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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 28, 2019, 9:32:13 AM
In Reply To @mathowie
@mathowie @Carnage4Life I think this is a step beyond what FF does
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 28, 2019, 9:29:56 AM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life yeah mobile is the real wildcard here, I doubt Desktop Safari will make much of a difference since people can easily switch browsers
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 28, 2019, 9:20:35 AM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life they should do it. if it breaks enough stuff, people will just stop using desktop Safari .. though it is true Mobile Safari users will be in quite a tough 🥒 given the lack of real options for browsers on iOS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 11:34:12 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente Apple has forsaken you! I think long press with device shake will still be there, though?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 11:05:38 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Like literally triple clicking a mouse has better usability than 3D touch 😖
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 11:04:49 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
But honestly what's not to love about "press harder! no not that hard! Too hard again! Softer! No not quite that soft!"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 11:02:00 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I disabled this feature years ago and forgot it existed (again) until I read this article
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 9:15:07 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley WHOA disney is making a laptop?!?!?!?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 9:08:04 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly give Sinner season 2 a try, it's way up there for tough to watch as well. Very good though
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 8:48:54 PM
In Reply To @fmajowich
@fmajowich @Tesla ironically, they might pull an Apple and declare their software is so awesome it would be lessened by optional carplay integration.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 8:37:41 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles nice, I'll see if I can make it so I can harass you in person rather than just digitally
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 3:33:44 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
it is hard to express exactly how much this movie blew my mind as a teenager https://t.co/5WuKcf8aCR
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 1:49:19 PM
In Reply To @stevesi
@stevesi @OmarShahine not really "the operating system" though is it. Also, a weird place to do that!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 1:28:01 PM
In Reply To @stevesi
@stevesi @OmarShahine It blows my mind that it took 20 years to get basic clipboard history in Windows
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 27, 2019, 11:20:05 AM
In Reply To @named_none
@named_none Yeah I was gonna mention that one but I figured others would, it was fairly popular in sci-fi circles. Definitely worth a watch, though I found it a tad predictable.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2019, 11:07:03 PM
In Reply To @dehora
@dehora @adrianfcole Defaults are pretty much the whole game
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2019, 8:47:07 PM
In Reply To @mckaywrigley
@mckaywrigley recently, Upgrade (2018)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2019, 8:38:22 PM
In Reply To @sonicRaf
@sonicRaf matching hashes, that's how passwords are stored, not plain text
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2019, 3:42:36 PM
In Reply To @ironicsans
@ironicsans @TJ_Cooney @SpaceX well that was disturbing
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 26, 2019, 12:14:48 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@jamesthomson Needs real D100 though. They are hilarious! And the number embossing effect seems a bit off to me? Other than that, brilliant work!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 11:52:11 PM
In Reply To @jamesthomson
@jamesthomson It’s *really* well done. Kudos.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 11:19:03 PM
In Reply To @bitpixi
@bitpixi Yes but this was WILDLY out of context, I mean not within 700 nautical miles of the actual thing being discussed
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 11:18:11 PM
In Reply To @andrenaleen
@andrenaleen Never forget
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 11:04:37 PM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg @rashmi Right but this was a completely imaginary problem, if someone asks you to help, you help, if not, then you don’t need to. Simple. Why was any additional commentary even needed?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 6:08:47 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles here's a guy who had a SUUUUPER bad divorce
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 6:03:12 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles yeah I can sometimes hold my nose if the creator isn't TOO bad but this guy is grade A++++ hideous
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 5:44:47 PM
In Reply To @achkasov
@achkasov pff that lacks GPU and RTX effects
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 5:43:01 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
There I fixed it https://t.co/MBkZm2L4j8
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 3:16:42 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
"That's why it makes you feel good when you tell them it was just a joke." -- Jack Handey
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 2:43:39 PM
In Reply To @Dieulot
@Dieulot why should we?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 1:32:08 PM
In Reply To @OmarShahine
@OmarShahine This needs a lot more pictures it is too text heavy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 25, 2019, 1:01:08 PM
In Reply To @bryanray
@bryanray The car software supports timers as a built in feature, I think almost all EVs have this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2019, 7:15:44 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I am not sure how I survived this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2019, 8:36:33 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
