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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2013, 2:18:41 PM
In Reply To @ericohlsen
@ericohlsen we don't know, unfortunately -- sign up at http://t.co/T8eBLeFi1V with your email to be notified when we find out!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2013, 2:16:47 AM
In Reply To @DaveJustDave
@DaveJustDave probably less than 300w. Get a kill-a-watt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2013, 1:41:46 AM
In Reply To @NicheDiver
@NicheDiver @WhiteRoses4444 oooh I did not understand this interaction. Can I retract that? Still, history teacher is kind of a .. jerk.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2013, 1:17:08 AM
In Reply To @RuurdKeizer
@RuurdKeizer slimline blu-ray drive is no big deal. The blu-ray *software* playback situation was really really crappy last time I checked.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2013, 1:16:24 AM
In Reply To @DaveJustDave
@DaveJustDave also no way in hell to stay inside the 60w envelope.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2013, 1:10:35 AM
In Reply To @DaveJustDave
@DaveJustDave If it could do a "hybrid" thing where the external PCIex video sleeps until needed, would not be bad. Complex though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2013, 12:50:12 AM
In Reply To @svanlooy
@svanlooy Intel isn't far from PS3 level GPUs. Maybe 2 more gens? Remember the PS3 has all of 256mb as well.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2013, 12:48:26 AM
In Reply To @kikin81
@kikin81 can it hold 4.5 TB internally like mine does? No Haswell either.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2013, 12:47:11 AM
In Reply To @svanlooy
@svanlooy flexibility is the point of the box! That's the whole reason.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 18, 2013, 12:45:07 AM
In Reply To @svanlooy
@svanlooy wake me up when it can also play Arkham Asylum at playable frame rates :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 8:23:13 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain was juggling involved? We just did the same thing, notary and all
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 6:21:35 PM
In Reply To @Capncavedan
@Capncavedan I can neither confirm nor deny the receipt of this tweet because it is not verified
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 6:19:17 PM
In Reply To @carlmanaster
@carlmanaster @betsyphd yeah, the more high end and expensive, the less common sense in action. Sad but true.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 6:14:15 PM
In Reply To @rbarraud
@rbarraud yeahhhh... no.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 6:11:17 PM
In Reply To @rbarraud
@rbarraud that's peak. look at idle and intermediate states. Is your PC running at 100% CPU all the time? Hmm?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 6:10:35 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa psaw, it's retro hipster cool.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 6:05:37 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa only old people use OS X.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 6:03:23 PM
In Reply To @Cyanbane
@Cyanbane if you are logged in, yes. This is broken on WP8 but works fine on IE10/11.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 6:01:31 PM
In Reply To @rbarraud
@rbarraud 4x faster GPU. Probably about 20% faster on the CPU side. Lower power consumption.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 5:40:08 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa looking forward to the death of OS X. iOS FOREVER BITCHES
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 5:34:37 PM
In Reply To @Cyanbane
@Cyanbane hmm. on http://t.co/iezygCFH9c and http://t.co/xtRYvz7geU the browser in WP8 does not take me to the last read post. Confirm?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 5:18:35 PM
In Reply To @Cyanbane
@Cyanbane @discourse thanks -- getting the latest WP8 updates over wifi now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 5:02:07 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@seriouspony perhaps I should have said "obsessed", that's a better word
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 4:10:36 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke @IAisUX ah, the delectable scent of wolf urine
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 2:58:49 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans @waxpancake on the upside: HELLO VECTREX!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 2:57:25 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@jzy @rob_rusk do you really want to scream "I have a cheap phone?" I mean the 5s looks god damn Gucci and Vuitton
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 2:55:56 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@jzy @rob_rusk don't forget chipped anodized aluminum on the newer ones either. Cases are so common in the iPhone ecosystem, jewelry protect
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 2:53:03 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @rob_rusk yeah but cases are such a strong part of the iPhone vibe. glass backs.. antenna probs.. style.. colored cases easy n' common
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 2:51:23 PM
In Reply To @ratkins
@ratkins @gruber I dunno, I don't see 5c doing well. Could be wrong. Initial indications are negative (no online sell-out, no numbers shown)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 2:49:43 PM
In Reply To @jumdogg
