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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2011, 4:09:07 PM
In Reply To @Borror0
@Borror0 this is why we need french.stackexchange.com to clear up important misconceptions like so! :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2011, 3:21:20 PM
In Reply To @steveify
@steveify you're 3 browser versions behind there :) works in FF6.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2011, 3:14:38 AM
In Reply To @roee
@roadler sometimes I go too far, but then, what is humor without fear?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2011, 3:09:41 AM
In Reply To @roee
@roadler how about "We Absolutely Don't Molest Children?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2011, 12:30:40 AM
In Reply To @tomcoates
@tomcoates @rands like Yahoo Answers, but dumber.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2011, 10:57:00 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway your jokes are too obscure. Show a video of a guy getting hit in the nuts by a football.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2011, 5:37:57 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente I wouldn't go quite that far
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2011, 2:18:36 AM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy DISAPPOINT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2011, 12:54:35 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley pff, real men only fight to the death over abstract, irrelevant concepts. For great justice.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2011, 10:24:26 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa reading is fundamental, and shit
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2011, 4:32:01 AM
In Reply To @JamesMcNellis
@JamesMcNellis every time someone says that, I increase it by one second. For the lulz.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2011, 2:52:06 AM
In Reply To @_AndrewRussell
@_AndrewRussell it depends, as some experts have more tolerance for it than others.. what are you referring to specifically?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2011, 8:26:23 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @jongalloway I guess most kid websites run flash, which means they are useless on iPad
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2011, 9:16:52 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy probably snipers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2011, 2:09:30 PM
In Reply To @rsms
@rsms can you elaborate in an answer there? no registration required.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2011, 1:28:07 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers nope, just software. (and seriously, who started this crap software is everything meme? horrible.)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 11:28:31 PM
In Reply To @mabster
@mabster 6-8 weeks
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 9:49:36 PM
In Reply To @gknauss
@gknauss in his defense, you had it coming.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 7:00:57 PM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek better than ctrl+shift+i in Chrome?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 6:44:52 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash remember, anything from "Dirty Mind" is also an acceptable lullaby.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 3:58:10 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa bespoke.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 3:54:58 PM
In Reply To @lunarobverse
@lunarobverse it's at least a 3 year catchup period, that's how big the head start was
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 3:52:31 PM
In Reply To @marcoarment
@marcoarment @siracusa naw, the from-scratch bespoke OS part is important. Bespoke. Too much fear of bespoke in the industry.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 3:49:32 PM
In Reply To @marcoarment
@marcoarment @siracusa I didn't say it *would* happen, just that Apple had a pretty huge multi-year headstart on *everyone*
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 3:43:01 PM
In Reply To @mstum
@mstum sure, that works too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 3:42:42 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa I'd also argue that android sucked WAY more as a phone and started later. So they have more catching up to do.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 1:06:25 PM
In Reply To @jeroldhaas
@jeroldhaas no money in it, same reason as always.. vast majority don't care
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 1:00:23 PM
In Reply To @jbrodkin
@JBrodkin PISTOLS AT DAWN SIR!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 12:52:10 PM
In Reply To @jbrodkin
@JBrodkin @edbott no. no they aren't. not even a little. Mac Pro ain't a Macbook in any dimension, price, size, anything.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 12:51:03 PM
In Reply To @gknauss
@gknauss WHY HAS NO ONE HEEDED THE PROPHETIC WARNINGS OF AEROSMITH IN THIS MATTER http://t.co/cKCk5rz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 19, 2011, 12:49:50 PM
In Reply To @jbrodkin
@JBrodkin @ebott to be fair most of them were probably on laptops; different thing
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 18, 2011, 8:42:54 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza oooh them is fightin words. I challenge you to a duel of fonts and sample strings at dawn.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 18, 2011, 5:59:59 PM
In Reply To @nberardi
@nberardi you can follow the links back from here to see the questions (first chat msg is the Q) http://t.co/suu1jzP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 18, 2011, 5:49:15 PM