And yes, it certainly helps if your founder isn’t a rage-filled sociopath
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2019, 6:05:41 AM
In Reply To @kalimatafsiri
@kalimatafsiri About 250 mile range. We don’t drive a lot, I work from home
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2019, 12:15:40 AM
In Reply To @cbonsig
@cbonsig @randygarcia Yeah it feels unnecessary
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 24, 2019, 12:15:04 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Remember when I said electric cars feel kinda like giant smartphones? This one has a 3 bar “battery charge” indicator right on the dash. 3 green bars = full. https://t.co/wcJbdCLurJ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 10:19:37 PM
In Reply To @mootinator
@mootinator @DarrellMSU @lowellheddings nah, it's still useful so you know who to fire.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 10:09:23 PM
In Reply To @kwiens
@kwiens @megreenwell yeah I concur that was awesome @megreenwell 👏
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 9:56:43 PM
In Reply To @jeffwhelpley
@jeffwhelpley @lowellheddings well I was being optimistic, probably more like 200 years
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 9:55:54 PM
In Reply To @DocPop
@DocPop I re read this recently and man, huge swaths of this did NOT age well. Central idea is solid.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 9:54:52 PM
In Reply To @NateTheFinch
@NateTheFinch @lowellheddings Yeah that's true, I can see your point there. Still, the obstacle to virtually everything at this point is 🍊🤡 so.. what is there to discuss? That's the clear, obvious, and only course of action.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 9:39:20 PM
In Reply To @ncrow
@ncrow yeah I know, but the motion detection is really iffy for me. I'd rather switch it into "only on explicit button press" mode if I could (but I can't)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 9:08:04 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
surveillers gonna surveil
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 9:07:03 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I would prefer it if it cached ~5 seconds of video locally and then only dumped it to the cloud on "event" (button press) rather than always unconditionally streaming to the 🤡, but oh well
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 5:39:18 PM
In Reply To @EricRichards22
@EricRichards22 well it's definitely dead now, if it wasn't before
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 5:03:21 PM
In Reply To @Beschizza
@Beschizza yeah, that and a few other categories of product show this off perfectly. Mini-PCs for example (which I love). Recently, I looked at arcade machines (pandora's box), same thing.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 11:30:19 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
The other funny thing is that every credit and debit card I have absolutely loses their 💩 over “fraud prevention” when I order directly from aliexpress, but if I order *exactly* the same product through a thinly disguised Amazon reseller, totes fine
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 5:04:38 AM
In Reply To @nidonocu
@nidonocu aluminininininium
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 3:00:41 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
also major props to @oddheader for a) reading the game's credits b) identifying the texture artists c) contacting them all d) ultimately getting the actual story from the real people. It was damn near.. journalism?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 2:42:13 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I researched this more and, hilariously, there are pirate versions of the PIRATE VERSIONS. "Pandora's Box 9" is a cheap clone ripoff of .. Pandora's Box 6. Which is of course a bunch of completely ripped off unlicensed ROMs to start with 🤣
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 23, 2019, 1:56:17 AM
In Reply To @paulg
@paulg naw, it's gonna be JavaScript
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 11:17:23 PM
In Reply To @NirantK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 10:35:32 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@betsyphd Also I couldn't use my primary google account, either, because it was a paid "G suite" account. That Strategy Tax is a hell of a drug my friends. A *hell* of a drug.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 10:31:33 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@betsyphd let's just say this path .. was not easy to figure out
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 9:31:31 PM
In Reply To @chaosaltar
@chaosaltar depends how much you drive on the daily; if you drive less than 40 miles a day you can literally get away with an extension cord at any power outlet, anywhere
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 9:29:30 PM
In Reply To @jbqueru
@jbqueru @stevesi most people charge at home or work fairly easily. the variable is stores / shops.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 9:04:29 PM
In Reply To @jonobacon
@jonobacon not a day over 30 either of you 😎
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 7:39:51 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@Carnage4Life @kevindente also there's a reason the WhatsApp founders got the hell out. No way they'd support the facebook changes to their app, they didn't, but they took billions on the way out of course
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 7:31:49 PM
In Reply To @stevesi
@stevesi 250 is a very good number. I think 300 will happen soon as well, and at that point "range anxiety" becomes.. obsolete IMO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 7:28:33 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life @kevindente I think it's the other way around; as part of a large org you are beholden to arbitrary targets you don't get to set.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 7:19:05 PM
In Reply To @QuinnyPig
@QuinnyPig touché
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 7:10:42 PM
In Reply To @ZachWeiner
@ZachWeiner shoot it with a gun and put it on youtube, that'll show 'em
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 7:08:42 PM
In Reply To @QuinnyPig
@QuinnyPig @susanthesquark did.. did.. they find the treasure
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 7:08:17 PM
In Reply To @susanthesquark
@susanthesquark BART shoulda been used for this route
