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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 14, 2012, 2:39:48 PM
In Reply To @dehora
@dehora link pls?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 14, 2012, 2:26:51 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles manscaping
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 14, 2012, 12:15:49 AM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza @shanselman every place it's "required" they typically support Twitter, too. And if not, well.. fuck 'em
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 11:26:51 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza @shanselman as with so many other Facebook related things, simple answer is "don't use Facebook"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 6:35:03 PM
In Reply To @seldo
@seldo @rockhardawesome calls it "the disco". Will that suffice?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 6:32:45 PM
In Reply To @edbott
@edbott the truth is a bit scarier: Mac and Windows apps don't need to exist; do everything on the iOS device directly to the cloud.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 6:18:35 PM
In Reply To @cfischer83
@cfischer83 Item the first: everyone does not "love" PHP. Item the second: Atwood's Law.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 5:52:04 PM
In Reply To @louispellerin
@louispellerin can't, might jump on my face while taking the pic
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 4:04:18 PM
In Reply To @splattne
@splattne ironic or not ironic? I honestly can't tell...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 3:28:46 PM
In Reply To @mjmalone
@mjmalone where did http://t.co/mx6p4zTO get to? HEY MAN I LINKED TO YOU AND IT BROKE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 3:23:02 PM
In Reply To @nomothetis
@nomothetis f**king Internet
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 2:56:07 PM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked @jzy @betsyphd well, only if I *had* to, of course :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 2:37:14 PM
In Reply To @splusandersen
@renegard2 when your children apologize on your behalf, you have failed utterly.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 2:30:55 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy I'd throw my wife under a bus for our kids. Sorry @betsyphd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 13, 2012, 12:04:26 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers eventually, yes, (almost) everything will be like an Xbox.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 3:25:26 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jzy you should adopt my motto: "circumnavigating a seething ocean of adrenaline-fueled rage since 1970!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 3:20:59 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 1:16:22 PM
In Reply To @timohetzel
@timohetzel @seldo probably because it was written in PHP and doesn't scale.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 11:16:07 AM
In Reply To @DrPizza
@DrPizza @gregcons Peter needs to blog this if he's serious. Let his argument stand up to Hacker News (et al) scrutiny. Good luck :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 11:09:03 AM
In Reply To @DrPizza
@DrPizza @gregcons you're still looking at this through rose tinted glasses, ignoring the crippling flaws. That said, SE is strict Q&A, sure
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 11:06:59 AM
In Reply To @Roach_B_me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 1:20:17 AM
In Reply To @DrPizza
@DrPizza I want to see a blog entry from you explaining just how USENET is more effective than Stack Overflow. I'd like some details.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 1:16:55 AM
In Reply To @DrPizza
@DrPizza we built an imperfect system, just like every other system before it. If you think you can do better, go for it. I'll wait here.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 1:13:56 AM
In Reply To @DrPizza
@DrPizza welcome to the desert of the real. We build systems that work on actual human beings, not hypothetically perfect ones.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 1:09:08 AM
In Reply To @DrPizza
@DrPizza the "extrinsic" motivation you refer to is simply peer recognition. That's how programmers work, period. http://t.co/LZUUfNRu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 1:05:31 AM
In Reply To @DrPizza
@DrPizza yeah, good point, extrinsic motivation might produce horrible answers like http://t.co/2MRdcg6j
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 12, 2012, 12:51:15 AM
In Reply To @DrPizza
@DrPizza hmm. I'd argue that chat produces Speed Chess, which is vastly inferior to Chess. To me the lack of chat search artifacts is QED
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 11, 2012, 11:23:51 PM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray see http://t.co/m7eKseCB specifically "it does not seem to be as simple as high contrast being better than low contrast"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 11, 2012, 6:13:32 PM
In Reply To @eedeep
@eedeep can't be, if they're basing it on IRC. IRC needs to be *replaced by doing what it can never do* not emulated.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 11, 2012, 5:55:33 PM
In Reply To @averyj
@averyj @hkarthik I don't like chat enough to want to do that. Chat is necessary, but it should *always* be a byproduct, not a product.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 11, 2012, 5:52:49 PM
In Reply To @averyj
@averyj @hkarthik we talked about productizing Stack Exchange chat, but decided it's not a core biz function. Still better than all others.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 11, 2012, 5:51:00 PM
