July 2015

01.07.2015

@GabeAul Am I imagining things or was something changed with the system fonts in build 10158. Things look a bit muddy after the upgrade.

alt text Wed Jul 01 08:56:55 +0000 2015

Replying to @davepermen and @GabeAul

got 10159 now. I actually think that text is smaller now.

alt text Wed Jul 01 08:59:20 +0000 2015

RT @msdevUK: ASP. NET 5 Beta5 is out with new runtime features, improvements, and bug fixes: http://msft.it/6015BBhr5 #oss #webdev http://t.c…

alt text Wed Jul 01 12:06:55 +0000 2015

My favorite feature of #aspnet5 is still the new “pluggable” configuration system.

alt text Wed Jul 01 12:09:52 +0000 2015

RT @ploeh: Microsoft has been so kind to award me MVP again in 2015 :D #honored

alt text Wed Jul 01 15:03:04 +0000 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo

alt text Thu Jul 02 13:41:34 +0000 2015

Finally, with build 10159, battery life dramatically improved on my dell venue 8 pro. #windows10

alt text Thu Jul 02 18:09:23 +0000 2015

RT @kitlovesfsharp: My @pluralsight course “F# Jumpstart” is now live. No excuses now, people - it’s easy! http://www.pluralsight.com/courses/fsharp-jumpstart #fsharp #…

alt text Fri Jul 03 11:21:41 +0000 2015

Ok, build 10162 is worse for me than 159 on my venue 8 pro. Apps crash, weird shutdowns.

alt text Fri Jul 03 11:22:26 +0000 2015

This is no joke: bring back the “flagged emails view” in the new windows 10 mail app! Now! #Windows10

alt text Fri Jul 03 11:36:16 +0000 2015

Writing documentation. Expect it to be outdated in 3..2..1...

alt text Fri Jul 03 13:52:26 +0000 2015

RT @majornelson: Back to the Future was released 30-years ago today http://mjr.mn/1CQpeC1

alt text Fri Jul 03 14:47:38 +0000 2015

RT @venkat_s: “I’ve set the wedding date. I’ve not asked her out yet.”---how software projects are managed.

alt text Sat Jul 04 05:16:48 +0000 2015

The latest Mac OS X update finally seems to have fixed slow Safari search from the address bar.

alt text Sat Jul 04 07:54:29 +0000 2015

RT @gutjahr: Alle Jahre wieder… #4thofJuly

alt text Sun Jul 05 14:26:24 +0000 2015

RT @AndreasCueppers: Da muss schon im Ausland gewählt werden, damit unsere Linken mal was zu feiern haben. #greferendum

alt text Sun Jul 05 18:47:56 +0000 2015

Ich habe keine Ahnung was die Anhänger des Nein-Lagers eigentlich feiern? #Greferendum

alt text Sun Jul 05 18:54:42 +0000 2015

Replying to @asp_net

weil?

alt text Sun Jul 05 19:21:02 +0000 2015

Replying to @asp_net

dass das Votum schon vorher entschieden war, ist klar oder? Wer will schon fürs Sparen stimmen...

alt text Sun Jul 05 19:21:52 +0000 2015

RT @NealWiser: Blade Runner was set in 2019, 4 years from now. This isn’t an outtake from the movie — it’s Beijing.

alt text Sun Jul 05 19:22:24 +0000 2015

Replying to @asp_net

ich habe sicher zu wenig Informationen aber wurde im Endeffekt nicht permanent miserabel gewirtschaftet?

alt text Sun Jul 05 19:25:19 +0000 2015

Replying to @asp_net

deine Lösung?

alt text Sun Jul 05 19:30:13 +0000 2015

Replying to @asp_net

Schade, ich mag gute Diskussionen.

alt text Sun Jul 05 19:33:48 +0000 2015

Replying to @asp_net

…und ich suche noch eine passende Position. Noch sehe ich hier keine eindeutige Lage.

alt text Sun Jul 05 19:34:25 +0000 2015

RT @SZ: #Griechenland hat den Sparkurs abgelehnt. Doch in Athen wird man schnell merken, wie düster es um das Land steht. http://t.co/wl5Jz…

alt text Sun Jul 05 19:40:20 +0000 2015

Aktuell meine Position zu diesem Thema. Bis ich eines Besseren belehrt werde. https://twitter.com/SZ/status/617778919060676609

alt text Sun Jul 05 19:42:52 +0000 2015

RT @manan: Greece is officially embracing YOLO as their economic strategy.

alt text Sun Jul 05 20:07:44 +0000 2015

Replying to @TweetiumWindows

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alt text Tue Jul 07 07:16:00 +0000 2015

