Can't UWP development be done on any Windows 10 version with Visual Studio 2017?
I'm asking seriously, since I need to do this. But not build a UWP app from the ground up. I have an app written using the Rhodes hybrid app platform, currently running on iOS and Android. Rhodes also supports UWP, and at some point we need to support it. The goal is the run the app on Windows Surface devices (and on desktop/laptop).
I was assuming I would just install Visual Studio 2017 - (and maybe some additional tools/libraries?) on my already-licensed Windows-10 installation on VMWare over MacOS.
Am I missing something here? Is this just a bid by Microsoft to snare people into getting unneeded Enterprise licenses when any version of Windows 10 would do?
I guess the headline would be less compelling (if that is possible!;) ) if it had read:
"Microsoft Offering 2-month demo of Windows 10 Enterprise for developers of UWP apps"
Will the AI be given sufficient authority deal with situations that aren't in the play book?
If so, it will be a giant plus!
I've noticed the shift from India/Pakistan to the Philippines. I know right away, when they don't call me "Mr. Jonathan".
I still ask for a U.S. representative. It's worth the wait. They can usually solve problems, or at least their supervisors can. If they challenge, I tell them that I can't understand what they are saying (this is as true of most of the Philippine reps as the others) and that "I do not give out credit card details (or discuss medical insurance, or...) outside of the country. " If they want further explanation, I explain that I am uncomfortable that they are out of reach of U.S. law. Sometimes they will state well, the company they work for is. Whatever. If THEY skim my CC details, THEY cannot be prosecuted under U.S. law... Some companies (American Express) will just immediately give you an especially-cheerful U.S. rep. (I suppose some AI already makes sure it's an especially-cheerful one.)
Most recent: Got the iPhone X from ATT online. Somehow, my ATT Next contract got changed from 24 month to 30 month. (new every 2 years, instead of every one). The "beautified" new ATT website is a total disaster of usability and after "waiting in line" was only offered to pay full purchase price. Had to go wandering off through the website to find a place where I could upgrade the phone on my contract. Was not given any options... just pick your phone. So, I picked my phone, and knew immediately only after checkout (the first time I was given the monthly payment) that it was wrong (since the payment was too low).
FWIW, I've encountered some of the hapless developers (subcontinent-based...) with the thankless task of wedging one more stupid script onto the "new" ATT website in the tech forums for a popular Javascript library. I'm like, dude, there are over ONE HUNDRED mostly-obsolete scripts on this page, how do you expect anybody to help you? Start updating this crap and pare it down! How many tracking scripts do they need? (Yes, he posted a link to the ATT site on a development server!) And how many copies of fooQuery do you need on one page? Poor guy was trying, but management are idiots.
The Philippines based rep told me the only remedy was to return the phone and order a new one! (Yes, very much a First World Problem...) Was told there was no supervisor to refer to.
THIS one I handled by going to the physical ATT store, and getting loud. (Initially, was told only a customer service rep on the phone could help...) Dude said it's impossible to change the contract terms, then FINALLY asks the key question: when you you get the phone. "Friday". "Oh..."
That was followed by at least 1/2 hour of occasional tip-tapping on some Android tablet, while the guy in the store "returned" my phone, and sold me back the same phone under different contract terms. I guess he was tip-tapping at somebody in the Philippines.... He had to occasionally summon a co-worker for help.
Well, sure, if you have people breathing down your neck over "productivity", and minder at the end of the aisle, and have to raise your hand to go to the bathroom (that's even in U.S. call centers - as I've worked at a company that had a call center in the building - I wrote some code for presenting the scripts...) WWYD? Of course, you are not going to sit there for 1/2 hour and solve a problem. You are going to tell the customer it cannot be done, or give them a ridiculous option like send the phone back and order another one.
Maybe AI can figure out the rules of byzantine human-created processes like this and provide better customer service. If they can master that, they can start in on that ridiculous website refresh.
