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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 27, 2011, 8:00:13 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy yes.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 27, 2011, 2:13:55 AM
In Reply To @stevieby
@stevieby I'm perplexed why I get 25w idle and that review got 14w idle. It's GOT to be the PSU efficiencies. I might get a pico as well..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 27, 2011, 2:12:42 AM
In Reply To @brysonholland
@brysonholland sorry, too much abuse from EC2 IPs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 11:51:11 PM
In Reply To @mattwallace
@mattwallace @deanwampler @dcsobral @dcbriccetti first answer! I demand at least a few answers! :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 11:43:54 PM
In Reply To @jeremyross
@jeremyross those small children had it coming!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 11:01:35 PM
In Reply To @virajm
@virajm you should join us on meta.so! It's fun! sometimes! for very small values of "fun"! if you squint!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 11:00:46 PM
In Reply To @virajm
@virajm by now it is a very rare thing indeed when I see a new suggestion for something on our network :P
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 10:52:28 PM
In Reply To @dcbriccetti
@dcbriccetti @mattwallace @deanwampler @dcsobral so egregious nobody has mentioned it to me in 2 1/2 years.. just sayin'..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 10:43:53 PM
In Reply To @virajm
@virajm uhhh.. have you ever been to http://meta.stackoverflow.com ? Might be a few days' worth of reading for you there..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 10:29:02 PM
In Reply To @dwf
@dwf did you read the article? The guy in the article got 14.5w. But he used a special PSU, and I have 3 HDDs attached to my HTPC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 9:33:56 PM
In Reply To @spolsky
@spolsky @bergus they probably go away angry and warning everyone away, too
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 9:33:00 PM
In Reply To @virajm
@virajm yeah, when somebody gets 500 upvotes for "funniest programming cartoon", that is not the intent of the rep system
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 5:41:43 PM
In Reply To @virajm
@virajm you should also read http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/ and get back to me when you've read it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 5:41:26 PM
In Reply To @virajm
@virajm did you read the faq? They are for very different things: http://stackoverflow.com/faq http://programmers.stackexchange.com/faq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 6:09:21 AM
In Reply To @timoreilly
@timoreilly @petewooten never assume malice when incompetence will suffice
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 26, 2011, 3:37:48 AM
In Reply To @nrhinkle
@nrhinkle very cool! Of course we design for 1024px fixed width, but this is a neat hack
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 25, 2011, 11:19:36 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente wait, this means I'd be trapped with a toddler. Scratch that, reverse it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 25, 2011, 11:19:15 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente solution: don't leave the house. Works for me.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 25, 2011, 8:20:49 PM
In Reply To @EvilBachus
@evilbachus we're not in a contract with Apple, last time I checked
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 25, 2011, 7:31:40 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley you better wake up Shipley! the MAN is keeping you DOWN, man!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 25, 2011, 7:13:54 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley in fact, I explicitly ALLOW Apple nda-breaks on our sites because I think Apple's NDA policies are bullshit
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 25, 2011, 7:13:23 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley nobody gives a shit about your NDA, man
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 25, 2011, 7:01:02 PM
In Reply To @averyj
@averyj gave up on Big Love and Weeds as "started promising, but too crappy over time"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2011, 10:53:47 PM
In Reply To @drylight
@drylight and all thanks to Google, too!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2011, 10:16:22 PM
In Reply To @OmarShahine
@OmarShahine windows security essentials? UAC enabled? WTF?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2011, 10:12:36 PM
In Reply To @OmarShahine
@OmarShahine what version of Windows are they on? Hopefully 7. Make it so.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2011, 4:43:24 PM
In Reply To @edbott
@edbott an Android.. what? phone? tablet? spaceship?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2011, 7:07:29 AM
In Reply To @cronenberg_ed
@edoloughlin very strange. not me.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 24, 2011, 3:08:21 AM
In Reply To @mrdenny
