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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2011, 11:59:32 PM
In Reply To @mjbiren
@mjbiren REGEX BUDDY IS THE BEST JERRY! THE BEST!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2011, 7:30:07 PM
In Reply To @cabel
@Cabel @waxpancake this can only mean one thing ... the triumphant Return of Audion!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2011, 7:29:21 PM
In Reply To @CaseyMalone
@Casey_Malone @rockbandaide and all you need is zero latency and perfect tuning every time.. ITS EASY!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2011, 6:03:36 PM
In Reply To @dodgrile
@dodgrile that's what it does.. did you not click through?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2011, 5:53:33 PM
In Reply To @edbott
@edbott what you mean like iTunes?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2011, 5:52:42 PM
In Reply To @vogon
@vogon yeah there is a LOT of hand waving going on there. That said, I like their UI and approach, but.. skeptical
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2011, 5:40:04 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy but this is already in Rock Band 3... just get the $300 real guitar.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPvXjnHDkjU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2011, 5:15:28 PM
In Reply To @dehora
@dehora flamethrowers.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2011, 4:57:34 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @cabel breaks down at "iTunes is, you know, actually pretty awesome". Yeah and Lotus Notes is pretty sweet too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2011, 3:45:08 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa that's why we have RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 5, 2011, 9:55:00 PM
In Reply To @portman_wills
@portman_wills I am still trying to remember our last bet? Did I win or lose?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 5, 2011, 4:20:28 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley oh, he still riffs. in random email replies to random people. http://stevemail.tumblr.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 5, 2011, 4:14:15 PM
In Reply To @WithinRafael
@WithinRafael worked fine for me on PC.. I finished it without issue and even completed the bonus expansion too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 5, 2011, 2:51:42 PM
In Reply To @gilesgoatboy
@gilesgoatboy never forgive. never surrender.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 5, 2011, 12:31:37 PM
In Reply To @AnthonySteele
@AnthonySteele nah, you're thinking of Math
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 5, 2011, 9:53:35 AM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente so you're defining "ages" as "since September 2010" aka "about six months ago"? HARDCORE MAN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 5, 2011, 9:43:01 AM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente per my Google searches, they haven't. Try searching for it yourself and see.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 5, 2011, 9:40:35 AM
In Reply To @rolfje
@rolfje actually per my Google searches it is relatively new.. part of Instant Search. Lots of old bad info, try searching for it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 4, 2011, 4:46:28 PM
In Reply To @taylormarshall
@taylormarshall that was a great post
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 4, 2011, 3:15:58 AM
In Reply To @WithinRafael
@WithinRafael create a new account and email us the URLs to both new and old user page URLs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2011, 10:08:34 AM
In Reply To @geoffjentry
@geoffjentry there is, the followed link color, which is honored on all sites
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2011, 6:35:17 AM
In Reply To @wilhil
@wilhil until we are all replaced by robots, rules *always* mean interpretation. See: justice systems, courts of law, lawyers, etc.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2011, 6:29:13 AM
In Reply To @wilhil
@wilhil you still have to use your brain and judgment. rules don't mean "nobody has to think". Malware is a real problem,as is counterfeit $
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2011, 6:21:08 AM
In Reply To @wilhil
@wilhil IMHO the rough equivalent is talking about counterfeit / malware / adware software on Super User.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2011, 6:16:07 AM
In Reply To @Bradley_Pollard
@Chavtheworld just curious, I like the Whiskey Software engine that runs GB and it does some things we want to do more of.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2011, 6:10:39 AM
In Reply To @wilhil
@wilhil I find it hard to believe on a site with the title "MONEY" that the idea of counterfeit money would be an imaginary / hypothetical
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2011, 5:53:09 AM
In Reply To @wilhil
@wilhil I face it every time I go to the movies, get treated like a criminal with the marker. When's the last time you had 4 bits per byte?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2011, 5:46:40 AM
In Reply To @wilhil
@wilhil it is a problem I am facing, because I don't want to get counterfeit money and I don't like being treated like a criminal
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2011, 5:36:49 AM
In Reply To @purekrome
@lara_eagle Password1234 should be good enough for everybody
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2011, 4:44:39 AM
