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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2020, 1:34:27 PM
In Reply To @codesgood
@codesgood SP2 = Speedometer 2.0 https://t.co/Ily3kiXmQT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2020, 1:34:24 PM
In Reply To @nocashirl
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2020, 1:31:11 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
also, in before the "640kb of RAM should be enough for anyone" performance apologists
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2020, 1:23:04 PM
In Reply To @lizardbill
@lizardbill they should also be forced to do it on a whiteboard!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2020, 12:54:17 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@Ajoy34 @dhh @siracusa and, it *still* sucks on the Android side, but at least we have iPhone 7 level performance (assuming a very new Android device) which is.. enough.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2020, 12:44:36 PM
In Reply To @chrisma0
@chrisma0 those little USB voltage testers are super cheap on Amazon, I have two of them! Try it out!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2020, 12:09:24 PM
In Reply To @SwiftOnSecurity
@SwiftOnSecurity @NathanBowers It’s a little OP for “Among Us”
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2020, 11:59:52 AM
In Reply To @dhh
@dhh @siracusa This is actually my favorite part of 2020!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2020, 11:57:40 AM
In Reply To @JoannaStern
@JoannaStern They do pretty well. Except on the Android world where they barely exist. Try buying an Android tablet. I did. It’s basically impossible these days.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2020, 11:50:18 AM
In Reply To @NanoRaptor
@NanoRaptor @Foone I am surprised how disturbing this is
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 21, 2020, 12:36:38 AM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard License the Ramones! Make Sedation Great Again! https://t.co/I8Bovbcmuo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 9:32:16 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza where do I donate to make the hurting stop
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 8:45:57 PM
In Reply To @OmarShahine
@OmarShahine You have Edge Chromium
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 3:38:17 PM
In Reply To @joshmillard
@joshmillard it did make me stop and briefly ponder... *have* I ever masturbated during a meeting? No. The answer is no. No I have not.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 2:52:23 PM
In Reply To @dehora
@dehora agree. one of the grandparents recently said "Trump isn't acting like a president should" and I was like, yes, finally, thank you.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 2:51:07 PM
In Reply To @susanthesquark
@susanthesquark it feels exactly 27.7% as good as voting in Wyoming!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 2:23:51 PM
In Reply To @xor
@xor still very pissed about that Slack incident. That was *bad* with a capital B.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 2:21:20 PM
In Reply To @stshank
@stshank I mean, right. If you can't get rich and famous with a guitar this awesome then clearly you SUCK https://t.co/VcMdfOjJjq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 2:17:33 PM
In Reply To @jjg
@jjg exactly. bad parenting through and through
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 2:14:47 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles well, obviously, Class Action Park, duh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 1:58:59 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza oh no, there was another blog entry???
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 1:57:45 PM
In Reply To @xor
@xor in the general case, you're right, but we also have no idea how the site is hashing the passwords etc. I figure statistically we're screwed since the number of sites that require a password and that people use has grown exponentially
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 1:43:51 PM
In Reply To @xor
@xor well, actually.. if the attackers inject javascript that sends keystrokes, as happened to Slack early on.. but Slack kept very quiet about it. This super sucked btw https://t.co/n9JEKyKb4i
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 20, 2020, 12:27:03 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles I love these videos never stop making them
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2020, 7:45:49 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer only if you remove the compass cap, but yeah then it is SUPER loud
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2020, 5:38:00 PM
In Reply To @djbaskin
@djbaskin allow me to introduce you to twitter https://t.co/deVJOvqxU0
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2020, 5:36:40 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie aren't electric cars a big long term win here because they're fundamentally so much simpler, less parts, less complexity?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2020, 4:34:11 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
good news, everyone! https://t.co/TOnN7ZoEuX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2020, 4:17:15 PM
In Reply To @jwz
@jwz @textfiles @noamsml wait wait wait wait. {{citation needed}} on this fog machine juice thing
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2020, 3:06:16 PM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard @jackowayed geez you should blog this one (with all the examples) so we can all point to the blog entry and say "give directly to candidates, or don't bother"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2020, 3:05:20 PM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard well dang, this does not bode well for my "Jeff Atwood needs money" PAC.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2020, 1:49:22 PM
