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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2013, 2:56:21 PM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray it's easy if you use the Surface Pro.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2013, 2:55:26 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers APPS ARE AWESOME THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2013, 1:51:00 AM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
@baconmeteor you need better hobbies, man
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2013, 6:07:13 PM
In Reply To @factormystic
@factormystic it hasn't evolved much in ui, true, but the WebKit underneath is solid
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2013, 5:07:15 PM
In Reply To @bump
@bump this is not oneboxing, this is wholesale display of cached web pages
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2013, 10:34:27 AM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain ok so business as usual then, good to know, I guess
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2013, 12:50:27 AM
In Reply To @bojanrajkovic
@bojanrajkovic @migueldeicaza no, $300 will easily get you blu ray level hd res, without even breaking a sweat
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2013, 12:26:01 AM
In Reply To @bojanrajkovic
@bojanrajkovic @migueldeicaza meh, increasing resolution to crazy level does not increase quality of pixels, just how many there are.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2013, 12:18:27 AM
In Reply To @NicheDiver
@NicheDiver @hnshah Tarah Dactyl made me lol, but there is only so much BuzzFeed I can take
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2013, 10:36:24 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza yes as long as you have the latest amd or nvidia $300+ video card, they do look great
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2013, 4:14:21 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake any concept of backlash on that was so ridiculous I didn't even bother reading it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2013, 2:25:57 PM
In Reply To @snipeyhead
@snipeyhead @kworthington I am not clever enough to coin #compooting, kudos
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2013, 11:13:04 AM
In Reply To @geospacedman
@geospacedman @lizardbill note our definition of unanswered is pretty strict, a q with a can still be unanswered
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2013, 9:32:45 AM
In Reply To @danhulton
@danhulton hunt the wumpus for ti 99/4a
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 2:41:57 PM
In Reply To @Ark_kun
@Ark_kun on @discourse you just click to expand replies if you don't want to wait while scrolling down
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 2:30:09 PM
In Reply To @angrynoah
@angrynoah there are so many ways to get reading and writing wrong in threaded. Flat wins because it is simpler, but can be hybridized a bit
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 2:14:45 PM
In Reply To @PrintsCharming
@PrintsCharming @thompson_caleb this is how shack news and tech report do it, sort of, but then most replies are collapsed by default
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 2:12:55 PM
In Reply To @angrynoah
@angrynoah no, threading is the opposite of that, it optimizes for convenience of writers at the cost of making readers work, 100x over
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 2:11:48 PM
In Reply To @angrynoah
@angrynoah not so, particularly if people quote for context. See how @discourse does it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 2:05:26 PM
In Reply To @MikeTaylor
@MikeTaylor @HackerNews that would help yes. They should also cap reply depth default viz at say 2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 2:04:49 PM
In Reply To @angrynoah
@angrynoah if giant discussion, tough in all worlds. But flat optimizes for the critical act, reading: naturally scroll down w/gravity. RIF!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 2:02:20 PM
In Reply To @caleb_hearth
@thompson_caleb it's a good start but still leads to pile on replies to first posts, which get primo real estate
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 2:00:21 PM
In Reply To @pewpewarrows
@pewpewarrows way more opportunity for user error in read and write with threading, but neither is perfect
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 1:58:11 PM
In Reply To @angrynoah
@angrynoah then you are suppressing all children and heavily incentivizing creating new top level threads that will be visible by default
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2013, 1:51:48 PM
In Reply To @angrynoah
@angrynoah oh yeah the "force everyone to click or interact all the time" model. Not a fan.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2013, 11:31:27 PM
In Reply To @schelljw
@schelljw @schwern the more answers are opinions vs. science, data, facts, the less you want anons. Opinions are infinite and noisy.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2013, 6:52:08 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo categorization is all bs at some level. Animal, vegetable, or mineral? http://t.co/UmjdpLrsbM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2013, 1:22:51 PM
In Reply To @dbanksDesign
@dbanksDesign I do not but email me! My email is on the "about me" link on my blog
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2013, 11:37:04 AM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life need gmail,app so bad it hurts
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2013, 10:42:01 AM
In Reply To @benedictevans
@BenedictEvans clearly they are holding it wrong.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2013, 12:52:13 AM
In Reply To @estraph
@estraph keep going!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 7, 2013, 12:24:59 AM
