Wintellect ASP.NET FAQ

Nothing beats a well constructed FAQ based on lots of real-world questions. It's a little old, but I was surprised how much genuinely insightful material is present in the Wintellect ASP.NET FAQ.

It's a mixture of the mundane (How do I comment out statements in ASPX files? ) and the sublime (If I update session state, should I lock it, too? Are concurrent accesses by multiple requests executing on multiple threads a concern with session state?). At any rate, guaranteed to contain a few things you didn't know you needed to know about ASP.NET.

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Stay Gold, America

We are at an unprecedented point in American history, and I'm concerned we may lose sight of the American Dream.

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The Great Filter Comes For Us All

With a 13 billion year head start on evolution, why haven't any other forms of life in the universe contacted us by now? (Arrival is a fantastic movie. Watch it, but don't stop there - read the Story of Your Life novella it was based on

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I Fight For The Users

If you haven't been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year, I don't blame you. There's a lot going on right now. It's a busy time. But let's pause and take a moment

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The 2030 Self-Driving Car Bet

It's my honor to announce that John Carmack and I have initiated a friendly bet of $10,000* to the 501(c)(3) charity of the winner’s choice: By January 1st, 2030, completely autonomous self-driving cars meeting SAE J3016 level 5 will be commercially available for passenger

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