A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T.

Dirk Strauss

SQL Server Service Pack 1

• SQL Product Team announces availability of SQL Server 2016 SP1 via SQLServerCentral.com Articles

Other

• Ex-CIA acting director Michael Morell: Russian meddling in US election ‘is the political equivalent of 9/11’ via Business Insider
• How would we regulate software engineers? via Hacker News
• Facebook’s cofounder just launched a $10 million initiative with other big names to figure out whether basic income works via Business Insider
• How The Internet Keeps Poor People In Poor Neighborhoods via Digg Top Stories
• Uber encrypts its computers from afar when the government raids its offices, a lawsuit claims via Business Insider
• Google’s dream of a steering-wheel free future is reportedly being curtailed via Business Insider
• When should I use Node for back end? via Hacker News
• 8 Tips for Preparing Your iPhone for Sale via Lifehack
• California man spent $1M playing Game of War via Hacker News
• Apple just released over 100 new emojis — here are the best via Business Insider
• 7,500 Faceless Coders Paid In Bitcoin Built A Hedge Fund’s Brain via Digg Top Stories
• People in east Aleppo are posting harrowing goodbye messages on social media via Business Insider
• Google Won’t Alter Holocaust-Denying Top Result For ‘Did The Holocaust Happen’ via Digg Top Stories
• The 10 Best Gadgets From 2016 via Digg Top Stories
• Fears Of Mass Executions Rise As Syrian Army Takes Control Of Aleppo via Digg Top Stories
• Microsoft’s surprise hardware hit: The Surface Hub via Hacker News

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Even More

• Why the data center isn’t dead yet: Explaining the rise of the ‘pragmatic hybrid cloud’ via GeekWire
• Surprise! Netflix’s Trippy New Metaphysical Drama Starts This Friday via Gizmodo
• Former head of Google car project to launch his own self-driving rival via ReadWrite
• GeekWire Deals: Create professional-quality slide presentations every time with 96% off a lifetime subscription to Slidebean via GeekWire
• Machine Learning Proves Key to Privileged Account Protection via GigaOM
• Jack Dorsey to interview Edward Snowden on Periscope December 13 via The Next Web
• How To Start An Online Business As A Student via Lifehack
• KFC loyalty program hack proves it’s better at protecting recipes than passwords via The Next Web
• Google signs deal with Cuba to store data in-country via The Next Web
• How to Start Fresh Again on Social Media via Gizmodo
• 6 ways to bring your Wi-Fi signal into 2017 via The Next Web
• Update to iOS 10.2 Right Now to Fix Scary Security Bugs via Gizmodo
• Apple AirPods Are Finally Shipping After Delay via Gizmodo

Podcasts

• #64 Rachel Appel, Accessibility via no dogma podcast
• Containers Panel at DevIntersection Europe via .NET Rocks!
• Windows Visual Layer with James Clarke via MS Dev Show
• Ad Fraud Everywhere with Shailin Dhar via Software Engineering Daily
• S2E13: Vegan Blogger Turned Techie with Holy P via Learn to Code With Me
• Episode 145 “ Leotard and Cape” via Entreprogrammers Podcast

Programming

• Implementing State Machines at the Business Object vs Controller levels – YOUR FEEDBACK IS NEEDED!!! via News, tips, tricks and more about DevExpress eXpressApp Framework (XAF) directly from the lab
• Cross-Browser HTML5 Form Validation is Finally Here! Now What? via Telerik Developer Network
• Reasons to use RxJS Today via Dave M Bush
• Generate Deadlock Summary Information via SQLServerCentral.com Articles
• Episode 145 “ Leotard and Cape” via Entreprogrammers
• Use a CrossJoin to Calculate Multiple Pearson Correlation Coefficients in T-SQL via MSSQLTips – Latest SQL Server Tips
• Using a SQL Server Explain Plan to View Cached Query Plan Parameters in Management Studio via MSSQLTips – Latest SQL Server Tips
• Scripting in F# using Fake and Paket via InfoQ
• SQL SERVER – Error After Cluster Patching – Error: 5184, Severity: 16, State: 2 via SQL Server Journey with SQL Authority
• Podcast: Why Agile Works via InfoQ
• Article: Blockchain – The Next Big Thing for Middleware via InfoQ

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Visual Studio 2015 and Windows 10 Goodness

• Windows 10 courses in MVA, Microsoft Virtual Academy
• Developer for Windows 10
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  • Get Started
  • Design
  • Develop
  • Publish
• Channel 9 – A great online resource for Windows 10 related videos
• Developer Tools Download,Download any Visual Studio sku’s, including VS 2015

For more excellent content, have a look at these great sites

• The week in .NET, Bertrand Le Roy
• Abhijit’s World of .NET,Abhijit Jana
• Kunal Chowdhury’s Technical Blog
• Lock Me Down – Security For The Everyday Developer by Max McCarty
• GeekLift
• James Michael Hare
• Interesting Finds by Jason Haley
• FormatException by Brian Mullen
• Dew Drop by Alvin Ashcraft
• Regular Geek by Robert Diana