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The Apple docs are pretty good, and for anything I couldn't find in…",{"value":89,"source":55,"evidence":90},"AWS (S3) for art storage",[91,94],{"id":92,"by":10,"text":93},"8727596","The art is stored online, hence the http requests to fetch new art... And it is certainly not connecting to any nytimes url. All art is stored on S3, and the only server it talks…",{"id":58,"by":10,"text":59},"paid","launched","solo",{"praise":99,"objections":123,"requests":165,"questions":208,"alternatives":231},[100,112],{"value":101,"source":102,"evidence":103},"Good idea and well executed","commenter",[104,108],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"8723212","oneeyedpigeon","It's a nice idea, and seems well executed. To be honest, and I hope this isn't too much of a downer: a) I probably won't pay to evaluate it. It seems like the kind of app that…",{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"8723219","jnardiello","Pfffff don't listen to old grumpy HN. Awesome app, just bought it. I like art and can't bother finding nice wallpapers for my desktop.",{"value":113,"source":102,"evidence":114},"Worth $5 for the high-res art",[115,119],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"8727555","billyhoffman","This may get downvoted but... I really don't know what to make of these \"why itsn't this free\" or \"won't pay to try\" comments. It's $5. For what is essentially an infinite supply…",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"8723430","stashpro","I've long been a fan of having artwork as my wallpaper, and finding nice ones has always been a hassle. Just bought it. 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Would love a trial version, though. Slightly off-topic, but this reminds me of what Electric Objects are trying to achieve: essentially, this same app, but…",{"value":148,"source":102,"evidence":149},"Filters are confusing and can return no art",[150],{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"8724305","drsim","Love the concept. Purchased. But I fear the settings are going to undo a lot of people. Bug: on the initial state it looks like everything is included (as it should be). However…",{"value":155,"source":102,"evidence":156},"Network use and phoning home concerns",[157,161],{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"8723254","dingdingdang","Definitely needs option too offline cache and not use the net connection, I do not want to have my cable trickle saturated by downloading hi-res images indefinitely in the…",{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"8727384","javajosh","I really liked the idea, and installed it; happy to pay the price of a latte for it. But...it crashes! The menu bar icon goes away. 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Landscape images resized to fit screens in portrait orientation look really…",{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},"8723446","JohnnyDouglas","This made my day. Happy to pay 5 bones for it. I'd love to see intelligent support for multiple monitors, and perhaps a nice way to avoid such black bars around the…",{"value":194,"source":102,"evidence":195},"Offline caching",[196],{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},{"value":198,"source":102,"evidence":199},"Artist and title overlay",[200,204],{"id":201,"by":202,"text":203},"8724030","eunoia","This is great! Couple minor, opinionated suggestions: A) Can we get just a little more information about the piece without having to click? Something like a little badge in the…",{"id":205,"by":206,"text":207},"8723292","wesley","Great app! 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What is the difference from yours? Your app does look much better though.",{"value":255,"source":102,"evidence":256},"Amazing Lock Screen",[257],{"id":258,"by":259,"text":260},"8723356","skrebbel","Looks nice! I'm on Windows though, and currently very happy about Amazing Lock Screen[0], which takes the daily photo from Bing.com and puts it on your lock screen. If anyone…",{"comments":262,"answered":263,"key":264},36,10,[265,266,269],{"id":58,"text":59},{"id":267,"text":268},"8723355","Thanks for the suggestion on copy. Please email me for a code (info is in my HN profile). I'll have to learn more about what it would take to make a screensaver. 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