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Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it. Happy holidays to all.
Himself and I were planning on spending today with the in-laws, but we got a once-in-a-blue-moon white Christmas. It just doesn't happen here, but it happened here good and hard today.
My in-laws live in the middle of a 20 acre plot of forest, itself nestled just south of the middle of nowhere. Getting there in good weather requires navigating a switchback.
Getting there any other time requires all wheel drive.
And in the snow? What a mess. We may try if the snow backs off, to at least have dinner with them.
We didn't really plan for this. Oh well. Maybe chains and determination will see us through.
If not, and we end up stuck out there, then we'll be on satellite internet and maybe even generator power until the roads clear up. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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Growing up in the mountain (until 12 years old, when I moved to much warmer climate) snow capped Christmas conjure the innocent happiness of youth for me! 
modified 25-Dec-21 16:53pm.
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If you decide to drive under these conditions, be careful and Godspeed to you.
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Actually, the weather got worse, and we canceled the whole thing. We had a scare for a bit because we hadn't heard from my father in law, who was headed home, but it turns out he made it, but was helping some stranded motorists in the area using his tractor and wasn't near his phone. The little private roads out there aren't so good. Anyway, it all worked out.
Good thing there are 11 more days of christmas though, because this one was a bust! 
Real programmers use butterflies
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I live high up in the rockies. Snow starts around Halloween but not this year. Our 5 world-class ski resorts got oh a few inches here and there but Friday morning we woke up to a fresh foot for Christmas.
......And a snow blower that won't run. 
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Still a wish of mine to take a trip on the Rocky Mountaineer, who knows maybe my wish will be fullfilled next year if I win the lottery 
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I just managed to travel to the deep south of the Netherlands where my mother lives on a clear day.
Did not want to drive in the icy weather conditions that were forecasted for today
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Where does she live on the non-clear days?
Real programmers use butterflies
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One missing comma and... 
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Are you fishing for a Christmas horror story?
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Yah. Got a note from my sister who lives in Homer AK - she just topped out at 5 feet of snow. Luckily she is now working from home until they lay her off
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
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I haven't had a chance to do any programming for years now, but now a need something I think I can do myself. I know I could, easily, years ago, but now?
So last night I downloaded and installed SQLserver and Visual Studio. OMG! It's all changed drastically! 
I'm going to have to go back to school just to work the UI! Oh, well. Next year is almost here, and it's got to get better...
Have a Merry Christmas, or whatever you like to celebrate, all of you!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to you also Roger and good luck with your project.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Thanks, Mike! I hope you had a great Christmas, and find a very good New Year in 2022!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Had a pretty good Christmas, been fighting bronchitis but better now.
Hope you had a good Christmas as well and this will be a prosperous New Year.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Hard to imagine that not too long ago it required a highly paid database administrator (and staff) to keep you away from "the database" and any server installations.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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And developers still shouldn't go anywhere near "The Database"!
That's why it's so (relatively) easy to install and Express edition of SQL Server - and you can test on a local copy without risking production data.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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A good news is all latest Microsoft UI framework are pretty much the same.
WPF, UWP, WinUI all have very similar API.
Last I checked, even Xamarin, working on non MS OS, was quite similar, just had different panels... So you'll get it! 
If it's a web thing, MVC hasn't changed much all those year, and MVC encourage knowing HTML, which comes handy with the latest shiny (very shiny) new web tech: Blazor !
So.. good luck, live long and prosper!
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Welcome back, Roger, i look forward to hearing status reports as you begin yet another trek in the digital wilderness .
cheers, bill
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Good to see you still around! I've never been able to master the art of linking a SQL DB to a C# app, something everyone else here can probably do in their sleep, but I'm going to try it again. Have a wonderful New Year!
Will Rogers never met me.
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I retired after 35 years of programming using both VS and MSS the last 20 years, proud of my career. But sadly I was forced to use MySQL since the free MSS can't be used on a home network, only standalone on a single PC. I think both TCP/IP and Named Pipes cannot be configured on the free version, leaving only the memory access client available. So far the only thing I've missed is real time backups.
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That's good information, Brian! Thanks! Fortunately, my need is simple; track my stock market trades without having to resort to pencil and paper. Twenty years ago I would have fired up Access and gone at it, only to find that (then) I couldn't distribute the run time to anyone without paying a ridiculous fee to MS. The free version of SQLServer is more than enough to do this simple task. If I get it working for me, I plan to give it to friends who are in the same trading groups as I frequent, and intend it to be a simple single-machine program. I'm still working on the top level design in my head, though, while figuring out how to use this, once-familiar IDE. Last year I managed 68% return using straight equities combined with options, and while it's easy to find stock tracking software, the combination is readily available. Happily, there're only about 40 basic options trades, so that limits how flexible it needs to be. Expect to see me in the Q & A section a lot...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Virtually every bog-standard Windows hosted webserver account includes your own MS Sql Server d/b these days. When using MS Sql Server for projects, I've long since given up hosting the d/b on the dev server - just host it on the web. (That way clients / potential clients / friends / the world can access it if it turns out to be useful / interesting / money making).
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Brian L Hughes wrote: I think both TCP/IP and Named Pipes cannot be configured on the free version,
Take a look: [^], [^]
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Good move. One challenge you will find is where to get good advice. I started using a few sites regularly but find one in particular not friendly to anything they consider a "stupid question". I always fall back on Codeproject - even if I am having a brain dead day no one is ever rude about it.
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