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$800 for a MS keyboard?
There must be a typo in the reference, it should not be WTA-00001, but WTF-00001 instead...
"I'm neither for nor against, on the contrary." John Middle
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Damn and I just bough 3 for stocking stuffers.
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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I'm thinking more like "caca de toro"
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Dear Michael,
It is ergonomic, not economic.
Regards,
-- The Microsoft Werewolves Business Unit.
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I was about to but three but then I noticed that they may not be compatible with Windows 10.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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According to the specs, it doesn't support Windows 7, either. 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Blimey! I've saved a fortune today!
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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My MS Internet Keyboard Pro isn't listed ad compatible by Win 10 either...
Works perfectly fine as-is, just cannot alter the default functions of the special keys.
Same story with my MS Trackball Optical... works fine just can't reprogram
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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I very much doubt that my $10 keyboard is officially Win 10 compliant and it's never bothered me in the slightest. If I was paying $800, on the other hand, I'd demand full Windows 10 compatibility on principle - even if I was only ever going to use the keyboard on a UNIX box!
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Scroll down the page for similar items.
Check underneath. If it's Gucci, instead of Prada, it's a ripoff.
In an age when people will spend a kilo-buck on a telephone, it's worth a try.
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Blame the Bitcoin currency... everything is overinflated.
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I'm typing on that very same keyboard right now - but the wired version (which makes it more valuable, right? No batteries to replace at the most inconvenient time imaginable)
Just for you, I'll let it go for half of that.
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It's a long discontinued model, whoever has the last handful of new stock is getting stupid greedy. And/or the last 2 people with new stock let their pricing bots get into a bidding war. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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I believe they can keep it.
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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yeah, that or wait for the bots to bid it up another order of magnitude and post to /. or fArseBook for a repeat of a few years ago when to pricing bots bid an out of print book to something like a million bucks.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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or they can stick em where the sun don't shine?
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Illustrating a problem with automatic price setting algorithms, one product at a time.
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Maybe price is keyed in wrong.
Or someone is trying to make some money on a shortage. Googling I came up with several places that said they were out of stock on that.
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and its not listed in Canada. Why do they think it will sell in the States and not here?
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Recently, I had an interesting discussion with another CPer who took umbrage with my recent article which summarized a shift from WinForms directly to UWA/UWP XAML and ignored WPF XAML.
I mentioned that WPF was indeed ignored by vast numbers of devs and that no shop I've worked in ever paid it more than scant attention. I also mentioned that many devs seemed to (perhaps improperly) connect WPF with Silverlight and MS killed Silverlight in the quiet of the night and many devs never felt much motivation to go to WPF.
Not Reviving A Debate Or Anything Against WPF-minded CPer
Of course, WPF is used all around, I'm sure. This post is not an attempt to revive a debate that ended up being a very good discussion. I think the CPer was definitely correct on many things he said.
My point is the following (and I think it is interesting):
Trying To Find XAML Control Solutions: Difficult
Today, I was looking for a way to make sure my UWA (XAML-based) app's ListView would show the last selected item even when it lost focus -- keep it highlighted.
Could Only Find WinForms Answers
As I searched I could find nothing but WinForms answers about how to do that. Those answers are like 7 years old.
Should Be Very Simple and Is In WinForms
The answer should be very simple.
WinForms Answer : In WinForms the answer is set the HideSelected property to false.
This is something that is an obvious functionality in a ListView. So obvious that WinForms provided a property.
Not so in XAML. Hmmm...
Disclaimer
Yes, I am a newbie to XAML and someone will surely post the answer to how to do this in XAML as soon as I post.
Feels Like Microsoft Never Fully Developed XAML Either
This kind of thing makes me feel like Microsoft never carried out the XAML development all the way either.
Just thought it was very interesting. How about you?
EDIT
I also own this book Universal Windows Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed [^] -- probably the best one available on UWP XAML and it does not have these kinds of details either.
However, this type of thing was always covered quite well on the WinForms side and even if you couldn't find it, you could look through every property.
modified 13-Dec-17 17:12pm.
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I'm curious, with the demise of yet another MS technology, the windows phone, what benefit is there to UWP.
You have to remember winforms is the most mature windows development platform, I'd be astonished if there are things in there that have not made it into WPF yet.
I pray to the great Ghu that those bastards at MS don't deprecate WPF. Yes I'm still bitter about the demise of Silverlight.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: what benefit is there to UWP
There is very little benefit, really.
And I think many people feel this way.
The benefits that do exist are indirect.
They are things like:
1. Only UWP apps will be admitted to the Windows Store.
2. Getting into the Windows Store makes it a bit easier (for indie devs) to deploy their apps to the population of Win10 users.
3. Uh...Microsoft is telling us that Win10 is the future and that UWP is _The Way_ to develop apps for that future (Win10). 
4. I'm now attempting to make up more benefits...think...think...  Oh, yeah, WinForm technology is old and crufty and it is really bad for MVC (the pattern, not the microsoft thing) since so many of the Concerns are tied together in WinForms. So XAML does better binding and UWP is XAML based.
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1 & 2 may be valid but 3 & 4 are not benefits and all are totally irrelevant to a corporate developer who was not even aware of Windows store  .
As for 3 - after Silverlight (and a myriad of other tech) MS has no credibility when giving technology recommendations for "the way to anything".
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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