In Reply To @estraph
@estraph there is if you reload a lot
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 11:26:16 PM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
@baconmeteor not with a pdf he didn't
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 6:23:07 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon invalid without Cool Rancher @jarrod_dixon
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 5:27:26 PM
In Reply To @jorm
@jorm let the games begin
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 8:36:49 AM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain we can't afford to teach our children humility. Inflation puts it out of our price range.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2013, 8:31:32 AM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet @chrismlacy ok good! My faith in all things Skeet had been shaken to its very foundations!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2013, 10:38:07 PM
In Reply To @cdixon
@cdixon definitely the future then. 200 years in the past, anywhere in the world, would statistically be quite bad.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2013, 10:35:01 PM
In Reply To @cdixon
@cdixon define "randomly"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2013, 10:01:39 PM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet eek you are not using 2 factor auth already?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2013, 9:57:19 PM
In Reply To @damienkatz
@damienkatz there were only one set of footprints because you were carrying me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2013, 8:28:21 PM
In Reply To @tushar_saxena
@tushar_saxena yes of course! Only counter argument is angry / abusive parents or extreme poverty.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2013, 8:21:12 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon well that is mostly because we don't have at stackoverflow. Ask @michaelpryor why not :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2013, 4:31:31 PM
In Reply To @BrentO
@BrentO oh yeah? Well I SELECT * FROM YOURMOM and it caused my query buffer to overflowe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2013, 4:29:49 PM
In Reply To @BrentO
@BrentO my question was about Twitter, therefore I asked it on Twitter
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2013, 12:53:20 PM
In Reply To @kamens
@kamens @jarrod_dixon teachers not listening to feedback from students is not a "bug" that can be fixed
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2013, 5:19:39 PM
In Reply To @RealZenfar
@RealZenfar @jisaacks this would be a great http://t.co/vf0Ya1Vu61 question
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2013, 5:17:52 PM
In Reply To @baconmeteor
@baconmeteor Sylvester Stallone would be so proud
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2013, 3:18:51 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life works for me! I remember (barely) seeing the late 80s remake and even at the time it was meh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2013, 2:57:14 PM
In Reply To @maxbadrak
@maxbadrak naw we just pay @supermathie in poutine flavored soda and Flooz, man
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2013, 11:45:40 PM
In Reply To @maxbadrak
@maxbadrak well yeah if you win the lottery the rules are different.. Unlimited (but expensive) scaling is a benefit
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2013, 11:44:20 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@ddt @timoreilly and if you want the definition of cloning, google Zynga and Tiny Towers. Was this that? Not even close.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2013, 11:43:04 PM
In Reply To @ddt
@ddt @timoreilly this claim has no merit.. Like saying Call of Duty was a clone of Battlefield. Same genre, yes..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2013, 11:37:51 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash @ftrain I am living this dream
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2013, 8:48:23 PM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie shall we Hulk out now or later?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2013, 3:14:51 PM
In Reply To @splattne
@splattne illusion, identical. Lady Jeff is a big baby..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2013, 10:44:54 AM
In Reply To @ttobin
@ttobin @angrynoah we are all on Ivy Bridge Xeons already.. and you can get 6 or 8 core. This is hardly fancy hardware.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 11:33:04 PM
In Reply To @kjstone00
@kjstone00 no wayyy we spent more than $20k, probably significantly less
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 11:32:13 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @SuperDalgas I am offended that you even had to ask this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 9:35:54 PM
In Reply To @jamespmclachlan
@jamespmclachlan SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 7:58:36 PM
In Reply To @RyanCochran
@RyanCochran I see it there under How Can I Contact You? Heading. Tested in IE10 and chrome
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 6:29:08 PM
In Reply To @jongallant
@jongallant @jongalloway ok, if you are only five inches tall, maybe you should be replaced. You can only do teeny tiny amounts of work.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 5:26:15 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway @jongallant if you can be replaced in 5 minutes at work, you should quit!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 4:46:18 PM
In Reply To @juokaz
@juokaz view source on http://t.co/4bzJUogkxV -- that's what it was about!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 4:16:49 PM
In Reply To @davidfrahm
@davidfrahm no, I headed to the airport. We can sext each other though!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 3:59:16 PM
