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You guys over there make about twice the money I make (if not more).
However, my schooling was paid for the most part by the government. Debt when I got out of school was $0.
We have at least 20 paid free days (not counting about 10 holidays, and most people have more anyway). I have 25 + 10 from holidays.
When I get sick I get free (or cheap) healthcare (at the cost of about $80 a month). Also, my employer keeps paying my full salary for a few months, then a little less, and then the government takes over (or something like that).
When I get unemployed I get government money (after my boss paid me first).
Job security is pretty high here anyway, I probably couldn't be fired if I took a sh*t on my boss' desk!
I'm insured for practically everything (except health and car) for about $10 a month.
When I get old I get even more money.
Canada has something like that if I'm not mistaken.
What does America have, except higher salaries in some sectors?
In the end it all plays out I guess 
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Yeah sure, Europe, with its many countries, diverse cultures and rich history is London and Paris.
This is North America + 5 cities from 4 countries. That's not global at all (unless you're an American I guess)
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It's vaguely more global than their "world series", I suppose.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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At least they win it every year 
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As we hit this great milestone, I’m also excited to announce that Visual Studio 2017 will be released on March 7. Seems like it was only yesterday I was complaining about it
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And a month after that there will be VS2017 Update 1 with the version M$ should have released.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Well...that might take more than one month.  
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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yeah, I was being optimistic...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Microsoft have posted the source for GraphEngine [^] on GitHub[^].
This is a clustered in-memory key:value storage solution
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That's pretty cool. I shall have a play. Thanks Duncan.
This space for rent
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The Creators Update opens up a raft of new APIs: Microsoft wants developers to use them. Windows bug tracker? I think we're going to need a bigger boat.
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I thought the windows bug tracker was a paper database, stored in boxes in an oil tanker that are dumped in the Atlantic three times a month.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Roger Anderson, a telecom consultant and owner of The Jolly Roger Telephone Company, built an army of human-sounding phone bots that stops telemarketers from harassing homes or business. I need this for meetings
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This is awesome! 
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Um, don't know how to tell you this but I did this YEARS ago. It's still running 24x7 and I've jammed thousands of telemarketers. It records each one also. I even put some examples on YouTube. And my system is fully automated. It uses online database look-ups to determine if the call is spam or scam, you don't need to transfer calls to it.
modified 9-Feb-17 8:12am.
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Please share a youtube link or two!
Hogan
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At the bottom of the article there is a video... I think it is worth to see it full, but you can skip to the 9th minute to get to the good part.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Microsoft just gave developers a sneak peek at Project NEON, Microsoft's upcoming design language for Windows 10 that aims to add fluidity, animation and blur to apps and the operating system. Did they do a trademark search this time?
Doesn't look like it.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: animation and blur
Yes, that's precisely what advertisers we need more of, from an operating system and apps.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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That's not a news article, its pure conjecture.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Researchers call out antivirus and security appliance vendors for dangerous SSL inspection practises. I'm sure they won't make any mistakes when doing it though
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Microsoft to retire Windows Vista on April 11, ending support for troubled OS Please let the door hit you on the way out
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Well, my vista box will remain a vista box until it dies. It's local-network only, and it ain't broke, so who cares?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I put my lone Vista install down about a month ago. 11Yo laptop that came with it. Not upgraded at the time because my brother never bothered to get the free Win7 upgrade disk for his bought just before it launched laptop and I originally wanted to keep a same OS machine for support. After that I just stopped caring because for personal use I had my desktop and assorted netbooks/ultrabooks that were more portable with better batteries, and just used the clunker as a loaner for family members. My brother's mostly running Linux now, and with the deadline looming I finally upgraded the laptop to win7 a month ago. The main OS install went reasonably well, everything except the webcam and SD reader worked out of the box; and unless I end up loaning it out again I'm not going to make any effort to find working drivers for those two items.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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