2013-best-tweets.md

2013 best tweets

• What if the plane full of Snowden journalists never landed? What if it just flew around solving mysteries & writing thinkpieces on itself. -@dtipson https://twitter.com/dtipson/status/349186818362720257

• Here's how you can tell someone is a programmer: do they have an opinion on time zones? -@steveklabnik https://twitter.com/steveklabnik/status/358816457234198528

• Imagine what an Engelbart-style demo would look like today. Presenter removes iPod cable, computer does not complain. Thunderous applause -@pinboard https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/352551296332611584

• Lana del Rey stands in a sand dune, staring at the moon. The summer has gone so fast. But she knows she must return to the sea tonight. -@rilaws https://twitter.com/rilaws/status/374329790524059648

• my rule is that I don't argue with libertarians for free. if they want my attention they can pay for it. -@tef https://twitter.com/tef/status/370901927842021376

• We All Die Alone, Charlie Brown -@iano https://twitter.com/iano/status/403215412201922562

• I once worked at a startup where I didn't ever write code I just screamed hacker news URLs at interns and we shipped their compiled tears. -@mccv https://twitter.com/mccv/status/383433035506388993

• That's the kind of makefile that scares people away from make. And gives them nightmares. Then eats their pets & emits fluffy.o & rover.la. -@ceejbot https://twitter.com/ceejbot/status/407201701998112768

• "Functional programming combines the flexibility and power of abstract mathematics with the intuitive clarity of abstract mathematics." -@seldo https://twitter.com/seldo/status/383745770182033409

• OH: "Maintenance is for legacy code." -@danadanger https://twitter.com/DanaDanger/status/367684685679173632