RT @ValaAfshar: What they said about the laptop, 30 years ago http://nyti.ms/1CAWYm1

alt text Tue Jul 07 08:07:07 +0000 2015

Problem: in an MVC 5 web app, I need to have integrated windows authentication but user also needs to be able to log out / login w diff cred

alt text Tue Jul 07 11:17:10 +0000 2015

Replying to @RichardPrice and @OctopusDeploy

the user should be signed in by default with win creds but can chose to log out and sign in as another user

alt text Tue Jul 07 11:34:56 +0000 2015

Replying to @RichardPrice and @OctopusDeploy

not sure if that is even possible

alt text Tue Jul 07 11:35:08 +0000 2015

Replying to @RichardPrice and @OctopusDeploy

thing is, both methods should actually use AD

alt text Tue Jul 07 11:40:19 +0000 2015

Replying to @RichardPrice and @OctopusDeploy

Thought about that, will have to check with the customer. Thanks!

alt text Tue Jul 07 11:43:32 +0000 2015

Replying to @RichardPrice

have to check out this: https://github.com/MohammadYounes/MVC5-MixedAuth

alt text Tue Jul 07 11:50:22 +0000 2015

Replying to @ploeh and @natpryce

is your X1 Carbon silent during Visual Studio coding?

alt text Wed Jul 08 11:07:13 +0000 2015

Replying to @ploeh and @natpryce

well played :)

alt text Wed Jul 08 11:36:46 +0000 2015

RT @ploeh: If tests are difficult to write, it means that the System Under Test is difficult to use.

(Periodic reminder)

alt text Wed Jul 08 15:25:37 +0000 2015

Huh?https://twitter.com/natfriedman/status/618813000233791488

alt text Wed Jul 08 16:59:05 +0000 2015

Replying to @ashic and @Cranialstrain

in theory, it’s a great concept, a unified code-base. But in the end you still have to fight the UI for every platform

alt text Wed Jul 08 17:19:40 +0000 2015

Replying to @markrendle and @pewdiepie

I’m in the wrong fucking business :)

alt text Thu Jul 09 11:55:15 +0000 2015

Replying to @stevegoodman

used Outlook 2016 since the first preview versions. Lots of crashes in the beginning but seems to be fine now.

alt text Thu Jul 09 21:17:45 +0000 2015

Genau!

alt text Fri Jul 10 07:07:20 +0000 2015

Replying to @TheCodeJunkie

God, yea...

alt text Fri Jul 10 17:48:27 +0000 2015

Replying to @ExchServPro

Co-worker complained it had nowhere near the battery life they promised.

alt text Sat Jul 11 06:31:30 +0000 2015

RT @bascule: The JavaScript abyss (via http://cube-drone.com/comics/c/relentless-persistence)

alt text Sat Jul 11 06:57:21 +0000 2015

Replying to @ExchServPro

latest with the sexy display

alt text Sat Jul 11 07:01:14 +0000 2015

Replying to @ExchServPro

So I’v heard. To be honest I’d like to try that Asus Zenbook with passive cooling and Core M CPU.

alt text Sat Jul 11 07:14:42 +0000 2015

Der Artikel im aktuellen Spiegel über die Norbert Blüm Telefonate ist großartig!

alt text Sat Jul 11 13:41:54 +0000 2015

Replying to @ExchServPro

You’re right, that sucks.

alt text Sun Jul 12 06:44:32 +0000 2015

RT @FortuneMagazine: After the Sony hack: When Microsoft and Google stepped up http://for.tn/1M28yzX

alt text Sun Jul 12 07:12:32 +0000 2015

Die Griechen müssen ihren Staat neu bauen
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/loesung-der-krise-die-griechen-muessen-ihren-staat-neu-bauen-1.2559842

alt text Mon Jul 13 08:58:10 +0000 2015

RT @ChrisStoecker: Wisst Ihr noch? Was wurde eigentlich aus StudiVZ? http://spon.de/aewI5 von @SebMeck

alt text Mon Jul 13 09:57:25 +0000 2015

RT @thurrott: I am happy to say, however, that Microsoft appears to have finally gotten display scaling right--even with multiple displays-…

alt text Mon Jul 13 14:00:32 +0000 2015

Why the Apple Watch is flopping
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/12/why-the-apple-watch-is-flopping/

alt text Tue Jul 14 07:09:41 +0000 2015

Replying to @asp_net

Hey das ist Schichtentrennung! Eine Schicht EntityFramework, wo ist das Problem? ;)

alt text Tue Jul 14 12:30:56 +0000 2015

Replying to @asp_net

wobei der Schreibfehler auch recht nervig ist ;)

alt text Tue Jul 14 12:32:02 +0000 2015

Took me some time until I figured out that you can do @{REMOVE=$deviceID} and @{ADD=$deviceID} for collections in powershell...

