The name does not inspire enough confidence for me to click on the link.
It's safe, I promise. The browser sandbox is quite good. :)
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#42Please tell me one of the topics is abortion. Always a good icebreaker. Virus cafe? Seriously, will my computer catch something using this site?
No abortion questions, but I do have a 3-4 absurd questions in rotation, just to spice things up :)
- Would you rather have someone secretly give you LSD on a random day once every 6 months or make everyone in the world take LSD all at the same time once every 5 years?
- Would you rather have taste buds on your butthole or poop through your mouth?
- Would you rather have sex with Donald Trump in secret, or not have sex with him but everyone thinks you did?
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#43Hi feross! I presume this uses simple peer? We’re using simple peer in our app (currently on the front page as well). Thanks so much for your work!
Yes, this uses simple-peer. I'm glad that it was useful for you! If it's a for-profit app, please consider supporting me on GitHub Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/feross
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure thing. The video and voice chat is powered by WebRTC. The getUserMedia API allows a browser to access the webcam and microphone of the device. I used my own simple-peer ( https://github.com/feross/simple-peer ) library to make WebRTC a bit easier to work with. The server is Node.js. I'm using Next.js for the first time on this project. I usually use a custom Express server for my projects. I'm a fan of several o…
How do you do stun, turn and signalling?
I set up a TURN server using coturn. I deploy it on port 443, which seems to be allowed by the most networks. Signaling uses a custom WebSocket server I'm running.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure thing. The video and voice chat is powered by WebRTC. The getUserMedia API allows a browser to access the webcam and microphone of the device. I used my own simple-peer ( https://github.com/feross/simple-peer ) library to make WebRTC a bit easier to work with. The server is Node.js. I'm using Next.js for the first time on this project. I usually use a custom Express server for my projects. I'm a fan of several o…
That's great thanks, really informative. May I ask where your hosting this all?
I'm a huge fan of Linode. I've been a customer for nearly 10 years. I wrote an review a long time ago here: https://feross.org/linode-vps-hosting-review/
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#46I met a German girl on this app. We had a great time and right when we were exchanging numbers the server restarted. Please give a lengthier grace period. :(
I'm really sorry about that. :( I'm furiously deploying bug fixes!
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#47Gives out pretty negative feelings to me. A sad emojii with a face mask is pretty depressing, and even worse if you see the mask as political. Black lives matter is destroying cities across the USA. I'm sure it's just me, but I wonder if anyone else sees this?
How do you propose a hashtag should enforce authority on who is allowed to use it?
I'm asking because I need that magic for veganism and atheism. I need to disown a few people.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it is easy to misread the implied context of your statement as protestors = looters = antifa. Which is of course not true. These are three seperate groups of people and the only subset relation that holds true (using a definition of `protestors` as simply participants) is protestors > looters. And I guess they constitute only a small percentage. Additionally: Not everyone who would signify themselves as part…
I hope it's Antifa (a terrorist organization), and not regular kids that go out and beat up old ladies.
Are they organized?
Are they able to kick people out? They have an official communications channel to take credit for the crimes they commit, and disown crimes they don't want to be associated with?
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#49I met a German girl on this app. We had a great time and right when we were exchanging numbers the server restarted. Please give a lengthier grace period. :(
Hey, it’s the German girl :) I just sent you an e-mail - hope to stay in touch!
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#50As this is HN, could you elaborate on the technologies you used to build this platform?
Sure thing. The video and voice chat is powered by WebRTC. The getUserMedia API allows a browser to access the webcam and microphone of the device. I used my own simple-peer ( https://github.com/feross/simple-peer ) library to make WebRTC a bit easier to work with. The server is Node.js. I'm using Next.js for the first time on this project. I usually use a custom Express server for my projects. I'm a fan of several o…
This is a really nice writeup. Thank you for this. I am looking into learning more about this space and debating between a voice service like Agora / Tokbox vs rolling my own to learn.
I would love to see a technical blog post on your stack!