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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 16, 2020, 2:37:27 PM
In Reply To @amgreentweets
@amgreentweets @kwiens yeah, 640kb ram should be enough for everyone 😉
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 16, 2020, 1:49:15 PM
In Reply To @ScooterComputer
@ScooterComputer It is usb but I couldn’t get it to scan any barcodes
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 16, 2020, 1:48:52 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I was never much of a Nintendo fan but this new Game & Watch is super fun (and has a usb-c connector!) https://t.co/UoRx1UHKBm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 16, 2020, 1:43:19 PM
In Reply To @dahomes
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 15, 2020, 10:45:38 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans what year was this? When were there still record stores?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 15, 2020, 7:03:57 PM
In Reply To @stevesi
@stevesi well yeah, if Qualcomm is in charge of running the emulation https://t.co/ObBdmZrdNS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 15, 2020, 3:01:34 PM
In Reply To @susanthesquark
@susanthesquark that's so weird. I'd just point blank tell them, "please don't approach me, or speak to me, again"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 15, 2020, 2:59:49 PM
In Reply To @TitPetric
@TitPetric definitely not waterproof, this one is indoor only
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 15, 2020, 1:59:20 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
before and after. It's like STADIUM LIGHTING https://t.co/OzIzJw8U1r
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 15, 2020, 1:56:38 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
let me add this incredibly bright LED garage light. Entering the garage went from "plot twist in a horror movie" to "generic warehouse" https://t.co/5z8UkIXxyR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 15, 2020, 1:20:02 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
“An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.” https://t.co/djTrXoff4p
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2020, 6:44:23 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@Carnage4Life "What we've seen in the past with some of these other fringe or alternative social media sites is, if there's no rules and if it's really siloed, then what happens is it gets more and more extreme." it will be *very* interesting to see how this plays out.. https://t.co/36YCAosFRL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2020, 6:37:48 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza @jwz @sailoremo the comic sans is a nice touch 👌
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2020, 6:11:58 PM
In Reply To @OmarShahine
@OmarShahine duck that
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2020, 4:59:45 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza @jwz @sailoremo it's also global, so the vocal part is also coming from countries that are kinda.. super.. not-woke
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2020, 4:50:06 PM
In Reply To @jwz
@jwz @sailoremo I believe both of these things. HN isn't *that* bad, but it does have a vocal minority of .. well, this https://t.co/DY8N5ARFAC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2020, 4:18:15 PM
In Reply To @jwz
@jwz it's one of my favorite things -- performance art, I mean, not money
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2020, 4:15:39 PM
In Reply To @betsyphd
@betsyphd 👎🙄 .. only acceptable on Daisy Dukes and even then, iffy!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2020, 4:14:02 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life It's way too early to tell if this will stick. Could be another "Ello" https://t.co/ZFk5UOhFN5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2020, 3:42:25 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life wealthfront has kinda tended toward this over time as well, definitely lots of good examples of this trend out there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 13, 2020, 9:17:11 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly .. for ants, maybe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 13, 2020, 6:37:39 PM
In Reply To @DanielFahlgren
@DanielFahlgren I don't actually disagree with *everything* Sweden did, but stuff like "no mask mandate ever" is just.. bizarre.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 13, 2020, 5:00:36 PM
In Reply To @ZachWeiner
@ZachWeiner @FuSchmu I know where she'd like to put it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 13, 2020, 4:21:11 PM
In Reply To @lizardbill
@lizardbill an.. oreo?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 12, 2020, 10:40:48 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly truly one of the all time greats
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 12, 2020, 6:24:22 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley @ossoff I like it. I told 'em to send more. 💔
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 12, 2020, 4:56:26 PM
In Reply To @AOC
@AOC @jwz can we legally defund his butt?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 12, 2020, 4:19:05 PM
In Reply To @anderskaplan
@anderskaplan 🐮🔔‼
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 12, 2020, 2:02:47 PM
In Reply To @heatxsink
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2020, 10:16:48 PM
In Reply To @Justin_Halford_
@Justin_Halford_ No. *We* are awesome, together.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2020, 8:37:10 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
And we begin this process again on Monday, every single Monday until the GA runoffs happen.... with some *very* fun stuff. So if you missed this one, or want to try again later, or every time... please do! 🙇‍♂️🍑
