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C# Extension methods and strings …      Similar

Thomas posted an interesting experiment regarding the use of extension methods on strings. He noticed that it’s possible to add an extension method to a string, and that it’s still called even when the string object is null. Given that it’s just syntactic sugar, it makes perfect sense, but it’s so odd to see code [...]
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The International Space Station in June 2008 as seen from the ...      Similar

(AFP/HO NASA/File) - The International Space Station in June 2008 as seen from the US space shuttle Discovery as it moved away from the station after completing nine days of joint operations. NASA confirmed on Wednesday that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software.(AFP/HO NASA/File/null)
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Stunde Null, Part 1      Similar

Yesterday: The window on the plane to Phoenix, the first stop of the trip to SF, showed the most stunning (and varied) cloud vistas I’ve ever seen: puffy, chunky, grape-y over the ocean, specks and daubs, strips and archs… We were very late yet just in time to the most spectacular, glaring sunset I can recall. The terrain was flatter than paved and the rare mountain or wrinkle were surreal, engulfed in a 3d-program plane of flatness or marred by veins that were rivers and lakes. I saw city-piercing highways from above for the first time and they were majestic and car choked. The street gri...
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