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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2012, 6:45:49 PM
In Reply To @gpakosz
@gpakosz a good list, but see http://t.co/oBJ47HM4 among others; write your own blog entry! :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2012, 5:54:26 PM
In Reply To @skippykawakami
@skippykawakami if you actually ever have a manager who read all 5 of those books you'd be the luckiest programmer on the planet
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2012, 4:58:19 PM
In Reply To @chvaicer
@chvaicer no, it shouldn't
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2012, 3:25:59 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy all your plastic Pokemon dolls look alike to me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2012, 2:36:09 PM
In Reply To @BurritoAlPastor
@BurritoAlPastor pretty sure that was him pledging to himself. He did win the Maryland lottery..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2012, 2:04:33 PM
In Reply To @DanB
@DanB even better, build a platform (iOS) where such antics are never required to get good battery life. Paradigm = broken.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 14, 2012, 11:08:13 PM
In Reply To @ohnoDevelopment
@ohnoDevelopment I know, I hear this all the time. It's crazy, isn't it?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 14, 2012, 4:45:37 PM
In Reply To @jamesshore
@jamesshore that's because it's awesome!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 8:48:35 PM
In Reply To @jaredpar
@jaredpar wait, if nothing can be thread safe, how does threaded code ever work? I realize it's crazy hard!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 7:15:08 PM
In Reply To @mojombo
@mojombo can you assist in locating my GitHub talk video? It's MIA and has been for a few weeks... https://t.co/LPJhPo6H
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 4:07:24 PM
In Reply To @raymondcamden
@cfjedimaster @rhp7 I'M JUST SAYIN', MAN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 4:01:39 PM
In Reply To @raymondcamden
@cfjedimaster @rhp7 warning: "no answers" usually means the question is really seriously fucking broken. It's not a great filter IMHO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 3:57:30 PM
In Reply To @raymondcamden
@cfjedimaster @rhp7 we define "unanswered" as no upvoted answers. You want the "no answers" tab.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 3:54:35 PM
In Reply To @rhp7
@rhp7 @cfjedimaster there is, click the unanswered link at the top of the page, then click more: "no answers" or a specific tag, etc.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 3:42:28 PM
In Reply To @juanformoso
@juanformoso I thought about explaining that or putting an asterisk there, and I realized .. meh, it's trivia. Still big stockholder, etc.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 2:14:55 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza oh yeah you're right. I get that on *twitter* links sometimes too. I blame iOS.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 2:07:35 PM
In Reply To @jfroy
@jfroy I wonder if the A5X has some GPU framebuffer mem on-die? Many modern GPUs do.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 1:57:04 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza right click "open as incognito?" I don't have a G+ account and I never have to sign in to view
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 3:13:02 AM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray that's more like a manifesto on being old n' cranky with a side order of get off his lawn
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 12:39:57 AM
In Reply To @Greenspeak
@Greenspeak If you need me, I'll be in the bathroom. Privately.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 12:12:57 AM
In Reply To @JohnWintellect
@JohnWintellect @samsaffron sam's change is of course excellent, it's just my job to bother him as much as possible for peak output :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 12:06:37 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I'd also note that a big obvious BACK button would have worked fine here too. Like I've been saying. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 13, 2012, 12:03:05 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers it's called "The Jesus Handle"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2012, 11:20:19 PM
In Reply To @samsaffron
@samsaffron oh good, more India, that is exactly what Stack Overflow needed!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2012, 11:17:42 PM
In Reply To @samsaffron
@samsaffron "why are only citizens allowed to vote?" http://t.co/aFW0gsXT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2012, 6:59:04 PM
In Reply To @donpark
@donpark that would be better explained with an analogy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2012, 6:52:34 PM
In Reply To @travisjeffery
@travisjeffery well I had already read the book and seen the non-American movie version.. should I?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2012, 5:54:44 PM
In Reply To @jarrod_dixon
@jarrod_dixon @shanselman we have diversity. We play both country and western music here.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 12, 2012, 3:20:16 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza That's a big reason why I honestly think the best iPad apps for young kids are actually real children's books @jzy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2012, 1:24:53 AM
In Reply To @nonprofit_tech
@nonprofit_tech I love that Montell is such a responsible damn drinker, giving the keys to the designated driver right there in the lyrics
