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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2011, 4:11:39 AM
In Reply To @kahliltweets
@kahlillechelt awesome, check out http://t.co/ofKszxt -- I like to think they are all of similarly high quality :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2011, 2:33:17 AM
In Reply To @CesareMontresor
@CesareMontresor I did not. Well, this pair is free.. I guess I will just never wash them.. :p
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2011, 11:01:14 PM
In Reply To @tatehansen
@tatehansen 8gb dimms are "if you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it" territory..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2011, 3:50:20 PM
In Reply To @rocksmithplus
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2011, 11:07:07 AM
In Reply To @demisbellot
@demisbellot I don't even know what CQRS means. Seriously.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2011, 2:24:35 AM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway just say "js" then
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2011, 11:39:20 PM
In Reply To @gknauss
@gknauss at age 40+, my wife and I were dumbfounded to discover that we are only now buying non-particle-board furniture. I blame IKEA.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2011, 9:46:42 PM
In Reply To @sarangbk
@sarangbk also I am not afraid to dremel some crap to get it to work. Just FYI.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2011, 9:14:37 PM
In Reply To @sarangbk
@sarangbk ah, well -- order is placed! reviews did not mention this issue, they said the mounting was easy which was a factor for me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2011, 2:32:59 PM
In Reply To @ghewgill
@ghewgill that's correct; they are ops
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2011, 1:10:12 PM
In Reply To @edbott
@edbott probably works on Mango. Wp7 default browser is an IE7.5 atrocity..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2011, 7:02:21 AM
In Reply To @jarrod_dixon
@jarrod_dixon WARRIORS.. COME OUT TO PLAYYAYYYYY!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2011, 4:52:59 AM
In Reply To @jimworm
@jimworm that's EXACTLY what I'm worried about.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 9, 2011, 1:34:27 AM
In Reply To @johndauphine
@johndauphine follow the Q back (it's the first chat message in the room) and there should be a link in the comments.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 9, 2011, 1:17:59 AM
In Reply To @jredville
@jredville they always are, at the thresholds we set. At the very least they are "nobody's gonna read 10 back and forth responses"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2011, 10:30:00 PM
In Reply To @spolsky
@spolsky the best new user registration is none at all :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2011, 5:35:28 PM
In Reply To @scottstevenson
@scottstevenson all true, but the two have a disturbing tendency to get out of sync, and that is killer
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2011, 12:24:08 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers meh, except facebook has the "why won't you be my FRIEND?" problem. Both systems are junk, IMO.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2011, 12:18:32 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers there's something deeply wrong with the idea that you can share to radically different audiences on the same website. IMHO.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2011, 12:13:51 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers huge Don't Make Me Think violation. So it's not the circles, it's the side-effects of having Clark Kent and Superman
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2011, 12:03:46 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I haven't tried it yet, but "friends" and "family" default circles (plus maybe "work") *seems* simple enough?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2011, 6:42:14 PM
In Reply To @_giles_smith_
@iknowfoobar I see only one tweet :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2011, 5:47:05 PM
In Reply To @moubry
@ethicalsean I better GET TO WORK THEN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2011, 5:40:26 PM
In Reply To @hvpandya
@HardikVP I deleted the previous tweet, error in my maths
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2011, 6:18:21 AM
In Reply To @buffalovision
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2011, 4:33:54 AM
In Reply To @codepo8
@codepo8 this is true
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2011, 2:02:47 AM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway good to know one can have 3 kids and eventually have time for an extravagance like that.. @rockhardawesome keeps us megabusy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2011, 12:58:10 AM
In Reply To @mabster
@mabster @kevindente how many of those are from 2010 or newer? Slavery used to be legal once, too...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2011, 12:42:19 AM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente a) you'd have to WORK FOR GOOGLE to answer it, so it is effectively unanswerable b) this is nobody's ACTUAL PROBLEM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2011, 12:41:41 AM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente how in the world was that a "practical, answerable question based on actual problems that you face"?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2011, 12:40:45 AM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente it's very clearly outlined here. http://t.co/S3XpTla
