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Microsoft carried this style of layout builder into the original asp.net web-forms in the first couple versions of Visual Studio.NET. If I remember correctly it worked just like th…

"Zed collects anonymous telemetry data to help us understand how people are using the app." No thanks!

All states accept federal highway funds. Source: http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-state-budgets-fe...

Walmart's idea of winning cash based on savings deposit amounts reminded me of the Freakonomics savings lottery from the 2010 podcast: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/freakonomics-…

It's a little old now but the Motorola Droid Turbo has served me well. Even though the phone is over three years old it holds a charge for the entire day (17 hours) and still has a…

I have several former co-workers that wouldn't use anything but QEDIT/TSE.

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as if we needed further proof that Zuckerburg is an asshole

is that you Zed?

Any news outlet or aggregator that's claims it is unbiased is probably lying. If there are humans involved there will be bias.

The last I heard CADE2, the modernized (J2EE) system, had replaced the majority of the IMF functionality (IMF is the core of tax return processing). I'm not completely sure though …

I did contact work with the IRS from '06-'09, on the IMF and BMF (master file system) and I assure you there are no punch cards. Old school main frame assembly yes, but no punch ca…

I think every here already knew that.

Vendor partnership, commercial support, legacy app support, .NET drivers and optimizations not available elsewhere, developer knowledge... Why does Oracle, DB2, Sybase, or any othe…

I use dbeaver for my oracle work, it's a great tool. It beats using the bloated sqldeveloper.

Looks interesting but why not Python 3.x?

I work for an org that just upgraded from XP to Win7, however we went straight to ie11 as the default browser during the upgrade. However, optional use Firefox and Chrome is permit…

This is great news! I would be interested to know if they ever intend to expand the trials out to other autoimmune muscle related diseases, for example myositis and its variants.

The bible belt continues to have some of the worst (or hardest) places to live in US. If find this very interesting, as many in this area continue to shun higher education in favor…

I have to add one group to your list, people who can't drink because of health issues or use of prescription drugs to treat health issues. I've been one of these persons for over a…