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dahawi

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dahawi··on Show HN: hacking our set-top box
Thanks for the suggestion ! We'll have to look into the EPG, for now we get the TV listings data in another way ;) Right now we only have 2 STBs, and their input is captured by 2 video cards (http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/). We picked this one because it has a very nice C++ SDK. Ideally though, we'd have as many STBs as we can to get more screenshots !
dahawi··on Show HN: hacking our set-top box
Basically we have a server connected to STBs running C++ scripts that rotate over every channel (the STBs are operated with an IR blaster) to capture snapshots which are then uploaded to S3 (with a little node.js component) that are fed to the client app via XMPP.
dahawi··on Show HN: hacking our set-top box
well, it's not like a lot of people are going to watch live american TV from abroad ;)
dahawi··on Review my startup: Automate registration, sign-in and checkout.
So what happens if I lose / don't remember my Master password ? If it's used to encrypt my data I suppose you can't reset it ?
dahawi··on A preview of Gmail’s new look
yeah, I guess eventually it'll be the same pure black as in g+ everywhere. Also they should have it as a built-in in Chrome !
dahawi··on A preview of Gmail’s new look
anyone else has the top bar in white even with the new theme ?