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2020, 8:24:29 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Holy 💩 people we raised $10,402 for the GA runoff senate races! 🔥🙌 congrats to @sethweiner — and y’all for being so generous! 🍑 https://t.co/p0z4MhvDgb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2020, 6:36:35 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Apologies for the delay, we have an ongoing local total internet outage on our fancypants fiber .. and I am worried about remote school tomorrow so I rushed over to T-Mobile and slapped a sim into a spare Android device (Mi 9) to act as a mobile hotspot.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2020, 11:52:55 AM
In Reply To @zeynep
@zeynep I liked the explainer here. Basically, there is no longer any correlation between "does not answer polls" and "is statistically average" https://t.co/R9AKkm5o95
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2020, 11:27:56 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Closing this up now! Will post winner soon. Stay tuned, we'll be doing the same thing next Monday with the fancy new Apple Macbook Airs with 🔥 M1 CPU courtesy @BrentO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 8:39:12 PM
In Reply To @oneunderscore__
@oneunderscore__ @kpoulsen I was honestly wondering about this myself
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 8:20:17 PM
In Reply To @patrickcentral
@patrickcentral No, it's indeed for the calibration hole on one of the sides, per the other pic I replied.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 8:19:19 PM
In Reply To @muratsutunc
@muratsutunc @timurkuran that's the opposite of what the article says, and I agree with the article. I suggest a close read
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 7:56:25 PM
In Reply To @GrantTotten
@GrantTotten fine, RUB IT IN WHY DON'T YOU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 7:08:38 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
OK so I never actually owned this, but wanted it sooo bad. Leaf switches, 4 way / 8 way switchable, and swappable handles. https://t.co/CTlTh5l84Q https://t.co/RCoHxgNm4N
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 6:53:43 PM
In Reply To @ID_AA_Carmack
@ID_AA_Carmack try drumming in Rock Band 4. Seriously
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 6:38:12 PM
In Reply To @patrickcentral
@patrickcentral 🤔 maybe you're right, it has the big red wheels as well. Perhaps that was just to screw the joystick port connector all the way in?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 6:36:39 PM
In Reply To @patrickcentral
@patrickcentral oh yeah you had to calibrate the analog joystick, so the little screwdriver let you do that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 6:31:14 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
This is the actual joystick I played X-Wing and Tie Fighter on. I had to play it after hours on a work PC because I couldn’t afford my own at the time. https://t.co/jQ1QoSb3by
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 3:41:16 PM
In Reply To @andrewchen
@andrewchen now you're talking ⭕
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 3:19:41 PM
In Reply To @kaykayclapp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 1:25:59 PM
In Reply To @Slartybartfast
@Slartybartfast @metadaddy I remember *rushing* to the office after hours to pick up the first commercial 3dfx card.. https://t.co/fascubWQRc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 1:03:39 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver @BrentO the current one is pinned on my twitter profile, they usually run 48 hours
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 1:01:50 PM
In Reply To @BrentO
@BrentO @Nick_Craver sweet! I have 4 weeks planned out. This adds 2 more weeks! 🙌
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2020, 12:08:49 AM
In Reply To @drewtetz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 7:54:30 PM
In Reply To @furf
@furf 👏
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 5:46:54 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza @jwz my mouse has a headphone jack
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 3:49:12 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Cleaning things up around the office.. these are some of the "deepest cuts" from geeky rare games I was hanging on to. https://t.co/DFzr6gwM2E
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 3:04:45 PM
In Reply To @inlined
@inlined I'm doing one of these a week for .. quite a while. So there will be many opportunities!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 1:31:22 PM
In Reply To @mrsclark14
@mrsclark14 @MsSylviaSanders @adrianaclimbs @TracyZager Having a stammer isn't a choice. Behaving badly, is a choice. These are wildly different things.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 1:25:30 PM
In Reply To @TopelDiStasi
@TopelDiStasi 🙇‍♀️
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 12:34:48 PM
In Reply To @mirza
@mirza sure email me some pics of it -- jatwood at https://t.co/uwHP9VvdJI
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 12:33:55 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@BrentO @Pinboard https://t.co/UXRFkdtZUY -- but rather than double prizes, let's double the length. I have 4 prizes, planning 4 weeks, you could make that 6 or 8.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 12:20:37 PM
In Reply To @somehollis
@somehollis yes! In future rounds (I'm gonna do this for many weeks, one per week) I'll focus on them directly too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 12:16:12 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
(and I'll close entries in 48 hours from now)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 12:10:29 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza I use Twitter on the web every day (well, unless I am taking a mental health break) and it's quite pleasant
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2020, 12:03:14 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza never bet against the web ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2020, 7:09:48 PM
In Reply To @lynn314159
