It's not using Linq. It's using a set of extension methods and lambda expressions. Linq is a whole other DSL ("from x in myVehicles...") that I rarely see used.

Lambda expressions are simply syntactic sugar for anonymous methods.

It's distressing to me that you claim to be a C# developer and can't "wrap your head around" lambdas, which you also confuse with Linq. Hopefully you have an MSDN subscription and can take advantage of some of the new free PluralSight training, because you clearly need it. I wouldn't hire you.

AT&T doesn't work for its customers, it works for its shareholders.

Only works for .NET applications. What about native applications?

Of course they're not required to do so. That being said, some of us bank with institutions that don't hate their customers.

The only purpose is spending money...

Sounds like you can definitely lose one ("just offered it"), and also the second when you're not traveling internationally.

Why do you want to change your passwords regularly? Honestly, what security do you hope to gain from that?

You don't pick an account and guess passwords for it, you pick a password and guess accounts for it. That way, you don't risk locking out accounts. Because most people use one of the very common passwords, you have a shockingly high chance of finding an account that works with the (presumably common) password you've chosen.

I carry one debit and one credit. I only ever pay with the debit if whatever retailer I'm at doesn't accept the credit.

Why would you have more than one credit card? I've never understood that. Except if you're currently playing the introductory-bonus-card-swapping game, I guess. I never got into that.

You need a better bank. I'm with a CU, and when $300 got withdrawn (via an ATM without a camera, ofc), the bank gave me the $300 back while they did the investigation.

He said "then", but he meant "than".

Which is why communism has generally been successful.

My wife plays mic'd games, makes it known she's female, and the worst "harassment" she's ever had is a World of Warcraft group wiping whenever she says anything over voice chat.

My anecdotal story is worth as much as your unsubstantiated claim, i.e. nothing.

Hey, that's scientific, there. An opinion piece.

That article claims that Windows 9 will be announced on Sept 30. So much for that, then, right?

C:\Program Files\7-Zip
$ ./7z

7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18

What's so complicated about that? Feel free to use the .exe as well if it makes you feel better:

C:\Program Files\7-Zip
$ ./7z.exe

7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18

If 7z.exe is in your path, no need to give it a directory:

D:\
$ 7z

7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18

Also, if you're into terseness, you can use the "gci" alias for Get-ChildItem, or the "dir" alias, or the "ls" alias.