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SlashmanX··on Popcorn Time Is Back
My code still exists in the desktop source[1] but essentially what you need to do is convert an srt to vtt [2] file and start a local http server that will serve the VTT file [3] and point the Chromecast to that

[1] - https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop/blob/dev...

[2] - https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop/blob/dev...

[3] - https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop/blob/dev...

SlashmanX··on Popcorn Time Is Back
Awh this brings me back. I was a large contributor to the desktop version of this incarnation of PT, focusing on the ability to play on external applications and Chromecasts and also adding TV Shows. I remember having such a eureka moment when I finally figured out how to get subtitles working when streaming live to a Chromecast
SlashmanX··on Today’s Javascript, from an outsider’s perspective
Running on Windows machine vs Unix based tends to highlight issues regarding case sensitivity
SlashmanX··on I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?
You could probably hook that up to grocy[0]

[0] - https://grocy.info/

SlashmanX··on MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?
I have this issue constantly, even the laptop screen itself will get 'washed out'. The solution is to go to Displays > Colour Profiles and change the profile to any other one and then change back to the default.
SlashmanX··on If a MacBook Pro runs hot or shows high kernel CPU, try charging it on the right
I think this part of the comment should be highlighted more due to people simply thinking switching to the right side 'fixes' whatever the issue is:

> Note that high temperature on the right side appears to be ignored by the OS. Plugging everything into the two right ports instead of the left raised the Right temperatures to over 100 degrees, without the fans coming on. No kernel_task either, but the machine becomes unusable from something throttling.

SlashmanX··on MSPaint in JavaScript
The author has started work on locally running Electron App [0]

[0] - https://github.com/1j01/jspaint#desktop-app

SlashmanX··on China orders its airlines to suspend use of Boeing 737 Max aircraft
> Especially when it's a new aircraft, perhaps pilots need time to adjust, same as when you and I get in to a new car, it may have different response when you hit the gas, different mirrors, different sounds, different steering wheel sensitivity, etc.

This again pushes the blame back onto Boeing who insisted pilots didn't need to be retrained / trained up against this model aircraft as it would've meant extra expenditure by the airlines.

SlashmanX··on How the Dreamcast Copy Protection Was Defeated
> The "foot in the door" came from a seemingly obscure capability of the Dreamcast to boot not from a GD-ROM but from a CD-ROM. Originally intended to add multimedia functions to music CDs, the functionality called "MIL-CD" was never used much, accounting for a mere seven karaoke applications.

Isn't the first sentence of the "SECOND PROTECTION LEVEL" section exactly what you described?

SlashmanX··on Show HN: World Cup API for 2018
I believe they use the ELO Ratings[0]. they have the Win Probability on their website[1].

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings

[1] - http://eloratings.net/fixtures

SlashmanX··on Node.js 7.6 Released
The linked PR[0] says it's just using the file: syntax

[0] - https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10739

SlashmanX··on Windows 10 0day exploit goes wild, and so do Microsoft marketers
That's not what this article is about though really
SlashmanX··on Caching at Reddit
I'd guess they'd execute this function in onbeforeunload (or the equivalent) so the functionality is called when you go to leave the page rather than when you load a fresh one.
SlashmanX··on Streama – A self-hosted streaming application with your own media library
XBMC was renamed to Kodi.
SlashmanX··on Google discontinues support for hangouts API
> They just updated their FAQ

FTA:

> the notice came in the form of an updated Frequently Asked Questions page outlining the termination, and an email to developers active on the platform.

Any developers using the API in their product would've received an email.

SlashmanX··on Show HN: Ndm – Npm Desktop Manager
Yeah sort of. I wouldn't use it to replace npm CLI or anything (even though you can), but like I said being able to glance at installed modules and see the different versions (installed vs latest) is a nice thing to have.
SlashmanX··on Show HN: Ndm – Npm Desktop Manager
It's for npm, not nvm. It shows the installed packages in a project, the version that is installed and the latest available version which is handy. You can install/update packages too but don't see much use for that since the CLI is there but the displaying of info is decent.
SlashmanX··on Show HN: Ndm – Npm Desktop Manager
Good job. I think it's useful purely for the fact that it can tell you the latest available version for each of the packages in your project. It's handy to have that at a glance
SlashmanX··on Ask HN: Plain, unstyled html to clean, well design page
That's brilliant. Thanks for sharing
SlashmanX··on Google May Be Stealing Mobile Traffic
The URL bar shows "google.com" in a lot of mobile browsers (including the one in your screenshot), the bar shows the original website this content is from
SlashmanX··on Google May Be Stealing Mobile Traffic
> By the way, what's the purpose of the bar at the top? The back button of the browser already does that, even on mobile.

It's to counteract the fact that in some browsers on mobile, it will just show "google.com" in the URL bar, the added bar shows the actual website. (Obviously this is a problem introduced by the whole caching thing but that's why it's there I guess)

SlashmanX··on A Design Defect Is Breaking iPhone 6 Pluses
Carrying it in your jeans' pocket?
SlashmanX··on Plottable.js – Flexible, interactive charts for the web
The Readme[0] has links to a hosted version on a CDN, as well as a direct download

[0]: https://github.com/palantir/plottable#quick-start

SlashmanX··on A full-featured form software built with love in python
I think it's supposed to be "forum"
SlashmanX··on Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
SMS' can be free in a lot of European countries, the main difference is that MMS didn't really take off in Europe as much as it did in the US so they usually cost more. Also since people weren't that attached to MMS, it was easy to 'replace'
SlashmanX··on Kansas couple sues IP mapping firm for turning their life into a “digital hell”
I wonder if that couple could take advantage of this and start a life of cyber crime from now on in a sort of 'boy who cried wolf' situation
SlashmanX··on 3-word code is address of 57M 3-square-meter patches on earth's surface
No, but they could give it to foo bar bay which is 3 thousand miles away.
SlashmanX··on Image-diff – Create an image differential between two images
Now automate it for 200 screenshots
SlashmanX··on A Belch in Gym Class. Then Handcuffs and a Lawsuit
> Why was he pretending to belch in class like that?

Because he's a child. That doesn't warrant being handcuffed into the back of a police car and sent to a juvenile detention facility

SlashmanX··on A Belch in Gym Class. Then Handcuffs and a Lawsuit
It's insane to me that schools have a police officer assigned
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