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I admire Scott Hanselman, and enjoy his prolific blogging; he never seems to run out of curiosity, and I think what he's done in the area of diabetes' management/monitoring software/hardware is very praiseworthy.
In his current blog entry [^] he describe this "DesktopBridgeToUWP" that's going get your current Win Apps into the Windows Store without (supposedly) requiring devs to engage in tantra-mantra sphincter-reversals.
But, I get this little shiver of a frisson reading this, and I can't help imagining the Win Store as bloated as the old PillsBury Flour DoughBoy [^] with the same kind of titter-litter your find on any app-store these days.
I'm sorry about that, Scott, and, I sincerely hope it turns out well for everyone.
p.s. I have registered the domain name "zombiebychoice.com" ... jes' sayin'
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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When will I be able to play Gorilla.bas on my phone - that's what I want!
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Knock yourself out[^].
What we take away from this:
No matter how daft you think an idea is, some idiot has already put it on the interwebs.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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All three (Android/Apple/Windows) stores are bloated and if you do find an app you like, odds are that it will never be updated.
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One thing has always bothered me about apps from the app stores. How can development shops make any real money off of them if they are a stand-alone app. I see the benefit of a company extending their services to the mobile arena as that works out better for the consumer. I see that some companies have made millions with micro-transactions, from which they will never get a penny from me. What really gets me is, when I browse the app stores, I will see 45 versions of an app that all do the exact same thing, are all free, and I would surmise they make money with in-app ads. How can that be good business plan? Throwing junk apps out there in hopes that somebody will pick your faceless app out the crowd doesn't seem sensible to me.
Even the stock market has minimum value requirements. The app stores should also have a minimum daily usage requirement.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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My uninformed opinion on this (uninformed because I A. have never developed my own "app" and B. have a Windows 8 phone, so no "App Store" to speak of) is that these developers are all about quantity over quality. I do have some experience with game engines, and I can tell you that downloading/installing Unity, buying the "Match 3 App Starter kit" from the Unity Store for 25USD, and uploading to $APP_STORE$ is a trivial amount of developer time and effort. You get 36 suckers to buy that app @ 0.99USD and you've already covered your cost.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: odds are that it will never be updated
as this always were a bad thing 
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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Incredibly true (although the windows store is by far the worst of the three).
I now only go to the apple or android stores after personal recommendation of products, and I don't bother at all with windows "universally worse than the desktop versions" apps at all.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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BillWoodruff wrote: get this little shiver of a frisson
Really? You're excited? Your following words belie.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Wedding invite mistake offers children for dinner - AOL[^]
Quote: A mistake on a wedding invitation reply card is going viral for its meal choices.
Guests get to pick from beef, pork, or a child who is "12 and under."
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The younger, the tenderer !! a little bit like lamb.
I'd rather be phishing!
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A tad salty as well!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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The site's asking me to allow it display desktop notifications. Simply no. Never.
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Not to mention it's AOL. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Pass the fingerbowl. Oh, you pig! You've eaten them all!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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What's really disturbing is your use of AOL 
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Jeremy Falcon
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I'm going to go stand outside so if anyone asks I'm outstanding.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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And you are making sure you stand out too.
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Buy a pasture: then you can be outstanding in your field.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I would prefer you buy a pasture so that he can be outstanding in "your" field .
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Hay! That's a great idea to pitch.
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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 are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I'm going to head out to the pasture right now, but I can stand out without buying it. That also always was my argument against getting married. If I want a glass of milk, I don't go overboard by buying the cow and I can also stand out without buying the pasture.
Let's just hope the camera does a better job documenting my outstanding deeds this time.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Are you sure it was rotor vibration last time, rather than concussion from telling your girlfriend that? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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