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Links from my inbox August 2021

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Links from my inbox August 2021

Once in a while, the time comes to clean all the links I've saved in my email inbox.

Azure Active Directory​

AAD Videos​

Positive Hacking​

Azure​

Other ;)​

Money​

Algorithms, data structures, software design​

Career​

How the things work​

Security​

Mongo​

Apps​

Projects​

Tools​

Android Dev​

Concepts​

Javascript CSS HTML​

C​

C++​

C# / NET​

#if Linux
Console.WriteLine("Built on Linux!");
#elif OSX
Console.WriteLine("Built on macOS!");
#elif Windows
Console.WriteLine("Built in Windows!");
#endif

Performance!​

Subscribe!​

Story​

Books to read... Maybe... some day​

Snippets​

Great trick for chaning CSS rules at runtime

document.styleSheets.item(0).cssRules[0].style.whiteSpace = 'pre-wrap'

Browser Speech API

(() => {

  // utterThis.pitch = 2;
  // utterThis.rate = 1.5;
  function speak(text, pitch, rate) {
    const synth = window.speechSynthesis;
    const voices = synth.getVoices();
    const voiceEn = voices.find(v => v.lang === 'en-US');
    const voiceRu = voices.find(v => v.lang === 'ru-RU');
    const utterThis = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text);
    utterThis.voice = voiceEn;
    utterThis.pitch = pitch;
    utterThis.rate = rate;
    synth.speak(utterThis);
  }

  speak('Hello World', 2, 0.5);

})();

For later...​

  • US Taxes UsTaxes is an open source tax filing application that can be used to file the Form 1040 United States individual income tax return. Unlike paid tax preparation software, UsTaxes both protects user privacy and is provided free of charge. But:
    - [Free File: Do your Federal Taxes for Free Internal Revenue Service](https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free)
    - [Federal Income Tax Spreadsheet Form 1040  Excel Spreadsheet  Income Tax Calculator](https://sites.google.com/view/incometaxspreadsheet/home)