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AlSweigart

"I don't know, Linus. Sometimes I think Geek Pride Day is getting too commercial." imgur.com/Wh0kK about 2 hours ago via web
"New study shows that bad studies have results as accurate as rigorous, well-controlled studies." about 4 hours ago via Twitter for Android
Woohoo! 3-day weekend! I know what I'm doing! (Sitting at the laptop & creating an art piece about an insignificant mathematical function.) about 7 hours ago via web
Hint to Windows Start Menu and other autocomplete designers: When searching for "Foo" don't have "Uninstall Foo" as the top option. about 8 hours ago via web
billpollock I will never use dead drops bit.ly/ajWUTw about 19 hours ago via web Retweeted by AlSweigart
Stepto We thought we would get flying cars. Instead we got pocket super computers and the Internet. That ok given the way most people drive. about 17 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS Retweeted by AlSweigart and 40 others
What would the UI for a fully articulatable snake robot look like? #designThoughts 4:50 PM May 24th via web
Just one of those days where I can't get the image out of my head of Han Solo and Chewbacca driving a Chevy Celebrity station wagon. 4:48 PM May 24th via web
JillTracymusic "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.” - John Cage 12:52 PM May 24th via web Retweeted by AlSweigart and 33 others
FACT: 100% of criminals were law-abiding citizens just before committing their first crime. SUPPORT WARRANTLESS DOMESTIC SPYING. 2:58 PM May 24th via web
@xek Solution: make it a day he will remember. :) 12:28 PM May 24th via Twitter for Android in reply to xek
jof OH on HN: "Don't trust credentials from Yahoo, whether cryptographic or educational." 9:30 AM May 24th via web Retweeted by AlSweigart and 1 other
bairdjulia "What bishops portray as an attack on religion by the president is really an attack on women by bishops." Maureen Dowd. nyti.ms/JyKbvl 6:12 PM May 23rd via web Retweeted by AlSweigart and 440 others
mediocreventure "If you want to talk to a woman you've never met, talk about anything else but what she looks like." RT @k_rad: reddit.com/r/AskReddit/co… 9:31 AM May 23rd via HootSuite Retweeted by AlSweigart and 10 others
privilegedenyin Don't be offended if I use the wrong pronoun for you. Let me dictate to you how you should respond because my feelings are more important. 3:05 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck Retweeted by AlSweigart and 11 others
@thetimchannel Bleh. Twitter as a format sucks for this. Want to email about this? asweigart@gmail.com 11:28 AM May 23rd via web in reply to thetimchannel
@thetimchannel @Falsum Also another bit of advice: coining terms like "American Girlban" doesn't convince people you aren't being sexist. 11:01 AM May 23rd via web in reply to thetimchannel
@thetimchannel @Falsum Your fallacy is that bc the problems aren't at the level of violent crime, the harassment is something we can ignore. 10:51 AM May 23rd via web in reply to thetimchannel
@rebeccawatson @jennifurret $5 says the guy who coined "American Girlyban" doesn't consider himself patronizing and sexist. 9:55 AM May 23rd via Twitter for Android in reply to rebeccawatson
Remember when, if you wanted a robot in a movie, you'd actually have to build a robot? 4:41 PM May 22nd via web