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Web versions's in JavaScript. Native version uses a C++ shared codebase, with Objective C and Java native hooks for the platform.

The server uses Node and SocketIO, with the client side JavaScript handling the multiplayer communication logic, which is ran in a headless browser in the native applications.

Future plans are to replace more parts of the performance insensitive native codebase with the JavaScript equivalent.

I did a talk about the architecture last month at Velocity. I haven't gotten round to doing a write up on the contents of the slides yet, however you can access them here: http://cdn.oreillystatic.com/en/assets/1/event/88/Web%20_%20...

Let me know if you'd like me to do one.

I participated in this just now. Gotta say it was a really interesting experience, talking your mind around what you're trying to make, and all the different possibilities around it. Also the guys running it are really friendly. Totally recommend signing up if you haven't given it a try.

I love this. The fact that big guns like Valve are writing about this stuff, helps me make a business case for the company I work for to invest in this kind of tech too.

Is it possible to downgrade back to 4.4? 4.4.1 seems to crash often now when stepping through my code.

I had the same thing happen to me, but with a YouTube video instead. Facebook would report and charge me for thousands of hits, while YouTube only showed up a few hundred.

I still don't get it?

I been using the same technique for the hobby multiplayer game (http://softpoetry.com/projects/burgers/) I've been working on. Got it running using the same stack on iOS/Android and PCs, so it's a good thing to note that it's not just for web browsers.

I hate JNI too!! free hug

I guess it reads so topsy turny because it was written by three different people; a legal expert, a security expert and a health care expert.

I'm with Neil deGrasse Tyson.. More engineers should get into politics.

While I don't agree with the justification of the cost based on required tools to create the image. I do believe that the main value from the photograph is the user's creativity and passion for using the tools to capture the photograph.

Great job with the Louis CK example, highlighting the solution being innovation not castration. Might be good to add how hysterical the music industry was with piracy a few years ago and how the problem was solved legitametly by the innovation provided by Apple's iTunes store.

TinkerTool allows you to disable the creation of those files on network drivers.. It's free too.

TinkerTool.. let's you tink, without leaving a stink? http://bresink.de/osx/0TinkerTool/details.html

Honestly, this is how uninnovative Google has become.. They get excited over introducing a drop down menu!

I know Apple are known for overhyping basic functionality. But, seriously? A DROP DOWN MENU THAT breaks UI for touch screen devices.. Sigh.

I don't think rollover UI is a good idea for touch screen devices..

Runs slow on Firefox. Don't upgrade.

I bet you he made this just to get more referral storage from Dropbox.

Do you have any plans on including timestamps for the lyrics, so I could know when in the song the lyric is sung?

It really bugged me when he hit 'more details', then had to drag the window back up to the center of the screen, because the details didn't fit in view.

A big challenge will be cross-browser support and last time I checked (March), Mozilla said that they're 'not excited by it'. Source: http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014716/Emerging-Technologies-R... [~46min]

Thanks for the motivational reminder. I've been getting hardcore into my product development and sacrificing the time I'd usually spend going to the gym and other activities. I've found that I can mix social occasions with work by bringing my laptop, but with gym I can't really do that. So I better hit the gym now and get it out of the way.

I don't understand how running GPU exploits in a native application is anymore secure.

I blame teenybopper exams.

I've too noticed that they aggregate 'button clicked likes', comments and shares as overall 'likes'. However, I just assumed that their logic is that if someone posts a comment or shares the link, they're 'liking' it.

You should be ok. It says that 'Deleting your profile won't delete your Google Account.' here: http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=...