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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2011, 10:23:18 PM
In Reply To @clipperhouse
@clipperhouse that just reverts to that particular changeset -- I need the whole folder at a point in time
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2011, 5:55:37 PM
In Reply To @LexMitchell
@LexMitchell that's a nice presentation, thanks for the link
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2011, 5:16:42 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers that request had a lot of downvotes, it was controversial. I don't agree with it, either.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Mar 1, 2011, 12:17:26 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy this is why you get the flu shot. NOT optional with children.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2011, 9:37:48 PM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray actually all webkit based browsers have this incredibly irritating selection issue, per the video. Safari = webkit.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2011, 2:49:47 PM
In Reply To @orj
@orj sorry about that the NYC team tells me it is fixed now.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2011, 1:40:30 AM
In Reply To @shachart
@shachart good idea, I'll add that
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 27, 2011, 1:23:42 AM
In Reply To @shachart
@shachart see the words "You may retry your request or if this turns into an extended outage" on the page? clicken the link!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2011, 2:42:26 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers the Stack Overflow community is EXTREMELY harsh on questions that they perceive to be virus/evil stuff. Love is powerful.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2011, 2:34:39 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers superuser is about celebration of hardware and power users, not destruction. Like "how do I create a virus" on Stack Overflow
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 26, 2011, 1:05:55 PM
In Reply To @jamesproud
@jamesproud it says "Q&A", not forum or discussion.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2011, 3:04:29 PM
In Reply To @pixelheresy
@pixelheresy Are you looking at my desktop?! OMG H4X!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2011, 12:27:55 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I'm just saying, it's not like they were singling out Real Steve Jobs or anything
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2011, 12:17:44 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @daringfireball that's just the generic "this has been double-shortened" page, though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 25, 2011, 11:59:02 AM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain there are no stupid things, just stupid people
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2011, 5:46:08 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @kevindente well, "everyone" has herpes simplex, too, but I'm not interested in sharing that either
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2011, 5:14:21 PM
In Reply To @schotime
@schotime looks ok to me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2011, 4:50:11 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @timbray what? I have to rip everything in Handbrake to get it on any iOS device
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2011, 3:20:51 PM
In Reply To @trampstr
@trampstr submit an edit to that question. even anon users can. http://goo.gl/XqvsD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 24, 2011, 2:20:04 AM
In Reply To @huthaifa
@huthaifa search http://meta.stackoverflow.com first please ... there are very few ideas I have not heard already :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2011, 10:38:29 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente @NathanBowers actually I favor 16gb / 32 gb USB sticks with a bunch of mp3s on them. plug it in, leave it in.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2011, 9:58:39 PM
In Reply To @nromyn
@nromyn actually terrestrial HD radio is quite good http://goo.gl/1OfYN
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2011, 6:31:21 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @kevindente ironic that the startup about money sold out for.. money.. eh? eh? Ok, never mind.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2011, 6:10:14 PM
In Reply To @ai
@ai as I recall, it was "I'm a little teapot, short and stout.."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2011, 2:16:08 PM
In Reply To @shanselman
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2011, 12:28:07 PM
In Reply To @alanstevens
@alanstevens @SweetSirena it's true I tell you! ace bandages and slop = Ethiopian dining!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2011, 12:13:46 PM
In Reply To @endforward
@osdezwart we add the most important tags from the question to the title. I don't like that tag though so I'm removing it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2011, 12:06:46 PM
In Reply To @endforward
@osdezwart can you elaborate?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 23, 2011, 12:55:43 AM
In Reply To @andrewpthorp
