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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2020, 12:17:00 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer It will not work, except as a quack placebo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 6, 2020, 12:09:17 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain Switch Labo is quite fun https://t.co/a6KWue00SD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 9:50:11 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer he can take all the cloraquawhatsit he wants in my book! just pour it in there!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 9:42:06 PM
In Reply To @rayhatfield
@rayhatfield @discourse all good. you're absolutely correct, everything should be snopes-ed! 🙇‍♂️
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 9:37:27 PM
In Reply To @rayhatfield
@rayhatfield did I *say* he wrote it? ;) Also I'm proud to mention Snopes is a @discourse customer! 👍
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 7:55:10 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer does anyone even remember what a POD is?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 7:31:39 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek @Twitter lol the inventor of email guy, I had forgotten about him
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 7:30:46 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @lizardbill This reminds me, I need to re-watch Dredd (2012)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 6:05:25 PM
In Reply To @RageousX
@RageousX awesome! 👏
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 6:03:13 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Well, that lasted about 3 years of EDC. I guess I could have pushed it a bit further? Here's the new one. https://t.co/sZbVhF9yz6 https://t.co/XCrv01LamA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 4:26:51 PM
In Reply To @john_lam
@john_lam @textfiles omg a-team acoustic modem! 😍
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 4:12:10 PM
In Reply To @kennwhite
@kennwhite @kpoulsen yeah agree, the tradeoffs are squarely in the "worth it" category at the moment (education in a remote only world) and the company seems serious about fixing their product
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 4:07:26 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer also I am into very expensive neon yellow urine.. https://t.co/DzJYhkGS7t
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 4:00:26 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer I already take Omnium each day, it makes me super hero strong man!! 💪 https://t.co/KkqlNdDLYb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 2:46:35 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life OK, that is fair, I am now partially convinced
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 1:46:32 PM
In Reply To @drewtetz
@drewtetz love this, particularly the color spread
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 1:28:33 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles @sharpieblamer this certainly explains some other very odd stores I see around towns nearby
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 12:48:18 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza Well, people were legit taking fish aquarium antibiotics so there is *some* medical precedent
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 12:43:41 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza “What do you have to lose?” You could lose.. your.. life?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 10:20:03 AM
In Reply To @shog9
@shog9 There may be hot singles in your area
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 2:38:10 AM
In Reply To @djbaskin
@djbaskin holy cow that blew up!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 2:15:26 AM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet simplification is almost always the correct call. I can show you screenshots of Discourse in 2013 side by side with Discourse today and.. it's clear that we made it too complex in 2013. It's such a common mistake!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 1:42:29 AM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet more than one textbox is a problem, you say? ;) https://t.co/2GMbBMqXR1
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 12:49:12 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@textfiles @dnalounge "Thank you for your generous donation! With your support, we will prevent this place from being turned into a Pottery Barn!" 🤣
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 5, 2020, 12:44:48 AM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles @dnalounge loooove Bootie mashups. Donated.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 10:20:47 PM
In Reply To @djbaskin
@djbaskin I am ashamed to admit it took me like a full minute to get this 🤣
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 10:16:19 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 10:14:35 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@stevesi but us Amiga people were always elitists, what with our fancy multitasking GUI and fancy multi-chip systems
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 10:13:33 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@stevesi it's funny because in college (1988-1992) I was all like "IBM PC is shit!" until I lived with a hallmate running Windows 3.0 and I was .. kind of impressed with it despite myself?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 10:12:03 PM
In Reply To @superwuster
@superwuster it says "Last daily update on April 1, 2020. Please check back on Saturday, April 4 for our next update." Has it been updated? https://t.co/npLHkbtRRi
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 10:09:26 PM
In Reply To @stevesi
@stevesi I have some classics in my office but not 1.0 https://t.co/chpQTdRzDh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 9:10:27 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek @sudogene mask buddies! We're making masks also. Everyone should be..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 8:20:48 PM
