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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2013, 2:08:39 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy please don't be v-neck, please don't be v-neck
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2013, 2:19:09 AM
In Reply To @seesharp
@seesharp oh there are many better choices than Aeron now. Aeron is old n' busted. http://t.co/nKbyFECppC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 16, 2013, 3:00:30 AM
In Reply To @_jayd3e
@_jayd3e why don't you run some tests with real users and find out?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 7:24:22 PM
In Reply To @shribr
@shribr there are already many, did you look at all before asking? http://t.co/M9stGDF3OS http://t.co/t3U7ZntXK3
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 4:33:32 PM
In Reply To @verdewek
@verdewek better taskman, boots faster, sleeps faster, uses less memory, better Explorer + file copy, excellent tablet / 10 foot mode
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 2:49:21 PM
In Reply To @guldeuxchats
@guattari2600 @chead can do all those things; saying "our tech community does not endorse getting wasted" is the most effective first step
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 2:31:32 PM
In Reply To @guldeuxchats
@guattari2600 @chead you can suggest doing a lot of things, but if people regularly get blackout drunk as a norm, there will be problems.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 2:21:33 PM
In Reply To @guldeuxchats
@guattari2600 @chead I think the culture of institutionalized drunkenness is unnecessary in a tech community, and the easiest fixable part
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 2:20:45 PM
In Reply To @Hungryghoast
@Hungryghoast @guattari2600 @chead in the case where someone is reported as incoherent, blackout drunk I'd say major contributing factor yes
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 2:16:37 PM
In Reply To @guldeuxchats
@guattari2600 @chead if you encourage and institutionalize culture of drunkenness (eg. "drinkups!") you're going to have a lot more problems
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 2:14:24 PM
In Reply To @guldeuxchats
@guattari2600 @chead does this particular guy have a history of incidents? From the story he was blackout drunk, "incoherent"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 2:08:57 PM
In Reply To @guldeuxchats
@guattari2600 @chead of course, but without the "getting wasted is cool at tech conferences" part of Ruby culture, could have been avoided
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 1:25:33 PM
In Reply To @TheJedReport
@jedlewison @fmanjoo also built in flashlight app. It is better in so many small and large ways.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 1:21:00 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo unified search box in safari. Drag down to search (search is "at the top" like on the web). More coherent overall, not just skin.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 1:13:37 PM
In Reply To @nickscave
@nickscave I just got a lot more careful about remembering to leave it at home or in the car.. had at least 3 confiscated
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 10:55:17 AM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@evil_trout I would say the same thing about that Walking Dead game -- there is no game there, it is a movie where you click to advance
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 15, 2013, 1:41:36 AM
In Reply To @oddynz
@oddynz just go read my blog, etc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2013, 11:16:40 PM
In Reply To @joshleitzel
@joshleitzel it's been at $96k for quite a while though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2013, 6:00:40 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo for which item, though? Gold iPhone 5s?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2013, 5:58:42 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza it is like having a dog, but so much more rewarding
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2013, 5:12:46 PM
In Reply To @Tarendai
@Tarendai only available to SE network users, not for businesses
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2013, 5:02:41 PM
In Reply To @thams
@thams #1 no bullshit "must install app" client nonsense. Works in the browser, everywhere.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2013, 4:57:55 PM
In Reply To @wandsci
@wandsci oh yeah, it's great if the stork can deliver them just after their fourth birthday.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2013, 4:54:37 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza @samsaffron that's Chrome/Win's problem though. They need to fix it, have been nagging about this for over a year now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2013, 4:32:21 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza ALWAYS WHORING THE MIDNIGHT COMMANDER, I am going to tell Peter Norton what you are doing right now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2013, 12:43:28 PM
In Reply To @nycplayer
@nycplayer @steveklabnik the culture of getting drunk everywhere is lame and certainly to blame as much as anything.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 14, 2013, 11:52:06 AM
In Reply To @steveklabnik
@steveklabnik I think staying away from Ohio and body shots is a better idea
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 13, 2013, 4:31:29 AM
In Reply To @steveklabnik
@steveklabnik would you really want that discussion on HN anyway? It's basically "libertarian moderated" that is to say not at all
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 13, 2013, 12:35:21 AM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose AINT NO PARTY LIKE A DIFFERENTIAL CRYPTANALYSIS PARTY BECAUSE A .. actually, that would be hella boring