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 7:00:26 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain snek hand
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 6:59:49 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente @Carnage4Life being their own entity means they could set stricter policies about what they allow rather than being subjected to the whims of mega-parent-company. When's the last time someone complained about white supremacists on Vimeo?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 6:43:45 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life seriously? Being free from The Strategy Tax! Remember YouTube being forced to add Google+ features? Instagram being able to set its own policies that better reflect its userbase
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 6:23:49 PM
In Reply To @andrewje_home
@andrewje_home still early days without a doubt. You could get an electric scooter, pop it in the trunk, park at a nearby charging station for work, and then electric scoot into work 😏
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 5:45:11 PM
In Reply To @LaceySnr
@LaceySnr I will be looking at the Model Y, if it's ever available.. I am guessing 2022?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 5:00:32 PM
In Reply To @chaosaltar
@chaosaltar yeah you gotta charge at 1) home 2) work 3) shopping so it'll need to be work or shopping in your case!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 4:43:23 PM
In Reply To @tobermatt
@tobermatt @eviltrout yeah plus if you are in a high rise urban area, the electrical infra is all around you
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 1:38:34 AM
In Reply To @seesharp
@seesharp send lots and lots of money https://t.co/gkRKNutrAo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 22, 2019, 1:38:01 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@eviltrout @msl0t sorry more like 10 hours at 4 miles/hour, so 40 miles of charge with a plain vanilla extension cord to the wall. Thus it depends how many miles you drive every day..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 8:21:49 PM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard aren't we helping it plenty already?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 7:34:51 PM
In Reply To @clayheaton
@clayheaton @lowellheddings no, that'd be Doom.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 7:28:26 PM
In Reply To @j3sj3sj3s
@bioxcession @lowellheddings I liked Mario 64 though!! A lot, actually.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 7:02:55 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza oh man it would be a real shame if anything happened to that sticker
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 6:51:51 PM
In Reply To @atgarone
@atgarone @aaron_mciver @EricRichards22 oh yeah 5 dudes and golf clubs, not a full charge, sounds like a recipe for.. challenges. That is an "absolutely start with full charge" scenario from the forum topic!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 6:45:34 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@aaron_mciver @atgarone @EricRichards22 So I think your neighbor is kinda mistaken, or at least, that contradicts what multiple other people have posted online 🤷‍♂️
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 6:44:44 PM
In Reply To @aaron_mciver
@aaron_mciver @atgarone @EricRichards22 That doesn't seem right; it's only a 116 mile drive per Google Maps. People were doing it in 2014 per this topic https://t.co/ofopQRioVg
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 6:25:05 PM
In Reply To @magnayn
@magnayn mostly it's just .. funny. I don't think it's trying to be a serious movie. Check out The Lobster!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 6:08:19 PM
In Reply To @janoc200
@janoc200 you definitely didn't watch the video and have apparently made up your mind. Look at the actual stats on 10 year old electrics, they're out there. Battery replacement rates are VERY low, and that was with 10 year old battery tech!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 6:06:58 PM
In Reply To @ClumsyPilot
@ClumsyPilot You can factor in solar and many other converging trends, too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 5:11:58 PM
In Reply To @atgarone
@atgarone @aaron_mciver @EricRichards22 aren't there multiple supercharger locations between those two points?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 4:54:31 PM
In Reply To @f0da
@f0da @chetfaliszek @marc_laidlaw HL2 enemy AI does not feel smart in any way, at all, whatsoever. It's just bad.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 4:27:39 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek @marc_laidlaw what killed HL2 for me is that the enemy AI is so atrociously bad. Especially depressing since HL1 had such interesting enemy AIs https://t.co/tpI9AdP8Ed
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 9:28:16 AM
In Reply To @nberardi
@nberardi Read the blog post comments for context, it was someone else’s situation not mine.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 8:48:29 AM
In Reply To @aaron_mciver
@aaron_mciver @SwissTeslaphile @EricRichards22 @Tesla As long as you have access to a level 3 charger, 1 hour of parking (while eating, etc) will get you to 80% charge no problem.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 8:46:45 AM
In Reply To @andrewje_home
@andrewje_home 1. Home 2. Work 3. Shopping / Movies / Stores — one or more of those places.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 8:41:05 AM
In Reply To @scottkorin
@scottkorin Montana, ND, SD, and Wyo are .. uh .. “special” when it comes to level 3 chargers https://t.co/4ugkqV0yAw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 3:22:04 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@MicahToll @ElectrekCo "nope protocol initiated" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 3:18:51 AM
In Reply To @MicahToll
@MicahToll @ElectrekCo oh nice I'm loving your site! Are you reviewing the other fast one yet, the mantis?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 21, 2019, 12:47:58 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
This is weird/great in the same way that The Lobster was. And I looooved The Lobster!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Aug 20, 2019, 11:58:50 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
hey @mathowie there are parts of ths article that are highly resonant of the NPR piece on "The End of Empathy".
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