“Introducing .NET Core Windows Forms Designer Preview 1” and other tweeted links…

Introducing .NET Core Windows Forms Designer Preview 1 | .NET Blog #BreakingNews #games #rdt http://dlvr.it/RFHMxT https://twitter.com/GoodVibra/status/1179081053958328320/photo/1

What’s New in 2019 Volume 3: Xamarin.Forms WPF https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/whats-new-2019-volume-3-xamarin-forms-wpf.aspx #Xamarin

object?.properties?.[key]?.method?.() ?? fallback

declare function assert(x: any): asserts x

declare function assertString(x: any): asserts x is string

$ tsc --allowJs --declaration

#TypeScript 3.7

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-3-7-beta/

npm turns 10 https://blog.npmjs.org/post/188070866415/npm-turns-10#= #npm #js #javascript #nodejs

#Calibre 4.0 is the first major release of the app in nearly 2 years and succeeds Calibre 3.0, which was released back in 2017. http://cvsoci.al/65x0niqj

Thunderbird Annouces OpenPGP Support http://bit.ly/35jzBnC #TechNews #TechTips

RT backlon: Microsoft’s browser is based on Google tech. Now Microsoft’s mobile OS is Google’s Android with Google’s services.

It is a weird world. https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20895328/microsoft-surface-duo-google-play-services-apps-android-browser-mobile?utm_campaign=backlon&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://twitter.com/backlon/status/1179467967001694209/photo/1

Yes, the Microsoft phone is really happening ✌👏 : Introducing the Surface Duo https://www.cnet.com:443/news/microsoft-phone-really-happening-introducing-surface-duo-android/#ftag=cos-05-10aaa0j via @CNET

Court Says Domino’s Pizza Website Must Be Accessible to the Blind https://www.courthousenews.com/court-says-dominos-pizza-website-must-be-accessible-to-the-blind/

Microsoft Unveils Battery-Powered Version of Azure That Fits in a Backpack https://www.petri.com/microsoft-unveils-battery-powered-version-of-azure-that-fits-in-a-backpack https://twitter.com/bdsams/status/1181570615532277763/photo/1

AWS has joined the .NET Foundation as a corporate sponsor: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-joins-the-net-foundation/ (thanks for the link, @OpenAtMicrosoft)

Database freedom: Amazon finally migrates from Oracle database to AWS - https://mspoweruser.com/amazon-finally-migrates-from-oracle-database-to-aws/ https://twitter.com/mspoweruser/status/1184156232141213696/photo/1

"In a series of steps outlined below, we’ll start blocking mixed content (insecure http:// subresources on https:// pages) by default." https://blog.chromium.org/2019/10/no-more-mixed-messages-about-https.html via @ChromiumDev

Microsoft announces Open Application Model, an open standard for developing apps on Kubernetes - https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-announces-open-application-model-an-open-standard-for-developing-apps-on-kubernetes/ https://twitter.com/mspoweruser/status/1184513904296255488/photo/1

Facebook’s massive size means that even small changes have hugely unpredictable effects, and can bring down the entire network.

➤ "Why Facebook keeps going down"

🔗 https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/10/8/20902592/why-facebook-is-down-2019 https://twitter.com/ju_redelsperger/status/1181585187374850048/photo/1

Announcing .NET Core 3.0 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-3-0/ https://twitter.com/DotNetAppDev/status/1177244004896952320/photo/1

.NET Core 3.0 Released / .NET 5 is vNext https://build5nines.com/net-core-3-0-released-net-5-vnext/ via @buildazure

Announcing .NET Core 3.1 Preview 1 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-3-1-preview-1/

AppDomains, remoting, Web Forms, WCF server, and Windows Workflow won’t be ported to .NET Core. This isn't news. What is news is that the planned .NET Framework -> .NET Core work is done now: https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/130 https://twitter.com/gcaughey/status/1184440430332657665/photo/1

Found another async local bug. Most gnarly one so far. Good news is I’m building up a set of cases and tools for debugging this stuff. Should result in improvements to tools, better docs, and bug fixes #dotnetcore #aspnetcore

@jonskeet To cover the whole area of the language you need to write a second part "C# in Width"...

