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Looks really good, will try it.

What is your revenue split, tip vs non tips? I've always wondered if putting a tip button on a free app could generate significant income.


Tips are insignificant compared to the paid features. On iOS for the last 6 months I made $5090. $31 was tip.

That being said, it feels really nice that people like it so much they’re willing to pay extra.


I am still using my ancient Pioneer plasma and dreading the day it dies.

Any recommendations for a ≈42 inch dumb screen replacement for when that day arrives?


and there is Copilot for Edge which no one uses.

It can also summarize pages, scale recipes etc.


That Copilot feature is very useful actually, the summarize is good enough for a free AI with no ads.


There's a bridge with TWO 90-degree turns in Athens, Greece. I've always thought it was an odd design: https://maps.app.goo.gl/j4hzcGKH8b2XdFbJ8


This honestly seems safer than the OP since there's no way you could get up to speed on the tiny perpendicular leg


He’s saying that the spreadsheet represents the “picture” of the cat in terms of pixels and RGB values etc.

The algorithm/workers are not really “looking” at a picture of a cat, they are analysing and looking for patterns in the data that defines the picture of the cat.


Yes I know. The spreadsheet analogy does not work.


What did you use to write the installer, and how do you determine if the targeted version of Excel is 32 or 64 bit?

I've built an Excel-DNA based Add-in (https://www.excelpricefeed.com/) and distribute it via an installer built using Advanced Installer. It works well, the only real pain point is the the user has to find out which version of Excel they have installed in order to choose the correct download (32 or 64 bit).


I use Wix for the installer. Can't remember how I dealt with that particular issue, but ping me at antonio [at] querystorm.com in a day or two, if you're interested, and I'll have a look at how exactly I dealt with it.



Do you know if this item from the Microsoft 365 roadmap would stop Add-ins (xll files) like this from working?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filter...

I also have a vested interest as one of my software products is an xll Add-in. Any further details from Microsoft would be most welcome, thanks.


No idea, haven't seen this until now. Hopefully they provide a mechanism for allowing legitimate addins to get around it. Perhaps using a code signing cert (which I do) or an EV certificate would be appropriate. Security has been a bit of nightmare with Excel addins. I've had to deal with false positives on and off again a bunch of times already. First it was windows smart screen, then antivirus vendors every so often. It's a slog...


Typically you can go into the file properties and check the “Unblock” checkbox to remove what Microsoft calls the “Mark of the Web”.


Open us a feedback through the app. We actually read every tiny bit.


Cool. How can I turn off the animated cursor movement in Excel? And Outlook? Drives me crazy. I keep submitting feedback. Even a registry hack is fine.


Looks great, will give it a try (as a fellow Excel developer).

One small point: on your webpage the "Try QueryStorm out" button on the "Start a free trial" panel just points to: https://querystorm.com/csharp-in-excel/ rather than the generate key page.


Thanks, good catch!


I had to check the date of the article to make sure it wasn't April 1.


$1 billion valuation and $25m in funding for a database and 30 prototype orbs (aka cameras which can scan an eyeball).

The world has gone mad.


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