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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 31, 2012, 12:36:04 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles sorry, no men's thongs, no sale.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 8:24:51 PM
In Reply To @dehora
@dehora @finners_99 all this burger porn must be blogged for posterity
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 7:41:26 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie are you in San Francisco, or as my 3 year old son @rockhardawesome calls it, "the disco"?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 6:04:15 PM
In Reply To @Greenspeak
@Greenspeak @MrPope PLEASE GOD PLEASE LOLA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 6:03:58 PM
In Reply To @ID_AA_Carmack
@ID_AA_Carmack go for it; just make sure they're LED bulbs! (some decent options out there now, but spendy)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 6:00:24 PM
In Reply To @Greenspeak
@Greenspeak @MrPope one of my great regrets in life: there's exactly zero Kinks for Rock Band, in 2,000+ DLC songs. :(
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 5:00:59 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jongalloway also, embossing like a BOSS. (not)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 4:21:13 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans to be honest, asking here on Twitter in a friend-of-a-friend way (or whatever other network you prefer) would be best IMO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 4:14:41 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans if you do, be sure to write about it either way. Not sure what will happen, to be honest.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 4:12:14 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans it doesn't usually end well.. http://t.co/sJj2dmz2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 3:36:58 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers actually eInk is pretty hi-res; they just need to make it faster and possibly color
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 1:31:25 AM
In Reply To @splattne
@splattne I keep ripping the smartcover off accidentally. It's a nice idea and works OK but not great.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 1:12:35 AM
In Reply To @splattne
@splattne smartcover is OK. This is more interesting: https://t.co/4eDPZbCH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 30, 2012, 12:05:47 AM
In Reply To @JeffKInTX
@jeffk75067 yes, who cares what appears in the address bar, the sign out in front of your store..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 29, 2012, 9:36:14 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain wasn't this already done in They Live, rasslin' style?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 29, 2012, 7:39:50 PM
In Reply To @robconery
@robconery @shanselman it's talking like Captain Kirk. With.. Unusual.. Emphasis.. On.. Each.. Word!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 29, 2012, 5:16:42 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@evil_trout @wycats there's always a sinister conspiracy behind everything. It's the only possible explanation!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 29, 2012, 4:28:45 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash it would if you drew all peens.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 28, 2012, 7:40:58 PM
In Reply To @theuberkitten
@t3hub3rk1tten oh, it helps.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 28, 2012, 7:21:17 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash @worstipedia explanation: people are lazy. I realize this will come as a surprise to.. oh, hell, I can't do this any more.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 28, 2012, 7:15:58 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley WAY TO GO SHIPLEY. (you did the right thing)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 28, 2012, 4:15:22 PM
In Reply To @crad77
@crad77 RB3 pro guitar is a free, infinitely patient guitar teacher. Hand positions are identical on pro guitar, just digital vs analog.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 28, 2012, 4:00:25 PM
In Reply To @corban
@corban I have that too, and it's good, but the analog detection + analog lag can be challenging. RB3 pro is all digital midi guitar
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 28, 2012, 3:35:38 PM
In Reply To @josh_metcalfe
@josh_metcalfe @RockSmithGame I have it, and it's good, but the lack of accuracy on analog detection (and audio lag) is an issue.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 28, 2012, 12:03:54 PM
In Reply To @privatehuff
@privatehuff marketers, more like
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 28, 2012, 11:50:54 AM
In Reply To @splattne
@splattne I took one look at the iPad 1 when @jarrod_dixon and @SuperDalgas bought them in NYC, pixels as big as grapefruits: never.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 28, 2012, 1:11:37 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles I could help if I had that mythical "top 5 things Jason Scott needs" list. (also can include "bottom 5 things to never send")
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 27, 2012, 11:43:40 PM
In Reply To @sealystar
@sealystar http://t.co/xSYVClSC versus a traditional switch, see http://t.co/RFScX2qa
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 27, 2012, 6:17:51 PM
In Reply To @edbott
@edbott sure, it's how God would search
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 27, 2012, 6:17:25 PM
In Reply To @juanformoso
@juanformoso IOW links should *describe* content not be "click here" or "click this"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 27, 2012, 2:43:31 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake notice how good the user description field is, it's a bit eerie.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 27, 2012, 2:07:55 AM
In Reply To @MadMikeyB
@MadMikeyB I agree, the whole project/product/program manager thing is confusing as hell.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 27, 2012, 1:33:59 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles it's quietly brilliant.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 27, 2012, 12:26:14 AM
In Reply To @daraobriain
@daraobriain @virtualerror If you have a bit more detail, try http://t.co/KOQpOYmh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2012, 8:31:20 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers not minimal enough. No watch is the miminalest.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2012, 8:18:53 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles I should be paid $25 to read this stuff.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2012, 2:52:30 AM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose that's what I mean; your obit will be written by dumbasses on Twitter like me, not journalists
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 25, 2012, 3:24:26 PM
In Reply To @lizardbill
@lizardbill @splattne yes I was sad to see Sketchy go, but I agree after 9+ months of "beta" something else was needed, great work @jzy !
