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XAML Standard promises a uniform XAML vocabulary across platforms and aims to wash away developer pains through an universal specification. Shining a silver light on it?
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Obligatory xkcd[^]. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Before the computers take our jobs, they may take our waistlines. And hearts. And brains. And eyes. Life is bad for your health, an ongoing series
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The surge in far-flung and destructive cyber attacks is not good for national security, but for an increasing number of hackers and researchers, it is great for job security. Must bring own black hat?
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According to a new study that looked at more than 70,000 Danish people, those who drink small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a frequent basis are less likely to develop diabetes than people who don't drink at all. At least if you're Danish
Part 42 in my ongoing quest to justify my bad habits
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What about we tequila drinkers?
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As long as you promise to drink it regularly, you should be fine 
TTFN - Kent
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It seems 2017 is the year of Linux on the desktop after all, as the Windows Subsystem for Linux exits beta and becomes a fully supported component of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Told ya so
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Ouch ? [^]
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
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Apple and Nokia want to go a step further and collaborate on technologies and research and development
I wonder if there are any alien species with economic models that are based on cooperation instead of competition. 
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: I wonder if there are any alien species with economic models that are based on cooperation instead of competition.
Well, if there are, I'd bet that our little planet is a "no-go" zone.
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
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Microsoft must be kicking itself that it acquired (and wrote off 7.6B) the phone business and not Nokia's patents.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Quote: This seems like quite a lot of money
The paragraph goes on, but yes. I don't care if you blow it all on hats, $2,000,000,000 does "seem" like a lot of money.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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As much as I detest Apple, the concept of signing a deal to partner for ongoing development with Nokia is an interesting departure from their usual "acquire and absorb" strategy.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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We're doomed! We're doomed! [^]
This public service announcement brought to you by the letters C, I, and A!
It Is The Absolute Verifiable Truth & Proven Fact
That Your Belly-Button Signature Ties
To Viviparous Mama.
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Daily mail wrote: I do not think that you have appropriate magnets with you when you act in the heat of the moment.'
He is right, he doesn't think.
Those transmitters will be very handy indeed
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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My thoughts exactly.  I imagined law enforcement officers responding to a robbery or some such armed with those things and the criminals have a portable transmitter to shut the guns down.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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We never use such a word in contexts other than programming for a set of letters sticking together, and yet – in programming it’s as pervasive as the word “variable”. Why is that, and where does it come from? Because "hunk of characters that probably aren't numbers" was to long?
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Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?
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Roses are red, violets are blue?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Well - kinda' sorta' [clickity][^]
So - from now on, let's just call them "Character Clusters"
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Bio-engineering, of course.
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That was a very lengthy read (and granted, somewhat interesting) to basically state (though I don't think he ever did actually) that "string" is shorthand for "string of chars", just like we might say a necklace is a string of beads, or an idea is a string of thoughts, or a sentence is a string of words. Basically, anything that you can drill holes through (literally or figuratively) and lace a string (literally or figuratively) through to create a sequential arrangement.
And that string was considerably shorter than that article!
Marc
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