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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2019, 9:06:02 PM
In Reply To @jjm5280
@jmease @Hanzo55 yeah this seems quite low to me
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2019, 8:59:50 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Here's a link to the kit. All the "Be Amazing!" science kits are really really cool as well https://t.co/nAFfdW2D3U
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2019, 8:44:03 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
We got the Spengler mentos rube kit (he has lots of little fun science kits) and it definitely worked better https://t.co/jpzWmxpOMe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2019, 8:03:08 PM
In Reply To @willium
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2019, 8:00:38 PM
In Reply To @coultonvento
@coultonvento @dmartincy @Hanzo55 lol nice, I actually hadn't seen that one either!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2019, 6:29:35 PM
In Reply To @dmartincy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2019, 6:26:31 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
this is a real thing in case it wasn't clear https://t.co/JHVibz12S7
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2019, 9:45:19 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
the good news is that ~2015 SSDs are *very* reliable now, shockingly so. I hope the ding-dang LED bulbs can get on the same engineering train?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2019, 7:32:45 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer I will be using that on our trip. Trtl travel pillow
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 10:14:45 PM
In Reply To @troutgirl
@troutgirl @kabulykos @sarahjeong agreed, that's why I said it absorbs a lot of the same tensions. Not to the same degree but they are definitely there.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 9:55:00 PM
In Reply To @troutgirl
@troutgirl @kabulykos @sarahjeong This is usually based on a misunderstanding of what Stack Overflow is for, e.g. https://t.co/QpiBf8lKA6 TL;DR think "wikipedia hybrid" so it absorbs a lot of the same tensions
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 7:17:38 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway you do that Jonr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 4:43:11 PM
In Reply To @stevesi
@stevesi They probably could have internally spelled it in some weird phonetical way to get around that?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 3:22:48 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Also remarkable: against all odds, the sequel to Trainspotting was quite good
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 3:18:13 AM
In Reply To @Zyberst
@Zyberst it's relentlessly bleak, I think maybe the darkest TV series I've ever watched. I would be *really* curious which TV series one could classify as darker than this one...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 2:16:54 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I left my heart in Gilead 💔
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 12:53:23 AM
In Reply To @chadloder
@chadloder @sarahjeong @TechJournalist @Werner Technically you can tap-and-hold 😏
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 12:41:34 AM
In Reply To @sarahjeong
@sarahjeong Well it is a kind of a sibling site of Stack Overflow .. so it is a question of how willing people are to see SO as a site normals have heard of? I’m not sure
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2019, 12:27:19 AM
In Reply To @kabulykos
@kabulykos @sarahjeong One of the few and maybe the only with elected moderators. Actual elections.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2019, 11:38:34 PM
In Reply To @pvn
@pvn @kwiens I just hire people randomly by lottery so it's *super* fair to everyone
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2019, 11:37:50 PM
In Reply To @stevesi
@stevesi I'm still processing "homemade submarine" personally
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2019, 11:15:34 PM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek @jessfraz you're a good man Leon
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2019, 10:53:16 PM
In Reply To @jessfraz
@jessfraz Why would you post this I can't even look at that I have to go lie down with a hot towel over my face for a while now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2019, 8:20:33 PM
In Reply To @kwiens
@kwiens wait you give interviewees a *grammar* test? 🤯
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2019, 4:07:27 PM
In Reply To @manojlds
@manojlds I have some very bad news for you about season 2. I also liked season 1..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 11, 2019, 2:49:25 AM
In Reply To @AshwiniGaddagi
@AshwiniGaddagi yeah it super did not work for me, I was surprised how much I didn't care for it. Wasn't *bad*, per se, but it just wasn't.. good? Kinda meh?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2019, 7:10:34 PM
In Reply To @willcharczuk
@willcharczuk @deadprogrammer I was planning to lick it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2019, 7:04:49 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer we will be instagram influencing so hard.. SO HARD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2019, 6:53:04 PM
In Reply To @cshirky
@cshirky I want to make sure this is linked here as well because it is strongly related and I love it so much https://t.co/8bzWrLH1yx
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2019, 6:02:25 PM
In Reply To @Frang
@Frang mine is from the original kickstarter but chinese knockoffs are much much cheaper.. not sure about quality though https://t.co/IGvDbUeP6o
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2019, 5:29:05 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I also enjoy the putty a lot but you REALLY have to be careful not to let it collect crud https://t.co/QhHvvsLrcO
