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I wouldn't classify myself as having in-depth 'knowledge' but I believe both of them already have plans to stream worldwide. BBC considering charging a fee for it and RTÉ have an international player already offering free and
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And 20 euro a month gives unlimited 4G and free texts with free weekend calls (free 3-to-3 every day though) and you get to keep your 20 euro to spend in the Play store.
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> Now that guy is complaining that the photos app icon doesn't look like a Point And Shoot camera, when fewer and fewer people use those. The old icon also had a photo on it though which made it clear it was the Photo's app, ev
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Or a different title for this article because it assumes a lot of legwork has already been done. "How to get your app noticed when you already have a different app that has a userbase" would be more accurate. This current title ma
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> You are thinking in the wrong direction. You are focusing on that "one app that will make you rich". The post tells you to think in terms of network effects: instead of asking "how can I get installs for my main app?&quo
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10y ago
> channel users to your main app. But if your app isn't 'noticed' by the time you have your 'main app' then what users are there to channel into it? Seems like a chicken/egg type deal
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I agree, this seems like a very unhelpful low-effort post. "Want to get users to use your apps? Put ads for your apps in your other apps!" is basically it. As well as putting all your apps on the same developer account (seems like
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Well in this case the developer of NMS specifically said he was struggling with planet generation until he discovered that exact formula, so you can understand why there is _some_ (not a lot mind) reasoning for the company who owns this pat
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> creator Sean Murray acknowledged in a 2015 New Yorker interview that he had struggled with elements of procedural planetary generation, until he discovered an equation published in 2003 by Belgian plant geneticist Johan Gielis that he
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If you click "details" you can see the format each service is exported as
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If they do give a deal to the UK wouldn't that trigger more exits? If countries see they can leave the EU and still get a trade deal they'd be more likely to leave than if they saw the UK get shafted (so to speak).
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10y ago
Great work on this, looks very useful. Does it only work with GitHub? Would love to have this for my private GitLab instance
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10y ago
Seems unusual to me that those security dialogs are 'scriptable'.
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Feross has some great implementations of the different pieces of BitTorrent (including parsing torrent files, magnets etc) in JavaScript on his GitHub[0]. Would recommend people take a look if they find this blog post interesting. [0] - ht
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I would've assumed that code was implied by the whole 'It uses Electron' thing in your first comment. And it is breaking out of the browser seeing as you don't need to open a browser and type in a URL to view it.
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10y ago
Rectangular with curved edges I think was the issue there.
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> you have no excuses! > It is in early stage of development > OSX should work too, but it's not tested. > Windows has yet to be configured in build scripts, but it will be supported in further releases. > There are ver
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10y ago
For those auto-playing videos in the news feed? They play without sound unless you tap on them
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> When replying to a Tweet, @names will no longer count toward the 140-character count. This will make having conversations on Twitter easier and more straightforward, no more penny-pinching your words to ensure they reach the whole grou
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10y ago
There's actually a situation in Ireland at the moment where grandparents were looking after their grandchild for the past 4 years or so due to the mother having mental issues, but the foster system took the child away because the grand
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Also it happened on a Friday evening and he posted this on a Monday afternoon, so it's basically only been half a day.
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Have to say, that restaurant booking example is pretty handy. Can't see myself using this though
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That's why Google 'learns' your writing style and adjusts the responses to match your way of messaging.
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Should probably be noted that this is from the 2012 hack, not a newer one
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Texts are mostly free in Ireland (depending on plan etc) and WhatsApp is huge here.
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Is it really necessary to run Kali to just change a parameter in a POST request? Also the response from InfoArmor is disconcerting: "Clearly you have a special account... Oh wait s\ \ t no". The default position shouldn't be
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Yeah but I guess that's a drawback of relying on existing taxi's. It's shocking trying to get a taxi down the country even without Hailo
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Hailo is immensely popular in Dublin, absolutely fantastic service. Sometimes I take it for granted, then threads about Uber and Lyft come up and I realise how amazing it is.
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11y ago
I'm pretty sure it's pronounced with that 'h' sound in Ulster but most schools in Ireland are taught "Gaeilge na Mumhan" so we grew up it being an 'f' sound
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11y ago
Do we know Tay's opinion on cricket? That could explain these statements
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