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2012, 5:12:33 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I"M SO PISSED OFF THAT I HAD TO BUY TWO TO GET PROPER QUADCORE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2012, 5:42:38 AM
In Reply To @PHIL_FISH
@PHIL_FISH Private idiocy is one of life's greatest pleasures. I recommend it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2012, 7:37:40 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie oh yeah, click the youtube link in my tweet :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2012, 2:37:25 PM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet @ericlippert INTERVENTION
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2012, 1:24:57 PM
In Reply To @minitechme
@minitechme YOU CAN TRY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2012, 1:57:03 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles not exactly the same thing. He went to work for The Man, and of all people @zefrank should have known better. He's the ANTIDOTE.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2012, 12:48:38 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles kind of pissed at @zefrank for going Hollywood in the first place and wasting all that time. Who *didn't* see that coming?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2012, 8:00:56 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway hey man you wanna make an omelet, you gotta break some eggs. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX GALLOWAY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2012, 6:05:28 PM
In Reply To @asmartbear
@asmartbear @sonassi well, make sure the answer is reflected properly on SF for future travellers...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2012, 12:59:12 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway delete your Facebook account
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2012, 7:35:44 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley excellent tweet, would read again A++++
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2012, 4:53:01 PM
In Reply To @samsaffron
@samsaffron PCs are dead to me. I am an evolved post-PC human being now.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2012, 4:06:59 PM
In Reply To @factormystic
@factormystic excellent, I replied
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2012, 2:46:40 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash It's a great quote!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2012, 5:30:18 AM
In Reply To @thomasABoyt
@thomasABoyt Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages $25 per week.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2012, 2:39:56 AM
In Reply To @lowtax
@lowtax I sent you an email. CAN I AXED YOU A QUESTION?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2012, 7:14:33 PM
In Reply To @sjh_canada
@sjh_canada you know I've seen that on the iPhone as well.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2012, 5:49:22 PM
In Reply To @MrAatch
@MrAatch that's what @mstum said too and I think I agree
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2012, 5:21:16 PM
In Reply To @qrush
@qrush I'm asking people who have written both to tell me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2012, 3:50:18 PM
In Reply To @jkendrick
@jkendrick @edbott I am reminded intensely of "Microsoft Word". Yet Another Parallel.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2012, 3:37:30 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles as you have time I need that list of "top 5 things we need people to send us" or "top 5 things people HAVE sent us"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2012, 2:12:40 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway I had forgotten about the bouncy arrow that pointed to the start menu in Win95! But it was there, you're right. @NathanBowers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2012, 1:40:22 PM
In Reply To @Greenspeak
@Greenspeak see http://t.co/G9zQX4Co , I don't really recommend the technique.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2012, 12:37:25 AM
In Reply To @mattcutts
@mattcutts dumb bad guys are our best friends!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2012, 10:01:49 PM
In Reply To @unRob
@unRob provably is a word, yo :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2012, 6:00:01 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers ah yes, Ye Olde Sea of Icons on a Background. The final endpoint of all human design effort. KUDOS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 5, 2012, 4:23:59 AM
In Reply To @rory_blyth
@rory_blyth There's the family you're born with, and the family you choose.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2012, 7:43:37 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy stick to IE padawan
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2012, 7:32:39 PM
In Reply To @gregcons
@gregcons if you give me the ball, I'm going to hit it out of the park as long as I wear the uniform.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2012, 7:21:40 PM
In Reply To @a85
@a85 excellent, I never knew where that came from, at least that's a start!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2012, 6:54:01 PM
In Reply To @jtauber
@jtauber I expect it hasn't changed much since then :/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2012, 5:35:49 PM
In Reply To @edbott
@edbott you could do much worse, and most have
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2012, 3:11:55 PM
In Reply To @hartbro