@mrdenny Remus is great! Big fan. You're not too bad either, but c'mon.. you're no Remus. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 23, 2011, 9:56:33 PM
In Reply To @joshpuetz
@joshpuetz very interesting, I'll look into that
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 22, 2011, 7:47:38 AM
In Reply To @fbdegroot
@fbdegroot errrr our mail is hosted through GMail! That makes no sense!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 22, 2011, 7:15:00 AM
In Reply To @byzia
@byzia yes, this is possible see http://goo.gl/HwS85 and http://goo.gl/WwfuW for example
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 22, 2011, 4:53:55 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jzy @lessien pray tell, what is *created* on digg.com?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2011, 10:17:11 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza more ipad2s
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 21, 2011, 2:06:56 AM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy SQUEAKY WHEEL GET GREASE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2011, 4:37:00 PM
In Reply To @NickFitz
@NickFitz yeah, well, "the spec" doesn't mean "do the dumbest, most annoying *but not technically illegal* things you can", either.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 20, 2011, 4:34:01 PM
In Reply To @sgblank
@sgblank I loved Rocket Jockey, for what it's worth. Buggy yes, but also a great game ahead of its time.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 18, 2011, 3:02:33 PM
In Reply To @Gryzor
@Gryzor I think we're testing the waters with the biggest site first, but that's definitely the long-term intention...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 17, 2011, 7:08:31 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2011, 6:17:49 PM
In Reply To @arnorhs
@arnorhs that is all @spolsky and the NYC team -- all kudos go to them!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 15, 2011, 2:21:36 AM
In Reply To @timheuer
@timheuer I think it's because the controls on the guitar can't work due to control licensing issues (you have to use the adapter buttons)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 14, 2011, 1:52:37 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @asymco mmm, not really -- the 1.83 Core 2 Duo is probably 4x-10x faster.. but uses 50x more power.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 14, 2011, 12:14:57 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jzy [citation needed]
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 4:29:48 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers yeah but only for artificial reasons, e.g. Apple is blocking pre-orders
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 6:20:38 AM
In Reply To @DanDiplo
@DanDiplo nah, we did that before, and not enough tag wikis were updated. The first page of tags *defines your site*.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 4:10:19 AM
In Reply To @Teh_kLeV
@Teh_kLeV just focus on (tell us) what you WANT to appear there -- we prefer to build it better than before. http://goo.gl/kyWl
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 3:49:05 AM
In Reply To @Teh_kLeV
@Teh_kLeV not that I'm bitter about the HUNDREDS of meta posts complaining about the envelope. or anything. (DIEEEEEEEE ENVELOPE!)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 3:32:26 AM
In Reply To @Teh_kLeV
@Teh_kLeV life is an experiment. so go live it. as I said, we're actively working on it, this is just the first "DIE FUCKING ENVELOPE" pass
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 3:15:50 AM
In Reply To @Teh_kLeV
@Teh_kLeV that said it is still very much WIP, we're looking at ways to make it better, so perhaps try that hat on for size
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 3:15:07 AM
In Reply To @Teh_kLeV
@Teh_kLeV you are a cranky, cranky man
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 11, 2011, 3:06:34 AM
In Reply To @Teh_kLeV
@Teh_kLeV are you kidding me? need I point to the HUNDRED+ meta posts about how screwed up the envelope is?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2011, 10:48:58 PM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray was XML ever *really* human readable, though?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2011, 7:24:42 PM
In Reply To @robconery
@robconery ICUH8N
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 10, 2011, 6:44:43 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa confession: I don't "get" instapaper. At all.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2011, 10:53:29 PM
In Reply To @edbott
@edbott @willsmith that's the fundamental design ethos of http://stackexchange.com/sites -- let your freak flag fly!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2011, 4:46:38 AM
In Reply To @gripusa
@gripusa see http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/a-recipe-to-promote-your-site/ (it's not necessary for our big sites though)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 9, 2011, 4:05:43 AM
In Reply To @rshade
@rshade they are very delicious! that's the secret!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 10:46:23 PM
In Reply To @cgiffard
@cgiffard IMO the MacBook Air is the smartest model
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 10:36:19 PM
