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    AES encryption with support for SSL

    Wouldn’t you want to just enable SSL by default?

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      Wouldn’t you want to just enable SSL by default?

      I’d love too, but it can’t really be done. You’ll have to install your own certificate if you want SSL enabled for WSS and HTTPS.

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      I wonder how many people are running windows machines 24/7 at home…

      (imo) This would be a lot more attractive if it were cross-platform. The remote desktop feature looks especially good.

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        Going to take a bit more work to get it working via MONO since its built on C#, but its possible. Once we’ve ironed out bugs I can start porting.

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          Oh, didn’t notice you were the author. That’s very cool, thanks!

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            That authored by part is a good feature of this site. I probably wouldn’t have thought of it.

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        Impressive, is it node-webkit or electron?

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          Tomcat and JavaFX

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          This looks like a sharp music player, torrents aside. I just wonder if the fact that it uses torrents for streaming will cause people to stay away who might like it just for the local abilities. Either way, I’m at least looking forward to test-driving it.

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            P2P stuff is just for searching and streaming music (if it was found on BitTorrent), once something has streamed entirely, it plays from disk from that point. You can also disable p2p searching and choose to search over the few million websites we have indexed. So then you stream over HTTP, Both are fast, both have benefits over the other.

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            Looks like a nice music player. Is it purely streaming via bittorrent, or can I point it at my local music library too?

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              It will play your local library.

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              Just to clarify, this is pirating music, right?

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                increasing exposure is what the cool kids call it.

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                  A writer acquaintance likes to say “Remember, people die of exposure.”

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                  Yeah, the only explanation I can get on the site is “Enjoy music how you want to for free.” The Press Kit has only logos and the same screenshots from the homepage. Maybe the creator and submitter /u/codeusa can clear things up? :)

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                    Judging by a link from that site to this one, it looks like it’s a media player built on top of the same author’s torrent search engine.

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                    There will be official clarification in a few days.

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                    The search engine: http://getstrike.net/torrents/

                    Well I’m certainly impressed. I’m doubtful for its long-term future if it’s hosted anywhere that the old-guard media moguls have influence, but it’s certainly a good look at the way things could be. I’m curious to know if there is any capacity for decentralization of the service.

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                      So all the code/core systems can easily be put on a flash drive and moved to any system so long as it has 512mb of ram, 1tb of storage (for expansion sake) and a dual core cpu. While this doesn’t necessarily decentralize the application, in the event the site has the shutdown the data can easily be released for anyone to rehost. This would include the core scrapers so content can continue to grow.

                      All that being said, if the MPAA comes after me, they’re going to have to justify why as this is simply one part of a larger application that aims to improve HTPCs

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                        All that being said, if the MPAA comes after me,

                        So, I take it from your username that you’re in the USA? I almost guarantee that if your search engine gets any popularity, the MPAA will definitely come after you, and your code, and the blood of your firstborn.

                        DMCA, Title IV, Section 408: Authorization of Deadly Force.

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                          I gave it a try too, and am very impressed with the quality of results.

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                          I’m doubtful for its long-term future […]

                          Probably not what you meant, but right now it’s down with a bad case of DDOS attack:

                          Back soon, under a DDOS attack!

                          Check for updates on @andrewmd5 on twitter

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                            Its back, i can build to scale, but my data center obviously can’t handle a 500gb/s attack :p, they shut me off and refused to unnull route so i had to get a new ip

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                          Is the title supposed to be an homage to samy’s talk?

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                            Yes. Glad someone noticed

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                            Pushed an updated repository.

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                              This is a lovely thread, I love seeing these on communities.

                              This week I started working on JVine a reliable web app for downloading and or converting Vines into animated gifs so you can share them on image sharing sites like Imgur. I feel gifs are outdated though so I’ve been working on a APNG library in the hopes more browsers will support it.

                              I’d love to get your feedback