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 25, 2012, 2:06:37 AM
In Reply To @kwiens
@kwiens email me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 25, 2012, 1:32:06 AM
In Reply To @kwiens
@kwiens ALWAYS!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2012, 10:55:38 PM
In Reply To @lizardbill
@lizardbill I was kidding. Joel has said a bunch of times that high level comp sci degrees is not usually a good sign, but it varies!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2012, 10:06:38 PM
In Reply To @lizardbill
@lizardbill congrats! Now Joel can officially never hire you!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2012, 7:55:20 PM
In Reply To @ChadMoran
@ChadMoran @samsaffron send a link when you do we have some other contributors in mind too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2012, 2:46:50 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @moot yeah I had noticed that before: http://t.co/zCmx06ta
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2012, 2:32:40 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza gmail app from Google is kind of bad for this reason as well. No-mans-land of not web, not app
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2012, 3:36:23 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek no, get the Logitech G9 or G9X
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 23, 2012, 5:49:48 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain lol books
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 23, 2012, 4:20:48 PM
In Reply To @jaggeree
@jaggeree first we need to stop saying "pivot". Perhaps a webinar is in order here.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 23, 2012, 3:07:51 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake this is relevant to my interests
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 23, 2012, 2:23:06 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers see, that's the kind of thing that could get me to switch, unless Windows 8 + ultrabooks get that kind of DPI support
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 22, 2012, 9:07:24 PM
In Reply To @joelcochran
@joelcochran that means it's a duplicate Q and should be voted closed as dupe!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 22, 2012, 5:17:58 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles you realize when you talk about it and link to it you're kinda... perpetuating it.. right?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 22, 2012, 12:37:59 PM
In Reply To @asmartbear
@asmartbear meh, I've written better blog posts. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 5:40:55 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I KNOW RIGHT?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 4:20:37 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans I envy the experience you're about to have.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 3:06:26 PM
In Reply To @joeljohnson
@joeljohnson @aol nobody hates @aol more than @aol at this point.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 1:28:31 PM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet I wouldn't close it but I would need to see some very clear data and arguments as to what *problem* changing the rep cap solves
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 1:18:56 PM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet in this case, 100%
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 1:08:05 PM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet what specific problem are you trying to solve? I feel like we've discussed this for 3 years already.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 11:44:41 AM
In Reply To @wingedpig
@wingedpig it looks like the similar http://t.co/xaVrW4RO is also fizzling, perhaps for same reasons?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 4:25:32 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles even better, in Battlefield 2: Bad Company and Battlefield 3, destructible real time multiplayer environments, with huge effect
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 4:21:40 AM
In Reply To @dot_NET_Junkie
@dot_NET_Junkie @ploeh that's correct, programmers is for conceptual/whiteboard/brainstorming/opinion/no-code type questions.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 1:59:40 AM
In Reply To @gknauss
@gknauss your dad was awesome.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 1:47:29 AM
In Reply To @wingedpig
@wingedpig Can I axe you a question? what happened to Snap Groups?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 1:32:56 AM
In Reply To @ploeh
@ploeh @mar_haus_ sorry to see you go. Good luck.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2012, 12:36:52 AM
In Reply To @ploeh
@ploeh @mar_haus_ basically the architecture astronauts need their own site. Show us your *code* or GTFO. http://t.co/kXcQUIaw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2012, 11:06:30 PM
In Reply To @rhysonline
@rwpwll lol Ruby for anything other than a web app
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2012, 9:17:41 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa I'm sure in 2022 I'll be able to fire up a PS3 emulator and check it out. On my iPad 25.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2012, 9:04:09 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa I can virtually guarantee I won't enjoy at least two of those. I'm a "stuff needs to blow up real good" kinda gamer.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2012, 7:27:55 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa well, the odds of me ever getting a PS3 are pretty low, so hopefully it'll come to PC or Xbox or iOS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2012, 6:59:54 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa haters be hatin' on Journey, yo http://t.co/9ZGMA76I