In Reply To @nberardi
@nberardi we already have the "get a room" feature, see here: http://t.co/QFF4G6E
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 18, 2011, 8:50:39 AM
In Reply To @stoinov
@stoinov lol the font, that's hilarious
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2011, 11:14:10 PM
In Reply To @mstum
@mstum its the first shooter I've ever played where the geometry of the map is so fluid. Big big deal. And it WORKS!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2011, 11:02:13 PM
In Reply To @mstum
@mstum meh, that's not true. For example in BF:BC2 the destructible buildings walls and trees make the map different every time
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 17, 2011, 6:01:04 AM
In Reply To @tzuptzup
@tzuptzup you have one of those set as an ignored tag and hide pref on
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2011, 7:35:07 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie and, you should guest on the Stack Exchange podcast! Would love to have you.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2011, 7:33:26 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie also thanks a million for http://t.co/Ovm6owZ we internalized the hell out of that at Stack Exchange!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2011, 7:14:17 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie no worries; common issue but not sure how to deal with it and still allow anon "signups"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2011, 5:57:37 PM
In Reply To @portman_wills
@portman_wills wait, don't iPads get to count in my iOS count?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2011, 5:56:55 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie merged! (the 'correct' answer is to hold the cookie and click the "register" link, but merging is fine too..)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2011, 9:12:02 AM
In Reply To @portman_wills
@portman_wills what was our bet? I don't remember...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2011, 8:53:41 AM
In Reply To @rrinaldi
@rrinaldi this specific one is "Hashtable insert failed. Load factor too high." Requires special .NET 4 hotfix.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 16, 2011, 1:16:54 AM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked @jongalloway @chadmyers lol magazine.. is that like a blog printed on trees?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 15, 2011, 10:05:38 PM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose easy, assume everything you do is a mistake. Problem solved.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 15, 2011, 7:26:58 PM
In Reply To @shanselman
Wondering if I should write a tweet. "Why does @shanselman wonder the things he wonders?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 15, 2011, 1:52:19 AM
In Reply To @chris_mahan
@chris_mahan I don't think that's universally true. And what she said was more nuanced than that; *loyalty* comes from that. Different.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 14, 2011, 11:54:39 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy print out the backup codes, carry in man-purse
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 13, 2011, 11:52:06 PM
In Reply To @hotdogsladies
@hotdogsladies I just have a regular trash can. Should I head to Staples?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 13, 2011, 9:32:49 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente there's spongebob DLC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 13, 2011, 4:31:09 PM
In Reply To @jeffl8n
@jeffl8n interesting, hadn't seen that before. Does not appear to be many other places?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 13, 2011, 3:51:25 PM
In Reply To @jeffl8n
@jeffl8n hmm, can't repro that.. screenshot?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2011, 6:41:06 PM
In Reply To @samsaffron
@samsaffron let's pretend we use Ruby and come up with some bullshit hipster name. How about Gonzales
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 12, 2011, 12:28:55 AM
In Reply To @rory_blyth
@rory_blyth it's like that iPhone game, man, you gotta Cut The Rope
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 11:46:52 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash I'm saying if both DID exist, hypothetically, what would you say the difference was, if any? Humor me.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 11:43:20 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash pray tell, kind sir, the distinction between upvote and favorite in your mind.. if any
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 11:20:37 PM
In Reply To @mrdenny
@mrdenny so long as they're interesting, sure :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 11:17:58 PM
In Reply To @mrdenny
@mrdenny I love you man, but we gotta get your Twitter post discipline under control :p
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 11:16:41 PM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose STAND CLEAR OF THE CL.. ah, fuck it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 11:16:19 PM
In Reply To @buildstarted
@buildstarted oh yeah, invalid.. Bing has not implemented the anti-scraper stuff that Google has. Report it via their report link on page.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 11:08:39 PM
In Reply To @buildstarted
@buildstarted sample queries? clickable email link is at bottom of every page we serve...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 10:02:34 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I approve of these activities
