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samdroid

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    Comment #10592922

    The `checkBrowser` function says it is from brainjar.com and used under their terms of service. On the brainjar.com terms of service, it seems to say the code is licensed under the…

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    Comment #9875243

    The adobe air based VPNoverDNS app [1] works pretty well. You can set up port forwarding for irc and SSH. Iodine seems to be a bit more complex as the default configuration doesn't…

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    Comment #9808653

    Epiphany is also based upon GtkWebKit, which is a Gtk port of the same engine that runs Safari.

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    Comment #8520104

    I think this is a very interesting move. Watching the video, it looks a bit like NFC tap to beam (which most android devices use) or bump (now shut down) except with the OS level i…

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    Comment #8520002

    ...Otherwise you will be made sign up through a LONG and HORRIBLE sign up process :O

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    Comment #8507462

    I would vote for something like StackEdit beta [1]. It is really nice in the way it keeps the syntax (markdown) in a WYSIWYG-style editor. [1] http://stackedit-beta.herokuapp.com/

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    Comment #8469520

    On PC you download random software from the software makers website, not from a Google or Apple site. Now, if you are downloading something from the Google play store, that implies…

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    Comment #8440587

    I almost wish an api like this existed today!

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    Comment #8342426

    It is great to see the US punishing people using bitcoin the wrong way... They even kind of implied that they think it is a real currency! I'm sure that this is a reversal on their…

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    Comment #8217047

    The author is not suggesting taking others content and calling it their own - he is suggesting almost keeping a backup with a bibliography. Infact, this already exists today - do y…

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    Comment #8214390

    Sometimes when someone asks me for advice for how to learn to program the conversation goes like this: Them: I want to learn to code Me: What do you want to code? A game? A robot? …

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    Comment #8171702

    I was surprised to see this today as I want to use slides! I am actually a fan of the simple, anti-powerpoint editor - that is why I use slides. I hope you keep the old edited as a…

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    Comment #7993600

    Well (I think) part of the whole point of a package manager is to reduce space by sharing dependencies. Npm seems to actually store a copy of the dependency individually for each p…

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    Comment #7993313

    I really think this is exaggerated a lot. Maybe we don't use a lot of complex features, but at sugarlabs we have written a whole desktop environment and app ecosystem based of gtk3…