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please··on How I launched a profitable minimally viable product in 3 hours
but did it only last for 30 minutes? Error 500 - Internal server error

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please··on [dead]
did they blend it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI
please··on Build An Opensource Dropbox Clone
except that it misses 90% of what dropbox does. like multi client sync, cross platform, shared folders, web interface and so on
please··on Kevin Rose steps down as CEO of Digg
could this be what you really want?
please··on HTML5 Studio shows off fancy HTML5 CSS3 demos with source by Google Chrome team
its using video/vp8 as type for webm videos, that has to be video/webm

http://www.webmproject.org/code/specs/container/#html5_video...

please··on Orc - a novel language for distributed and concurrent programming
Name collisions with Orc – The Oil Runtime Compiler http://code.entropywave.com/projects/orc/
please··on Making the world's fastest VP8 decoder
sadly Quicktime is broken beyond repair, i.e. you can not do HTTP range requests to allow seeking in videos beyond the part that is already downloaded. On top of that Apple knows about this problem but ignores it. They even went one step further and just fixed it for H.264 in Quicktime X. (note that they stopped supporting 3rd party components in Quicktime X)
please··on Skype Opens Up SkypeKit SDK To All Devices And Desktop Apps
looking forward to see this integrated into empathy.
please··on Share with HN: A good movie recommendation engine
No recommendations for the first 5 movies I entered. Looks a bit to generic and mainstream to me.
please··on H.264 patent license published for the first time by the FSF
Look for Canon 5D Mark II, it uses h264 and is used for commercial film production
please··on Microsoft: Google Chrome doesn't respect your privacy
so having just one input for url and search was not such a good idea, for privacy.
please··on Paypal Adds Innovative ‘Bump’ To Mobile Payment Suite
why not just use bluetooth?
please··on Daring Fireball: GIF, H.264, and Patents
> If some patent troll decides H.264 violates a patent, they must go to court with MPEG LA, not individual licensees.

This is not true, check your facts! From http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/FAQ.aspx

Q: Are all AVC essential patents included?

A: No assurance is or can be made that the License includes every essential patent. The purpose of the License is to offer a convenient licensing alternative to everyone on the same terms and to include as much essential intellectual property as possible for their convenience. Participation in the License is voluntary on the part of essential patent holders, however.

If someone holds additional patents on H264 and is not part of the licensing pool they can sue individual licensees, they even get a nice list of parties to sue at http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Licensees.aspx

please··on New Startup Ideas Spreadsheet
which other search engines are you using?
please··on Ogg objections
is there a server and client that supports it? from http://www.matroska.org/technical/guides/faq/index.html Will Matroska be streamable? Yes, but low bitrate streaming like streaming Vorbis, will always be better in Ogg. This is because their design is for different purposes.
please··on Ogg objections
does matroska work for streaming?
please··on Official reasons why Adobe doesn't open-source Flash
sounds perfectly fine to do if the spec is actually open.
please··on Ask YouTube for Ogg support
You would have to ask MPEG-LA for royalty free licensing for encoding, decoding and any internet use of h264 and aac.
please··on 2010 bug hits millions of Germans
as a workaround one can put a strip of tape over the chip, that way the magnetic strip on the other side gets used.
please··on Actuatr: Open Your Data To Developers Instantly
does it really only allow you to upload 100k of data?