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 3:49:58 PM
In Reply To @hype8912
@hype8912 try it yourself, sir
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 2:39:04 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy SNUGGLE FIST!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 2:33:25 PM
In Reply To @shanselman
@shanselman @mkristensen ok, that's fine then.. just confirming. Keep running into people who THINK they have optimized pngs but haven't.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 2:19:35 PM
In Reply To @mkristensen
@mkristensen @shanselman sigh, more tools that are inferior to pngout. Try it yourself and see.. http://t.co/9Nj3Pyd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 12:53:20 PM
In Reply To @daiconrad
@daiconrad it doubles the entropy of the first example, which he said had poor entropy. But he's assuming godlike knowledge of the details.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 12:32:04 PM
In Reply To @ArdaXi
@ArdaXi at minimum, more bits of entropy are missing -- troubador vs troubadour vs troubad0ur vs. troubad0r
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 12:16:57 PM
In Reply To @leedm777
@leedm777 that seemed to be for the 0/o
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 3:14:20 AM
In Reply To @lazugod
@lazugod marilyn monroe maybe?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 2:54:59 AM
In Reply To @chrissie1
@chrissie1 @marcgravell no repro -- I can log in fine using my Yahoo OpenID
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 1:52:59 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley why would you want LCD panel scaling (crappy) instead of video card scaling (awesome)?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 1:05:09 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley well yeah, compared to Jenna Jameson, your mom isn't a total whore, either.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 11, 2011, 12:01:04 AM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa @LKM I predicted this! But so did everyone else. http://t.co/yMrKN6Z
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2011, 5:25:57 PM
In Reply To @hexathos
@mrbendig oauth 1.0a is a steaming pile of shit is the short version. The long version is Facebook has Oauth 2.0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2011, 5:22:06 PM
In Reply To @lizardbill
@lizardbill there is a SU one, but it's not linked in the directory yet.. working on it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2011, 4:02:02 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake I think I'm more of a Dead Island and Just Cause 2 kind of guy. I want Myst with a meat-axe.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 10, 2011, 1:58:20 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers not pulling it off
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 9, 2011, 2:44:45 PM
In Reply To @_isaacspar
@xonial not at the moment, still being built...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2011, 11:06:39 PM
In Reply To @garychou
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2011, 9:11:31 PM
In Reply To @Apey
@Apey never fear, you'll be able to hang out again in ~4 years. Think of it as going away to college. With no time off.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2011, 10:30:23 AM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa you are missing a #firstworldproblems there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2011, 5:05:18 AM
In Reply To @parsingphase
@parsingphase your words can be so hurtful
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2011, 5:01:21 AM
In Reply To @MsAsti
@MsAsti @alexia you have won this round. But that's OK because I let girls win.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2011, 4:55:52 AM
In Reply To @MsAsti
@MsAsti @alexia I believe you miscalculated that because you are bad at math. <ducks>
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 8, 2011, 4:49:47 AM
In Reply To @garychou
@gcsf your Stack Exchange feature just went live. Do you know what it is? #likeaboss
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 7, 2011, 4:18:54 AM
In Reply To @splattne
@splattne I dream of the day @rockhardawesome can do ANYTHING for more than a few minutes...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2011, 7:45:19 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers breakouuuuuut
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2011, 6:51:51 PM
In Reply To @bozo_nightmare
@bozo_nightmare oh that feeling is far worse for SSDs which are like ticking time-bomb :) http://t.co/DTo5gDJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2011, 6:32:49 PM
In Reply To @bozo_nightmare
@bozo_nightmare by this logic, cordless mice and keyboards should not exist either :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 6, 2011, 5:08:59 PM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked I want to delete this tweet from the internet.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2011, 11:13:03 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @NathanBowers NO DO NOT PROVIDE ANSWER! WE DO NOT REWARD FAILURE!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2011, 11:00:44 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jzy GASP I REVOKE YOUR GEEK CRED CARD ROLLING THUNDER OMFG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2011, 6:46:58 PM
In Reply To @Rahul
@Rahul @jzy ah, I BETTER GO LOOK AGAIN.. AND CLOSELY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 5, 2011, 6:46:32 PM
In Reply To @marcoarment
@marcoarment @gruber it wasn't the syntax that was an issue.. it was lack of leadership http://t.co/IF17gBP
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