sil3ntmac

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   by sil3ntmac 14y ago

   The last time I put something on the app store (~1 yr ago), you could enter up to 100 characters of keywords, which would have prevented the author's initial problem. Did Apple change keywords in the upload process?
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   by sil3ntmac 14y ago

   I like cubiq's solution: http://cubiq.org/remove-onclick-delay-on-webkit-for-iphone It uses event capturing so you can bind the listener to an outer div containing many buttons, rather than each button individually.
3. 63.▲
   by sil3ntmac 14y ago

   Er, almost. Your app provides a "Default.png", which is shown at initial app launch. This often contains either a loading image or a prerendered screenshot of your app with a blank state. However, since iOS4 and "backgrounding" (which imho
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   by sil3ntmac 14y ago

   Awesome work Alex! One suggestion: CSS shadows have a spread parameter that your app is missing. Other than that, looks great!
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   by sil3ntmac 14y ago

   Okay, semantics; you're right, in my haste I misread the original quote. If you're judging a game strictly on quality, platform has nothing to do with it; most (all?) modern platforms have decent game libraries so dev time just depends on w
6. 66.▲
   by sil3ntmac 14y ago

   Yes and no. Websockets is awesome, but no UDP support yet (although chrome nightlies have added this as an experimental feature!). Once UDP comes, we can do p2p and eliminate the server round-trip (as well as the whole TCP ACK bottleneck),
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   by sil3ntmac 14y ago

   Agreed. HTML5 audio is definitely a complete mess, you need shims and fallbacks if you even want to consider using it... but for the present (e.g., on modern browsers+devices), canvas seems to be the winner in terms of write-once, run-anywh
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   by sil3ntmac 14y ago

   I would argue that "not a plugin" and "not controlled by a single corporation" are more than "irrelevant". Here's a few reasons: - Want to port your game to a new platform (game console? embedded device?) - just get webkit/mozilla/<your
9. 69.▲
   by sil3ntmac 14y ago

   Yes! Here you are: http://htmlemailboilerplate.com/
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    by sil3ntmac 14y ago

    I'm guessing they probably just p2p the files between the computers (with setup help from cubby's servers).. pretty neat way to offer a free feature
11. 71.▲
    by sil3ntmac 14y ago

    Wow, I fell for that too! Double-speak insanity. Thanks for catching that.
12. 72.▲
    by sil3ntmac 14y ago

    Haha. Did you follow the install instructions and append that "[...] && ..." line to your .bashrc? It is necessary to load rvm into your console.
13. 73.▲
    by sil3ntmac 14y ago

    ievms dude, ievms . https://github.com/xdissent/ievms
14. 74.▲
    by sil3ntmac 14y ago

    Check out stylus, it's pretty neat too: http://learnboost.github.com/stylus/docs/js.html My favorite features: - auto-insert vendor prefixes, even IE filters (no need for css3 'mixins', which are most of the mixins the avg dev will need)
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    by sil3ntmac 14y ago

    If they want, let them provide links to their songs on the itunes/<mp3 store>, add your affiliate code to the links. $$$
16. 76.▲
    by sil3ntmac 14y ago

    rvm lets you very easily uninstall everything : rvm implode
17. 77.▲
    by sil3ntmac 14y ago

    I prefer to use rvm :) curl -L get.rvm.io | bash -s stable source ~/.bash_profile rvm install 1.9.3 gem install rails
18. 78.▲
    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    Really? Once I saw the page, it made me think of "execute". But maybe I have just spent too much time programming.
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    Writing a multiplayer game with HTML5’s Canvas, node.js, and Clay.io [Part 1/3](claydotio.posterous.com)

    5 points by sil3ntmac 15y ago|0 comments
20. 80.▲
    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    I'm guessing he meant uniques.
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    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    Is that a phone screenshot, or did they just resize the page in IE? But seriously, for such a nice looking framework, you'd think the writer would take the time to generate that image on a handset with (better? existing?) font aliasing.
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    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    Title should probably read "ipad is the new ie6 in regards to html5 video ". Not really anything too interesting in this post, but the author does list out specific bugs and hacks required to fix them here: http://blog.millermedeiros.com/
23. 83.▲
    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    My favorite album to listen to while I code is probably Blockhead's "The Music Scene." Gets the blood pumping.
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    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    I implemented something similar here: https://github.com/joevennix/jScrollie I agree that it is best to let the browser handle the scrolling mechanics. Then you simply hide the original scrollbar by having an embedded div hold the content
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    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    Last I checked (2+ years ago), iTunes on Mac uses an XML format that describes the layout of the page - pretty close to HTML.
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    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3017013 Edit: changed direct link to YC link.
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    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    Hey, I made almost the exact same thing a few months ago: http://nearish.com Drop me an email at joe@nearish.com if you'd like to talk, I am interested in your solution to scaling.
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    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    I get a 403 forbidden (check your permissions maybe?)
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    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    Haha, good point. I said ethernet because it is the first port blocked. The cord also blocks the display port and makes the first USB port awkward to use (this is the biggest annoyance for me, as I often have flash drives/my iPhone/a USB ke
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    by sil3ntmac 15y ago

    You're right, I generalized: the position of the power outlet varies with every place you plug in your laptop. However, I often find myself with the outlet behind me (i.e. sitting against the wall at an airport, restaurants; I take my lapto