Bluemix Blockchain Marbles app is hanging - ibm-cloud

I've gone through the steps to deploy the marbles app on Bluemix and it's running but when I go to 'create' it the 'colour' pull down doesn't populate, the 'create' button doesn't do anything and there is a 'loading...' message in the top right corner. I've tried looking at the logs but can't spot anything. A blockchain entry keeps appearing and disappearing. Any ideas?

Open the client side console logs in your browser and look for clues. Right click the page, inspect, click on the console tab. Should be something helpful in there.
Details debugging can be found here:
https://github.com/IBM-Blockchain/marbles/blob/master/i_lost_my_marbles.md

I managed to get it working by reinstalling it on a US instance instead of the UK one. Maybe its something to do with time zones as it was the display of the time that wasn't working even though it's UTC. I wasn't getting anywhere with devops services in the UK either.

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Could not access to the actions console of our project

We have several action console projects. But recently I could not access to one of our action console projects.
Normally I will access from list in here:
https://www.screencast.com/t/CWlbqhRFc
But now it always show error when I click to one of our projects in there.
https://www.screencast.com/t/b6DmCIcmDsec
I contact with google and ask them for helping. They said that it is caching problems and ask me clear cache on browser. I did it but error still happen. Many other members of this projects also got that error (We shared account of project with some members).
Does someone know the reason of this bug and how could I fix it?
Please check the Roles you have for the project. You need to give Viewer Role to all the members of the project who are getting this error.
Please have a look into this Stackoverflow post as well.
There are a high chance there are a problem in google server. Because after we add a new device model. We could access our project again.

Google Assistant Hello World Draft Project not updating

Very new to Google Actions. Testing out tutorial stuff.
I have tried this in a couple of test projects just to double check. After initial run of any project I do not get any updates on draft projects. No changes show up in draft projects for me for both simulator and real device.
Started new project
Even blank project has basic conversation telling you where to add things next.
Change text.
Notice prompt does not change in testing environment.
In below pictures I have changed the words "hello world" with "Hey Dude" for both fulfillment and console output. I would expect Testing Prompt to respond with "Hey Dude from fulfillment and Hey Dude from the console!" But it does not. Instead it does not reflect any recent changes.
I think there may be two slightly different (but sometimes related) issues going on here.
The first is that there are known problems with the simulator being slow to pick up on updates, or them not seeming to show up. The second has to do with making sure you're deploying changes from the build-in code editor.
I don't have a clear answer to the first problem, although I know they're looking into it. I find that I can make some changes and they may not be noticed, but I know they have been picked up if I see the "Your preview is being updated..." spinner appear. There are other spinners that sometimes appear, but unless it explicitly says that it is being updated - the updates aren't always picked up. (Sometimes they are, however.)
Usually, if I don't see this, I'll go back and force an apparent change (delete a character from a webhook handler name, then add it back) and go back to the simulator. In general, this time it will say it is updating.
If you're using the Cloud Functions editor, you need to do three things:
Save the changes. You'll do this by clicking the "Save Fulfillment" button, but this only saves it so you can leave the editor. It doesn't mean that the simulator has access to it yet.
Deploy the changes. This deploys your code to Cloud Functions so they can be run. Note in the illustration that it says the code is saved, but not yet deployed.
Wait till the changes are fully deployed. Deploying takes time, and until it is completed, it won't be available in the simulator. While deploying, it lets you know.
Once it has deployed, however, the message changes, and you the impacts should be available through the simulator (although you may still need to see the "being updated" message to be sure).
Remember, however, that you don't need to use the "Cloud Functions editor" in order to deploy a webhook. You can deploy a webhook on any web server where
The host is public (so has a public IP address that Google can reach)
It can handle HTTPS with a non-self-signed certificate
You can even deploy yourself to Cloud Functions for Firebase, which is the same service that the Actions Builder uses. This way you have the URL set once in the Actions Builder and, once it is set, you won't need to change it.
But you'll still be able to change your code by managing your own deployment separate from Actions Builder.

Live Server VScode: This page isn’t working 127.0.0.1 didn’t send any data. ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE

I wanted to establish a live server , and quickly came across this extension.
After installing I clicked on the Go live button on right hand side corner.
A tabs automatically opens up in chrome browser , with this error message.
I have tried doing this , with no success.
This worked for me ,
I found this solution on a Github issue thread over here.
Just simply tick the checkbox stating Use Local Ip in the settings of vscode.
yes, the above answer worked for me too.
Steps to follow if You are a beginner like me:
Click manage(it has an icon like setting).
Select setting from the list.
Select user and then expand Extension.
Scroll down till you find Use local Ip and check if it is unchecked.
Woohoo!! Test your live server, will work now.

I have corrupted app pages, how to I remove them?

I started a developing an app back in ~2009. It seems somehow there are 7 copies of the app I started developing. I'd love to delete all of them, but none of the 7 copies will load a dashboard page... you know... the dashboard page with the "delete" button. How should I proceed to remove these apps?
I get an HTTP500 from Facebook's servers via each link.
As suggested I reported this to Facebook as a bug mid Monday. I gave them my personal info so they could see my exact data. They were able to reproduce the "bug" and confirmed to me that something was wrong right away (within hours). Just now (mid Friday) I got a message stating essentially, "yeah, some system somewhere messed up when creating your apps, so they got made in a broken state. We manually deleted them for you." So while there may or may not still be a bug out there, my problem was solved in ~4 working days by reporting it directly as a bug.

Visual studio online source control breaks debugging

I'm completely new to source/version control and I recently decided to try out the Visual Studio online service (the renamed TFS online service). I ran into a problem and now I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or is the VSOnline service faulty.
Problem is as follows:
Completely working Windows phone 8 project. Compiler and debugger working as expected in VS13 ultimate (also in VS12 pro).
However, when I add the project to source control and check it in. Then check it back out it breaks.
Symptoms:
1) XAML markup not recognized. IntelliSense reports error for every single XAML tag, even fundamental tags like Phone:PhoneApplicationPage. These errors can be cleared if I change from debug to release mode, but they re-appear when I launch project next time.
2) Debug target not changeable. In the dialog where you can typically choose between device and different emulator modes there is only one option "start". Impossible to deploy app on actual device. "Start" always launches default emulator (which works fine, no bugs there), but you can't choose which emulator.
3) VS13 crashes when I try to open debug tab in project properties/settings.
4) Attempt to build the solution in VSonline fails.
I realize there is a possibility I'm doing something wrong. Never used source control before, but in my understanding I still should be able to handle the project completely normal after check-out. Restrictions to debugging or deploying to device would seem counter-productive to me.
And also the false errors and VS13 crashing in settings implies there is something broken.
Any opinion, advice or help will be hugely appreciated.
After few days of relentless effort I was able to solve the problem.
As I work from home and my own computer, I'm always logged in with my personal account.
And I was logged in visual studio with my work account which has the MSDN subscription.
This caused account clash and all the odd behavior. Logging out from all browser didn't help, it mysteriously kept my personal account always logged in. And I believe this is caused by Skydrive.
So I set up new user account for my work id, log in using that and all started working perfectly.
Bottom line: If you wish to use visual studio online or log in in VS, make sure you are logged in with same account on the computer.