but comfirms outside of domestic disputes, dudes crazily more aggressive. 90% of murders committed by men.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 5, 2014, 12:02:41 AM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked our preschool and all the playgrounds I see do, however..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 11:56:03 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza we had it explained to us by a Yahoo insider as a de-facto safe chat room for teenage girls. Makes sense and source would know.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 11:52:30 PM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked there is normal statistical variance of course.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 11:51:10 PM
In Reply To @IrisClasson
@IrisClasson hard to snap your fingers and undo millions of years of brain programming.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 10:19:26 PM
In Reply To @davidcrespo
@davidcrespo Also lots of studies of sex differences in babies. Consistent across cultures.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 10:18:08 PM
In Reply To @PeterBorah
@PeterBorah do more research. Lots of studies with babies. Big sex differences, consistent across cultures.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 10:16:35 PM
In Reply To @davidcrespo
@davidcrespo It manifests so early
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 8:29:51 PM
In Reply To @IrisClasson
@IrisClasson there is some statistical variance, of course. There are calm dudes and break-all-the-shit ladies. But it is uncommon.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 1:13:39 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @meyerweb Among the worst things a parent can imagine. I hope everything goes well for your daughter.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 4, 2014, 12:01:24 AM
In Reply To @BillB
@BillB pff just slap a MAYDAY live help button on there, and you will be hailed as Segway level revolutionary
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 6:45:33 PM
In Reply To @onaclov2000
@onaclov2000 oh yes it gets exponentially more fun as you go. First year is IMO terrible. But all upside from there.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 5:48:42 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley so the marriage between the billionaire and the twenty something actress did not last? WHY OH GODDDD WHYYY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 3:51:40 PM
In Reply To @betsyphd
@betsyphd @wagenet presumably she's rich enough to marry a male twenty-something actor now, too. QUID PRO QUO CLARICE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 3:33:31 PM
In Reply To @BillB
@BillB everybody gets one do-over in my book. After that, we can freely begin the judging.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 3, 2014, 3:25:37 PM
In Reply To @wingedpig
@wingedpig YATHINK
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