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So did I. We found and implemented alternatives as soon as it was possible.
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In related news, Word Development Team reassigned to Excel Development team to assist with integration of Javascript and Python.
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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This seems like it is set up for failure:
Cortana Devices[^]
Invoke[^]
Did anyone even know this was / is a product?
Why would you buy this over Google Home or Amazon Alexa?
Who would?
Just not sure.
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Yes, I knew about it.
I bought one (Christmas present to myself from my wife).
Why - consistency across devices (desktop, laptop, xbox, phone).
And from my Halo playing days, talking to Cortana is more fun. Who the h31l is this Alexa chick? Never heard of her or seen her in a video game.
modified 18-Dec-17 10:59am.
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littleGreenDude wrote: Why - consistency across devices (desktop, laptop, xbox, phone).
Okay, now that is an interesting and valid reason. 
Didn't know there were that many people who were using Cortana that much.
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I'm still not seeing the point of Google Home or Amazon Alexa. All the ads and use examples seem so contrived.
A good speaker system to stream music... fine.
A voice activated personal assistant to buy my wife flowers when I screw up... meh!
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Mike Mullikin wrote: still not seeing the point of Google Home or Amazon Alexa
I totally agree and I own a Google Home which was gifted to me last Christmas.
The main thing I use it for is streaming music. And, of course, unless you are part of a paid service that isn't even very good.
Google brow beats you continually to "join Youtube Red" for $9.99 a month. Way too expensive.
I use free Pandora to listen to music via Google Home but even with that Ms. Google drives me utterly crazy at times trying to route me to Youtube Red.
If I don't say things exactly right then she says, "You need a Youtube Red subscription to do that"
I've found that, like any other animal, we think we program AI but really it programs us. 
EDIT
I do like the ability to set "hands free" timers too. Ours is in kitchen and you can easily say, "Hey Google, set a timer for 13 minutes". Quite helpful if you cook.
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- Cortana experience may vary by device.
And the last thing I want is some device in my house that's constantly listening to everything I say. It's bad enough that the cats report everything to their home planet.
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Marc Clifton wrote: the last thing I want is some device in my house that's constantly listening to everything I say
What kinds of things do you not want the device hearing you say?
Please list 10 or more in the available space below.
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Here's a shorter list - things I would like to share with those listening to my conversations that have been recorded :
[EOL]
PS - this is not just me being afraid of "big brother." Samsung was recently fined several million dollars because they were recording conversations heard by their TVs and retaining the recordings. I do not consider Amazon, Google, or Microsoft to be any more "benevolent" than Samsung.
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raddevus wrote: What kinds of things do you not want the device hearing you say?
The English language lacks the words for certain utterances. 
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I find mixin classes interesting because they provide another approach to the CRTP to achieve something equivalent, and therefore provide a different trade-off. Plus, you get the added bonus of searching through more files when debugging!
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The algorithm is having a cultural moment. Originally a math and computer science term, algorithms are now used to account for everything from military drone strikes and financial market forecasts to Google search results. "Stagger, stagger, crawl, crawl, jump..."
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Just the other day, I actually heard someone say, "You could use an algorithm for that couldn't you?"
I replied, "Yes, you could, but I'll look for an alternative." 
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We knew this day would come. One of the major parts of our formative years on the worldwide web -- we called it that back in the day -- will cease to be. AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) came to a close a few hours ago. ICQ, AIM, can we hope for Messenger or Skype to follow?
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Google announced today that it’s shutting down its high-end smartphone augmented reality platform, Tango, in order to focus on the more mass market ARCore product. They discovered it takes two
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Before debugging the code we must follow a moral code. Debugging needs a Golden Rule. A rule to remind developers of a few important facts of debugging. Submit bug reports on others as you would have them submit bug reports on you?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: A rule to remind developers of a few important facts of debugging
Answering with another quote (not literal and don't remember who said it)
Quote: 1st rule of debugging: Don't debug
2nd rule of debugging(only for experts): Don't debug (yet)
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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And its corollary, the Coding Golden Rule: "Just say no."
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Google’s Security Researcher Tavis Ormandy has discovered a bug in Windows 10’s Password Manager which allows attackers to steal passwords. Do they spend as much time and effort on finding bugs in Google products (Android says no)
It's patched already, BTW.
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For years, the program investigated reports of unidentified flying objects, according to Defense Department officials, interviews with program participants and records obtained by The New York Times. The truth is somewhere
Of course, the Pentagon probably also spent $22MM a year on coffee and muffins.
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The add-on, called Looking Glass, was intended to promote the season 3 finale of Mr. Robot that aired on Wednesday, December 13, but the whole media stunt failed miserably. They should have said they got hacked
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Microsoft is considering adding Python as one of the official Excel scripting languages, according to a topic on Excel's feedback hub opened last month. I suppose it's better than the alternative?
Although they seem to be adding JavaScript as well.
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 Sorry, man:
Custom functions allow developers to add any JavaScript function to Excel using an add-in (http://bit.ly/2AYtNUW). Users can then access custom functions like any other native function in Excel (such as AVERAGE).
TTFN - Kent
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