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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 14, 2010, 12:37:25 AM
In Reply To @jtbandes
@jtbandes at very high DPI there is no question that Apple's choice is the correct one
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 12, 2010, 8:16:39 AM
In Reply To @aragost
@aragost yes, it is to kill Quora, has little to do with us
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 12, 2010, 1:48:26 AM
In Reply To @CaseyMalone
@HMXCasey JUGGALO FUNERAL MEMORIES. WORD.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 11, 2010, 10:29:08 PM
In Reply To @jpohhhh
@refulgentis guess you're right. It can only get heavier in the future! :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 11, 2010, 7:45:34 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I think you're confusing "iPad" with "iPhone 4" :) iPad is that awkward tween.. not a keyboard/folding netbook, not a phone
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 11, 2010, 4:34:15 PM
In Reply To @RobBurke
@RobBurke yeah, it's a Quora-killer. Doesn't have much to do with us..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 11, 2010, 3:21:17 PM
In Reply To @jcoehoorn
@jcoehoorn aw, that's a bummer, man. Can Dell repair?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 11:02:49 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente my informal reading of your Mark I bitch-o-meter seems about the same though :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 10:53:36 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente grass does not seem so green over there :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 8:51:13 PM
In Reply To @ryantm
@ryantm I would not call two domains that point to the same server "cross-posting"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 6:14:27 PM
In Reply To @orj
@orj no, it's just because @spolsky is a little neurotic. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 4:53:56 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers uh, because I'm consuming a lot of information, and doing multiple things at once?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 4:39:34 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers touch doesn't scale to monitors in front of you, period. It's a tool, but a very specialized one.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 3:56:32 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I also don't reach up to touch my three monitors like I'm fingerpainting. Seriously, like WAY too literal. Desktop != desktop
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 3:49:05 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers touching is a poor abstraction for work; it's too literal. (it is fine for play and casual / kiosk selection though)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 3:27:46 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers that article was embarrassing. I was embarrassed for the author.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 3:52:33 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek @haacked congratulations, you guys just invented Perl
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 1:48:58 AM
In Reply To @spolsky
@spolsky is always obsessing over this, but I really don't feel like we're *competing* with anyone; we've got our own game to play
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 10, 2010, 1:47:05 AM
In Reply To @ChrisPirillo
@ChrisPirillo @lazycoder @spolsky {shrug} open source happens. That said, we'll be approaching Chris next week with an idea..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 9, 2010, 6:18:10 PM
In Reply To @7WP
@NoobTech GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 8, 2010, 7:09:22 PM
In Reply To @dougrathbone
@dougrathbone specific example?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 8, 2010, 4:55:06 PM
In Reply To @seanbamforth
@seanbamforth ok, but why? What specifically? Examples?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 7, 2010, 7:10:20 PM
In Reply To @OmarShahine
@OmarShahine is live.com an OpenID provider yet?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 7, 2010, 6:38:14 PM
In Reply To @jpalioto
@jpalioto hey congrats :) Sorry the SU shirts took so long to go out.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 7, 2010, 5:38:44 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers the mfg part was the ONLY non cringe-inducing part of that video. That part was cool.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 7, 2010, 3:48:10 PM
In Reply To @seesharp
@seesharp yeah but Rock Band iApp has already been available for months
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 7, 2010, 4:39:33 AM
In Reply To @migheille
@migheille no, it wouldn't be, because it's not PHP/OSS stack but C# / SQL Server / ASP.NET. Sad reality.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 7, 2010, 4:06:00 AM
In Reply To @Aamuilma
@Aamuilma I think conviction is sometimes mistaken for arrogance -- "we're on a mission from God"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2010, 11:30:06 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente yeah the website is saying I'm eligible in addition to @betsyphd which is odd.. something is afoot
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2010, 1:41:59 AM
In Reply To @SeanJA
@SeanJA yes a very high "quality" user, indeed
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 6, 2010, 12:42:51 AM
In Reply To @shanselman
@shanselman I watched @superdalgas try to process credit card refunds on his iPad and it was HILARIOUS. Just excruciating.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 5, 2010, 9:59:12 PM