@andrewpthorp awesome! If you're getting good results, pay it forward so we can all learn together.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2011, 11:59:32 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2011, 11:57:34 PM
In Reply To @MotoWilliams
@MotoWilliams @kevindente the new financing is awesome though. 0% or 0.9% for SIX YEARS (!)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2011, 11:33:13 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza I DONT EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE ANY MORE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2011, 11:30:43 PM
In Reply To @adampash
@adampash I was, but QoS is *so* broken on DD-WRT, even with fixes. I tried OpenWRT and switched to the Asus RT-N16 for TomatoUSB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2011, 3:26:00 PM
In Reply To @jzy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2011, 1:36:04 PM
In Reply To @rands
@rands losing.. what though?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2011, 12:03:25 PM
In Reply To @atdavidmurdoch
@vervestudiosco well, there is a fix, but it's basically us inserting zero-width joiners every so often. We can do that now; expect it soon
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2011, 11:28:56 AM
In Reply To @atdavidmurdoch
@vervestudiosco not fixable in variable width areas. Sorry.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2011, 10:47:10 AM
In Reply To @farinjini
@farinjini have you looked at stackprinter on http://stackapps.com ?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2011, 4:28:36 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek git cannot be hgignored.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 22, 2011, 2:00:05 AM
In Reply To @ghewgill
@ghewgill holy cow, that's a major quake. glad you're ok!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2011, 8:38:14 PM
In Reply To @clipperhouse
@clipperhouse @kylembrandt @GABeech eek, the use of consumer MLC SSDs there gives me the willies. Jarrod's drive just failed, etc.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2011, 7:04:10 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life yes you should
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 21, 2011, 1:51:45 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jzy with kids the flu shot is *mandatory*
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2011, 8:19:35 PM
In Reply To @systemsoverload
@systemsoverload we've always liked the idea of a badge for that, but world timezones make it hugely problematic (and we use UTC..)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2011, 4:57:16 PM
In Reply To @jarrod_dixon
@jarrod_dixon eat some for me!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2011, 4:56:48 PM
In Reply To @pkamb
@pkamb think of it as a toddler proof barrier
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2011, 3:44:32 PM
In Reply To @orangy
@orangy I am very interested in that if you can post a function as reply!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2011, 2:56:53 PM
In Reply To @kylembrandt
@kylembrandt definitely seems like a pattern across two different server vendors..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 20, 2011, 2:55:52 PM
In Reply To @weinzierl
@weinzierl @jzy well, we already support Facebook for login, and have for about 6 months.. Twitter needs OAuth 2.0 before we can do them
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2011, 6:20:46 PM
In Reply To @MarioBonales
@MarioBonales those two are release candidate level.. FF4 has yet to produce a release candidate AFAIK?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2011, 3:49:31 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers story of my life
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2011, 2:57:30 PM
In Reply To @as_w
@solevangelist still haven't heard from him once since then!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 19, 2011, 2:49:38 PM
In Reply To @ryantomlinson
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 11:44:22 PM
In Reply To @drylight
@drylight it's like an iPad, but I can type on it, it runs any software I want... and it's hundreds of dollars cheaper.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 10:32:33 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash having a child is a bit like introducing Sam Kinison into your family. http://goo.gl/s39VU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 8:16:22 PM
In Reply To @dnnydnl
@dnnydnl I agree, I was most impressed with the pricing when iPad launched. They did a fantastic job there.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 5:50:11 PM
In Reply To @_jessedorsey
@noctrine enjoy! and thank you!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 2:15:07 PM
In Reply To @Borror0
@Borror0 that guy's eyebrows are insane
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 2:28:29 AM
In Reply To @rlarno
@rlarno @shanselman not all of them would fit, but some would; see http://programmers.stackexchange.com/faq for specifics
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 18, 2011, 1:25:07 AM
In Reply To @iamqxotk
@arrocharGeek you really need to read some of the history. Yeah, gov't is sometimes evil, but corporations are ALWAYS evil.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2011, 9:13:02 PM
In Reply To @drylight
@drylight you can say thanks, or you could be awesome instead
