Before diving back into one of the most abominable wrecks of a software application I've seen in years, I've lined up some stuff to read when I need to take a break:
- DARPA claims to have developed a microchip, that goes in your brain, that can control a swarm of drones. You read that right.
- The Republican Congress are set to float a budget bill that would add $2 trn to our national debt (only $2,000 bn to my UK readers) over the next 10 years, a move that Thomas Friedman calls "heating up our economy by burning all the furniture in the house."
- Chicago might get a cute little park by Union Station if the latest in a series of development proposals goes through.
- James Fallows asks, is Bob Woodward like Walter Cronkite?
- Bruce Schneier warns about a security hole in Wemo smart plugs, which I use. Which is patched. So I will right now go order my plugs to patch themselves.
- Finally, if you need to use the System.Drawing namespace with .NET Core 2.0, Scott Hanselman has your back.
OK. Firing up Visual Studio, reaching for the Valium...