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Well yes, the rendering technology hasn't changed a bit. But the development experience is finally good!  (well it's preview tech, debugging don't work very well...)
I can't see the UI (i.e. HTML, CSS, etc..) change any time soon though...
But hey making multiplatform desktop app is easier than ever!
(WPF, XamarinForm, Avalonia all use Xaml and have similar control hierarchy and layout controls)
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... a Xiaomi Mi Router 3. Got it home. Plugged it directly into the laptop. Set my IP to 192.168.31.16, and the gateway to 192.168.31.3 as per the instructions. First screen - accept the licence agreement. No decline button, just accept. Read the licence agreement.
A few choice phrases pertaining to 'Xiaomi products and services':
... may analyse your phone contacts to search for your friends
... not oppose the basic principles determined in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China
... you irrevocably waive any and all ownership, legal and moral rights to your user content (user content is not defined anywhere in the agreement)
Basically, it seems to boil down to if you want to use this router, this piece of hardware, then you have to open a 'Mi Talk' account, which you can only do if you accept their ten-page agreement - whereupon they own you lock stock and barrel. I presume they also have the ability to monitor anything you send anywhere.
Needless to say, the router went back first thing this morning. Fortunately, in EU law there is a requirement that if a product is sold such that any licence agreement may not be read until opening/installing the product, then if the licence agreement is declined an immediate refund must be made on return of the product.
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Nobody reads what they sign up for ... they never did.
When I was MD of a small hardware / software house we needed an NDA, so I grabbed one we had signed, and based ours on that with appropriate modifications. And feeling whimsical, I added penalty clauses: sacrifice of the signatories firstborn child, that sort of thing.
Not only did it get signed without any comment, it was used as a basis by others as it was offered to me for signing some years later by a potential customer ... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: ...I added penalty clauses: sacrifice of the signatories firstborn child, that sort of thing.
Not only did it get signed without any comment, it was used as a basis by others as it was offered to me for signing some years later by a potential customer ...
and... you signed it?
the ones that get me are those security stickers (mostly on electronic goods) - once you cut that sticker it says you are responsible for the contents of the box.
but you can't check the contents of the box are hale without cutting the sticker to open it.
so what happens when you cut the sticker, open the box, and find the cat is already dead, how could you know?
too bad, it's your cat now. ( why did I just about the too two ronnies? )
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Of course not!
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Following your advocacy, I bought a bunch of AOMEI software. I am now going to go through their licence agreement with a fine-toothed comb. I always skim a licence agreement, just to see if there are any out of the ordinary clauses, but as AOMEI is also a Chinese firm, I feel it deserves further scrutiny regarding first borns etcetera.
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Probably a Gov't requirement in China and they don't bother to change it for elsewhere. Like previously said, no one reads that stuff anyway (like they say to their wife and/or GF: "I agree").
I have created a router with VPN server on a Pi, including ad blocking. I have to figure out how to better harden it and then I will repeat that with faster hardware. More and more of that stuff available for sharing.
The time sink is making sure the open source stuff doesn't have any phone home stuff hidden in there. There are more tools for configuring the Linux firewall and SELinux these days.
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If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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A Pi is fast enough for that, but with only one ethernet port, I don't understand how a Pi can make a viable router. Even if you were to use a USB adapter, the Pi is STILL only USB2 compliant, which means you're needlessly throttling your throughput. Fully featured commodity routers are too cheap AND much better suited for this task than a Pi. Don't get me wrong, I love my Pis, but IMHO, they aren't the correct tool for router work.
Just my opinion of course...
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I think I said I would port to faster hardware.
Still an interesting exercise. 
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Chris C-B wrote: A few choice phrases pertaining to 'Xiaomi products and services':
Wow. That is insane. I wonder how many government agencies are using that router. 
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Want to bet the DNS IPs point to a Chinese site, and are coded into the firmware?
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I wonder how the router would know that you don't violate any basic principles of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China?
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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I presume by reading everything that passes through the router. I fully expect that Chinese DNS IPs are hard coded into the firmware, so at the very least they would know what sites you are visiting.
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remember when you buy anything with a Chinese name you are buying a piece of china...
Caveat Emptor.
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More like they are getting a piece of you.
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84. Copy right before serious offence (4)
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Tort ? don't get the copy bit though
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0) I have a EF model with a context and a few entities, based on some stored procs.
1) I changed a stored proc, and went to update the stored proc in the model from the database. It didn’t update.
2) I figured, “ok, I guess I’ll delete the current entity and just regenerate it.
3) It created the entity, but appended the name with a “1”.
4) You can’t manually change the entity names that are generated from the database.
5) It looks like my only recourse is to delete the Edmx in its entirety, and start over. That’s just plain f*ckin absurd.
6) I f*ckin hate Entity Framework.
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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There there.
I never use EF, and I rarely use stored procedures.
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Well, I refuse to deal with the crapware known as the EF code generator. I'm doing everything manually, including creating the entity models. As I get more and more of the stored procs done, it'll end up being faster overall.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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