🤣

I'll show myself out 🚪

Damn Python 3.8 already? I still haven't updated some things from 3.6 because of 3.7 having async and await as reserved keywords but some of the libraries we're using aren't updated... https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html

Deprecating packages on http://nuget.org/ | The NuGet Blog #BreakingNews #games #rdt http://dlvr.it/RFDQJc https://twitter.com/GoodVibra/status/1178817442740461568/photo/1

Windows Virtual Desktop is now generally available worldwide - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/windows-virtual-desktop-is-now-generally-available-worldwide/

ほう、一般公開は11月12日(日本じゃ13日)なのね。

November 12 is when the Windows 10 19H2 Update will go public - MSPoweruser https://mspoweruser.com/november-12-is-when-the-windows-10-19h2-update-will-go-public/

#DesktopAnalytics has reached general availability! Cloud-connected. Integrated with #ConfigMgr. Real data on your endpoints, apps, and drivers. Accelerate your #Windows10 upgrades and updates. Learn more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2019/10/16/announcing-general-availability-desktop-analytics/ https://twitter.com/MSWindowsITPro/status/1184509118477828096/photo/1

3 win Nobel in Chemistry for work on lithium-ion batteries: http://bit.ly/2or3iCI https://twitter.com/ctvwinnipeg/status/1181917229648142336/photo/1

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 was awarded to James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz #NobelPrize2019 @NobelPrize https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2019/summary/ https://twitter.com/VEDASCII/status/1181618911697133569/photo/1

Malware that can't be detected by Windows Defender is spreading by the thousands - http://bit.ly/2mFFuKr https://twitter.com/mspoweruser/status/1178067093301936130/photo/1

Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 3 comes in two sizes and with two different processors https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20893716/microsoft-surface-laptop-3-hands-on-features-price-photos-video-release-date?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://twitter.com/verge/status/1179418279665905668/photo/1

Microsoft depreciates Windows Developer UserVoice forum in favour of the Feedback Hub - http://bit.ly/2mD8O4p https://twitter.com/mspoweruser/status/1178339050031321088/photo/1

Microsoft Bans CCleaner: Report https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/09/26/2011210/microsoft-bans-ccleaner-report?utm_source=feedly1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #uncategorized #feedly

Microsoft acknowledges the Start Menu bug on KB4517389 cumulative update - https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-acknowledges-the-start-menu-bug-on-kb4517389-cumulative-update/ https://twitter.com/mspoweruser/status/1183022727386537985/photo/1

Google loses another major government contract to Microsoft - http://bit.ly/2nATRzU https://twitter.com/mspoweruser/status/1177308986112139266/photo/1

Breaking: Dona Sarkar will no longer lead the Windows Insider team - https://mspoweruser.com/breaking-dona-sarkar-will-no-longer-lead-the-windows-insider-team/ https://twitter.com/mspoweruser/status/1181240483739250689/photo/1

Mike Ybarra departs from Xbox after 20 years - https://mspoweruser.com/mike-ybarra-departs-from-xbox-after-20-years/ https://twitter.com/mspoweruser/status/1182018051706884096/photo/1

Adobe deactivates all the accounts in Venezuela., thanks to the recent sanctions by the US Government - https://mspoweruser.com/adobe-deactivates-all-the-accounts-in-venezuela-thanks-to-the-recent-sanctions-by-the-us-government/ https://twitter.com/mspoweruser/status/1181534882343903233/photo/1

#Ransomware forces 3 hospitals to turn away all but the most critical patients https://arstechnica.com/?p=1577895

Massive California power outage triggers chaos in science labs https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03086-2

Intel to pay $5M to settle pay discrimination allegations https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/technology/article/Intel-to-pay-5M-to-settle-pay-discrimination-14537017.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space, has died at age 85 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexei-leonov-died-cosmonaut-first-man-to-walk-in-space-dead-age-85-cause-of-death-not-released-2019-10-11/ <- Farewell Mr. Leonov, thank you for all the dreams. https://twitter.com/MikeTalonNYC/status/1182670950107680770/photo/1

One of the things that bothers me about living in Nigeria is that it's so much harder to excel on a global scale.

It's unlikely that the best eng in the world is living here, not cos we don't have the talent, but cos the environment is working against you getting to that level