alt text Tue Jul 14 14:56:30 +0000 2015

We are playing Mario Kart on Wii U and tried to find a common voice chat solution. All failed but google hangout...

alt text Tue Jul 14 19:54:49 +0000 2015

Blogged: Remove and block a mobile device with Exchange Powershell
http://hoetz.github.io/exchange/2015/07/15/remove-block-mobile-device-in-exchange-powershell/

alt text Wed Jul 15 06:30:25 +0000 2015

RT @mariusschulz: Sad, but true! https://twitter.com/jimmydivvy/status/621123472324866048

alt text Wed Jul 15 09:51:41 +0000 2015

RT @jerrynixon: In a week or so, we’ll reveal Template 10 - a better project template for #Windows10 UWP apps. http://aka.ms/Template10 http:…

alt text Wed Jul 15 15:08:03 +0000 2015

RT @triketora: I walked down a street where the houses were numbered 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K and 1MB.

It was a trip down memory lane.

alt text Thu Jul 16 06:06:33 +0000 2015

Might need proofreading by @ExchServPro https://twitter.com/hoetz/status/621205155711741953

alt text Thu Jul 16 08:13:30 +0000 2015

So it is not just me... https://twitter.com/lancewmccarthy/status/621706296929185794

alt text Thu Jul 16 20:53:33 +0000 2015

Replying to @jglozano

until you realize svn does not really do “branches”….world of pain...

alt text Fri Jul 17 13:51:39 +0000 2015

RT @ploeh: Blogged: Type Driven Development with F# Pluralsight course http://ift.tt/1RE7WnU

alt text Sat Jul 18 08:37:31 +0000 2015

Replying to @scottgal

that made me google this article http://www.wired.com/2015/04/youre-worrying-wrong-bees/

Surprised.

alt text Sat Jul 18 09:33:43 +0000 2015

Replying to @markrendle

They have to give us more of that sci-fi plot at some point!

alt text Sat Jul 18 14:33:55 +0000 2015

RT @BILDblog: Stell dir vor, es droht Krieg, und nur @CHIP_online berichtet darüber: http://www.bildblog.de/67626/stell-dir-vor-es-droht-krieg-und-nur-chip-de-berichtet-darueber/

alt text Sat Jul 18 14:38:48 +0000 2015

Emilia Clarke is a shitty Sarah Connor.

alt text Sat Jul 18 21:07:54 +0000 2015

RT @Pinboard: Silicon Valley lemonade stand: 30 employees, $45 million in funding, sells $9 glasses of lemonade while illegally blocking si…

alt text Sun Jul 19 00:52:39 +0000 2015

Replying to @shanselman and @twitter

Ironically, Windows devices get the best Twitter app. @TweetiumWindows

alt text Sun Jul 19 09:04:45 +0000 2015

RT @manisha72617183: OH: Occam’s Taser: the most painful explanation is usually the correct one.

alt text Mon Jul 20 11:54:48 +0000 2015

Oh crap, I installed the german version of VS 2015...

alt text Tue Jul 21 14:07:45 +0000 2015

RT @clemensv: Why devices (and cars) shouldn’t be servers and how brokers help with security http://aka.ms/iot5 #iot #connectedcar

alt text Wed Jul 22 09:32:35 +0000 2015

Replying to @anrichter

Das Upgrade von RC auf RTM ist offiziell unterstützt. Habe aber ehrlich gesagt selbst auch die RC erst mal deinstalliert.

alt text Wed Jul 22 11:47:01 +0000 2015

RT @renevo: Just blogged about using Personal Access Tokens in Visual Studio Online http://roadtoalm.com/2015/07/22/using-personal-access-tokens-to-access-visual-studio-online/ #vsalm

alt text Wed Jul 22 12:48:56 +0000 2015

Nocturnal visitor! (attic apartment, 3rd floor) Have no idea how the cat got up here. Hope it finds its way back home

alt text Wed Jul 22 21:22:10 +0000 2015

RT @TomKlindt: Der in den USA dokumentierte “Jeep-Hack” wird in die Technikgeschichte der Digitalisierung als Patient 0 eingehen.

