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by empire29 16y ago
What apps have you found for the iPhone that work will to control XBMC? I've tried a a few for iPad and iPhone and they've been pretty terrible -- I've been using my Logitech Harmony One and AirMouse (iPhone/iPad) but would like a slick iph
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by empire29 16y ago
Very cool - I have yet to try it out, but if its as easy as the video suggests, this could be a boon for ruby/rails. I've made several attempts at introducing .NET developer friends to Ruby/Rails, but they've given up, due to frustration pr
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by empire29 16y ago
Looking at the design my eyes wander, rather than being directed -- element are too stylistically similar. It doesn't help that the images are roughly the same size which prevents them from denoting relative importance. The constant use of
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by empire29 16y ago
I mostly agree, and believe tablets (iPad /honeycomb) is what would suit the majority of consumers -- with one glaring exception: typing. I've had iPad since release and I still loathe to type anything more than a ssntnece or two on the thi
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by empire29 16y ago
Ever since i got a Mac i've noticed i've been buying a number "small" apps ($5 - $40, including now this humble bundle. In my previous win-centric life I would avoid paying for software at all cost (as ironic as that is). This is in large p
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by empire29 16y ago
is it hampering your ability to actually scroll/navigate the page? I can't scroll the page smoothly until everything is loaded. I dont care if there is async loading of external resources going on, but i do when it prevents me from using th
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by empire29 16y ago
I've noticed this but haven't every had a problem with it before.
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by empire29 16y ago
It looks like the problem is with the number of requests/response times from all the 3rd party "social" buttons they have on every post .. FB, Twitter, Digg, etc. You'd think that a site like techcrunch would be all over this. its pretty ba
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by empire29 16y ago
Over the past few days i've noticed that when i go to techcrunch.com it takes 30,40,50 seconds before I can scroll the page smoothly. I looked at the http requests it makes and its pretty nuts (almost as bad as my company's intranet). Is an
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Why is techcrunch.com taking 50+ seconds to fully load?(img.skitch.com)
3 points by empire29 16y ago|8 comments
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by empire29 16y ago
Wow - if this is true which I am incline to believe though admittedly haven't reviewed the raw data myself, I expect Digg will begin hemorrhaging even more users. This flies in the face everything (I thought) they stood for; allowing the u
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by empire29 16y ago
very cool site! Can i ask how you are "getting" the data? Are you compiling the data locally (i would assume via scraping/APIs) and putting it in a full text search engine or are you hitting various services for every search (via APIs?) for
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by empire29 16y ago
bjacobso, what search utility are you using on the backend? -- Are you using YouTube search? - Or are you building your own index using Sphinx,Solr/Lucene,etc. - Or some combination of?
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by empire29 16y ago
Cool in concept, but your search algorithm leaves something to be desired. Your app reminded me I wanted to watch Khan's videos on IPOs, so I type in: IPO ... about half way down the list of ~50 results are the videos I wanted to watch (An
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by empire29 16y ago
I assume that I can still download the java src and compile/install it on OS X, correct? I am a Mac user and had never even realized that Apple uses a special distro and Java.com does not offer a JRE/JDK/etc. download for OS X. After Java i
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by empire29 16y ago
I tried using the native HTML5 audio player and was having problems with it making multiple HTTP connections per playback which was creating performance issues on my home machine (I assume due to lack of bandwidth?). The performance of the
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Ask HN: How useful is my project, webFS?
3 points by empire29 16y ago|2 comments
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by empire29 16y ago
So it sounds like the source code for game is written in pure javascript (utilizing any special APIs calls provided by Impact). This javascript src is packaged using the Impact Game Engine which creates a Obj-C wrapper around the javascript
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by empire29 16y ago
Interesting concept -- It seems like it might work better as a browser plug-in though. If you want to keep it as a web site, I would make the interface (your search box, browser list, etc.) as unobtrusive as possible (remove all the daed sp
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by empire29 16y ago
linode.com for shouldget.com and big4work.com
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by empire29 16y ago
Interesting. I think you need something that succinctly explains exactly what bettermeans is and why its something a company would want to use. It took me awhile to get a feel for what the product really does, and how.
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by empire29 16y ago
Many thanks! I've added the feeds to Pulse on my iPad and its working like a charm!
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Ask HN: What are the best enterprise opensource Portal/CMS
2 points by empire29 16y ago|0 comments
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by empire29 16y ago
I work at a large "enterprise" company (35,000+) and .NET is the primary tech for in-house custom application development. Much of the development is built around SOA, so there are very few "standalone" apps that is considered "enterprise"
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by empire29 16y ago
Linode's lowest package is about $20 USD/month and its a very nice VPS with stellar support. I use it and recommend it.
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by empire29 16y ago
Strangely enough my friend was pitching me on this idea about 6 months ago. It just goes to shows, ideas truly are a commodity, and execution is everything. So many websites I goto have menus that are PDFs of their actual menus. It seems li
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by empire29 16y ago
I was wondering this as well. It appears I could upload some obscure music to the site via the Upload tab. I assume that your team has to vet that the music I upload is 1) what i say it is and 2) that covered by a CC license. Can you play b
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by empire29 16y ago
I agree - there doesn't seem to be a correlation between obscurity and me liking/not wanting to listen to something. There is plenty of extremely obscure music that i do enjoy on a personal level. I dont know how your algorithm works, but i
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by empire29 16y ago
hrm - i wasn't able to find any doing a quick search on Crunchbase ( http://www.crunchbase.com/search/advanced/companies ) keyword: deadpool, Funded Min Size: 100,000,000
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by empire29 16y ago
The site looks tossed together and the first couple videos aren't very impress -- its strange they'd release such a seemingly unpolished product.

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