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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: never make misteaks
Of course not... that's not BACON
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So long as it doesn't put squiggly red lines under almost every variable name mentioned in a comment!
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Icons, themes, and fonts will be updated "for a modern, updated experience."
Yeah! Another set of icons.
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Quote: “A package manager is designed to help you save time and frustration,” Microsoft’s Demitrius Nelon explained when the firm announced its plans for WinGet. “Essentially, it is a set of software tools that help you automate the process of getting software on your machine. You specify which apps you want installed, and it does the work of finding the latest version (or the exact one you specified) and installing it on your machine.”
Microsoft Releases WinGet 1.0 - Thurrott.com[^]
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According to AppGet developer, Microsoft got the implementation details from him with the promise of a PM position to lead the WinGet team. What takes the cake was Microsoft HR department did not even reimburse his travel expense.
The Day AppGet Died.
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<sigh> I used to be excited about new Windows updates.
Nowadays I just wonder what they are going to barf up next.
It seems to me that aspects of the computer industry (which of course is several different industries, from mobile to desktop to software, etc.) should have reached maturity by now. That is to say, ongoing change should no longer be driving the industry (or industries). We should be looking at stability now, at long term predictability.
This is not something that many people want to hear. How will phone Apple make billions more if they are expected to stabilise their phone range, rather than bring out pointlessly new, and pointlessly more expensive, models all the time? How will the Microsoft Office business make yet more money if they can't bring out pointless new features? For example, I'm currently running O2019 but it offers me nothing of consequence or significance over and above O2007.
Yes, I know that businesses need to make money. Shiny and new is the obvious way to do that. But if we really had a mature industry, we would want fewer new and shinies, and more well-tested and predictable. Sadly this would encourage vendors to move even more to the subscription model than is currently the case in an effort to keep the income stream flowing. All the same, the entire industry should have grown up by now imvho, and the concept of LTS versions of software should be redundant. Everything should be LTS by now. Instead, we are mostly driving forward the mantra of obsolescence by design.
Does this mean I am getting old or that I am just grown up? Who knows.
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This step-by-step tutorial will take you through setting up your first unit test with Visual Studio and Uno Platform. Because I'm feeling testy at the moment
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Like pharma companies paying for the studies of a drug in their portfolio?
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MIT researchers have created the first fiber with digital capabilities, able to sense, store, analyze, and infer activity after being sewn into a shirt. I'd like to wave, but my shirt just crashed and now I can't raise my arm
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Coming next: The Tuxedo (2002) - IMDb[^]
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This give new meaning, indeed, to the concept of following an online thread.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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In spite of the various downsides, most employees still enjoy working remotely and would be more than happy to make a few compromises in order to remain remote. "Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles I'm feeling very still"
I placed my vote on that one years ago
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It's called Amazon Sidewalk, and the company touts it as a way to help its devices work better, by extending the range of low-bandwidth devices to help them stay online.
It does that by pooling neighbors' Wi-Fi to help connectivity for devices that are out of range. Of course... they are just doing everything for you...
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Of course!
Don't own one and won't EVER!
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Mike Hankey wrote:
Don't own one and won't EVER!
+1 here...
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Oooo ... that's nasty. What if the WiFi is coming from a local hotspot using mobile data? 500MB/month is still 0.5GB, and until recently that's 1/6th of my "free allowance".
And while I can restrict what apps on my phone can use the internet I can't do that with my PC if it's connected to my phone via a hotspot (which I do when I'm mobile as I can't be arsed to move the SIM between the two devices).
I'd be well annoyed if an Echo started using my data and "pushed me over the edge" as it gets expensive very quickly!
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AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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This is obviously designed for a world in which data connections are "too cheap to meter". In the real world, I pay for my data connection. Should I have a poor connection in a particular place in the house, I would run a network cable to the location, use Ethernet-over-power, or use a Wi-Fi booster. This isn't rocket science.
This is aside from issues like someone performing illegal actions using my Wi-Fi connection, which might have serious legal repercussions for me!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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When coding in the new Visual Studio 2019 v16.10, IntelliCode will now scan your project to suggest handy NuGet packages for you, saving the time and hassle of finding just the right helpers on your own. So it just suggests the latest Adam Sandler code all the time?
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a.k.a. People donwloading this also downloaded that?
Or like Amazon... showing you packages that does the same as the one you already installed (meaning, totally useless after that)
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That was what I was originally going to write, yes. Either way, sounds pretty unhelpful.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: That was what I was originally going to write, yes
Great minds think alike? 
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Back in January, researchers warned that the iPhone 12 lineup and MagSafe accessories could potentially deactivate implanted medical devices. "Don't you mess around with me. You're a heartbreaker"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Back in January, researchers warned that the iPhone 12 lineup and MagSafe accessories could potentially deactivate implanted medical devices.
Not only medical devices...
Apple has been deactivating human organs (specially brains) for a while...
run and duck... sh*t... I forgot the coat
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