In Reply To @hkarthik
@hkarthik @averyj IRC is shit. Being like shit is not a positive attribute.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 11, 2012, 5:42:05 PM
In Reply To @averyj
@averyj @hkarthik yeah s/text/newtext is great UI. Not. Try Stack Exchange chat: up arrow to edit last message. Simple. Easy.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 11, 2012, 5:41:00 PM
In Reply To @hkarthik
@hkarthik @averyj here's a radical idea: editing my previous <5m old chat messages. Or redacting them. Impossible as far as I can tell..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 11, 2012, 4:55:46 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley too bright to use the iPads and MacBookz, man
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 11, 2012, 3:21:30 PM
In Reply To @rhp7
@rhp7 yes, but I didn't want to put that on the Twitters :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 10, 2012, 2:13:47 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake great writeup, but of course definitions of "user" can be kind of weaselly too: http://t.co/xKJDv96P
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 10, 2012, 2:00:22 PM
In Reply To @cshirky
@cshirky I was initially excited about that, then I realized it would be tend to be heavily self promotional bullshit. But I guess I'll try
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 10, 2012, 1:35:53 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @NathanBowers except for your mom. She fits everything.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 10, 2012, 1:32:52 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers we need a slightly larger iPhone and a slightly smaller iPad. One size doesn't fit all!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 10, 2012, 1:14:32 PM
In Reply To @wingedpig
@wingedpig I see someone is sensitive about their server-side C++ :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 10, 2012, 12:47:52 PM
In Reply To @folktrash
@folktrash @pragdave yeah totally #firstworldproblems
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 10, 2012, 11:49:03 AM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash what up fatty
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 10, 2012, 12:58:13 AM
In Reply To @heyboyo
@heyboyo I was, but then I realized I didn't hate myself that much, yet
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 10, 2012, 12:56:23 AM
In Reply To @fcassia
@fcassia oh god
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 9, 2012, 10:38:35 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain Klout is the new Flooz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 9, 2012, 6:54:00 PM
In Reply To @welchb
@welchb I looked that up http://t.co/mr1zHu2O and doesn't seem to be true.. 1 out of 2 babbies is definitely interacting with us a little
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 9, 2012, 6:50:05 PM
In Reply To @natfriedman
@natfriedman @migueldeicaza it is godawfully slow, easily the slowest app I've tried on iPad 3. Also the twee fake book border is lame.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 9, 2012, 6:33:03 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley DETAILS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 9, 2012, 6:30:59 PM
In Reply To @deliciousmonstr
@deliciousmonstr can you have some posts on The Bachelor?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 9, 2012, 11:58:50 AM
In Reply To @splattne
@splattne @jzy HE SAID A DIARY COMPANY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 9, 2012, 11:17:51 AM
In Reply To @hairboat
@abbytmiller lol oh man that's hilarious. I also wrote a book. Feel free to read it. http://t.co/4zWyeGzm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 9, 2012, 2:18:45 AM
In Reply To @tomasmcguinness
@tomasmcguinness log in with google, Facebook, twitter seems to have traction, openid alone is risky
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 8, 2012, 8:02:44 PM
In Reply To @alexweberis
@alexweberis oops. thanks, need to fix that!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 7, 2012, 8:13:39 PM
In Reply To @BlackWaspUK
@BlackWaspUK dmmt first
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 7, 2012, 5:37:23 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life if you read more closely, it's two things a) topic more important than user and b) not being dicks about quality
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 7, 2012, 3:23:09 AM
In Reply To @GoblinGame
@GoblinGame my bad bro
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 7, 2012, 3:22:06 AM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @samsaffron @Nick_Craver oh there is absolutely a wrong time to buy Apple stuff: imagine buying an iPad 2 in Feb of this year...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 7, 2012, 2:41:00 AM
In Reply To @samsaffron
@samsaffron @nick_craver that's called "buying at the right time". Key with Apple.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 9:10:39 AM
In Reply To @mpaluchowski
@mpaluchowski @controlbreak there are zillions of password databases and every day one falls into the wrong hands. Even internally...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 9:08:52 AM
In Reply To @JaySmithWpg
@Sporked rainbow tables irrelevant for reasons explained in blog entry http://t.co/Mo05fE4i
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 6:12:42 AM
In Reply To @WithinRafael
@WithinRafael that's actually... a really good idea!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 6:12:21 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley blowjobs.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 6:05:24 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I'll make a Long Bet with you that this does not happen in 2030.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 3:53:26 AM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain babies are history's greatest monster. Imagine the people with triplets! Thinking of selling one of our twins on eBay.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2012, 2:55:18 AM
