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alykhalid

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alykhalid AT hotmail DOT com

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alykhalid··on It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
Reminder, you can turn off the animated snow effect with the snowflake icon at the top
alykhalid··on Pi Chess Board
I would suggest keeping an open mind. I use LLMs to check, my writing and if could be could improved. English is not first language and I am not confident enough to know if what I wrote comes across professionally or not. May be the author of the blog post has the same issue.
alykhalid··on Bflat: C# as you know it but with Go-like tooling
This might be helpful.

https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

It is a repository of scripts to automatically build Microsoft's 'vscode' repository into freely-licensed binaries with a community-driven default configuration.

alykhalid··on Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking measures
Have you tried Firefox focus[0]. I use it on a daily basis and I am quite happy with it.

[0]https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/mobile/

alykhalid··on Announcing .NET Core 2.0
Blog post announcing this feature https://blog.xamarin.com/glimpse-future-xamarin-forms-3-0/
alykhalid··on Warren Buffett’s Best Investment
Bill gates talks about corruption in his 2014 annual letter (1). Search for the word "corruption" if you don't want to the read the whole letter. TLDR: Its manageable.

(1)[http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Who-We-Are/Resources-and-Medi...]

alykhalid··on Ask HN: What is your's “I would pay $5 to get that problem resolved”
I am in Norway and all I have to do is put a sticker on my mail box, which basically says "No unsolicited mail" which stops the postman from filling my mailbox with junk mail. I usually take off the sticker during Christmas or near black Friday, so I can see if I am missing out on any good deals.

I wonder, if it would make sense, to have a service, which would receive all your mail, sorts it for you, throws out the junk, scans the rest and email that to you. In Norway, I rarely receive any important physical mail, especially since the government has started a secure email service[0], where you can receive your payslip and other important documents from government departments. The senders are pre authorized and pay a small fee to send an email to the user but the service is free for the user of the service.

[0](https://www.digipost.no)

alykhalid··on Galileo navigation satellite system goes live
Galileo isn't second, its 4th or 5th in the market. Depending on how you read the table on this page [1].

>Also wonder how many devices this network can support. I'm sure there is sufficient capacity but I'm just curious how the capacity is calculated!

Satellite navigation systems broadcast signals on a specific frequency. Anyone listening, should be able to pick up the signal. Therefore I assume infinite capacity.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation

alykhalid··on Google joins .NET Foundation as Samsung brings .NET support to Tizen
Rob Mensching the creator of WIX was on dot net rocks recently. Might give you a bit of a perspective from the other side :) http://www.dotnetrocks.com/?show=1367
alykhalid··on Microsoft Store doesn't accept Bitcoin anymore
Can you elaborate as to why you came to this conclusion. What factors / information drove you to associate bitcoin with an unsound or shady business ?
alykhalid··on Netflix is on Fire
Netflix has a different catalogue for each country they serve.
alykhalid··on Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29
Just install the technical preview and you will be able to upgrade for free. Source http://m.windowscentral.com/windows-insiders-will-be-able-up...
alykhalid··on Microsoft Edge – The Browser for Doing
It is Spartan, the official name for project spartan is now Microsoft Edge.
alykhalid··on Microsoft Names Scott Guthrie as Permanent Enterprise Chief
>However, the MS dev ecosystem is a bit daunting as the lifecycle or shelf life of their tech is never really known (Silverlight comes to mind here)

Although silverlight is not actively being developed anymore it will be supported for a considerable period of time [1]. If you have invested time to develop/learn Silverlight applications, your time was not wasted. The underlying technology (XAML) is also used for desktop (WPF), metro (windows store app) and windows phone 8 applications.

Disclaimer: My first language is not english.

1. http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/default.aspx?LN=en-us...

alykhalid··on Google’s $179 Moto G puts every single cheap Android phone to shame
I am currently using PODCASTER[1]. It downloads new episodes over wifi when I connect the phone to charge.

[1]http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/store/app/podcaster/f5a125...

alykhalid··on Google’s $179 Moto G puts every single cheap Android phone to shame
Have a look at this link[1], you can find reviews for ton of weather apps. Every week a new weather app is released on WP, i am sure you find the one you like.

[1]http://www.wpcentral.com/tags/weather

alykhalid··on Google’s $179 Moto G puts every single cheap Android phone to shame
>the only thing really annoying me with the browser is more a general Windows Phone issue - in text boxes, I haven't worked out how to move the text caret position in the URL

If you want to place your cursor in the middle of some text you've already written, tap and hold the screen near the text you want to change until a cursor appears, then drag your finger to move the cursor exactly where you want it.

If you feel that the default browser is not customizable enough, try UCBrowser[1], it provides an option to open new links in background.

[1]http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/uc-browser/6cda5...

alykhalid··on Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes
With kid's corner feature in windows phone 8, you can have fine grain control over what the kids have access to.
alykhalid··on Under the hood of Windows 8, or why desktop users should upgrade from Windows 7
You don't have to move to click the little start menu preview, you don't even have to wait for the preview to show up, you just bring your mouse to the corner and click. There's no aiming, just "throw mouse to corner and click". as commented by sukuriant
alykhalid··on Ask HN: Do you live w/o a car (outside the US)?
No Car. Edinburgh, UK. No problems so far.
alykhalid··on C# moved to #3 on TIOBE chart
Microsoft Bizspark program provides free software for startups.

http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/Default.aspx