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2012, 6:47:36 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa I wasn't having fun during long stretches of Portal 2, doing "let me just get to the next thing". I did love the ending though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2012, 6:38:00 PM
In Reply To @mrgan
@mrgan @siracusa I would absolutely INSIST that people play Portal 1 first. Then if they have, and want more, get more.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2012, 6:34:11 PM
In Reply To @mrgan
@mrgan @siracusa the most damning criticism is that it really felt like a "live" cutscene a lot of the time. Very high quality padding.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2012, 6:32:03 PM
In Reply To @mrgan
@mrgan @siracusa maybe a minority opinion, but I felt Portal 1 was quite a bit better and more focused. http://t.co/oOVAshDO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2012, 11:43:35 AM
In Reply To @ploeh
@ploeh @mar_haus_ I generally find when people say this they have "generous" definitions of on topic. But if you have specifics try meta
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2012, 11:27:16 AM
In Reply To @marckus
@marckus @dhh sorry about that; sometimes the salespeople tend to get a little too Glengarry Glen Ross. I'm sure @spolsky will address it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2012, 8:07:03 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers http://t.co/RWfklIcv <-- the other half of writing. 'tis fundamental, yo.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2012, 7:57:48 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @iawriter I already have a copy of notepad.exe that I'm pretty happy with
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2012, 7:57:13 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers writing is pretty damn fundamental. But mainly, interactive is good, for sure, but it is not the same as creating things.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2012, 7:42:14 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers it is interactive, yes, but that's not the same as creating. And it's still hideous for the written word, aka typing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2012, 7:25:54 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers the harsh reality is most people "create" almost nothing. Therefore, consumption devices have mass appeal.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2012, 7:23:21 PM
In Reply To @jeroenheijmans
@jeroenheijmans that was science. man! http://t.co/XrPAL9gF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2012, 6:00:13 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente this is a flying fixie bicycle -- I can't obtain a display of this quality in any other way. It's innovating now.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 19, 2012, 3:10:35 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash that was cruel and unusual punishment
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 18, 2012, 9:59:56 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers you are totally reinforcing all my negative stereotypes of Mac users right now.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 17, 2012, 3:59:22 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers nest didn't blow it yet, did they?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 17, 2012, 1:22:42 AM
In Reply To @markeedington
@markeedington this means you're sane
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 17, 2012, 1:22:12 AM
In Reply To @john_lam
@john_lam depends on the mag? EDGE magazine in iOS newsstand (article pages anyway) looks like this full zoom http://t.co/VVVWfHlM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 17, 2012, 1:10:18 AM
In Reply To @john_lam
@john_lam do you mean magazines through the iOS newsstand? They are vectors *on article pages* in EDGE mag for example.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2012, 6:33:27 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers it's definitely vector but it has a weird tile based rendering pattern and "rezzes in", sometimes too slowly
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2012, 4:51:43 PM
In Reply To @EduardoMolteni
@EduardoMolteni I bring them up because stuff happens in real life where I need to point them out via email, so I point them out to everyone
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2012, 4:51:14 PM
In Reply To @dr_jekyll832
@dr_jekyll832 naw, I didn't want to hurt the resale value :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2012, 4:45:01 PM
In Reply To @weffey
@weffey @betsyphd is very impressed that you recognized her handiwork
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2012, 2:41:23 PM
In Reply To @juanformoso
@juanformoso PRAISE THE LORD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2012, 2:32:31 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa wait, is this for real? Really?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 16, 2012, 2:18:23 AM
In Reply To @regularmike
@regularmike @jschementi yeah I still don't get the hate on that
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