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I found this book very helpful in my student days -- its content is still comp-sci foundational, and by it the applicability of graph theory to computer programming of/or/and data structures is clearly shown...

The rosettacode.org site has many sample programming tasks/problems and it shows solutions implemented for each of them in dozens of languages,

The IBM System/360 had a date format with 2 digits for the year. IBM Systems Reference Library IBM System/360 Operating System Control Program Services Changing to a 4-digit year genuinely was necessary for disambiguation, and all the mainframe software vendors had Y2K-compliant editions of...

The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology is not prohibitively expensive: new on Amazon: https://amazon.com/Oxford-Dictionary-English-Etymology/dp/0198611129?tag=pfamazon01-20 in very good condition on Alibris: https://alibris.com/search/books/isbn/9780198611127?qwork=4942312

Perhaps 'Formicians' -- Formicidae, the ant family, as far as we know are the only insects that never sleep.

zoology/taxonomy quiz Q&A Q: What is a difference between an alligator and a crocodile? A: The alligator will see you later, but the crocodile, you'll see in a while.

Circuit Scramble is a logic circuit solitaire game for Android, available for free download at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Circuit-Scramble-Computer-Logic-Puzzles/dp/B078X99YQG

Reference: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-infinitesimal-in-calculus.1066628/#post-7129537

If there were a 100% MS-approved way, then presumably there would be no reason for the OP to have started this thread. The tool automates use of MS-approved interfaces to accomplish the disabling of auto-update functions. It's open source, and its workings are well explained in the accompanying...

That assessment does not support your contention that "it's not possible to entirely turn off updates on Windows". The software tool is downloadable, it works today, and it likely will work on any version of Windows 10 Update for as long as Win 10 is supported -- and that software tool is only...

There are multiple ways to disable the auto-updates that more precisely fit the purpose than that, e.g. you could use your router's firewall to disallow downloads from Microsoft domains,. That's not accurate -- you can turn off Windows 10 Update (and turn it back on), e.g. by use of methods...