But then again, the AI will only be given so many mSec of compute time, and will probably innovate the same stupid "solution"...
It doesn't matter if you share YOUR contacts or not.
Others will be dumb enough to share THEIRS.
Facebook, LinkedIn, other social networks - all that harvest email contacts have the same flaw. They are collecting YOUR information WITHOUT your permission whether you opt-in to sharing your contacts or not.
You'd have to use a separate phone, preferably a burner phone to even hope to keep FB from connecting the dots.
Plus, as others have pointed out, they also can use facial recognition and correlation of time and place, and common contacts. Plus they probably use some "AI" which makes it likely that even FB doesn't know exactly how they've made the connection.
Removable batteries doesn't solve the problem. It allows you to replace the battery more easily, IF it hasn't done a great deal of damage. And removable batteries don't prevent the battery from burning a hole in your pants.
I've had two minor battery incidents. A bulging 3rd-party battery in a Macbook. (I've sworn-off 3rd party batteries - except you can't get Apple branded ones for my ancient Macbook...) And an ARDrone battery that apparently popped in the charger and left a little scorch mark on the wall. Both were removable.
Yes, you can still use Parse, - if you got stuck with it- since Facebook open-sourced it. And there are companies that will sell you Parse PAAS at excessive prices - because they have a captive audience who got stuck.
I basically just ignored the client side
Smart move! Spooky Database Action At A Distance. Not good.
P.S. There is no such place as "South Detroit". It's called "Windsor, Ontario". That still bugs me. Steve Perry admits he didn't have a clue. It "sounded good".
"I pushed that big red button and it FUCKING NUKED NORTH KOREA!
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, why would anybody design such a piece of crap!
Fuck you, joint chiefs of staff!
Fuck you, football carrier!
Fuck you, Microsoft, or whoever designed that ugly piece-of-shit fat green-screen laptop!
Fuck you, Dr. Strangelove! How did we ever hire such a wacko? Nice salute, though! You should have fixed that thing a long time ago! I saw the documentary!"
(Sorry, I'd meant to post this in ALL CAPS, but Slashdot needed to protect everyone from my YELLING...)
But if you assume that it is, then for the same reason as the Scenicruiser and railway-car observation domes - rider experience. Allow the rider to enjoy the scenery unimpeded.
But, anyhoo, the cynic in me says that perhaps they would only implement this on driverless cars - because to put it in a car with a driver might prove a liability. What happens if the it fails? Will drivers sue Toyota because they didn't see something that was blocked by the pillar, or if they misperceived the location of something due to some malfunction? (I realize it is mirrors, not cameras and displays - but "malfunction" is still possible - e.g. broken or misaligned mirrors.)
However, we probably haven't hit the stage yet where we have Uber drivers giving hot ICO tips
One of the parking valets in my building (get over it! We have parking valets because we have unassigned tandem parking...) gave me a hot ICO tip (Etherium) that I shoulda coulda heeded.
I think he made enough to make-up for his past online gambling losses.
Indicators of the 2001 stock-market bubble that I caught:
- personal trainer giving stock picks - walked past two rows of cubicles at work on the day of the market top. Every singe screen was displaying a brokerage or stock-quote page - fattest issues of Wired and Red Herring ever
OK, so we can use 2 out of 3 of these indicators...
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Can't UWP development be done on any Windows 10 version with Visual Studio 2017?
I'm asking seriously, since I need to do this. But not build a UWP app from the ground up. I have an app written using the Rhodes hybrid app platform, currently running on iOS and Android. Rhodes also supports UWP, and at some point we need to support it. The goal is the run the app on Windows Surface devices (and on desktop/laptop).
I was assuming I would just install Visual Studio 2017 - (and maybe some additional tools/libraries?) on my already-licensed Windows-10 installation on VMWare over MacOS.
Am I missing something here? Is this just a bid by Microsoft to snare people into getting unneeded Enterprise licenses when any version of Windows 10 would do?
