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Jeff Atwood
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co-founder stackoverflow.com, discourse.org, blogger. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I know I'm doing it really, really well. Let's be kind to each other.

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I got this really cool GE automatic sensor LED night light and I highly recommend it! Loving the overall effect, it can be rotated to any direction, and both top and bottom can be set to any color (or rainbow cycle). Model 81041 "GE Swivel Sconce LED Night Light"

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqzmg3gvpasgp3zkgceg62yg8fyhqz9sy3dqt45kkwt60nkctyp9rse04z90 and you know he did this because of I what I said here, right? There's ZERO chance Gates is not reading what I wrote. We built SO using Microsoft tech. https://blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-america/

Fuck yeah, Bill Gates. LET'S DO THIS. (Via The Information, email subscriber only newsletter, a few hours ago) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/magazine/bill-gates-foundation-closing-2045.html

So, coup by the evil venture capitalists. I kindly suggest the good venture capitalists should proceed to stand up and actively fight this, before everything goes full Palpatine.

HOW had I never seen this t-shirt before oh my godddd, I'm dying over here 🤣 https://thememestore.com/products/presidential-golf-driving-contest-tee-copy

“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”

At least Mitch McConnell doesn't need to be rebooted as often as Windows 95 did

I often find that a direction is more useful than "a plan"

Replying to Avatar Charlie Stross

nostr:npub18v84hurwd535g5hle4e5xtw768zvrulsh8at3a54w6wj8fqpnvcq788klv Back in 1990 I walked out of a job interview, in the middle of a recession, when one of the managers interviewing me explained (about their future dev plans) "… but we upgrade to COBOL next year!"

nostr:npub1psdfxfpxz2cwmmnsk60y3nqpn2tqh9n24h4hstvfkwvr6eaek9js499sr7 nostr:npub18v84hurwd535g5hle4e5xtw768zvrulsh8at3a54w6wj8fqpnvcq788klv I remember discussing how "the internet is a fad" circa 1993 with a company that sold direct-connect phone modem technology. Didn't take that job..

left-digit bias: a car with 39,990 miles on the odometer sells for more than a car with 40,005 miles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pricing

"Meta quietly sunsetted the bulk of their metaverse aspirations last month. Good thing they didn’t rename their company Meta or anything." https://www.garbageday.email/p/platforms-is-the-same?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email