In Reply To @macmnc
@macmnc it's based on the OSQA open source clone
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 5, 2010, 4:31:04 PM
In Reply To @kstewart
@kstewart I was just kidding. You see, the whole book is about.. eehh.. forget it :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 4, 2010, 1:10:22 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life Pink and Shirky will be shocked, SHOCKED to learn that paying users didn't work! http://goo.gl/PVey
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 4, 2010, 3:45:08 AM
In Reply To @TALlama
@TALlama 3d "input" is a bitch anyway. I'm a firm believer in the power of 2d.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 4, 2010, 3:31:19 AM
In Reply To @TALlama
@TALlama yeah I actually thought it was kind of .. fail.. in practice. Fun, but useless.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 4, 2010, 1:18:40 AM
In Reply To @jromeh
@jromeh they're pissing all over the idea of HTML 5 as a "standard"? I guess that's.. ok..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2010, 4:07:14 PM
In Reply To @RyannosaurusRex
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2010, 1:25:06 AM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente @jzy we're quite happy with our Xerox Phaser 6130 color printer.. fast, output looks good, 3rd party toner is cheap
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 3, 2010, 12:59:24 AM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @kevindente it isn't a printer these days unless it's in color. IMO.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 10:50:11 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jzy sure it is.. download free, forever versions of Visual Studio 2010 that are damn nice http://goo.gl/js6A
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 6:52:00 PM
In Reply To @CMastication
@CMastication rounded corners come at a price, my friend
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 5:31:42 PM
In Reply To @Caterina
@Caterina I figure if an artist isn't doing *something* that rubs me the wrong way occasionally, they probably should "art harder"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 5:11:37 PM
In Reply To @splattne
@splattne and Apple calls netbooks the "toy division" :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 4:21:09 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley fixie bicycle! too lightweight to be a car IMO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 3:09:49 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa I don't think the Windows version has this "animation" on tab hover? does it?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 3:06:39 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa tooltip and transparency reduction ain't cutting it for Chrome tag hover feedback?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 3:05:58 PM
In Reply To @Skipants
@Skipants isn't Yahoo = Bing now though?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 2:47:21 PM
In Reply To @obiwansotti
@obiwansotti google does a brilliant job at their core business. Wish I could say that about other search engines..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 2:01:44 PM
In Reply To @jcolebrand
@drachenstern well, I need ".. that are actually relevant and useful in practice." That narrows the list.. considerably.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 11:51:15 AM
In Reply To @timoreilly
@timoreilly basically, for the key players, you are making the game "more fair". Apple and Facebook made the game .. unfair, favoring corp.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 11:50:24 AM
In Reply To @timoreilly
@timoreilly not so. We changed the rules on Stack Overflow several times, the trick is to make changes that the community AGREES with
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 2, 2010, 11:11:55 AM
In Reply To @SeanJA
@SeanJA nice :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 31, 2010, 5:39:11 PM
In Reply To @joshbaltzell
@joshbaltzell we detect the ipad user agent and disable the markdown javascript clientside editor; that fix didn't make it to SE sites
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2010, 2:59:55 PM
In Reply To @cbguder
@cbguder migrated to SU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 30, 2010, 3:36:45 AM
In Reply To @j_subieta
@j_subieta I'd check Stack Overflow :) http://goo.gl/T4b5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2010, 5:08:47 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley yeah well we were up in nosebleed area, you elitist bastige!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2010, 3:52:56 PM
In Reply To @mrdenny
@mrdenny the small town doc would use Skype
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 29, 2010, 2:45:48 AM
In Reply To @mattcutts
@mattcutts in your opinion, what's the difference between the terms "webmaster" and "SEO" as job titles?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2010, 2:47:42 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers different versions of webkit mobile, presumably? Sort of like Safari 4 vs. Chrome 5?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2010, 1:09:54 PM
In Reply To @lloeki