alt text Thu Jul 23 07:21:01 +0000 2015

Replying to @hhariri

in Windows it’s 20% (for ultrabooks)

alt text Thu Jul 23 07:31:30 +0000 2015

Think I’m doing Logging Driven Development at the moment...

alt text Thu Jul 23 09:29:12 +0000 2015

Replying to @GabeAul

things definitely improved on the dell venue 8 pro with this update

alt text Fri Jul 24 20:34:15 +0000 2015

RT @SZ: Gerade ist Horst Seehofer das nächste große Projekt um die Ohren geflogen - und ihm geht’s “bestens”. Wie bitte? http://t.co/1dshAD…

alt text Sat Jul 25 06:47:03 +0000 2015

Replying to @julielerman

„hi!“ … [15 minutes of typing message]….

alt text Sat Jul 25 15:37:13 +0000 2015

@ploeh I love using zero29 but this is still a problem from time to time http://blog.ploeh.dk/2014/01/30/how-to-use-fsharpcore-430-when-all-you-have-is-431/
Is this an option?
https://fsharp.github.io/2015/04/18/fsharp-core-notes.html#do-deploy-fsharp.core-as-part-of-your-application

alt text Sun Jul 26 09:10:23 +0000 2015

My #microsoftband is starting to fall apart not long after the V2 announcement. MS support will send me a new one.

alt text Sun Jul 26 09:21:39 +0000 2015

Replying to @ploeh

done :)

alt text Sun Jul 26 12:04:27 +0000 2015

RT @jchannon: Atom, DNX, OmniSharp & Term2 plugin!

alt text Sun Jul 26 12:05:58 +0000 2015

RT @leastprivilege: Transitioning from a Token back to a Windows Identity http://wp.me/p2qZvF-uK #windowssecurity #activedirectory #basics

alt text Sun Jul 26 12:12:39 +0000 2015

Replying to @asp_net

huh, wenn ich mich am o365 Portal anmelde springt mir sofort der installer ins Gesicht...

alt text Sun Jul 26 20:37:29 +0000 2015

Replying to @RichardPrice

yea MS usually is very accommodating when it comes to HW replacements. I remember the XB360 replacements :)

alt text Mon Jul 27 09:01:04 +0000 2015

Replying to @RichardPrice

but I fear that this might be a general V1 defect...

alt text Mon Jul 27 09:22:06 +0000 2015

RT @leastprivilege: Simplified http://ASP.NET and MVC 6 Security Templates http://wp.me/p2qZvF-uF #aspnet5 #aspnetwebapi #aspnetmvc

alt text Mon Jul 27 13:09:21 +0000 2015

Arg, my Office 365 Sharepoint Blog does not seem to support Code Highlighting...
/cc @nyn3x

alt text Mon Jul 27 13:15:54 +0000 2015

RT @sforkmann: “Do not install .NET 4.6 in production” via @marcgravell #ouch http://nickcraver.com/blog/2015/07/27/why-you-should-wait-on-dotnet-46/ https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/issues/1296

alt text Mon Jul 27 14:02:22 +0000 2015

RT @mat_mcloughlin: HTTP has a problem: it gets raped everyday.
Seriously, every single day. http://odino.org/don-t-rape-http-if-none-match-the-412-http-status-code/

alt text Mon Jul 27 14:48:08 +0000 2015

RT @kjswizzz: Ab sofort verfügbar: @MSFTExchange Server 2016 Preview http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2015/07/22/announcing-exchange-server-2016-preview.aspx

alt text Mon Jul 27 14:53:22 +0000 2015

@DanielMeixner das Problem mit der TypeLoadException fand ich schon auf der MS Ignite nicht toll. Tell don’t ask... https://twitter.com/msdev_de/status/625682057675587584

alt text Mon Jul 27 15:02:57 +0000 2015

RT @DamianEdwards: #aspnet5 beta6 is incoming, with new VS bits too! Expecting release later today if all goes well.

alt text Mon Jul 27 16:56:17 +0000 2015

Have been working with Windows 10 in VMware Fusion (unity) over the weekend on my MBP. Really liked it, thumbs up.

alt text Mon Jul 27 16:58:20 +0000 2015

Replying to @DanielMeixner

Ich verstehe die technische Herausforderung dahinter und sehe hier auch (leider) keinen anderen Weg.

alt text Tue Jul 28 06:48:11 +0000 2015

RT @jonskeet: Fancy learning F# but never got round to it? New course being built now... http://fsharp.tv - worth a look.