@hartleybrody thanks I answered there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2012, 3:02:12 PM
In Reply To @brianjimdar
@brianjimdar shrug. Works in my browser without plugins.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2012, 1:18:17 PM
In Reply To @brianjimdar
@brianjimdar not a plugin on Chrome, native html5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2012, 12:19:56 PM
In Reply To @brianjimdar
@brianjimdar it's actually live 3d. I can see the buildings shift perspective as I scroll the map (viewing SF)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2012, 11:35:46 AM
In Reply To @jcolman
@jcolman nice! We're doing more work around JavaScript optimization and TCP/IP tweaks, see http://t.co/bMWxGIzs by @samsaffron
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2012, 11:25:26 AM
In Reply To @TheBestHuman
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2012, 3:50:03 AM
In Reply To @sdepablos
@sdepablos the faq also covers this. What's the Best {x}? has infinite answers. Best by what metric? When? For what audience?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2012, 8:39:04 PM
In Reply To @OmarShahine
@OmarShahine awesome tip
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2012, 7:06:06 PM
In Reply To @georgeharito
@georgeharito that's not a knoife!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2012, 6:24:15 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash much better +1 favorited starred liked upvoted digg'ed
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2012, 5:31:02 PM
In Reply To @mrgan
@mrgan @TALlama I DEMAND THE MEDIAN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2012, 5:30:26 PM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek you're too busy scaling the "mountain of failure"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2012, 3:08:16 PM
In Reply To @hotdogsladies
@hotdogsladies white lithium grease spray is much more effective. seriously.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 29, 2012, 5:45:46 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash relevant science: does it have cooties?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 29, 2012, 3:46:17 PM
In Reply To @wickedshimmy
@wickedshimmy yeah, funny thing, I totally loved that game too and remember it instantly..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2012, 5:45:58 PM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet that's not its entire purpose. I do *not* believe in a society of rich get richer. Consistent daily participation is the goal.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2012, 5:44:12 PM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet @kevinmontrose @Nick_Craver see http://t.co/LT7zYINg last time I ran numbers, per-post cap does almost nothing
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2012, 5:26:12 PM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet @kevinmontrose @NickCraver it's a lot, probably 4x-10x your current rep. But without it, a society of "rich get richer"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2012, 5:18:14 PM
In Reply To @jdgwillard
@jdgwillard from where? I can middle click on everything except the All Sites, block view. Maybe click the icon to switch it to a list?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2012, 5:15:21 PM
In Reply To @samsaffron
@samsaffron Isn't that just the 27% of the time people have bad internet connections?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2012, 5:05:34 PM
In Reply To @drylight
@drylight netbooks are just inexpensive laptops. The bottom keeps going up, as everything gets cheaper, etc.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2012, 7:36:10 AM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain not now, I'm trying to get some sleep! Men. All alike.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2012, 7:29:18 AM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain I did get breast implants, though. I took one for the team.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2012, 7:28:42 AM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain mmm, I find that "get as many people helping as possible" is the preferred twins strategery. Breast feeding is the opposite of that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2012, 7:23:19 AM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain it's pretty terrible for feeding babies, too. At least in our experience with twins.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 28, 2012, 7:10:31 AM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain I'm just gonna say it -- breastfeeding is kinda bullshit as a strategy. Seriously.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2012, 1:53:51 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash only happens on news for me, is OK with images
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2012, 9:05:56 PM
In Reply To @athensholloway
@athensholloway it's taking all the mental power I have as a Run DMC fan to pretend this doesn't exist http://t.co/eCwiC57p
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2012, 2:03:26 PM
In Reply To @leonard_ritter
@paniq see http://t.co/f6H0oSYS tried, made it through to beta, did not make it out of beta..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2012, 3:31:20 PM
In Reply To @BoltClock
@BoltClock the whole hashbang thing has been disavowed now, so that Q needs updating. http://t.co/AMTj7caO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2012, 2:25:36 PM
In Reply To @marcgravell
@marcgravell "We make it easy to fall into the pit of success, I mean, failure!"
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