In Reply To @joshk
@joshk @BillGates Bill is not fucking around. Much respect. 🙇‍♂️
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 8:15:31 PM
In Reply To @jeffsand
@jeffsand look at you makin' it happen 🙌
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 8:11:21 PM
In Reply To @Joseph_Mike
@Joseph_Mike @Carnage4Life that's what blows my mind 🤯
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 6:10:30 PM
In Reply To @TimSweeneyEpic
@TimSweeneyEpic buckling spring is truly old old school indeed
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 6:00:33 PM
In Reply To @jwz
@jwz That's So Jwz™
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 5:50:46 PM
In Reply To @sudogene
@sudogene TIL! We're making masks soon.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 5:46:23 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
and this is me, cashing an old school physical hosting check for Discourse yesterday (it's a 6+ months old wildfire era re-used N95, don't @ me) https://t.co/3kldb0I1lU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 5:35:11 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life I'll take a contrarian opinion. Being able to change your mind is a key life skill, and they are on the right trajectory. Doesn't atone for bad leadership of course (and I agree!!), but it's kinda wrong to dunk on this one IMO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 4:45:22 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@Carnage4Life but I also agree with the rollback, too big of a change at the worst possible time
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 4:44:56 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life it does kinda hold up, in my opinion. the third party cookie defaults are totally out of control at the moment, absolute lawless wasteland
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 4:42:41 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life I don't think it's a conspiracy. The change is valid and solid. It's just a BIG change at a particularly not-great time.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 4:41:56 PM
In Reply To @_m_b_j_
@_m_b_j_ @maybebobparr video and voice (and real time chat) are important spices. They shouldn't be the whole meal, though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 4:21:16 PM
In Reply To @Cantu5Andy
@Cantu5Andy @guitarcoder lot of weightlifters and diet people though. Diet industry is legit huuuuge
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 4:15:23 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
and just a reminder: I'm not actually talented. I'm just a good storyteller. You could be too. https://t.co/2gQ32hnFFt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 4:14:14 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
We insist that discussions are better and more useful when they’re made up of complete sentences and ideally, a series of paragraphs that tell a coherent story. Being a great storyteller will help you in your career more than anything else I can think of. Work towards that. 💪
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 4:06:08 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life maybe they'll gut the massive and needlessly expensive layer of middle management we have in education and healthcare here in the US. See "administrative costs" https://t.co/EQsYfqmp2K
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 4:01:43 PM
In Reply To @mattparkins
@mattparkins I knew it was the case in the past, but like the old 140 character limit, I thought maybe they had "fixed" it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 3:57:18 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
in other news, I learned starting a tweet with an at-username makes it not show up in your public timeline, still
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 3:53:32 PM
In Reply To @BasedBlue
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 3:48:36 PM
In Reply To @_m_b_j_
@_m_b_j_ preach! this is why we founded @discourse -- power of the paragraph 😊
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 3:46:10 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jasonfried hard no on the latter
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 3:30:10 PM
In Reply To @guitarcoder
@guitarcoder @Cantu5Andy another metric I use which might be helpful: which industries have the most stadiums named after them? That's a high index of questionability, and there are a LOT named after mattress firms.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 3:23:56 PM
In Reply To @Cantu5Andy
@Cantu5Andy omg you're right!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 3:11:34 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek ugh. I used to like Dr. Drew back in the lovelines radio days. Pals with Scott Adams is a huuuuuge red flag.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 2:22:33 PM
In Reply To @OmarShahine
@OmarShahine is silicone an acceptable mask material per testing? I know cotton gets a pass for sure based on the data I've seen.. but .. silicone?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 1:37:49 PM
In Reply To @mmuekk
@mmuekk The article says this, if you actually read it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 4, 2020, 3:15:21 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
"He wrote his senior thesis on Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck and Claude Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande. He graduated in 1963, and later studied at UCLA, from which he earned a master's degree in folklore and ethnomusicology." HOLY SHIT Y'ALL 🤯 https://t.co/XhWj2TnXF5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 11:09:55 PM
In Reply To @joekiller
@joekiller @iontodirel people use optane!?!?!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 10:48:09 PM
In Reply To @gpickin
@gpickin @gamesover @codesector yeah robocopy.exe is built into Windows 10 and very mature!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 9:33:59 PM
In Reply To @braiamp
@braiamp I am the opposite of NAS guy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 9:33:38 PM