In Reply To @jwz
@jwz .. and you had to walk two miles in the snow each way to get to that terminal!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 19, 2020, 1:43:32 PM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard @Nexuist hiring botnets to post memes on social media would be so much more effective. I wish I was joking.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 10:30:19 PM
In Reply To @burtonachitect
@burtonachitect I've seen your face before, my friend, but I don't know if you know who I am
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 10:17:36 PM
In Reply To @burtonachitect
@burtonachitect ... is especially famous for his drum break towards the end, which has been described as "the sleekest, most melodramatic drum break in history" and one of the "101 Greatest Drumming Moments" https://t.co/siUlNSWJWu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 10:10:01 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway - no
- no
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 10:02:48 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
palate cleanser because that version realllly sucked https://t.co/qc4i4brRSa
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 8:49:43 PM
In Reply To @nedbat
@nedbat I used powerpoint.exe which, recently I found out, natively supports recording yourself via webcam along with the slides during a presentation.. then you save it as an mp4 file.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 7:53:13 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway urgh mini-USB is the literal worst
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 7:45:56 PM
In Reply To @susanthesquark
@susanthesquark no shame there. Jalapenos are fucking awesome! 🌶
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 7:39:33 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente 🧛‍♀️⚡ -- would go solar but we're still not sure if we will eventually add a second level to the house, or move, so..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 7:20:19 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza screenshot of your report needed! I MUST DEFEAT YOU MIGUEL 🥇
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 7:19:00 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer probably a liberal front propaganda operation of some kind
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 7:14:22 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley I feel like this is one of those mechanical claw games where the claw never actually grips anything
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 7:07:28 PM
In Reply To @aletta
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 7:04:59 PM
In Reply To @el_prakash
@el_prakash I have to, or else wildfires will consume me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 7:04:09 PM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek at least now that everyone(ish) works from home, the tables have been turned .. for a while..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 7:02:47 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
oh fine, NOW you get an extra $5 when you use Coinstar! Get coin-ing, people! 🪙 https://t.co/CpOkIedSj6
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 6:56:46 PM
In Reply To @patio11
@patio11 dang I must have just missed out on this https://t.co/7dZQJ9rpcs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 6:54:47 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I like to fantasize that those "90 homes within 1 mi that are similar size with gas heat" are all occupied by single, exceptionally frugal retirees
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 6:48:23 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@tqbf @Pinboard none of this means Dubya was particularly great. But Trump is a thousand year storm.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 6:47:37 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf @Pinboard bet stands. I'll place it with you, too. Because I'll win.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 6:44:36 PM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard I'll make a long bet with you, right now, to any charity of your choice that 20 years from now, Trump will be considered a worse president than Dubya by survey of credible historians
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 5:24:49 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@Pinboard it's more impressive when it's heroin
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 4:36:35 PM
In Reply To @cabel
@cabel @textfiles I had another one of these come through recently that was quite impressive as well. I had to really look closely to see that it was a sophisticated, semi-randomized handwriting font.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 2:58:50 PM
In Reply To @jwz
@jwz @OurWorldInData whynotbothgirl.gif
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 18, 2020, 12:11:55 AM
In Reply To @SparkyRobot
@SparkyRobot aw but I like you too much to fight you 😭
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 10:58:10 PM
In Reply To @kfury
@kfury @strebel @hunterwalk tell me you like those hideous Circus Peanuts and it's on https://t.co/bRtBBhGv8K
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 10:56:21 PM
In Reply To @oldJavaGuy
@oldJavaGuy @kfury well yeah american chocolate is like american cheese.. it's .. uhhh.. not.. good? Reese's PBC are consistently cited amongst the highest selling candies in the US year after year though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 10:52:35 PM
In Reply To @strebel
@strebel candy corn is bad and should feel bad
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 10:37:47 PM
In Reply To @louisgray
@louisgray @kfury I do actually like cola-flavored stuff a lot so I will concede this one. But I will die on the utterly disgusting hill of candy corn any day