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 11:15:22 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente it should have just been closed as off-topic, but fundamentally, the question sucked, so I don't really care.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 11:01:40 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente that seems like exactly the kind of speculative, insider wankery question that would do well on Quora.. go for it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 10:41:25 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente that question a) sucks and b) isn't on-topic anywhere. I'm burning all those with the fire of a thousand suns.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 10:35:41 PM
In Reply To @SingleFounder
@SingleFounder fantastic! We like to think the rest of the network at http://t.co/ofKszxt is of similar quality :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 10:33:00 PM
In Reply To @fody
@fody @kevindente still no idea WTF you guys are talking about. Links or GTFO.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 10:07:42 PM
In Reply To @MikePerry
@MikePerry voted down to -20 and below many times.. http://t.co/oE3UyHa (that's just one of several negatively voted dupes)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 9:21:03 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente what are you referring to? URL? We close and move stuff all the time.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 7:51:02 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente just because a question pops into someone's head doesn't mean it's worthwhile.. http://t.co/OzZG2B1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 4:40:56 PM
In Reply To @aehiilrs
@aehiilrs hey, thanks! we talked about it a little bit here: http://t.co/Ij2yZwj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 4:32:24 PM
In Reply To @MikePerry
@MikePerry sometimes we allow one question of that form, but it has to be capped otherwise it will grow without bound.. every answer valid
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 4:28:57 PM
In Reply To @rory_blyth
@rory_blyth I added some awesome to blog entry with "start your engines" link. You're the Houston to my Warwick, Blyth. http://t.co/WYqSkRb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 4:14:39 PM
In Reply To @MikePerry
@MikePerry see http://t.co/cQeFKCb specifically "avoid easy questions"; also infinite list of X problem..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 4:12:01 PM
In Reply To @MikePerry
@MikePerry it's the "infinite list of X" problem. Grows without bound, because every possible answer is "correct".
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2011, 7:07:29 AM
In Reply To @codepo8
@codepo8 omg that would be so nice. Will never happen of course, because the music industry is batshit insane.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 5, 2011, 5:19:07 PM
In Reply To @rocksmithplus
@Rocksmithgame nope but would love to! Happy to blog about it.. http://t.co/dcup7ky
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 5, 2011, 3:10:09 PM
In Reply To @Made2Mentor
@Made2Mentor @BrentO shopping questions aren't on topic, sorry about that -- haven't been for a while -- http://t.co/BIj63zF
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2011, 3:53:24 PM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose I approve of these vacation activities
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2011, 2:57:05 PM
In Reply To @mrdenny
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2011, 2:47:27 PM
In Reply To @EduardoMolteni
@EduardoMolteni APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED, PISTOLS AT DAWN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2011, 2:40:19 PM
In Reply To @EduardoMolteni
@EduardoMolteni awesome hashtag
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2011, 2:03:47 PM
In Reply To @lloeki
@lloeki fwiw Chrome did quite well on the P4 2.0 Ghz for this user
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2011, 1:48:34 PM
In Reply To @amgdy
@AMgdy yes, you can test it yourself here http://t.co/sbttu3X
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2011, 1:45:20 PM
In Reply To @raistdejesus
@raistdejesus there are many at http://t.co/Nr3TYNt already
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2011, 3:44:35 AM
In Reply To @fekberg
@fekberg I assumed it was the northwood http://t.co/CQGviN7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 3, 2011, 6:26:16 PM
In Reply To @bryanl
@bryanl this is also why I don't regularly look up information on dating supermodels.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2011, 10:41:45 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @leebyron they should just call it "business time" http://t.co/Ri6kRx8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2011, 9:54:02 PM
In Reply To @rothgar
@rothgar gas powered grill, or go home! :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2011, 6:37:18 PM
In Reply To @ircri
@ircri I already forwarded your email to the appropriate people, it takes more than a few seconds for us to follow up
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2011, 4:35:34 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway I wouldn't buy a tablet for another 12 months; category is moving too fast. Netbooks (or ultra-portables) better choice for now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2011, 3:58:35 AM
In Reply To @pickoo
@pickoo not really, since email is the skeleton key for all your online accounts, your domain names, everything.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2011, 2:52:57 AM
In Reply To @ivoflipse5
@ivoflipse5 oops, bad CSS -- try now :(
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2011, 2:27:23 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2011, 2:05:28 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek you weren't exactly dressed for church, though, were you? Yeah. Slut.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 7:25:04 PM
In Reply To @MemeDeveloper
@MemeDeveloper give it 8 hours -- we have a lot of TRUE noobs (you are not) that post "answers" incorrectly.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 3:39:37 PM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked The Final Solution: redefine the nature of "work".
