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I've been using ILMerge and various hacks to merge/squish executables together for well over 12 years. The .NET community has long toyed with the idea of a single self-contained EXE that would "just work." No need to copy a folder, no need to install anything. Just a single EXE. What's a 40MB EXE between friends?
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Merging the assemblies makes for a cleaner install and eaiser deployment. It's not as reasonable when you're developing a suite of apps that share common assemblies.
".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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Wow! What a Great, New, Futuristic idea!
Let's go back to the really early days, when everything was included in a single executable, rather than use libraries and frameworks that can be maintained independently!
After all, the best possible use for hard drive space is to consume it with 450 copies of exactly the same code, inside 450 separate executables!
Why even bother with an operating system?
If you need to use a monitor, mouse, hard drive, BIOS functions, just include all the drivers in your exe!
That'd be great! If you want to play a game, for example, you'll get the 1980s experience of having to set up video cards, sounds cards, etc!
And don't bother windowing your apps, because that's way too much trouble -- full-screen command line, that's the way!
I can't wait to go back to the primitive world we left behind and move forward with this Great, New, Futuristic idea!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: After all, the best possible use for hard drive space is to consume it with 450 copies of almost exactly the same code but with varying sets of security vulnerabilities , inside 450 separate executables!
FTFY
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 wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It's scary how many people fall for phishing scams.
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Microsoft today launched a marketing campaign pitting Office 2019 and Office 365 against each other. The goal? To prove Office 2019 isn’t worth buying — you and your company should go with Office 365 instead. I'm sure their competitors approve
The Office team has had a history of strange advertisements. The "Don't be a dinosaur" campaign as one example.
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"In contrast, Office 2019 programs are not connected to the cloud..."
I'm sold.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Wasn't there an issue not too long ago with many 365 users being unable to logon due to Sharepoint issues?  I'm sure they didn't include that in the comparison. 
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What a coincidence!
I don't want to buy that piece of sh1te, either!
I'm glad that ms and I have finally managed to agree on something.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'll buy whichever version gets shipped with Clippy.
Or maybe just carry on using an old version because let's face it, no-one can remember the last time anything useful was added to Office.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I still use version 2010 at home and very happy with it.
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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Same here, but it's only about a year from going EOL and filling up with foreverday vulnerabilities. 
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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If you think a burst toilet is bad news on Earth, spare a thought for the astronauts who have to deal with it in zero gravity. Cleanup on aisle 408000
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I'd wager the sh!t really hit the fan!
"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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Or more accurately, it hit the airlock.
".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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One astronaut to another "Uh Oh, Urine trouble..."
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And the plumber's call-out fee was astronomical.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It was just water. The leak was on a potable water line. What was supposed to be a spill proof quick disconnect coupler malfunctioned when they disconnected it and didn't close the no spill valve.
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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Crooks use "dotted" Gmail addresses to file for fraudulent unemployment benefits, file fake tax returns, and bypass trial periods for online services. Not.evil.just.lame.
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Well, if that's the way google does it, then that's the right way.
Besides, the google definition of "fraud" says that it's neither a crime nor evil, so what's the problem?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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But damn effective with people who doesn't pay attention to the tiny detail.
Sales.Company or Sale.sCompany the brain will reorder the things to what you are used to see.
it has been porevd taht yuor biran wlil odrer it bcak and mkae it udnresatdnblae awnyyas
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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A drone powered by electrohydrodynamic thrust is the smallest flying robot ever made "Second star to the right and straight on till morning."
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Second star to the right and straight on till morning."
Oh cheers!
Now I'll be humming l'isola che non c'è[^] for the next n hours!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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