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2019, 4:46:03 PM
In Reply To @cwodtke
@cwodtke @davidjbland 🤣 impruined
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 10, 2019, 2:43:50 PM
In Reply To @2happy1sad
@2happy1sad @ILOVETHEHAWK It's more like a self-ban, really. The first sentence is quite telling.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 9, 2019, 6:22:51 PM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard so maybe the winner is declared one way or the other, and then they can shut down the political contributions? When will this WAR CLOUD 🌩 be awarded?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 9, 2019, 5:32:10 PM
In Reply To @Summerson
@Summerson it's in the reply I just made, https://t.co/DmjdLyGakS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 9, 2019, 5:25:24 PM
In Reply To @ewout
@ewout @Pinboard I think @pinboard was pretty busy last year. I hope you're girding your loins for 2020
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 9, 2019, 5:09:27 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
today is #CowAppreciationDay for the record https://t.co/Xwnmb7Rgtr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 9, 2019, 4:54:49 PM
In Reply To @taviso
@taviso so what you're *really* saying is .. this is ... your fault? 🤔
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 9, 2019, 4:36:13 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Ah yes thanks to @0xA81 for remembering this link as well https://t.co/cj8rZgt08q
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 9, 2019, 4:24:35 PM
In Reply To @TommyLee
@TommyLee @jeffsand @azureadvocates is... is.. is.. one of them dead?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 9, 2019, 3:57:05 PM
In Reply To @JoeriHarleman
@JoeriHarleman I didn't mention it in the tweet but I did reset BIOS by popping the battery, no change (these mobos have an old newest bios circa 2017 so they're all up to date from the factory)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 10:52:02 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
wow this is a bizarre ebay search. Lots of cheesecake for sale. And then the profoundly weird. https://t.co/Tqi6FA1Zhw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 8:53:43 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life mac only though from what I saw
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 5:07:42 PM
In Reply To @theolivenbaum
@theolivenbaum compatibility list is irrelevant based on the other ~100 servers we've built. same modules work fine in identical servers, yes.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 4:55:57 PM
In Reply To @rory_blyth
@rory_blyth keep rollin' that d100 friend
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 4:27:42 PM
In Reply To @asiermartinez
@asiermartinez It's definitely possible, but easier to replace the chassis and mobo together
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 4:15:02 PM
In Reply To @bnstnfld
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 3:55:54 PM
In Reply To @almaximal
@almaximal It's not the max though, 256GB would be (32GB DIMMs)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 3:31:36 PM
In Reply To @DawidFerenczy
@DawidFerenczy nope, they are all good and they all pass memtest. Anyway I swapped the RAM as I already said.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 3:30:42 PM
In Reply To @GioAltelino
@GioAltelino yes the newest bios is pretty old, this is broadwell xeons
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 3:22:22 PM
In Reply To @jjerome
@jjerome I did try replacing RAM but it didn't make any difference
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 3:19:18 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
my theory is this is a bad motherboard
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 8, 2019, 3:18:34 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
reproduced slow perf at home, then... replaced CPU: still slow replaced RAM: still slow pulled all but 32GB, full speed (!) pulled all but 64GB, full speed (!) pulled all but 96GB, full speed (!) full 128GB, slow again 😵😖😕
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2019, 6:30:58 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
LOL probably should have stripped audio from that
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 7, 2019, 5:41:11 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Mmmm self serve frozen rodents! https://t.co/WYDsINDXZT
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2019, 11:25:57 PM
In Reply To @tqbf
@tqbf ugh, that's not good
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2019, 10:03:06 PM
In Reply To @gawuffy
@gawuffy @joshmillard 💩 just got real, I will fistfight both you and @adamjk over this, come at me bros
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2019, 9:22:00 PM
In Reply To @kevinmontrose
@kevinmontrose This sounds .. bad?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2019, 2:24:49 PM
In Reply To @KristyT
@KristyT I am a fan
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 6, 2019, 10:37:33 AM
In Reply To @LauraCatPJs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 5, 2019, 8:14:46 PM
In Reply To @tobermatt
@tobermatt Soooo many tractors. Tiny model tractors too. This place has ... 😎 traction
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 5, 2019, 7:04:52 PM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie You know this is literally a Russian propaganda not, right?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 5, 2019, 3:52:45 PM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard Not exactly, it is more like having an offsite backup
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 5, 2019, 3:20:00 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles Probably additional fees apply