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2013, 11:30:34 PM
In Reply To @mediajunkie
@mediajunkie @Greenspeak is still alive?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2013, 9:50:29 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @JasonPunyon this is good news, one less year of Punyon left
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2013, 8:56:58 PM
In Reply To @damienkatz
@damienkatz you are scaring me a little here
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2013, 7:32:34 PM
In Reply To @ABillionSuns
@ABillionSuns @discourse @TheAVClub we love the AV Club, contact us at team@discourse.org if you'd like to discuss
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2013, 1:42:20 AM
In Reply To @Hanzo55
@Hanzo55 oh god
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2013, 1:27:50 AM
In Reply To @Hanzo55
@Hanzo55 is there some kind of midnight release of something?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2013, 12:46:00 AM
In Reply To @markeedington
@markeedington LIGHTSABERS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 12, 2013, 12:14:20 AM
In Reply To @thefringeninja
@thefringeninja yes, lvlcap and friends are scarily good. Point a was a problem.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2013, 11:21:45 PM
In Reply To @orj
@orj they were not generic x86 boxes though. The parity is astonishing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2013, 4:49:57 PM
In Reply To @ShittingtonUK
@ShittingtonUK does anyone really think I created that?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2013, 4:30:52 PM
In Reply To @ryantate
@ryantate @Avalanche1979 Discourse already supports rss, email and reply-by-email
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2013, 1:41:45 PM
In Reply To @bretmcmillan
@bretmcmillan http://t.co/P96m8m4YfP works for us, no earlier version, and .25 does not work (latest)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2013, 12:18:39 PM
In Reply To @_danbarber
@danbee lol yes hh:mm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2013, 12:10:15 PM
In Reply To @_danbarber
@danbee to be fair, it is 850 lumen for only 1:15, 450 for 2:30, 170 for 7:45. I do have rechargeable 18650 batt tho http://t.co/7ySNmTqvmr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2013, 10:45:13 AM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson @ckowaliski if it is not fast enough for desktop, it is underpowered. Speed matters for a full non mobile os. Bay Trail minimum
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2013, 4:30:03 AM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson if it's slow in desktop mode, it is just slow. Surface 1 was balls slow. Bay Trail is the minimum acceptable Win8 perf.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 10, 2013, 12:06:17 AM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson "I don't believe Clover Trail was really usable in Windows 8's desktop mode (it was just too slow)" http://t.co/OaBRWaHxDG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 11:03:27 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson like I said, I spend 99% of my time in a browser on websites and webapps. Hardly any apps installed on any device. Hassle.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 11:01:52 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson I pretty much just use the web browser on all 3. But yeah app selection is still bad on Metro.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 10:57:10 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson and by each one I mean, iPad 4, nexus 7, surface pro.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 10:56:36 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson I switch daily between all three. Literally, use each one every day. Part of @discourse testing. Do you?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 10:54:32 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson only good on the pro though. You need the speed.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 10:53:48 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson having used all three extensively, Win8 is easily the best for switching apps and tabs. Ie10 and 11 are rock solid for me.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 10:46:51 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson I find myself swiping down to switch tabs and swiping left to go back on iPad all the time
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 10:45:37 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson I use it on my surface pro every day. Swipe from sides is the shit on a tablet. On multimon desktop.. No
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 10:44:22 PM
In Reply To @soviut
@soviut oh you would be amazed at what comes out
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 6:41:45 PM
In Reply To @konistehdev
@konistehdev it's the same even with a $250 CPU, as long as it's Intel. AMD is really far behind, and the stuff in console is Atom-level
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 5:41:10 PM
In Reply To @sambirkhead
@samBiotic right, where they will be CPU limited. The AMD Jaguar cores are like Intel Atoms -- even slower than what was shown.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 5:40:31 PM
In Reply To @VarinPrime
@VarinPrime @samBiotic are you not looking at the BF4 graphs at all? Take another look. Look closely. Read. CPU matters, in that game.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 5:09:09 PM
In Reply To @DrPizza
@DrPizza @jongalloway I like it, but I agree it can be ambiguous at times in WP and Android. @NathanBowers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 4:57:23 PM
In Reply To @sambirkhead