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 3:09:31 PM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked how about "I just want to kick the other guy's ass!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 2:54:05 PM
In Reply To @codeodor
@codeodor IT WORKED, DAMN YOU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 2:50:13 PM
In Reply To @mrozekma
@mrozekma also, that had legitimately come up before, and the answer was basically the same: http://t.co/lf0zFfN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 2:47:15 PM
In Reply To @mrozekma
@mrozekma the most relevant tag in the title was definitely needed; efreedom was kicking our asses to Sunday with that trick.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 1:37:12 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jongalloway and by future I mean the past.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 1:36:56 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jongalloway yeah, but you know what is a TOTALLY UNIQUE design look? Tons of icons on a background. It's the FUTURE.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 12:59:33 PM
In Reply To @ohlol
@ohlol (only has to be done once, etc)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 12:59:25 PM
In Reply To @ohlol
@ohlol We don't share accounts, the reputation systems are completely independent. Just click "log in" on each site you wish to use.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 12:51:47 PM
In Reply To @ohlol
@ohlol ? we don't ask for the password; GMail or Facebook might, but you are on their site, not ours. Look at browser address bar.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 1:42:21 AM
In Reply To @jbdavid
@jbdavid no idea what that is about BURN IT WITH FIRE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2011, 1:09:29 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 11:09:33 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake easy difficulty? way to coddle a boy! :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 9:25:52 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers you haven't seen season 1 and season 2 already? You're fired. Go do it IMMEDIATELY.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 5:32:26 PM
In Reply To @jeanalawrence
@jeanalawrence actually other way around; if there are security holes, the longer you wait, the more you are vulnerable.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 4:35:26 PM
In Reply To @MikePerry
@MikePerry I say give it a shot, your partial answer can be edited, as can the question. Good answers often prod people to edit.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 4:30:32 PM
In Reply To @MikePerry
@MikePerry sure, it's a judgment call. But you see why we focus to answers for new users; that's the primary output of a Q&A system.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 4:24:50 PM
In Reply To @MikePerry
@MikePerry and if your speculative answer is helpful, it'll get upvoted, and that leads to 50 rep, which leads to comments :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 4:20:33 PM
In Reply To @MikePerry
@MikePerry you can speculatively answer, with caveats -- this is allowed, as long as you feel the answer would be of value
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 3:53:05 PM
In Reply To @MikePerry
@MikePerry the faq is the same on all sites
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 3:37:46 PM
In Reply To @MikePerry
@MikePerry you can post a comment to your own question (+ its answers) or answer, with 1 rep. elsewhere 50 rep http://t.co/XN9DJ8J
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 11:46:25 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers "sea of icons on a background" is a failure in any context on any device. Windows 3.1 calling!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 11:00:53 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @carnage4life not so
much unfair as, just takes time for competition to get to similar version 3.5 of giant iPhone
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 10:56:59 AM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life no question that execution is important, but iPad is also very much a giant iPhone 3.5. It worked because iPhone was great.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 10:53:54 AM
In Reply To @edbott
@edbott can I pay more for extra drm?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 8:55:51 AM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life not quite; iPad was basically "giant iPhone v3.5" whereas most of the competition is starting from scratch or very nearly so
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2011, 3:14:54 AM
In Reply To @marcgravell
@marcgravell "fastplay" == torrent
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 29, 2011, 7:53:08 PM
In Reply To @jonoabroad
@jonoabroad already exists, see http://t.co/YySXaaO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 29, 2011, 4:57:10 PM
In Reply To @christiancmann
@christiancmann definitely at least 4 hours, maybe a bit more.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 28, 2011, 5:11:30 PM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek greyspace or grayspace? HERETIC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 28, 2011, 4:29:10 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy did you sell EVERYTHING?!
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