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Optimizing Flash Memory Writes in Embedded Systems with Unpredictable Power Loss
I'm working on an embedded C++ project that involves logging certain types of statistical data (like successful accesses, failed attempts, and other events) to the flash memory (just incrementing ...
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Best event based architecture for Linux to GUI
I've looked around a bit and probably haven't found the right medium for this question so let me know if there's a different forum I should bother. First, there is an application managed by another ...
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Facebook authentication with an Authoritative Server for a Flash Game
I'm working on a multiplatform game in Flash. This game utilizes Photon Server for authoritative physics and user statistics tracking. I'm looking to leverage Facebook authentication as an alternative ...
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Strategies to find memory leak in AIR app with native extension
Background: I'm working on an Adobe AIR app that has many facets. I'm looking for strategies to find memory leaks. Broadly speaking, the EXE contains an embedded JVM, and an AIR Native Extension for ...
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When do you say "near ID" / "far ID" when using RTMFP in ActionScript 3?
I've been using RTMFP streaming for around a year in ActionScript 3, and I pretty much know the difference between a near ID and far ID. The near ID is your peer ID, and the far ID is the other guy's ...
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Coding convention question about AS3 duplicate variable definition
AS3's got some awkward rules about variable scope, due to its use of hoisting. I don't like pointlessly leaving a bunch of compiler warnings lying around, but it's more important to me for my code to ...
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Modern web application development! Is flash and silverlight still relevant? [closed]
When building an application one considers the appropriate technology of choice for best long term impact and scalability. If building a media streaming application for mobile and desktop should one ...
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What capabilities of Adobe Flash are not present in the WinRT API?
As from March 2013, Microsoft allows Adobe Flash content to play by default on its immersive Internet Explorer 10: http://redmondmag.com/articles/2013/03/11/new-ie-10-flash-policy.aspx When asked ...
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combining (something like) Flash in a windows form application
I know this is a place where people ask advice for designing code. I am at a bit strange side on my coding quest, on one side people send me design stuff. Special graphics and ideas on how they should ...
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Is it correct that Java Applets can do hardware acceleration while Flash can't?
I hope you can confirm or disprove whether I understand this correctly. I know for certain that Java Applets can have hardware acceleration and I wonder if this is the only known way to have graphics ...
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Is Flash disappearing? [closed]
http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cp-flash/all/all People don't use Flash anymore? Why?
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Are RIA plugins a thing of the past?
In the not-so-distant past our department was touting Silverlight as the de facto standard for corporate intranet applications. A robust framework that allowed us to implement SOA while leveraging our ...
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Help me understand how to stream video
I'm an experienced PHP web developer that is looking to understand the options available for streaming video. What I have: a video processing system (this one) that can provide output to various ...
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't?
I've been asked to evaluate what appears to be a substantial legacy codebase, as a precursor to taking a contract maintaining that codebase. This isn't the first time I've been in this situation. In ...
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open source flash environments
I have been looking for a really good open source flash development environment with no success. The best I could find would help in the development of pretty much everything, but I still needed to ...