In Reply To @GoranSiska
@GoranSiska phoenix, pegasus, grecian urn, midwestern
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2011, 11:49:22 PM
In Reply To @davidjoelhall
@agent15677 it means you need your phone with you at all times..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2011, 5:14:27 PM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray HOLY SHIT DID YOU SAY COUPONS?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2011, 5:01:00 PM
In Reply To @jurgenappelo
@jurgenappelo question: why did you have to say you were giving courses at all? why not just "vacation"?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2011, 6:24:51 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley all night? really? 8 full hours of lodsys-ing? I'm going to need some form of proof.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2011, 6:24:07 AM
In Reply To @Bradley_Pollard
@Chavtheworld how much do you do on the Giant Bomb site?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2011, 3:29:37 AM
In Reply To @robertmclaws
@robertmclaws that is an INSANE amount of poetic license you are taking there.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2011, 3:10:31 AM
In Reply To @robertmclaws
@robertmclaws er.. no it doesn't, the kinect dashboard is godawful
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2011, 12:16:55 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers beds and monitors, man. beds and monitors.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 1, 2011, 4:48:29 PM
In Reply To @clifgriffin
@clifgriffin @Ogre er.. because there is already? read http://stackexchange.com/sites closely for "motor"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2011, 3:06:32 AM
In Reply To @7WP
@7WP no, never -- that's a fantasy in our experience. It's just all gone.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2011, 1:57:31 AM
In Reply To @robconery
@robconery no, it was "The Last Dragon", which was mentioned at one point I thought http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089461/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2011, 8:06:54 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash being indifferent perpetuates ennui. I admire the Tom Sawyers of the world who imagineer ways to make whitewashing fences fun
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2011, 4:22:44 PM
In Reply To @clipperhouse
@clipperhouse @jarrod_dixon don't worry, you can buy directly to amazon cloud now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2011, 2:20:11 AM
In Reply To @bertjwregeer
@bertjwregeer we only have the ability to do the opposite, which is a zillion times more common.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2011, 2:11:23 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake the metafilter discussion is amazing; thanks for that!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2011, 1:38:39 AM
In Reply To @bertjwregeer
@bertjwregeer nag them to make it an answer or it is valid for stealing, see http://goo.gl/m9W5A
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2011, 12:13:23 AM
In Reply To @halvorson
@halvorson well, looks like my wife has to go then.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2011, 11:46:37 PM
In Reply To @danielstoddart
@danielstoddart excellent, I will be signing you up for the 90 minutes each way daily commute, then?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2011, 10:38:03 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy you realize The Wire was set there for a reason, right? RIGHT?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2011, 1:10:48 AM
In Reply To @orj
@orj I don't know about *that* but, if so, fantastic!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2011, 3:55:33 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy ice cream? just a thought
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2011, 7:36:09 PM
In Reply To @ashic
@ashic @jongalloway well, mobile phones emit a shitload more radiation than WiFi, for the record. That's science.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2011, 4:26:18 PM
In Reply To @chaddickerson
@chaddickerson I bought mine off eBay
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2011, 4:28:34 AM
In Reply To @tinkertim
@tinkertim I got these http://goo.gl/3Clvy and I think they produce a nice light, but could be slightly brighter
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2011, 1:39:52 AM
In Reply To @jneves
@jneves for one of them, 99%. The rest, 1%.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2011, 1:15:59 AM
In Reply To @RockBandAide
@RockBandAide I would love more (any, really) Aerosmith in RB3. Can you bug Harmonix to see if the GH exclusive is over? it's been 3 yrs!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2011, 12:49:50 AM
In Reply To @molotovbliss
@molotovbliss that guy runs a top 300 internet website. Do you?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2011, 12:07:46 AM
In Reply To @schotime
@schotime @samsaffron @haacked in this case it's happening 50 - 100 times a page so it is 0.3 * 50 min which is 15ms. Not insignificant.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2011, 11:52:56 PM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked @samsaffron EVERY 0.3 MS IS PRECIOUS TO US! PRECIOUUUUUUUUUUS!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 25, 2011, 4:59:59 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley headphones
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2011, 9:58:13 PM