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 5, 2019, 12:40:15 PM
In Reply To @davidbrunelle
@davidbrunelle @sh4na @sarah_federman @jongalloway I think if you have a visual impairment you will need a custom font no matter what, e.g. https://t.co/qyPqWycEGq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2019, 11:05:19 PM
In Reply To @quinns
@quinns @TedDennison @ironicsans How did it work exactly?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2019, 2:59:02 PM
In Reply To @sh4na
@sh4na @sarah_federman @jongalloway I think you can specify space width in the font though. There are fonts specifically for accessibility, e.g. the dyslexia fonts
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2019, 12:34:47 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
Qualcomm is bad and should feel bad https://t.co/jyIqQgA9Pf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 4, 2019, 12:26:47 PM
In Reply To @sarah_federman
@sarah_federman @jongalloway Sort of, you can also configure space widths for accessibility. So really just quietly moving the goalposts
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2019, 8:42:16 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout That’s the thing, it does work, but it is fraught with so many related problems
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2019, 5:30:23 PM
In Reply To @eviltrout
@eviltrout My gosh you did not follow the five different “why can’t Discourse mark posts read that I have read in email” topics on meta?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2019, 1:36:17 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer I used to love Richie Rich comics as a kid. His robot maid, Reggie, Dollar the dog, the whole nine yards
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2019, 6:44:51 AM
In Reply To @CyclingJourno
@johnstevenson_x How can you even tell if someone's bad joke is a mistake or a part of their identity? How can you tell if something someone did was a mistake, or intentional?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2019, 5:43:00 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
So yeah life comes at you fast, write the books quicker people
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 2, 2019, 5:42:21 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
The other complexity here is that sometimes people have unambiguously morally awful opinions .. they didn’t make a mistake or a bad joke. For example the president of the United States
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2019, 7:15:51 PM
In Reply To @jessfraz
@jessfraz Dude rule #1 — never ask for help
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2019, 7:15:22 PM
In Reply To @Carnage4Life
@Carnage4Life This is a really good point
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 1, 2019, 7:14:21 PM
In Reply To @shog9
@shog9 Reading the net is talking to your neighbors, these days https://t.co/CvLURBMIEe
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2019, 9:54:08 PM
In Reply To @rands
@rands I believe @Pinboard has mentioned this in the past but that is kinda just The Way It Is in politics? I use the unsubscribe link and move on.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2019, 1:59:57 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
I got my eye on you KAY-ELL-AY https://t.co/DGP8O8VQXC
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2019, 1:20:54 AM
In Reply To @blagh
@blagh oh yeah access to (and use of) birth control is a huge fundamental issue, without a doubt
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 30, 2019, 1:03:43 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
But on the other side, if it were *entirely* up to the men, how many kids would there be? 🤔 https://t.co/vT244IyoFY
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 29, 2019, 7:54:59 PM
In Reply To @nigelwhatling
@nigelwhatling @BergvikJohnny incorrect, I am Twitter Verified(tm) and I have basically never seen ads..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 29, 2019, 3:40:34 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek I think you forgot about "War Pigeons" in BF1.. so many dumb multiplayer modes -- at least in BF V they cycle through them weekly rather than just dumping them on everyone
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 29, 2019, 3:04:53 PM
In Reply To @chetfaliszek
@chetfaliszek strongly disagree, V is the best core gameplay of any battlefield basically ever.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 28, 2019, 6:39:01 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley Ironically not working in *this* case though
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 28, 2019, 6:05:36 PM
In Reply To @Pinboard
@Pinboard I personally find the LinkedIn field just as offensive
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 28, 2019, 6:00:08 PM
In Reply To @wingedpig
@wingedpig I have been through this process and spoiler: it does not end well
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 28, 2019, 5:37:00 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@wilshipley you seriously didn't know this??? "Chrome" is just a reskin of Safari on iOS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 28, 2019, 5:30:54 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley dog you know Apple doesn't allow other vendors to ship native browsers on iOS https://t.co/471WZWOyKb
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 28, 2019, 5:24:14 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley Chrome on iOS is also Safari
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 28, 2019, 4:47:20 PM
In Reply To @deadprogrammer
@deadprogrammer why did I watch this
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jun 28, 2019, 4:26:55 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley Safari 13 is suuuper beta still
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