In Reply To @samsaffron
@samsaffron tell me how many MD5/hashes sec your Macbook Air does, so that I might laugh at its puny weakness!!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 10:13:35 PM
In Reply To @amyhoy
@amyhoy right but ... Duh? Endlessly focusing on X where X is anything is bad. The really dangerous folks are the ones who "never" failed.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 4:15:34 PM
In Reply To @seldo
@seldo almost never
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 4:05:38 PM
In Reply To @amyhoy
@amyhoy per 59 Seconds, writing about failure is one of the best ways to get through it. It's science. http://t.co/x4lV2pSt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 3:18:04 PM
In Reply To @xX__SIC__Xx
@xX__SIC__Xx you don't need any rep to ask questions, just make them good, well researched questions: http://t.co/oj1lNy4a
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 5:17:08 AM
In Reply To @inert_wall
@inert_wall yeah true they'd have 2x the battery life!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 5:04:50 AM
In Reply To @gaurish
@gaurish HEY MAN THIS IS ENGINEERING
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 4:04:42 AM
In Reply To @rishavrastogi
@rishavrastogi interesting, I'll give that a shot.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2012, 2:00:39 AM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza yes, @shanselman and I were talking about this a while ago! Meatballs is amazing. Megamind is also great!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2012, 6:59:10 PM
In Reply To @Michael_Lang
@Michael_Lang "Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them." http://t.co/h1SXYVvH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 2:55:37 PM
In Reply To @Rellix
@Rellix Sorry about that. As a consolation, I'll pay you $5 to write "Coding Horror rulez!" on your forehead.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2012, 2:51:32 PM
In Reply To @Rellix
@Rellix how did you even find that? Never occurred to me, and now I have to go look. :p
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 5:28:48 PM
In Reply To @hotdogsladies
@hotdogsladies I made thousands using CASH DUKE'S DYNAMIC CASH GIVANATION SYSTEM!!!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 5:15:57 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles I hope it results in some good contributions, both physical and otherwise!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 5:12:55 PM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray they should also block their own ads. You know, for readability.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 12:03:01 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake can I anti-fund a kickstarter? Pledge money to have it not exist? I am only partially kidding.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 11:36:10 AM
In Reply To @edbott
@edbott release I never touch betas
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 11:29:05 AM
In Reply To @edbott
@edbott there is something very wrong with the current Chrome ver, seeing a bunch of problems I've never ever had with it before
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 6:32:05 AM
In Reply To @victorvogelpoel
@victorvogelpoel leave a comment on the post linking to any cool geeky stuff from the http://t.co/zyMhwgKA !
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2012, 12:10:48 AM
In Reply To @mojombo
@mojombo your first child? Congrats! Also, you are soooo screwed :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 1, 2012, 11:18:32 PM
In Reply To @mikeindustries
@mikeindustries thanks your blog entry just earned me $60! LUNCH IS ON ME WOOOoOOOooOO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 1, 2012, 2:31:57 PM
In Reply To @gregorysean
@gregorysean welcome, friend! We've been expecting you. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 1, 2012, 11:53:43 AM
In Reply To @HJennerway
@HJennerway pretty sure that was @balpha he's the Michael Jordan of April Fools techniques
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 6:09:01 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jongalloway there's still nothing that touches Office, which is still quite amazingly good. Google Docs is pretty laughable
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 4:50:01 PM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose these are very bad photos. I am telling you this because I love you.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 3:24:56 PM
In Reply To @gregorysean
@gregorysean @chockenberry I'm just saying, have a concept that's awesome. Don't just phone April Fools in because "everyone does it"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 1:57:30 PM
In Reply To @GaryJanetti
@GaryJanetti @splattne "work hard." Most aren't born talented, they get there by doing it over and over: http://t.co/Jz0pNy9E
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 4:52:30 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers the burden is on primarily the companies to give a crap about the quality of what they create. Consumers are unsophisticated.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 4:41:33 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers well, consumers also don't know what's good for them and take what they're served. Not enough holding the line.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 1:46:51 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles lol awesome
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