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2011, 5:15:20 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake yes, also makers of Sex Panther cologne and Brawndo http://omniconsumerproductscorporation.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 17, 2011, 5:04:55 PM
In Reply To @juanformoso
@juanformoso fortunate for us, then, eh? WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2011, 9:18:47 PM
In Reply To @ErinBird
@ErinBird Markdown Babelmark is one of my favorites http://babelmark.bobtfish.net/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2011, 4:12:10 PM
In Reply To @dougrathbone
@dougrathbone sandforce sf-1500 as it is the most enterprisey-ish of the consumer chipsets
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2011, 12:32:31 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza you have to email Steve Jobs and .00001% of the time he will randomly respond. That's the rule.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 16, 2011, 10:18:23 AM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life how is this different than Facebook requiring all Facebook games to use Facebook Credits as currency?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 7:36:08 PM
In Reply To @jwcarroll
@jwcarroll if you think this is a fake problem I strongly recommend you crack open a history book, or at least read http://goo.gl/zP99z
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 11:55:21 AM
In Reply To @timoreilly
@timoreilly @markoff @jseelybrown we know a little about Q&A; the most human thing of all is to answer a question with another question
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 15, 2011, 12:00:14 AM
In Reply To @6T9
@6T9 fantastic! Be sure to check out http://stackexchange.com/sites , I like to think they are of similarly high quality!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2011, 3:45:21 PM
In Reply To @alandjackson
@alandjackson { head asplode }
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 14, 2011, 1:32:42 AM
In Reply To @fhd
@fhd there are a bunch at http://stackapps.com
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2011, 2:35:47 AM
In Reply To @flyosity
@flyosity yeah I was all excited and then I was like :( kind of a super-fail on their part, to promote it so heavily and not test
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 13, 2011, 2:29:24 AM
In Reply To @flyosity
@flyosity except ... the IE6 and IE7 files are totally busted in Win7 x64. See comments on that post.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2011, 9:46:16 PM
In Reply To @portman_wills
@portman_wills @shanselman pretty much just get a triple channel compatible machine, beyond that, it's all good http://goo.gl/zVCbt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2011, 8:09:47 PM
In Reply To @greatcoder
@greatcoder where did you hear about convore? I haven't heard about that, and it doesn't look like Q&A but chat
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2011, 7:55:34 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers how is that bad? The edit queue gets peer reviewed really rapidly on all sites.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2011, 3:55:01 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers fyi you don't need rep to edit any more, you should see an edit link on any post > 12 hours old even as anon
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2011, 10:05:30 AM
In Reply To @Jason
@Jason @mattcutts funny how "optimizing for quality" is such a reliable business model, isn't it? Suggestion: next time start with that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 12, 2011, 9:22:41 AM
In Reply To @jfoulkes
@jfoulkes that is correct though we encourage people to improve multiple things with an edit
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 11, 2011, 2:54:35 PM
In Reply To @splattne
@splattne @jzy I first heard about that on the Dave Chapelle show actually
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 11, 2011, 2:54:08 PM
In Reply To @mattcutts
@mattcutts you also put the fear of god(gle) into @jason who quite suddenly got the "gee, let's create quality content" religion
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 11, 2011, 1:00:38 AM
In Reply To @bleroy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 11, 2011, 12:21:35 AM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente here's your search tag request thing http://goo.gl/2U6Eq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 9:26:05 PM
In Reply To @delfuego
@delfuego does that work in offline (no 3G no wifi?) mode?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 9:25:08 PM
In Reply To @gthb
@gthb @secretgeek it's almost as bad as watching someone program in PHP!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 8:40:17 PM
In Reply To @steve_ugrc
@SteveAGRC too noisy, and the button you want is visible, it has "faq" printed on it :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 8:37:08 PM
In Reply To @steve_ugrc
@SteveAGRC see the /faq, you need 50 rep to comment on posts you don't own or that aren't answers to your question
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Feb 10, 2011, 4:48:54 PM
In Reply To @steipete
@steipete correct, less hammering to pixel grid, but for reasons of hardware acceleration primarily as I understand it
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