A Microsoft director explains why it's finally ending language updates for Visual Basic, a programming language launched in 1991 that 700,000 developers still rely on every month

Microsoft's Visual Basic was named the "Most Dreaded" programming language for three years in a row by the Stack Overflow Developer Survey.
Hackaday

BASIC Programming With No Strings Attached

Today in programming language hacks we have string art rendered in BASIC. String art — also known as pin and thread art, or filography — is an art form where images are invoked by thread woven between ...
Times Union

Hudson’s basic income pilot reports good outcomes

HUDSON — The city’s universal basic income pilot reported positive outcomes during its third year. The program, HudsonUp, gives 128 residents $500 a month with no strings attached. It is privately ...
Hackaday

BASIC: Cross-Platform Software Hacking Then And Now

Surely BASIC is properly obsolete by now, right? Perhaps not. In addition to inspiring a large part of home computing today, BASIC is still very much alive today, even outside of retro computing.
Business Insider

A DC basic income program is letting people choose the amount on their checks. A participant said $1,400 a month is what she needs to pay medical bills.

A DC basic income program lets participants choose their monthly payment amounts, no-strings-attached. The CashRx pilot by Bread for the City aims to improve health outcomes for low-income residents.
Gizmodo

BASIC, the 50-Year-Old Computer Programming Language for Regular People

Computer coding ability has gotten especially hip recently. People who can’t code revere it as 21st century sorcery, while those who do it professionally are often driven to fits by it. And it was 50 ...