@samBiotic even a cheaper i7 or i5 crushes the AMD CPUs though http://t.co/zL6VOIo9cW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 3:59:19 PM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson see this is why Mantle is so important to reduce CPU overhead on console -- the AMD CPUs are just crap.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 1:44:52 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 1:44:02 PM
In Reply To @chrickso
@chrickso I got the one from fenix store
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 1:43:22 PM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
@baconmeteor @cwlcks @tqbf there might be exciting 128 bit and 256 bit bugs out there too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 12:13:44 AM
In Reply To @ericnakagawa
@ericnakagawa I don't know what you're talking about?tag=codihorr-20
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 9, 2013, 12:12:58 AM
In Reply To @ttutko
@ttutko halogen, bizarre, here's ~3600 in LED http://t.co/Ss72hNAvfl
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2013, 11:19:25 PM
In Reply To @kwiens
@kwiens it has a flash mode, two flash modes actually. Perhaps you need 3500 lumens? http://t.co/Ss72hNAvfl
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2013, 11:03:40 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf @baconmeteor yes but important software *with source* will be assessed much faster, will it not? Windows XP exploits forever..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2013, 10:57:27 PM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
@baconmeteor but the inverse is much riskier; "When code is not audited by anyone, security will be a) compromised or b) broken"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2013, 8:30:08 PM
In Reply To @ID_AA_Carmack
@ID_AA_Carmack here is ours, just put warm LEDs in it http://t.co/12dJs5k0my
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2013, 3:32:43 PM
In Reply To @mattisadev
@MLMcMillion gotta have something to store your kickstarter pledges in, right?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2013, 10:40:02 AM
In Reply To @el0j
@el0j that is a given if you are requiring 4gb+
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2013, 10:39:22 AM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
@baconmeteor why do you hate breasts, and love cancer?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2013, 1:17:38 AM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
@baconmeteor oh that movie made my crap my friggin pants as a 13 year old. Could not un-see.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 8, 2013, 1:11:50 AM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose there's always the Rule 34 Carmen Sandiego search. That never ends.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 7, 2013, 8:29:55 PM
In Reply To @shirejedi
@shirejedi that does seem logical doesn't it? :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 7, 2013, 7:01:19 PM
In Reply To @amdradeon
@AMDRadeon bah screw the rest of the world! What about pre-orders in the USA! YOUU ESS AYY! YOUU ESS AYY! YOU ESS AYYYY! YOOOO<passes out>
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 7, 2013, 6:57:34 PM
In Reply To @Aissn
@Aissn memory speeds aren't really that relevant to perf because of L1, L2, L3 cache. Is an issue for GPUs which have GDDR5 already on PC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 7, 2013, 4:40:55 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway just a UK thing yes?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 7, 2013, 1:25:52 PM
In Reply To @pickoo
@pickoo you respond to everything you read, all day long? That's unusual.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 7, 2013, 12:51:29 PM
In Reply To @garychou
@garychou use the mouse!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 7, 2013, 10:55:40 AM
In Reply To @pickoo
@pickoo how much is your time worth before you are dead?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2013, 9:22:17 PM
In Reply To @gcpascutto
@gcpascutto the topic covers this already in the first post
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2013, 9:21:51 PM
In Reply To @OffBeatMammal
@OffBeatMammal usually bigger screen equals bigger device and more room for battery.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2013, 5:36:56 PM
In Reply To @Devindra
@Devindra sure eventually you reach ivy bridge, sandy bridge, haswell irrelevance. Mobile still 2x perf every release, it matters.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2013, 5:33:42 PM
In Reply To @sajo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2013, 5:33:30 PM
In Reply To @Devindra
@Devindra 640kb should be enough for anybody, right?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 6, 2013, 3:07:50 PM
In Reply To @Diederik_za
@Diederik_za you can disable the quoting highlight support in your user prefs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2013, 11:12:31 PM
In Reply To @timheuer
@timheuer @bhilburn I guess that would be true if California's constitution said no gays could hold office in California. But it doesn't.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2013, 5:19:40 PM
In Reply To @jrj
@jrj is it ok to only be racist for adults?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2013, 4:43:58 PM
In Reply To @bhilburn
@bhilburn try reading wikipedia
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 5, 2013, 12:11:09 PM
In Reply To @brbdc
@brbdc almost literally everything about it is improved
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2013, 2:14:54 PM
In Reply To @betsyphd
@betsyphd W E B I N A R
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 4, 2013, 5:58:13 AM
In Reply To @dansinker
@dansinker would the *real* dan sinker say that sort of thing? I am not so sure.
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