In Reply To @tooshel
@tooshel that site is not likely to survive much longer, FYI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 9:05:28 PM
In Reply To @DaveJustDave
@DaveJustDave I'll be happy to suggest you as a pro-tem moderator candidate as well
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 5:22:43 PM
In Reply To @dehora
@dehora UNFOLLOWED
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 3:38:14 PM
In Reply To @tnorthcutt
@tnorthcutt there could be -- what did you have in mind.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 8, 2011, 2:50:12 PM
In Reply To @gummadi
@gummadi we are replacing network cards based on http://blog.serverfault.com/post/broadcom-die-mutha/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2011, 9:40:46 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jzy my father cares deeply about this. (This is my new "nah, I'm not that into Pokemon")
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2011, 9:23:56 PM
In Reply To @PaulLomax
@PaulLomax also I assume you are aware of http://goo.gl/wL4Rr ? In private beta for ~5 more days, then public beta
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2011, 9:23:14 PM
In Reply To @PaulLomax
@PaulLomax excellent! will you be there? email me at team@stackexchange.com and I'll hook you up with t-shirts / stickers for
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 7, 2011, 3:45:02 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @wilshipley what a coincidence; that's EXACTLY why Wil Shipley and I got into programming!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2011, 11:17:11 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I'm more offended that Penny Arcade is so rarely funny
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2011, 9:56:20 PM
In Reply To @justinpeck
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2011, 4:05:08 PM
In Reply To @fernandezpablo
@fernandezpablo that's a very basic check -- remove the word "your"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 6, 2011, 2:26:38 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @fredwilson that's odd, because I keep getting nagged to "log into GameCenter" and "log into OpenFeint". It don't work.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2011, 2:48:24 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers totally agreed and that is specifically covered in the article
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 4, 2011, 1:55:11 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake I don't know about lovely. Clever, yes, artsy, yes, but horrific from a usability standpoint.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2011, 11:46:10 PM
In Reply To @codeisawesome
@adityamenon90 excellent! now if we could get rid of those pernicious "thanks!" too :) http://goo.gl/ujByU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2011, 11:10:18 PM
In Reply To @joelhousman
@joelhousman @dsilverman I didn't. iPad v2 is far more recommendable though. Kindle 3 for reading counts as insanely high res -- beautiful
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2011, 10:58:23 PM
In Reply To @helloandre
@helloandre well, that one was well asked at least and using complete sentences. But yes: http://goo.gl/4PGLL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 3, 2011, 8:57:00 PM
In Reply To @CarterA
@CarterA no, but presumably the upvotes will reflect the community's thoughts on the matter
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2011, 11:06:51 PM
In Reply To @mitalbr
@mitalbr check http://stackapps.com in the android tag
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2011, 10:13:31 PM
In Reply To @williamjhall
@williamjhall thanks for the report, I think we have seen them before; we follow up per http://goo.gl/00kW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2011, 10:10:39 PM
In Reply To @averyj
@averyj do you have a hotel room to go with it? then maybe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2011, 5:43:06 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza better yet, make it attach to your Facebooks page and start writing to your wall!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2011, 5:04:14 PM
In Reply To @pablogl
@pablogl weight, resolution are the big ones. I can recommend iPad 2 now that camera, cpu, memory fixed.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2011, 3:19:01 PM
In Reply To @adampash
@adampash well not quite. I think buying the iPad 1 was a dumb idea. This one isn't dumb to buy, I can recommend it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2011, 2:53:46 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers yeah, if they made it *too* small, it'd only fit in your pocket and .. hey, wait a second..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2011, 2:48:00 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente or, they could make it smaller which would also increase res AND solve the weight problem. shrug.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 2, 2011, 1:09:34 AM
In Reply To @TetradTX
@TetradTX wear all the t-shirts at once and rip them off dramatically as you swag people!
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