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keltex

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    Comment #45264982

    C# supports the "using alias" like this: using Project = PC.MyCompany.Project; https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-ref...

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    Comment #43363379

    When you say "VAT" I assume your are in Europe? Aren't there ETFs in Europe that allow you to own gold that wouldn't required VAT payments? In the US we have GLD and others that le…

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    Comment #42942662

    They are trying to close the de minimis exception which is a, "100-year-old tariff loophole that Trump wants to close." https://www.theverge.com/news/605483/shein-temu-amazon-trump…

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    Comment #42370411

    For example, you used to receive 100,000 static map embeds per month for free. Now it's 10,000.

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    Comment #40210102

    The biggest one I've run into is GDI support (Graphics Device Interface). This covers things like two-dimensional vector graphics, imaging, and typography. So simple things like tr…

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    Comment #39982803

    In case you're curious what this costs: "In Canada, participants get invited through a local dealer and pay about half of the $20,000 cost to attend but the trip includes a plus on…

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    Comment #39929661

    You used to be able to deduct any consumer debt. But that stopped in 1986. The reason was "Congress believed deductions for personal interest encouraged people to consume and stifl…

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    Comment #39822446

    Well written ORMs let you express queries without the operations happening in the business logic. For example C# and Linq. You can express pretty much any query using the linq lang…

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    Comment #39120382

    If you just have W2 income, there's no reason you can't fill out the regular 1040 form yourself. Sure might take you an hour or so, but no software to purchase. Just costs a stamp …

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    Comment #38378969

    There are new operating modes for Blazor in .Net 8 that don't require Web Assembly. There's the new "Static server" and "interactive server" that don't require WASM.

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    Comment #37985745

    There's also Social Security, Medicare and SDI (State Disability Insurance)

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    Comment #37848967

    Perfect example of this is google analytics. The depreciated Universal Analytics on 7/1/2023: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/11583528?hl=en But the API to access the r…

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    Comment #37699098

    I've been playing around with Swift and SwiftUI for the past few months and the thing that baffles me is why are certain features only available with a minimum iOS version. For exa…

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    Comment #37629176

    Related article: The reason why Billy Joel refuses to sell front row seats at his concerts https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/reason-why-billy-joel-refuses-s...

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    Comment #37480615

    I think the indended link was: https://old.reddit.com/r/dotnet/comments/16fu7o0/why_isnt_do...

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    Comment #37349907

    This is something Google Cloud should learn from. It doesn't matter if product XX still makes money or fits in your business model. There are people who rely on it. And they'll rem…

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    Comment #36834670

    Reminds me of a SPAM email we get quite frequently, the "World Company Register". The attached PDF reads, "To update your company profile, please print, complete and return this fo…

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    Comment #36698805

    My only concern with Expo is once you're using it, you're going to get charged per user and per update. It's $0.005 per user per update (plus additional bandwidth and storage charg…

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    Comment #36115543

    Here's the actual paper that this article refers to: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/6/2793

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    Comment #35559139

    Does anybody know when / if this is available as an extension for Visual Studio (not Visual Studio Code)?