@rob_rusk @jzy also the 5s looks a LOT more premium than the cheap looking 5c. And colors are easy to achieve with cases anyway.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 2:12:38 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@evil_trout @dorianmuthig I dunno, @samsaffron advocates loading JS at the top for a 100% JS app like us.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 2:06:18 PM
In Reply To @mathiasmaul
@dontcallmedarth @tinybop you nailed it! I just loved that version update note. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 1:22:33 PM
In Reply To @gruber
@gruber I don't see a meaningful difference between default colors and cases, though. Colored cases plentiful. iPhone very case-centric.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 1:15:51 PM
In Reply To @mrbusche
@mrbusche @jzy not cheap enough. No announcement of first day preorders, nothing is out of stock online. Bad strategy.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 1:13:18 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy I need a larger screen. Thinking about Nexus 5.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 1:12:53 PM
In Reply To @escoz
@escoz yes, they did. Read the article.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 1:10:42 PM
In Reply To @escoz
@escoz that's the same thing that was always announced since 2009. 5s cannot be preordered at all, physical wait in line only. No supply.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 1:08:49 PM
In Reply To @escoz
@escoz but we're talking about Apple. They have announced first day sales every time since 2009, but not this time.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 1:08:14 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy which is heavily supply constrained, and cannot even be preordered. Physical wait in line only. This is bad.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 12:52:00 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo the re-packaging of the 5 as the 5c for tiny incremental lower price seems doomed to failure to me. Limited supply of 5s dangerous.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 12:28:58 PM
In Reply To @ID_AA_Carmack
@ID_AA_Carmack does it make up for the Billions that Doom, Quake and its children subtracted from programmer productivity? :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 17, 2013, 12:16:39 PM
In Reply To @lizardbill
@lizardbill isn't that what F12 is for? Make it so
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2013, 10:48:05 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers ie10 works better than Firefox in Discourse, and we are about as intense of a JS app there is short of games.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2013, 6:38:45 PM
In Reply To @nz_cub3y
@nz_cub3y has been available since launch.. all out of stock at the moment
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2013, 3:40:38 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza buzzfeed man, buzzfeed
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2013, 8:35:52 AM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash also just any large public spectacle. Everyone has an opinion. And now we get to hear them ALL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2013, 8:35:04 AM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash she represents American beauty, being The Miss America and all. How can that *not* be controversial?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2013, 7:59:48 AM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash now that everyone can post on the Internet, any topic remotely controversial will generate enough racist responses for an article
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2013, 1:24:13 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake wow, I had no freaking idea. I'll be sure to mention that in my next stripping class.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 16, 2013, 1:06:53 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @DJRotaryRachel waitwaitwaitwait, the Bee Gees actually recorded something called "New York Mining Disaster 1941"?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 14, 2013, 6:06:50 PM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray mark of the ninja is amazing, has mac and Linux versions, part of current humble bundle.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 14, 2013, 2:30:45 AM
In Reply To @talking_biscuit
@talking_biscuit I've probably heard whatever you're going to say a hundred different times. Tired of debunking. Go read the blog. Or don't.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 14, 2013, 2:17:57 AM
In Reply To @talking_biscuit
@talking_biscuit @abrupto the strictness is there for a reason. The posts I referenced explained why. There's always http://t.co/623ySQYoss
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 14, 2013, 2:03:53 AM
In Reply To @talking_biscuit
@talking_biscuit @abrupto discuss it on http://t.co/1aIkfnLyVa if you have specific "GOOD" examples to refer to.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 14, 2013, 1:45:35 AM
In Reply To @michaelpryor
@michaelpryor N5 is gonna be awesome! I'm using N4 for testing mobile Discourse stuff, compare in screenshot here: http://t.co/c4l5RJUTym
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 14, 2013, 1:34:00 AM
In Reply To @fody
@fody congrats.. let the fun begin!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 14, 2013, 12:15:26 AM
In Reply To @TonyDong3
@TonyDong3 @jeffsand maybe when you build Stack Overflow, then get back to us :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 14, 2013, 12:09:45 AM
In Reply To @talking_biscuit
@talking_biscuit how would that even be a programming question??
