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by jbuzbee 14y ago
Regarding Java on Android, I think that Oracle made the same argument in court and lost big-time :-) And yeah, it is obviously possible that Dalvik could run on other operaring systems, but I don't think that the user-experience of Dalvik o
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by jbuzbee 14y ago
You have a point, (except there is no Java on Android, only Dalvik bytecode ), but that's not the whole story. The experience that people have with their Android devices is very much due to the underlying Linux kernel and utilities: Device
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by jbuzbee 14y ago
The "Hacking Instagram" headline caught my eye. Not exactly related, but I also "Hacked Instagram" to add a whole bunch of new photo sharing options to the official Android Instagram App. There's no official way to add plugins, so I did it
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by jbuzbee 14y ago
As for me, I live in Denver with my family which according to the exposure map, is about the same as living within 25 miles of Fukushima
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by jbuzbee 14y ago
As an experiment, I volunteer to expose myself, my wife and my children to a yearly dose of radiation that is three times the maximum safe-level recommended by The International Commission on Radiological Protection. i.e. we happily live in
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by jbuzbee 14y ago
Enjoyed the review of the product on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Globallink-Security-171-25-Laserscan-D...
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by jbuzbee 14y ago
The logo/icon and the use of Instagram in the title were some of the issues I addressed in my response and I offered to make changes. It would be hard to release an Instagram plugin without using the Instagram name (think of all the Photosh
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by jbuzbee 14y ago
Agreed. In my response, I tried to guess what the complaint could be and I addressed each possibility in turn. This made for a quite long response as I was addressing items that were likely not even a problem. In the end, the re-instatement
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by jbuzbee 14y ago
My app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.houseblend... ) got kicked out of the app store a while back with the reason being: "Violation of the intellectual property and impersonation or deceptive behavior" Pretty vague so
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by jbuzbee 14y ago
Anyone else think that device is a disaster waiting to happen? The example shows sending a "whoami" command to the device via SMS, and then the device responds "root" via SMS. Uh, what's to keep someone else from hijacking it via SMS for t
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by jbuzbee 14y ago
I guess I'll date myself by saying that when I started studying CS, I used ed and thought nothing of writing programming assignments with it. It seemed totally natural. I recall a typical sequence of writing a few lines and then printing ou
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Show HN: Weekend project. Adding Google+ support to the Instagram Android App
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
I have a little bit of a funny story regarding web 1.0. In 1996 or so, my then grade-school age son put up a web page on one of my sites with his then favorite subject, the Goosebumps book series. Somewhere along the line, I helped him add
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
Thanks a whole lot for taking the time to check my apps out. That's about the only feedback I've ever gotten, and I'll see if I can incorporate your suggestions. I tend to throw the apps out into the store, send out a few emails and social
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
It's very interesting to see data like this, but in other ways it's a bit disheartening when I compare his install numbers to my own efforts. I've put a few apps that I feel are unique into the Android store, but it feels like throwing a pe
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
I saw that as well under Chrome. I don't remember what I did besides, logging out, closing the tab, coming back etc. Eventually it worked.
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
It's good to see coverage in the press that doesn't just echo the "Government Shuts Down Evil Pirate Web Site" that you too often see in mainstream media. And in Hollywood's hometown none-the-less. The comments on the article are also skept
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
Totally agreed. Emulating an entire x86 CPU, and booting a Linux image over the network in javascript? And it's fast enough to be completely usable? Jaw-dropping achievement.
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
Cool hack! Along the same (disturbed) lines, I wonder if it would be possible to do tcp/ip over SMS using a tun or tap type driver? i.e. take the packet, encode, break into parts, SMS to a remote gateway, undo the packing, reassemble and se
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
As for me, a nmap scan of my Sony TV shows that it runs a Linux kernel in the 2.6.9 - 2.6.28 range. It's likely just used for the Internet functionality and perhaps for the on-screen UI. Port 12345 is open and responds to telnet, but it's p
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
I too had been using MS Word for years to write the various articles and reviews that I do. But for my last article ( http://www.smallcloudbuilder.com/apps/articles/410-crossing-... ) I switched over to Google Docs. For my use, it worked fi
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
Nice well-written article. I just did the same sort of article myself telling about my experiences going from IOS to Android: http://www.smallcloudbuilder.com/apps/articles/410-crossing-...
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
The original article talks about how hundreds(?) of photos were taken and only a few were in focus.
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
Regarding my Ticker Tape app here's my original description with a bit of explanation on what it is: OK - I have no illusions about winning the contest, but just for fun I gave it a go by adding support to my existing Android app, SocialMed
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
OK - I have no illusions about winning the contest, but just for fun I gave it a go by adding support to my existing Android app, SocialMediaTicker. My app is designed for when your device is charging or otherwise idle and is a bit of an ey
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
Agreed - My feeling has always been that Microsoft would weakly support the "toy" effort on other platforms and then encourage/threaten people to deploy to a "real" platform when the time comes.
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by jbuzbee 15y ago
Good 'ol Franken is also a big fan of Internet censorship: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110301/01385813308/senato...
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by jbuzbee 16y ago
It may not be perfect, but it's a much-needed improvement that improves readability. Thanks!
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by jbuzbee 16y ago
A bit of a funny story - Took the family to see "The Black Swan" when it first hit the theaters without knowing anything about it. So on the way there, I was explained the concept of a Black Swan as a rare-event, an outlier, etc. Needless t
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by jbuzbee 16y ago
It's a rotating photo (you can drag and drop your own) with optional raindrops falling on it and causing a sort of splash distortion

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