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add I'm not surprised to see my leaving
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I didn't "rage quit", I just walked away. I shut off a big cognitive resource leak. From the beginning of my time tweeting as
Seriouspony, that I tweeted I was not likely to stay and that I was looking forward to where we would end up next. I'm not GONE gone. I'm just not on Twitter. But I have to
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You may know me from javaranch, the Head First books, or my old blog from a previous life, Creating
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