I guess the headline would be less compelling (if that is possible! ;) ) if it had read:
"Microsoft Offering 2-month demo of Windows 10 Enterprise for developers of UWP apps"
There's nothing new here. This has always been the case. Probably more-so for tablets than phones.
Nobody wants to update the crap-ware they package with the device.
If you are lucky, you get the current version with the device. If you are luckier still, you will get ONE major update.
The AI switched from human emulation mode to the Deer in Headlights program...
Will the AI be given sufficient authority deal with situations that aren't in the play book?
If so, it will be a giant plus!
I've noticed the shift from India/Pakistan to the Philippines. I know right away, when they don't call me "Mr. Jonathan".
I still ask for a U.S. representative. It's worth the wait. They can usually solve problems, or at least their supervisors can. If they challenge, I tell them that I can't understand what they are saying (this is as true of most of the Philippine reps as the others) and that "I do not give out credit card details (or discuss medical insurance, or...) outside of the country. " If they want further explanation, I explain that I am uncomfortable that they are out of reach of U.S. law. Sometimes they will state well, the company they work for is. Whatever. If THEY skim my CC details, THEY cannot be prosecuted under U.S. law... Some companies (American Express) will just immediately give you an especially-cheerful U.S. rep. (I suppose some AI already makes sure it's an especially-cheerful one.)
Most recent: Got the iPhone X from ATT online. Somehow, my ATT Next contract got changed from 24 month to 30 month. (new every 2 years, instead of every one). The "beautified" new ATT website is a total disaster of usability and after "waiting in line" was only offered to pay full purchase price. Had to go wandering off through the website to find a place where I could upgrade the phone on my contract. Was not given any options... just pick your phone. So, I picked my phone, and knew immediately only after checkout (the first time I was given the monthly payment) that it was wrong (since the payment was too low).
FWIW, I've encountered some of the hapless developers (subcontinent-based...) with the thankless task of wedging one more stupid script onto the "new" ATT website in the tech forums for a popular Javascript library. I'm like, dude, there are over ONE HUNDRED mostly-obsolete scripts on this page, how do you expect anybody to help you? Start updating this crap and pare it down! How many tracking scripts do they need? (Yes, he posted a link to the ATT site on a development server!) And how many copies of fooQuery do you need on one page? Poor guy was trying, but management are idiots.
The Philippines based rep told me the only remedy was to return the phone and order a new one! (Yes, very much a First World Problem...) Was told there was no supervisor to refer to.
THIS one I handled by going to the physical ATT store, and getting loud. (Initially, was told only a customer service rep on the phone could help...) Dude said it's impossible to change the contract terms, then FINALLY asks the key question: when you you get the phone. "Friday". "Oh..."
That was followed by at least 1/2 hour of occasional tip-tapping on some Android tablet, while the guy in the store "returned" my phone, and sold me back the same phone under different contract terms. I guess he was tip-tapping at somebody in the Philippines.... He had to occasionally summon a co-worker for help.
Well, sure, if you have people breathing down your neck over "productivity", and minder at the end of the aisle, and have to raise your hand to go to the bathroom (that's even in U.S. call centers - as I've worked at a company that had a call center in the building - I wrote some code for presenting the scripts...) WWYD? Of course, you are not going to sit there for 1/2 hour and solve a problem. You are going to tell the customer it cannot be done, or give them a ridiculous option like send the phone back and order another one.
Maybe AI can figure out the rules of byzantine human-created processes like this and provide better customer service. If they can master that, they can start in on that ridiculous website refresh.
But then again, the AI will only be given so many mSec of compute time, and will probably innovate the same stupid "solution"...
See subject.
Just don't let Pennywise on the Interwebs.
Problem solved.
It doesn't matter if you share YOUR contacts or not.
Others will be dumb enough to share THEIRS.
Facebook, LinkedIn, other social networks - all that harvest email contacts have the same flaw. They are collecting YOUR information WITHOUT your permission whether you opt-in to sharing your contacts or not.