alt text Tue Jul 28 08:10:54 +0000 2015

RT @clemensv: In the cheap, sell-and-forget consumer electronics marketplace, there’s no impactful economic (dis-)incentive for caring abou…

alt text Tue Jul 28 08:38:58 +0000 2015

Couldn’t agree more! https://twitter.com/asp_net/status/625956268235202560

alt text Tue Jul 28 09:29:57 +0000 2015

Replying to @davepermen

consumers don’t care about “android” or fast updates. It’s a cell phone. It’s cheap. It does facebook.

alt text Tue Jul 28 12:23:09 +0000 2015

Replying to @davepermen

ok they DO care about fast FACEBOOK updates...

alt text Tue Jul 28 12:23:31 +0000 2015

Replying to @davepermen

it’s ok as long as it’s not mainstream. Linux usually only attracts nerds. Android has become a mainstream standard.

alt text Tue Jul 28 12:41:42 +0000 2015

Replying to @Cranialstrain

hmm, I’m doing lots of package restores with beta5 on mono on mac os x.

alt text Tue Jul 28 14:48:04 +0000 2015

Replying to @Cranialstrain

IIRC you could set a global constant to fix this, might confuse it with something else though.

alt text Tue Jul 28 15:03:12 +0000 2015

Replying to @Cranialstrain

does this apply? https://github.com/aspnet/dnx/issues/248#issuecomment-119490888

alt text Tue Jul 28 16:42:42 +0000 2015

I’m a bit surprised. Windows 10 looks way better on my ultra wide monitor than Yosemite.

alt text Tue Jul 28 16:49:07 +0000 2015

Replying to @Cranialstrain

ah ok, as I said, haven’t had any problems on Yosemite :(

alt text Tue Jul 28 17:14:46 +0000 2015

RT @RealNickHodge: Well done Microsoft. Slow clap.

alt text Wed Jul 29 06:26:24 +0000 2015

Replying to @davepermen

I miss the swipe-from-left-to-switch-apps gesture.

alt text Wed Jul 29 06:38:08 +0000 2015

Replying to @davepermen

the real pain: onedrive stub files were killed....

alt text Wed Jul 29 07:04:35 +0000 2015

Replying to @davepermen

and to think this all could’ve been avoided if win 8 had been win 7 on desktops and win 8 on tablets...

alt text Wed Jul 29 07:43:57 +0000 2015

Replying to @ExchServPro

Girlfriend texted 5 minutes ago that she is now on Win 10... :)

alt text Wed Jul 29 09:46:51 +0000 2015

Replying to @scottgal

I think the best way is to create an instance in the scope of a method and kill it after usage , right?

alt text Wed Jul 29 10:51:11 +0000 2015

Problems with computer domain joins & Windows Server 2012 R2? Read this: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3070083
#activedirectory

alt text Wed Jul 29 14:29:16 +0000 2015

OS X kostet auch Geld, hängt an der Hardware mit dran... https://twitter.com/JonyIveParody/status/626399630561902592

alt text Wed Jul 29 14:48:18 +0000 2015

RT @ploeh: Are you a Professional Debuggerer? http://wp.me/p3mc4w-6i via @Bizmonger Perhaps a bit black/white, but matches my general exper…

alt text Wed Jul 29 14:58:32 +0000 2015

Replying to @ploeh and @Bizmonger

DDD - Debugger Driven Development

alt text Wed Jul 29 14:59:50 +0000 2015

Replying to @julielerman

win 8.1 was a great tablet OS and I didnt mind it on my desktop either.

alt text Wed Jul 29 19:48:53 +0000 2015

Replying to @jchannon

I think enterprise versions are excluded.

alt text Wed Jul 29 19:59:56 +0000 2015

Replying to @jchannon

and you know what, win 10 actually looks way better on my ultra wide monitor than yosemite...

alt text Wed Jul 29 20:01:07 +0000 2015

Replying to @asp_net

da kannst du guten Gewissens keinem trauen...

alt text Wed Jul 29 21:33:18 +0000 2015

Replying to @bradwilson

yea, I was surprised how sharp win 10 looks on my 2560x1080 monitor. Yosemite looks all blurry...

alt text Thu Jul 30 19:21:56 +0000 2015

RT @TheCodeJunkie: I bet that 99% of everyone that is moaning about the privacy thing for Window 10 are just riding the band wagon and usua…

alt text Thu Jul 30 19:41:34 +0000 2015

I think I haven’t used the nuget UI in years. Package Manger console is the first thing I open in VS. https://twitter.com/robertmclaws/status/627005469186502656

alt text Fri Jul 31 08:05:49 +0000 2015

Think I just did this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4kBRC2co7Y

alt text Fri Jul 31 09:07:10 +0000 2015