@tyches hey cool! hadn't seen that!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2010, 12:49:08 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers all the fonts on the iPhone are bold where embossing is used, though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2010, 12:09:30 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers is it because every font looks bold with OSX rendering? :) whenever I see embossing, the font is ALWAYS bold. Has to be.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2010, 11:57:35 AM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente opera still needs to die
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2010, 11:49:43 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers looks good! two suggestions: embossing (top) is so crazy hard to read (maybe go bold?), and font could be 10-15% smaller
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2010, 11:05:36 AM
In Reply To @aarnott
@aarnott chrome extension does it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 28, 2010, 1:05:15 AM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet if you let them outnumber you, you've clearly gone mad :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2010, 9:19:29 PM
In Reply To @cshirky
@cshirky PREORDER'D
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2010, 6:39:24 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza oh, you are in for a world of hurt with your first babby.. you have no idea. NO IDEA!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2010, 5:15:46 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers omg so much. orgy of uninstallation.. ugh.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2010, 3:26:11 PM
In Reply To @jonathansampson
@jonathansampson if you're referring to the "new thing", that's all the NY team including @df07 et al
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2010, 3:19:12 PM
In Reply To @ivoflipse5
@ivoflipse5 are you volunteering?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2010, 3:18:51 PM
In Reply To @bergus
@bergus in your heart you know there is no such thing as "over the top"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2010, 5:07:17 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers it just GOT an extension system in v4 less than 6 months ago! lesson: ITERATE HARDER!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 27, 2010, 1:56:40 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2010, 6:38:37 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon how much is your soul worth?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2010, 6:33:22 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash ICE COLD HOMEY.. ice cold
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2010, 5:58:36 PM
In Reply To @bmavity
@bmavity still same! amazingly these 27" monitors work with the default mount point size. I think monitors are getting larger & lighter
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 26, 2010, 5:21:48 PM
In Reply To @BrianDeacon
@BrianDeacon oops, fixed. thx.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2010, 4:22:40 PM
In Reply To @lloydsparkes
@lloydsparkes yes, search for "duration"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2010, 3:54:33 PM
In Reply To @peterbecker
@peterbecker that's not the SO engine, it's a clone
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2010, 4:28:58 AM
In Reply To @hamishharvey
@hamishharvey I agree, it seemed correct to me, but it's clearer and more direct in the revised form IMO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2010, 2:21:50 AM
In Reply To @rolfje
@rolfje I updated the post to clarify
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2010, 1:28:30 AM
In Reply To @tylermenezes
@tylermenezes looks like you're using a beta browser? problem solved. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2010, 1:21:08 AM
In Reply To @tylermenezes
@tylermenezes no repro -- looks fine to me in Firefox 3.6..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2010, 1:00:45 AM
In Reply To @ThyNameIsBlair
@ThyNameIsBlair that's why the first badges are always free.. <insert comically evil laugh here>! :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 24, 2010, 12:55:08 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers make sure you're screenshotting on win7. 2001-era WinXP font rendering is not quite the same... http://goo.gl/n5gw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2010, 5:53:30 PM
In Reply To @CaseyMalone
@HMXCasey ROSEBUD!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 23, 2010, 4:37:41 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers well, I'd say OSX renders fonts blurry. Depends who you hate more -- the user, or font designers.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2010, 4:03:17 PM
In Reply To @kch
@kch make sure you've followed the advice in http://goo.gl/fd2F
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 22, 2010, 3:29:29 AM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway glee is worth it for Sue Sylvester. Such an awesome character, played brilliantly.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 21, 2010, 1:58:45 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek it also a) doesn't work on a LOT of queries and b) does annoying crap like expand * to the actual fields. So.. bad solution.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2010, 7:11:12 PM
In Reply To @twotymz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2010, 11:24:03 AM
In Reply To @plantpurecode
@jacobrelkin miller time! we actually have the caps for that reason as well..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 20, 2010, 10:53:38 AM
In Reply To @shachart
@shachart well, Google has a .. few .. more resources than we do. But make sure you know about http://stackoverflow.com/search as well
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