@lynn314159 @tqbf I guess all we can count on is that Mitch can't live forever.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2020, 6:26:40 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf @lynn314159 Where has putting money actually *worked* in the past? Where did it work in 2020? Seems to me the big wins have been outreach programs that get people to vote? And some candidate campaigns seem to do that, but others.. not so much?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2020, 6:16:02 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf @lynn314159 this is very light on specifics .. "any kind of organizing and fundraising". Especially since in my area, in my state, not seeing any opportunities. It's the other states that need help, where I have the least visibility.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2020, 6:05:22 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf @powerje yeah, but investing in @fairfightaction will probably pay dividends for years later, won't it? Where else would you put money right now?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2020, 5:42:24 PM
In Reply To @danathesane
@danathesane alaska always takes forever on the counts, not sure why, it's just been like that
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2020, 4:49:20 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf (leans forward, on the edge of seat) AND THEN?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2020, 1:48:03 AM
In Reply To @amyjokim
@amyjokim nailed it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 11:38:11 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 11:06:07 PM
In Reply To @ElieNYC
@ElieNYC @siracusa I haven't cried all day, but this one got me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 7:46:43 PM
In Reply To @chriscoyier
@chriscoyier When you love somebody
It's hard to think about anything but to breathe
When you love somebody
Bite your tongue, all you get is a mouthful of blood

https://t.co/KreNGvO22o
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 7:44:47 PM
In Reply To @angiecthomas
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 7:43:17 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf @WatsonLadd ok so the argument is that supporting "medicare for all" is supposed to be a magical instant re-election button, which clearly isn't true?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 7:39:05 PM
In Reply To @kpoulsen
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 7:37:20 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf @WatsonLadd I've been trying to follow this conversational arc through a number of your tweets but I'm failing. What's the underlying argument you are making? (Not disagreeing at all, I just don't understand.)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 7:09:07 PM
In Reply To @spies_please
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 6:27:50 PM
In Reply To @twang
@twang 🤲
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 4:57:43 PM
In Reply To @BrentO
@BrentO @Pinboard next week! 💪
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 4:31:12 PM
In Reply To @xor
@xor wow TIL that party still *exists* https://t.co/AYISTVUZTy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 4:28:18 PM
In Reply To @rmayemsinger
@rmayemsinger @wilshipley I suspect Trump will live a pretty good life grifting off the QAnon and MAGAsphere until he drifts off into complete senility
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 4:26:46 PM
In Reply To @seesharp
@seesharp @VanJones68 Zero chance of Trump giving a concession speech. In fact I give it a negative 100 percent chance of happening.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 4:12:10 PM
In Reply To @bijan
@bijan I've had him blocked for years
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 3:39:54 PM
In Reply To @andrewchen
@andrewchen oh no question dating is SUPER weird in the smartphone era. Can't say I've dated myself in a long, long time.. but music concerts *specifically*? I'm sticking to my guns on this one. The whole point is in-person. Sex, Drugs, and.. Rock and Roll
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 3:27:15 PM
In Reply To @andrewchen
@andrewchen eh, except the goal in e-sports isn't to get laid ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 3:25:24 PM
In Reply To @andrewchen
@andrewchen I am personally very skeptical about the music one. Seems least plausible of the bunch -- more like licensing deals (which is fine). Others could be viable.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 3:22:49 PM
In Reply To @andrewchen
@andrewchen sort of, if you view it as a music licensing deal. My son went to that.. he plays Fortnite.. but it wasn't much of a "concert"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 3:19:19 PM
In Reply To @andrewchen
@andrewchen it.. doesn't seem likely to me. Not for that particular case. I think others could work (education, workouts, etc)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 3:14:17 PM
In Reply To @andrewchen
@andrewchen maybe, at least with music / bands, the only real way to make money was in-person concerts? https://t.co/iM4zNo2K4z
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 2:13:44 PM
In Reply To @stillgray
@stillgray I think you're seeing this through your own particular lens. We're happy for both of those things. Good to see the worst president in the last 100 years sent packing, and it's also good to see competent, caring politicians voted in as president and VP.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 2:08:35 PM
In Reply To @joshmillard
@joshmillard yeah so, TL;DR I asked my mom in NC not to vote for Trump. For many reasons. But she did anyway, and regurgitated Fox News talking points as to why she "had" to do that..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 2:07:08 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek it's Georgia runoff time, my friend. Putting lots of attention there starting next week.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2020, 12:17:13 PM
In Reply To @Imani_Barbarin
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