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 13, 2013, 5:34:34 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley yeah I don't think any billionares are going to be arrested in the USA any time soon.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 13, 2013, 5:29:40 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley so you're saying.. you are a fan of Apple? Let me make sure I understand the nuances of your position here.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 13, 2013, 3:54:07 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo colours! different colours!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 13, 2013, 3:05:32 AM
In Reply To @damienkatz
@damienkatz you still have "things"? My children destroyed all ours. http://t.co/nGo3xkfyl0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 13, 2013, 3:04:07 AM
In Reply To @burhan
@burhan They ship out every two months. Patience is advised.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 13, 2013, 1:45:47 AM
In Reply To @foghina
@foghina sweeeeeeet. Looking like I might go that route. I wanted to wait for Android 5 but that seems really far off now.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 12, 2013, 5:58:32 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I am sort of guessing they are using "spam" here as an aphorism for "hate and racist tweets"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 12, 2013, 5:54:47 PM
In Reply To @shrinirhs
@shrinipedia no not true. Incorrect.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 12, 2013, 12:14:35 PM
In Reply To @ivanku0
@IvanKuo_ Sorry, see email -- I really tried but nothing worked..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 12, 2013, 5:12:57 AM
In Reply To @nrichardson
@nrichardson the default Intel in-box "sunburst" cooler is low profile on the T models, at least it was on the 2100T I had before!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 12, 2013, 2:13:55 AM
In Reply To @JTremback
@JTremback no, it's basically first mover advantage writ large. Even worse if it's some argumentative digression
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 12, 2013, 2:02:11 AM
In Reply To @JTremback
@JTremback then it's the tyranny of the first lucky few threads that dominate, unless you scroll ALLLLL the way down.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 12, 2013, 1:42:54 AM
In Reply To @coletg
@coletg I am not anti-reddit, it's just good at a set of things that I am not super interested in. (Digg was way, way worse.)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 12, 2013, 1:26:46 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@coletg more seriously though http://t.co/3gCFxYENvI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 12, 2013, 1:26:21 AM
In Reply To @soviut
@soviut no, modern broken clocks show no time, so they are right zero times a day
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 12, 2013, 1:25:35 AM
In Reply To @soviut
@soviut gems n' bullshit since 2004
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 12, 2013, 12:29:26 AM
In Reply To @tedder42
@tedder42 it is very libertarian, a lot of programmers are too, and I am not. I find hard-core libertarianism very troubling.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2013, 11:03:06 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo think of them as in-app purchases. problem solved
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2013, 10:48:29 PM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie neti pot not helping? Medicines? DAMMIT JIM I'M JUST A DOCTOR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2013, 6:56:42 PM
In Reply To @nelson
@nelson @timoreilly the internet is Facebook to most people, they're used to that kind of treatment.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2013, 6:26:35 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo nowhere near as dumb as 3D but there is a point of diminishing return for 720p vs 1080p vs 2180p.. http://t.co/NMIWrM7ofa
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 11, 2013, 5:21:18 PM
In Reply To @Greenspeak
@Greenspeak that face is so PUNCHABLE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2013, 6:53:55 PM
In Reply To @aggieben
@aggieben @jarrod_dixon We need C1NN, not C1NW. NW is the PCB mount version. Can't use that kind.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2013, 5:05:02 PM
In Reply To @jonelf
@jonelf I believe variety is very important to ergonomics -- change things up every so often, it's safer.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2013, 5:00:13 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo naw, we need reminders to be skeptical of the zillions of random things we see on the Internet. CBS, NBC, ABC it ain't.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2013, 4:59:51 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente that guy has upper management written all over him
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2013, 3:46:49 PM
In Reply To @betsyphd
@betsyphd if they're asking the answer is probably yes?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2013, 2:52:34 PM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray no, but 32-bitness is no longer interesting.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2013, 5:40:22 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@gaberivera hey, shocking, it was actually staged.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 10, 2013, 5:37:13 AM
In Reply To @balpha
@balpha SYNERGIES
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2013, 10:51:58 PM
In Reply To @Stenerson
@Stenerson see, I toldja!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2013, 10:51:23 PM
In Reply To @Greenspeak
@Greenspeak that show is still on? Some shows need the decency to call it while they're still sane. See: Weeds, True Blood, etc.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2013, 7:16:11 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers it is better for pocketability, the iPhone 5 is a crazy ratio as well. But I agree 4:3 more flexible for a tablet.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2013, 7:09:10 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers is that a Nexus 7 in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2013, 6:11:11 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy yeah iMessage is huge. That's true.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2013, 6:06:40 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy I care for no iPhones (tired of faberge egg tinyphones), I only want new iPads.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Sep 9, 2013, 5:49:00 PM
In Reply To @mattgemmell
@mattgemmell I like to focus on the things that can be fixed. Also, providing a broken platform that doesn't enforce civility is wrong.
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