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    Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (December 22nd)

    Links for December 22nd from 09:58 to 10:23: Why It's Better To Pretend You Don't Know Anything About Computers – The Oatmeal – Ah, family. Holiday Fun: How Programming Language Fanboys See Each Others’ Languages – C# didn't make it into the table, but this is still pretty funny. Java vs. C vs. PHP vs. Ruby. The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free « Steve Blank – The engineers focused on building product never noticed when the company had grown into something different than what they first joined. The sodas were just the wake-up call. As startups scale into a company, founders and the board need…

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    Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (December 18th)

    Links for December 18th from 10:07 to 10:07: The Escapist : Forums : The News Room : Quit Smoking With MC Frontalot's D&D Ruleset – MC Frontalot is rather awesome. I only have one friend who smokes, so here ya go: "Whenever you feel like smoking, that means the GM (you) is trying to poison your character (also you). Time for a saving throw! I decided the DC (Difficulty Class) for my save vs Poison is 15. Roll the d20. 15 and up: I am saved from that cigarette I wanted! Hooray? 14 and under: oh darn, I get to enjoy another satisfying and flavorful cancer treat."

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    Jack move, fool!

    Courtesy of G, I bring you “Pondering Indie Spirit: Derek Yu Speaks“. Skip the article and go to the comments. (That’s mean, I know, but I leave the indie game drooling to G. I’m sure Yu is at least a moderately cool guy.) Read the first comment. No, really. Go read it now. Note that “Flytrap” is that man’s game… apparently. This is the beginning of one of the more hilariously-executed jack moves I’ve seen on a comment thread. I’ve seen smoother, certainly, but rarely funnier. I can pretty much promise that reading that thread is worth the 30 minutes of your life that it’ll take. It takes a few…

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    I wish I were sneezing instead

    So I was at work yesterday, and one of my colleagues mentioned being worried at the feeling of having a swollen/restricted throat. He was thinking it might be an allergy to something he ate, and mentioned changing his spinach brand recent. …And then I realized that I’ve been having the same problem recently, and have been shrugging it off. For the last couple of months, after some meals, my throat would be tight and I’d have trouble swallowing. I’d chalked it up to my “assmar” initially, but my chest wasn’t tight and inhalers didn’t affect the symptoms. I’d also thought it could just be some rampant sinus thing, so I…