TheBitBender

Passionate software developer and computer enthusiast for more than 30 years, started with 10 on commodore64, now luckily working with .net, c# and @UnoPlatform

[Zac Bowden @zacbowden]

@Pirat_Nation Would be cool if you could link to the original source https://t.co/ukfJ5I89hW

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

Microsoft has started rebuilding the Windows 11 Start menu from scratch with WinUI 3.

Expect noticeably quicker loading times and truly instant search results in the new design.

The menu will also let you freely resize it between compact and expanded views by dragging the edges, and you’ll be able to hide whole sections like Pinned,
Recommended, or the full All apps list whenever you want.

These updates finally respond to years of user feedback about the current version’s stiff layout and lack of real customization options.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores after a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

[Wiesław Šoltés @wieslawsoltes]

Bringing powerful SVG animations authored directly in @UnoPlatform XAML using https://t.co/CMbD2Iz2qN from https://t.co/3cTUkySvL9

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

We finally might have a reliable treatment for pancreatic cancer after all these decades. Usually survival is 13% at year 5–but those who took the mRNA vaccine & responded to drug—almost all still alive in year 6! However, RFK Jr just cancelled billions in mRNA research funding.

[Wiesław Šoltés @wieslawsoltes]

Just released https://t.co/CMbD2Iz2qN package that lets you author an SVG element tree directly in @UnoPlatform XAML. Instead of loading an external .svg file, you declare svg, path, g, filters, text, and related nodes inline. https://t.co/3xvzbfztb2

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

I challenge any other modern democratic country to prove that their populace is dumber than America's. Y'all can't do it. The election of Trump, especially the second term, cements America as the dumbest modern nation in history.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

“The average IQ in Somalia hovers around 70, and that's the threshold for mentally handicapped ... they're a net drain on the society.”

- Congressman Brendan Gill (R-TX) engages in open racism against Somali-Americans.

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

Whoever is cooking up these LEGO videos has the Trump regime completely figured out.

While the U.S. fumbles digital propaganda, Iran is dropping AI brick bangers that are actually landing.

They’re winning the meme war brick by brick. 🧱

#LEGOPropaganda

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

LMAO who made this 😭😂🤣

[TheBitBender @BitBender1]

not paid on time and we only found out days after the subscription was terminated, you now want us to pay twice the price for 3yrs for beginning a new subscription instead of prolonging the existing one. you drove us into the hands of a fraud and now want to profit from that

[TheBitBender @BitBender1]

@VSSubscriptions the microsoft partner you referred us to some years ago as only option to buy 3yr-enterprise-subscriptions made us pay upfront, actually paid annualy without our consent, went bankrupt after the first rate without us knowing, and because the 2nd rate for yr2 was

[Nate Purkeypile: Solo Indie Dev🤘🏹🔥-🏎️💥🎸-🔪 @NPurkeypile]

@majornelson I'm a solo indie dev who made a heavy metal horror game that's on XBox. It's an open world game where you hunt monsters from folklore.

I worked at Bethesda for 14 years on stuff like Skyrim/Fallout before making it.

Hope you like it if you check it out!
https://t.co/zRui5A480C

[WalkingCat @_h0x0d_]

Keynote: The Road to Visual Studio 2027: Building a Faster, Smarter IDE | VS Live Las Vegas 2026 @mkristensen https://t.co/jNij9jHPb0

[Uno Platform @UnoPlatform]

AI agents didn’t change the hard part of WPF migration. They changed the expensive part.

The mechanical 80%, namespace swaps, API translations, and event renames, is now much cheaper. The architectural 20% is still yours.

Our latest blog looks at how AI is changing the economics of legacy migration 👇

[OpenSilver - Web-native WPF @OpenSilverTeam]

WPF is the best UI frameworks ever created.

We think it deserves to be cross-platform, so more developers can build great apps with it.

[OpenSilver - Web-native WPF @OpenSilverTeam]

OpenSilver is not an emulator, a wrapper, or an Electron-style bundled browser. It is a complete reimplementation of the WPF/Silverlight API from scratch, using modern .NET, WebAssembly, and the browser's DOM.

On the Web, your C# code compiles to WebAssembly. Unlike canvas-based rendering approaches, XAML is rendered at runtime using real HTML elements: TextBox becomes <textarea>, MediaElement becomes <video>, PasswordBox becomes <input type="password">, Image becomes <img>, and so on. This unlocks native browser behaviors like Ctrl+F search, text selection (to copy text), screen readers, SEO indexing, browser translation, mobile long-press, UI automated testing, and accessibility compliance. The compiled app is a set of static files (WebAssembly, JS, index.html...) that can be hosted anywhere: Azure, AWS, GitHub Pages, or any basic web server. No special server technology is required.

On desktop and mobile (via MAUI-OpenSilver Hybrid or Photino), the UI is still rendered as HTML/CSS, but C# runs as native .NET instead of WebAssembly. This preserves full compatibility with JS libraries and Blazor components (because the UI is still HTML/CSS), while adding native performance and direct access to platform APIs (because the runtime is native .NET).

[Very Brexit Problems @VeryBrexitProbs]

New Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar finally appeared as a guest on state television M1 for the first time ever. Here’s what he told the journalist.

“We will suspend this channel's news service. This isn't about me; I'm not seeking revenge. Our people deserve journalism that reflects the truth.”

“We will nationalize the assets given to businesspeople and foundations during the Orbán era.”

“The Mathias Corvinus Collegium Foundation, close to Orbán, was transferred 10% of MOL (oil company) and Gedeon Richter (pharmaceutical company) for free. We will take back these shares.”

“After 16 years of the Orbán era, 400,000 Hungarian children in this country are living in deep poverty.”

“President Sulyok is no longer the president of this country in my eyes or in the eyes of the people.”

(In response to the host asking about his meeting with Zelensky as a counterpoint) “I get your joke, and I even like it. But your references no longer carry any meaning.”

“According to you, Germany has collapsed, there's no internet there, people aren't even having sex. The Hungarian people were laughing at you.”

“It was said on this channel that even my young children won't talk to me, when in fact my children live with me.”

(When the host interrupted him) “No host in this studio ever dared to interrupt Hungary's most corrupt and most lying prime minister.”

(When asked about the legal basis for closing the news service) “For someone on this channel to accuse me of breaking the law looks like a thief accusing the police.”

[OpenSilver - Web-native WPF @OpenSilverTeam]

WPF got the developer experience right. The web got everything else right.

OpenSilver is the first UI framework that combines both. Write in WPF, ship real HTML DOM, not pixels on a canvas, and get accessibility, SEO, Ctrl+F, text selection, browser translation, mobile interactions, browser extensions, screen readers, and more.

Try it in seconds at https://t.co/hS3Vp2sLmD. No setup. No signup.

[OpenSilver - Web-native WPF @OpenSilverTeam]

Our browser-based .NET IDE (@xaml_io) now has code sharing and NuGet packages