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magicalhobo

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    Comment #11453421

    From https://www.youtube.com/red : "Enjoy videos without ads–and in the background or offline on mobile devices"

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    Comment #6844272

    Thanks Dan. I've designed some visual interfaces for it, but I've been avoiding implementing them. I guess it does put off a lot of visitors, so now is the time.

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    Comment #6843833

    I have a lot of ideas for new features, but I'd like to know what other people think. Does anything jump out as an obvious next feature?

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    Comment #5309420

    The original was "Google is getting better at what Apple does best faster than Apple is getting better at what Google does best." Truncating the sentence for the title changed the …

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    Comment #5309320

    In an article about the importance of creativity, it's sad to see a quote promoting drawing over coding. To me, the use of computers to advance art, taking out as many steps as pos…

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    Comment #3431456

    > So that's 40M writes to create an index, or $400! At $0.10 per 100k writes, 40M would be $40.

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    Comment #3366205

    I think a platform that makes developers struggle with implementation details and browser quirks is a dead end, no matter what Adobe does. In my experience, there's a low signal to…

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    Comment #3366110

    Why is using a solid platform not a good plan?

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    Comment #3239880

    The source code is also NSFW: "_analizeColumn"

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    Comment #3221677

    Detailed and realistic, thank you. And I agree, you should make a blog post about it.

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    Comment #3217654

    I still used Grooveshark when you guys moved from Flash to HTML5, despite it being a less enjoyable experience. But, when the AIR app became just a wrapper for the HTML5 site, I ca…

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    Comment #3217127

    The title says focusing on HTML5, the article says focusing on native apps with AIR. "ceasing development" and shifting focus are not the same thing.

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    Comment #3214654

    Why does an entry titled "Adobe ceases development on mobile browser Flash" link to an article that starts "Our future work with Flash on mobile..."?

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    Comment #3113142

    I find this API to be "0.0 excellent" Cool idea, but what do the scores mean?

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    Comment #3025513

    Have some links to the crash/performance bugs you posted on http://bugs.adobe.com/jira ?

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    Comment #3025501

    "What really disappoints me is Adobe's reluctance to support really neat Labs projects like Alchemy." I can't tell if you're saying you know or not, but Alchemy is becoming an offi…

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    Comment #2914042

    Having implemented something similar a couple years ago, ( http://www.metacomments.com/ ), I would say you're right. People post a comment or two, then never use it again.

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    Comment #2901253

    Clearly a good idea... make programming a game. And very good implementation. Nice!