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@MJ: I didn't see anything condescending about the deli example. The dude in front of you is complaining about the connection. What else can you do but sympathize? What would you do? Call AT&T and demand they construct a new tower? Just say "yeah I know, that sucks," and move on.
Commented Jun 23, 2012 on How to Talk to Human Beings at Coding Horror
How to Talk to Human Beings
I hesitate to say everyone should have a child, because becoming a parent is an intensely personal choice. I try my best to avoid evangelizing the experience, but the deeper in I get, the more I believe that nothing captures the continued absurdity of the human condition better than having a ch...
@Tristan Harward: That sort of misses the forest for the trees. You're saying the sound quality *is* better, even if the human ears cannot distinguish between the two. But what's the point of having better unless you are going to be listening with something other than your ears?
Commented Jun 23, 2012 on The Great MP3 Bitrate Experiment at Coding Horror
The Great MP3 Bitrate Experiment
Lately I've been trying to rid my life of as many physical artifacts as possible. I'm with Merlin Mann on CDs: Although I'd extend that line of thinking to DVDs as well. The death of physical media has some definite downsides, but after owning certain movies once on VHS, then on DVD, and ...
Apparently you haven
t heard about NC's Research Triangle?
OK, so Charlotte is slightly outside, but still. There's geeks everywhere in the US.
Commented May 1, 2012 on Geekatoo, the Geek Bat-Signal at Coding Horror
Geekatoo, the Geek Bat-Signal
To understand this story, you need to understand that grandchildren are like crack cocaine to grandparents. I'm convinced that if our parents could somehow snort our children up their noses to get a bigger fix, they would. And when your parents live out of state, like ours do, access to the Int...
5th generation iPod shuffle? What on earth are you talking about!? :P
Commented Feb 8, 2012 on The One Button Mystique at Coding Horror
The One Button Mystique
I enjoy my iPhone, but I can't quite come to terms with one aspect of its design: Apple's insistence that there can be only ever be one, and only one, button on the front of the device. I also own a completely buttonless Kindle Fire, and you'll get no argument from me that there should be ...
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