In Reply To @yesthattom
@yesthattom if it's lower, that is even better for proving my point
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2011, 5:56:30 PM
In Reply To @7WP
@7WP yes you can, click "Copy Profile to all Related Accounts" on your accounts tab.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2011, 1:55:40 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers who selects and annotates? Also, I'd be afraid of the nook's "infrared" touch support.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 7:40:23 PM
In Reply To @CMastication
@cmastication we get a ton of abuse through EC2, so we can't allow anything but API access
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 4:43:16 AM
In Reply To @Mpdreamz
@Mpdreamz kind of looks like a USSR hammer-and-sickle -- plus, the search = magnifying glass is kinda.. meh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 4:10:25 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers programmers have been "outsourced to India" since 2003 and you don't see me bitching about it. MAN THE HELL UP!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 4:03:25 AM
In Reply To @GoranSiska
@GoranSiska oh, which ones do you feel are missing?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 2:02:02 AM
In Reply To @tonyandrewmeyer
@tonyandrewmeyer there was no maintenance
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2011, 1:58:05 AM
In Reply To @tonyandrewmeyer
@tonyandrewmeyer no repro, you just got unlucky in the network lottery
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2011, 1:51:28 AM
In Reply To @boris_pavlovic
@boris_pavlovic yes, I think we would only use scooter for the recommended 1-3 miles max trips!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2011, 3:13:51 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jongalloway yeah, who needs a stupid webcam on their laptop's LCD when they can have a LIGHT! <eyeroll>
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2011, 1:06:32 AM
In Reply To @wilshipley
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 10:55:27 PM
In Reply To @mgspross
@mgspross if you have a myopenid with a period in it, you CANNOT use the myopenid button, and must key in your URL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 4:48:48 PM
In Reply To @TheColonial
@TheColonial all kudos go to the NYC careers team!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 4:38:37 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente VBSCRIPT FOREVER BITCHEEEEESSSSS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 4:00:32 PM
In Reply To @yesthattom
@yesthattom @betsyphd well, that's a bummer!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 2:00:14 PM
In Reply To @wmacdonald
@wmacdonald I did not know this!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 1:53:27 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash you think it's bad now, lol: it gets exponentially stronger. You'll map a new planet, a new universe.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 19, 2011, 2:03:29 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake I blame Erik Wolpaw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2011, 10:31:03 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers oh, in that case, the big one is for Gmail and the small one is for Google Profile
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 17, 2011, 10:10:55 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers gee, which of my 5 email addresses did I use to sign in? Same problem, different words.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2011, 10:03:53 PM
In Reply To @nacho4d
@nacho4d yes exactly! It's the same pinging process on any OS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2011, 7:09:09 PM
In Reply To @drylight
@drylight it's the exact same process for any OS to determine network connectivity, leading to confusion like http://goo.gl/mEMKh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2011, 3:04:44 PM
In Reply To @_JCobb
@TeamOneJ what do you mean? I don't know what you're referring to?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2011, 3:00:15 PM
In Reply To @cyberzeddk
@cyberzeddk and http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/stack-overflow-homepage-changes/ (this is SO specific, when you have 3.6k q/day..)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2011, 2:54:44 PM
In Reply To @cyberzeddk
@cyberzeddk what do you mean by "SE algorithms?" Our general philosophy is "do it by hand, then automate the repetitive bits"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2011, 6:57:55 AM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy this is my revenge for the cstheory debacle!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 16, 2011, 4:15:27 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jongalloway you know where else "everything defers to the screen"? Flash. Sliverlight. Just sayin'.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2011, 6:26:46 PM
In Reply To @pablogl
@pablogl if you need that use mod flags instead
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2011, 6:20:57 PM
In Reply To @pablogl
@pablogl Don't Make Me Think -- a dialog with 30+ choices is bad. A dialog with 5 GOOD choices is better.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2011, 5:30:22 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers yeah, but I get dumped to the home screen constantly when I don't want to be. It's like the only button is an ejector seat.
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