You'd have to use a separate phone, preferably a burner phone to even hope to keep FB from connecting the dots.
Plus, as others have pointed out, they also can use facial recognition and correlation of time and place, and common contacts. Plus they probably use some "AI" which makes it likely that even FB doesn't know exactly how they've made the connection.
Removable batteries doesn't solve the problem. It allows you to replace the battery more easily, IF it hasn't done a great deal of damage. And removable batteries don't prevent the battery from burning a hole in your pants.
I've had two minor battery incidents. A bulging 3rd-party battery in a Macbook. (I've sworn-off 3rd party batteries - except you can't get Apple branded ones for my ancient Macbook...) And an ARDrone battery that apparently popped in the charger and left a little scorch mark on the wall. Both were removable.
Yes, you can still use Parse, - if you got stuck with it- since Facebook open-sourced it. And there are companies that will sell you Parse PAAS at excessive prices - because they have a captive audience who got stuck.
Smart move! Spooky Database Action At A Distance. Not good.
I've leave this stuff to the FaceLemmings.
One word: Parse.
But this time is different.
http://archive.fortune.com/mag...
I was technical lead for the client-side of this.
Best moments: "the cone of silence" ritual, and being deposed by David Boies.
You mean in Oreo, right? RLLY? WTF?
If you don't mean in Oreo, I guess it must be because I'm an NDK kinda guy. Because I can rotate the f*** out of my s***. But haven't tried Oreo. Yet.
Geez. You mean this?
P.S. There is no such place as "South Detroit". It's called "Windsor, Ontario". That still bugs me. Steve Perry admits he didn't have a clue. It "sounded good".
So did Oreo....
... by the name.
What were they thinking?
But what do I know?
Signed:
- a honky from Detroit (south of 8 Mile Road... like, as in... actual Detroit)
All a hacker would have to do is hijack the ship's wifi, and provide unlimited bandwidth to unblocked porn sites.
It's the only explanation for nobody noticing those huge cargo ships...
Let them both die!
Dinosaurs.
Messy messes IDEing messy messes.
And that's exactly what it would have done.
Had he made any commits.
It was ALL PENDING CHANGES.
He never did any commits!
"I pushed that big red button and it FUCKING NUKED NORTH KOREA!
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, why would anybody design such a piece of crap!
Fuck you, joint chiefs of staff!
Fuck you, football carrier!
Fuck you, Microsoft, or whoever designed that ugly piece-of-shit fat green-screen laptop!
Fuck you, Dr. Strangelove! How did we ever hire such a wacko? Nice salute, though! You should
have fixed that thing a long time ago! I saw the documentary!"
(Sorry, I'd meant to post this in ALL CAPS, but Slashdot needed to protect everyone from my YELLING...)
Who said that "the goal is driverless"?
But if you assume that it is, then for the same reason as the Scenicruiser and railway-car observation domes - rider experience. Allow the rider to enjoy the scenery unimpeded.
But, anyhoo, the cynic in me says that perhaps they would only implement this on driverless cars - because to put it in a car with a driver might prove a liability. What happens if the it fails? Will drivers sue Toyota because they didn't see something that was blocked by the pillar, or if they misperceived the location of something due to some malfunction? (I realize it is mirrors, not cameras and displays - but "malfunction" is still possible - e.g. broken or misaligned mirrors.)
See subject.
(Slashdot can't handle a subject of just ".ru". Sad.)
See subject.
... with a beautiful golden finish.
One of the parking valets in my building (get over it! We have parking valets because we have unassigned tandem parking...) gave me a hot ICO tip (Etherium) that I shoulda coulda heeded.
I think he made enough to make-up for his past online gambling losses.
Indicators of the 2001 stock-market bubble that I caught:
- personal trainer giving stock picks
- walked past two rows of cubicles at work on the day of the market top. Every singe screen was displaying a brokerage or stock-quote page
- fattest issues of Wired and Red Herring ever
OK, so we can use 2 out of 3 of these indicators...