In Reply To @penartur
@penartur sorry I am not at SE any more, no visibility into that process!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 10:53:33 AM
In Reply To @olysebaba
@olysebaba noooooo I don't know that one!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 3:50:14 AM
In Reply To @v_nz_nz
@vinzBad @GreenheartGames ok good @neill will look at this more closely tomorrow. Sorry for the difficulty.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 3:20:30 AM
In Reply To @v_nz_nz
@vinzBad @GreenheartGames may be a forum config issue after all: http://t.co/YrqaCNyaE7 We may need admin on your forum to check settings..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 3:05:12 AM
In Reply To @scottwasson
@scottwasson just got mine about an hour ago WOOOoooOO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 3:02:36 AM
In Reply To @v_nz_nz
@vinzBad @GreenheartGames it might be a spurious error, since you don't need a password with those login types. Can you proceed?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 2:55:53 AM
In Reply To @syntheticbrain
@syntheticbrain well the babies, yeah, spare the babies but those Winnebagos had it coming, man
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 2:54:51 AM
In Reply To @v_nz_nz
@vinzBad @GreenheartGames I *think* that's a config error with the forum and Google logins. Let me check.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 2:22:11 AM
In Reply To @MixedMarshalArt
@craighooghiem and that's the difference.. these guys are so clearly building out of love for the genre not to screw anyone.. unlike Zynga!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 2:16:33 AM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway did this same guy do the genius stock photography music video parody? That was awesome.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 2:14:43 AM
In Reply To @MixedMarshalArt
@craighooghiem yeah if you want clear example of evil just look at what Zynga did. Cloning!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2013, 1:28:06 AM
In Reply To @MixedMarshalArt
@craighooghiem yes, and every FPS ever "ripped off" Doom.. Call of Duty "ripped off" Battlefield..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2013, 9:52:37 PM
In Reply To @RyanCochran
@RyanCochran scroll down! Look for the @ sign :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2013, 8:59:53 PM
In Reply To @redhotvengeance
@redhotvengeance ask @PatrickKlug to write a blog entry, would be a fun read, though he is kinda swamped ATM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2013, 8:58:56 PM
In Reply To @RyanCochran
@RyanCochran Did you try the about me link in the left hand column of my blog?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2013, 7:07:06 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy I'm at the Pizza Hut.. I'm at the Taco Bell.. I'm at the com-bination pizzahutandtacobell
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2013, 6:14:11 PM
In Reply To @shanecelis
@shanecelis you are totally turning me on right now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2013, 5:23:12 PM
In Reply To @harryandrews
@harryandrews are you psyched about wrecking? :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2013, 2:46:36 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I am wearing mine RIGHT NOW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2013, 1:56:28 PM
In Reply To @RockBandAide
@RockBandAide still holding out for Muse
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2013, 1:01:30 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles you and @ftrain! nice
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2013, 12:20:47 AM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo this is your stock in trade! blogs + editorials are perfectly OK for opinion honeypots. Stack Exchange not so much.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2013, 12:09:35 AM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo put it on SLATE mannnn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2013, 11:59:21 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo @chishiki I'M JUST SAYIN', this was common knowledge. I'm assuming Jobs was not a dumbass. And I was not a fan as you know.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2013, 11:47:45 PM
In Reply To @chishiki
@chishiki @fmanjoo well consumer trucks regularly outsold cars in the USA since geez 1992 or something. Everyone, including Jobs, knew that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2013, 11:23:48 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo @cdixon I'm like 99% sure he didn't mean consumer trucks, he meant trucks used in business and for heavy duty stuff
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2013, 11:22:51 PM
In Reply To @joshmillard
@joshmillard WHAT THE HELL THAT IS DIVORCE MATERIAL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2013, 11:15:40 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo @cdixon not necessarily, think of hay trucks, they are flatbeds. Farms typically have flatbed style trucks in use.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2013, 11:08:54 PM
In Reply To @fmanjoo
@fmanjoo I always thought he was talking about really large big rigs when he said "truck", or delivery trucks..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2013, 10:58:15 PM
In Reply To @JZig
@JZig I wonder if the honor system is a bust?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2013, 8:44:03 PM
In Reply To @captain_fwiffo
@captain_fwiffo that is what I figured, seemed odd they cut it out after hyping honor so much
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2013, 8:41:23 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @kevinmontrose buy that man a yacht he is clearly going places
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