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Microsoft announces full preview of the .NET Core runtime for Linux and Mac OS X

Last November, Microsoft said that it would bring some of the core features of its .NET platform -- which has traditionally been Windows-only -- to Linux and..

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Microsoft announces a lightweight cross-platform code editor for writing modern web and cloud...

Visual Studio Code will run on OS X, Linux and Windows. The application is still officially in preview, but you can now download it soon.

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The days are long but the decades are short

I turned 30 last week and a friend asked me if I'd figured out any life advice in the past decade worth passing on.  I'm somewhat hesitant to publish this because I think these lists usually seem...

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Five Disturbing Things You Didn't Know About Forensic "Science" - The Intercept

The FBI’s review of flawed hair analysis — its largest-ever post-conviction evaluation of questionable forensic evidence — is just the tip of the iceberg.

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As Cognition Slips, Financial Skills Are Often the First to Go

Studies show that the ability to perform math problems, as well as handling money matters, are typically one of the first skills to decline in diseases like Alzheimer’s.

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Hasnain says:

“A person can appear to have their wherewithal cognitively, but not have the ability to understand money in the same way anymore,” said Ms. Clark, a retired registered nurse and family therapist in Cottonwood, Calif."

Posted on 2015-04-28T20:36:40+0000

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Take Nothing, Leave Nothing

Seventeen hundred miles from what is customarily called civilization—in this case, the western shore of the Republic of South Africa—lies a tiny British-run volcanic island populated by fewer than thr

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This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind

As the Supreme Court considers extending same-sex marriage rights to all Americans, we look at the patterns of social change that have tranformed the nation.

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