In Reply To @RHJOfficial
@RHJOfficial no, I need to monitor this.. MUST. SEE. EVERY. PERCENT.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 9:33:20 PM
In Reply To @gamesover
@gamesover @codesector just windows 10 generic GUI file copy. like Forrest Gump, I am a simple man!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 9:32:27 PM
In Reply To @joekiller
@joekiller @iontodirel no way that any non-crap m.2 SSD and spinning rust have similar sequential speeds {{citation needed}}
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 9:17:58 PM
In Reply To @iontodirel
@iontodirel that's because it is copying from an HDD my man, that's the whole point, to get *off* the spinning rust
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 6:33:32 PM
In Reply To @lizardbill
@lizardbill I heard him for the first time today (brief drive for required errands, in mask and gloves) and it was a revelation. Imagine actual FUCKING leadership. I had no idea how much I missed that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 6:08:32 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer I think they have gotten a bit better in the last few years.. I ordered some NERF mods recently and the quality and durability was notably improved
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 6:06:10 PM
In Reply To @spies_please
@spies_please resting LOVE face
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 5:46:57 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@bookatmac @kylealden @2ndClassClown benches look pretty solid to me, but yeah if it was a primary boot drive I'd go Samsung for sure
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 5:46:12 PM
In Reply To @webbookmatic
@bookatmac @kylealden @2ndClassClown well, it's for media, so it doesn't need to be top shelf. but it got a good review, and I do insist on real M.2.. https://t.co/yYu1MfY5FV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 5:44:25 PM
In Reply To @chinhdo
@chinhdo yeah raw is tough, like if you do 1:1 blu-ray rips. Those files are GINORMOUS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 4:43:21 PM
In Reply To @orienwu
@orienwu @CraigEwert SSDs have gotten very reliable indeed in the last 5 years. Didn't use to be the case tho. See https://t.co/mgpUpBa9TH
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 4:42:51 PM
In Reply To @chinhdo
@chinhdo yeah 10TB is gonna be a looong while. I consolidated down from 4TB (2 x 2TB), I figured ain't nobody need THAT much media lol
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 4:42:11 PM
In Reply To @2ndClassClown
@2ndClassClown $230 for 2TB. Used to be more like $500+
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 4:22:47 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@deadprogrammer also.. who cares? hand washing works. Why do we need sanitizer? bring a bottle of soap and water mix.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 4:21:41 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer unfortunately human idiocy is a uniquely difficult thing to treat, hence.. exponential spread
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 3:58:26 PM
In Reply To @jeffsand
@jeffsand @PopeyesChicken we had Popeyes last night too!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 3:57:02 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer yet again exponential growth brah its like you aren't hearing me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 3, 2020, 3:19:39 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer Buy everclear make your own. Better supply line
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2020, 6:55:51 PM
In Reply To @Nullcast
@Nullcast @waxy yeah I agree. It is this, plus holding more than you normally would, which is also natural -- "I need to have enough for one month in the current environment"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2020, 1:17:11 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly @cazwax @MitchellBaker that's what I keep telling @featheredtoast ! I do like our nest door camera and thermometer tho!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2020, 1:12:58 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly @cazwax @MitchellBaker don't let this go all Nest Smoke Detector on you. Ain't nobody got time for that
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2020, 6:08:30 AM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life NEGATIVE A HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE PERCENT Dare
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2020, 2:17:12 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
rngesus has chosn you, @IanLopshire -- and thank you to everyone for raising $1744.20 for the great slate! https://t.co/k7MPRVRQ8Q
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2020, 2:11:30 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
ok we're good! That's over 30 donations to @pinboard's great slate. Thank you all very much! Let me get the stats together and pray to rngesus for a winner 🙏
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2020, 12:58:14 AM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard house would *never* have flipped, and there would have been utter gridlock in other dimensions though. Trump completey sucks, but "clinton won" is not a panacea either.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 2, 2020, 12:00:29 AM
In Reply To @tonyt451
@tonyztan excellent point, thank you
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 1, 2020, 11:19:30 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
minor correction this is the 64gb model. Still an amazing deal for $40 ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 1, 2020, 11:16:16 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
USA entries only please, I can't deal with international shipping at this time. And yes it will be wiped down *thoroughly*
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 1, 2020, 8:58:58 PM
In Reply To @kipkniskern
@kipkniskern @Carnage4Life That’s why you would need to buy the top 25 or 50
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