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The change from Windows server licenses to the cloud (Azure) forced this upon Microsoft.

Worked in the Compact CLR Execution Engine, IL Verifier, and other stuff. On (1) both were done at MS but ended up as proof of concept.

Post Sathya Microsoft has moved to a more open model, hence the full blown CLR on Linux.

Few more missed include (Device CLR's were in C, Desktop/Server in C++):

(1) CLR for Sony/Ericsson phone OS and (2) Variant running on linux (in 2001/2002).

I worked on the Compact Framework team back in the day so there's a few more things to point out related to the internal politics of Microsoft at the time.

The devices strategy was a mess even back then due to Alchin/Valentine/Ballmers love of Windows desktop 'everywhere'. Windows and Office dominated the company so things like .Net were always going to be secondary to that.

The origins of the CLR can be found in the purchase of Colusa in 1996 which had the Omni VM for running C++ in a sandbox. The original C# language was called cool and came from that project.

Most iOS developers writing 'custom' UI, etc. are just customizing UIKit controls. Same for Android. Not many are creating UI controls from scratch with custom hit testing, drawing, and accessibility handling.

Still need JVM support of value types for this to make sense.

Orrin Hatch

See: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/us/politics/21hatch.html

CA State income tax on $200k is around $15k - not sure where the other $25k went unless you mean cost of living.

Not sure that's always true - otherwise CARB and other such state agencies wouldn't exist (https://www.arb.ca.gov).

Fox Broadcast Channel, Fox News, and FS1 are not part of the deal. Fox regional sports channels are part of the deal.

Don't forget passive income via pass through and capital gains . Also deductions for private jets and golf courses.

I'm not sure this is sustainable for either PAUSD or SJUSD given the pension obligations.

Developing nations get a lot of leeway - see India's FDI restrictions, etc.

Apartments wont change the dynamics of SFH in the South Bay/Peninsula given local zoning rules. The main driver of price seem to be the local schools.

Listing under to create a bidding war is definitely a thing in the Bay Area. It's really gotten out of control the last few years. From last month:

Listing: $2M - https://deleonrealty.com/property/4136-briarwood-way-palo-al...

Sale Price: $3.2M - https://www.redfin.com/CA/Palo-Alto/4136-Briarwood-Way-94306...

100C would send you to the burn unit. I think you mean 100F.

Edit: 100C is boiling point for water - is the ambient temp of the Sauna 100C?

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300k+ sensors sampling at 1 hertz would get you there.

By outsourcing manufacturing to HTC, LG, and Motorola...

There's also a cost issue:

If you have a one stage furnace - your only option is a one stage AC (vs 2-stage or variable speed AC). You need to upgrade the furnace/blower to take advantage of the more efficient AC model

Mini-Splits are great but much more expensive to purchase (~4k USD per Unit which covers 400-500 sqft). They also don't heat as well as a traditional gas fired furnace.

Heat pumps are probably the way to go in moderate climates but I haven't looked into them in much detail.

I would be more impressed if they replaced diesel trucks since they are likely a larger contributor to air pollution in major Indian cities.

That wouldn't surprise me, last I looked Whole Foods had a substantial amount of their house brand (365) in inventory. Amazon can just tap into the existing pipeline and rebrand if needed.

Thanks - I haven't touched windows desktop UI since GDI was the mechanism for drawing.

I stand corrected - thank you. I don't have a windows machine anymore but as you said spy++ can tell you all you need to know. Hilarious to still see hungarian (hwnd - handle to a window).

Sounds like they took that from Android where IIRC a scrollview could only take one child. Coming from Win32 Android, back in the G1 days, always had its own idiosyncrasies.

That's because WPF like winforms used native windows controls under the hood. Calls would be marshaled via pinvoke.

Sounds like Nespresso or Keurig for juice. The amount of coffee in both are fractions of what you would use in a real espresso machine or pour over. Those companies are probably minting money and so everyone is going to do this for 'X'.

It's called snap to roads (interpolated mode): https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/roads/snap

School and housing is better site than great schools.

http://www.schoolandhousing.com/mobile/

Mission San Jose in Fremont is one of the top 10 public schools in terms of API & SAT in the state of CA.

http://schools.latimes.com/sat-scores/ranking/page/1/

This house changed hands in 1990 for $1M where it got reassessed - otherwise they would be paying 2-3k max if purchased and held since 1978.

NIH - Bethesda, NSA - Fort Meade, Johns Hopkins - Baltimore, U of Maryland