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 10:36:22 PM
In Reply To @PBraunPA
@PBraunPA @consDragon64 @AoDespair @Jorgensen4POTUS throw yourself out, while you're at it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 10:29:30 PM
In Reply To @louisgray
@louisgray @kfury sweet jaysus no. All right, fine, bottle caps aren't TOO bad but why do they even need to exist in the same world where we can have Sweet Tarts
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 10:25:42 PM
In Reply To @betsyphd
@betsyphd the enemy of my enemy is my friend
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 10:24:53 PM
In Reply To @hunterwalk
@hunterwalk @kfury Candy corn is like eating emulsified shame.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 9:27:32 PM
In Reply To @rohitdotmittal
@rohitdotmittal @patio11 The cliff's notes to Death of a Salesman, basically. https://t.co/xJqUVJKu9F
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 9:16:24 PM
In Reply To @patio11
@patio11 I have to really fight the urge not to pass out every time I read the words "consumer fintech"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 8:54:05 PM
In Reply To @Duderichy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 8:49:15 PM
In Reply To @magnayn
@magnayn @tgibriday @ID_AA_Carmack there *are* OLED display laptops, though. Not aware of widespraid uber-fails in that regard. Google it and let me know if that's the case, but I don't.. think it is?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 8:41:35 PM
In Reply To @wojno
@wojno I think the "we didn't like that it got folded weird" explanation works best, which is fine
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 8:40:55 PM
In Reply To @danbrotherston
@danbrotherston @onlxn @tqbf kayfabe my friend.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 8:27:32 PM
In Reply To @onlxn
@onlxn @tqbf well yeah we (well, some of us) knew this from his rasslin' career. it is a skill. rasslin' is popular.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 7:57:10 PM
In Reply To @wojno
@wojno I weighed it folded over (to be sure it was all on the weighing platform) and it's still under 0.8 oz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 7:53:23 PM
In Reply To @jbqueru
@jbqueru @HudsonPvt Dubya seems like a dream candidate these days
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 7:52:11 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I am gonna edit this into my Wikipedia entry
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 7:51:29 PM
In Reply To @adamwwolf
@adamwwolf Yes, there is the "future Trump acolyte, but actually competent" school of thought which is frankly god damn terrifying
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 7:47:08 PM
In Reply To @patio11
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 7:39:44 PM
In Reply To @ehippy
@ehippy What do you mean? I get the completely, absolutely, totally fair 27.7% of the value of a vote in Wyoming. Democracy in action, it's a beautiful thing! https://t.co/LzsJL5cZBE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 7:28:53 PM
In Reply To @MedecineLibre
@MedecineLibre @andrewmaxey nah I send tons of stuff in the mail and 99% of the time it goes as expected. And 0.5% of the time it is me being obstinate in the way I mail things, tbh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 7:24:57 PM
In Reply To @andrewmaxey
@andrewmaxey not very. like 3 stickers thick. My *guess* is they didn't like that it kinda got folded up in processing and were like "wtf is this, send it back"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 7:20:39 PM
In Reply To @Foone
@Foone tickertape parade / snow is nightmare mode for video compression
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 6:59:24 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf I too am a deletionist, so I (rarely) enter these conversations like https://t.co/zipsdCYypB
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 6:39:46 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@Pinboard thing is, just like the middle east situation, they're both kinda right in their own ways, and hashing out what that means will take lifetimes
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 6:39:00 PM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard deletionists vs inclusionists is as long term a battle as anything the middle east has ever produced.. perhaps moreso
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 6:35:18 PM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie Mulligatawny
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 5:50:35 PM
In Reply To @John_Fogerty
@John_Fogerty Hi from El Cerrito, @John_Fogerty .. Phil the barber says Hi (also my barber!)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 5:16:55 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@JasonPunyon don't make me come over there Punyon
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 5:11:28 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I am listening to this playlist now and it is, sadly, a fairly accurate depiction of my musical tastes. For better or worse.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 5:09:15 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake @mathowie I need to check in with my family expert on this topic, @betsyphd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 5:03:07 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
sittin' here flossin.. peep my steelo https://t.co/kRmec6yDvV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 17, 2020, 4:22:41 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
And much thanks to @foone for making this possible! I've mailed the drive back with a number of fun presents added. Check out his work! https://t.co/vmG89VJdZL https://t.co/RQVKlpXlT0
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