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The Wera 816 RA Ratchet Screwdriver is good (I got it in the set). The best part is the quick connect which allows you to use any standard bit with it. Interchangable with your impact driver and if you break one you can just replace it.

The advantage of having the quick connect right at the handle is that the bit shaft is as thin as possible which is really handing for dissassembling products/things where a screw is down in a deep recess.

The ratchet does take a little bit of force to engage which does make it average for pc building.

I have been using it on a project and it has caused issues. However I think once .NET Standard is released adopting .NET Core won't be a problem. Plenty of other open source frameworks and libraries have similar issues.

Also it is important to realise that ASP.NET Core is not the same as .NET Core (asp.net core can run with .net core or .net 4.5/6).

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/cesardelatorre/2016/06/28/r...

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/09/26/introduci...

It can be done but you still have to work hard to achieve this. For example you will have to make a name for yourself outside of your regular work. For example become a Microsoft MVP or similar. Contribute or create projects that are recognised by people in your industry.

Effectively you have to become like a well known actor. So that when someone is starting a project ('movie') they want to hire you for it no matter the cost.

I made a javascript based automated scraper in a win7/vista desktop gadget. It was originally for dislplaying the remaining credit on my mobile. You put in search terms and a website and it scrapes it and tries to return what it thinks you are looking for (weather, stock prices, remaining blance etc). It works ok. I think there is definetly demand for a well made scraper/alert app/service though.

App is here http://robotification.com/creditile/

Also didn't yahoo make a thing for scraping this 'Yahoo Pipes' or something.

I would recommend using a credit card that lets you download your transactions for tracking expenses. Unless you really need the detail of the individual items from your purchases. I tried scanning all my reciepts and found it was a waste of time, now I just scan reciepts for things that were over ~$100 that I might need to return under warranty.

If you get a scanner make sure it has full-duplex (scans both sides of the paper), A document feeder and is network based (beware cheaper models where you still need a driver to make it work).

I have a Brother 8890DW, which has scan to email and (I believe) scan to ftp.

If you are low volume I would definitely look at the camera based scanning options, then you can just use your phone.

As for management I just have a directory full of pdf's which I can search in windows. Simple but effective.

I have always wondered if knowing programming languages counts as being bilingual or whether most languages are just an obscure subset of english? Do non native english speakers find they have to know/learn english to program?

Getting access to devices client side is definitely going to power the next wave of innoviation on the web. It will essentially remove much of the destinction between a web and native app. It will also put standards based applications on a level playing field with apps using specific API's (eg iphone apps). Well in my opinion at least :)

The big question is how long will it take for most browsers to support this kind of functionality.