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GotAnyMegadeth

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GotAnyMegadeth··on First release of gngr web browser
I read it as Gungur for some reason. Not the best name if you want people to recommend it to each other by word of mouth.
GotAnyMegadeth··on To elaborate on why open-source hardware is hard
If you are designing your own ASIC from scratch this is exactly the kind of problem you face all the time. It is VERY hard to simulate every single corner case.

If you are designing a board with other people's chips on, where are you going to get the simulation models from?

GotAnyMegadeth··on To elaborate on why open-source hardware is hard
> it is pure coincidence that all models up till now have booted

This sums up my hatred of electronics.

GotAnyMegadeth··on Why the Sony hack is unlikely to be the work of North Korea
Sorry to be picky, but North Korea is a Second World Country http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World
GotAnyMegadeth··on Comments on the Sony Hack
After you have bought 10 replacements that lock starts to look like it was a good idea.
GotAnyMegadeth··on Why Math Might Be the Secret to School Success
I learned grids and coordinates at school (UK) when I was 5.
GotAnyMegadeth··on Amazon to Let Shoppers Bargain for Lower Prices with New “Make an Offer” Option
Haggling for stuff you want can be really fun, haggling for stuff you need is usually horrible, especially if the seller realises how much you need it.
GotAnyMegadeth··on Amazon to Let Shoppers Bargain for Lower Prices with New “Make an Offer” Option
But then you competitor will show up higher in the list on sort by price.
GotAnyMegadeth··on Why Lisp macros are cool, a Perl perspective (2005)
Could someone explain why all of the = signs have 3D after them?

$x =3D ...

GotAnyMegadeth··on Tax crackdown on banks and multinationals 'to raise £5bn'
Genuine question: Is there any evidence that Starbucks 'created' more jobs than it 'destroyed' through competition? I.e. It's not as if there weren't thousands of people working for coffee/tea shops before Starbucks came along.
GotAnyMegadeth··on HIV evolving 'into milder form'
Sometimes if the parasite moves from host to host as part of it's life cycle, and this can include aiding the death of one host. An example of this is a parasite that causes frogs to grow extra legs so that they are easier to catch for birds. The parasite then transfers to the bird, where it can lay it's eggs.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/13/a-flurry-...

GotAnyMegadeth··on Do engineers shop for clothes?
It depends what you mean by help me. If you mean ask my opinion and say things like "which one do you like more?" then no way. The reason I don't like shopping is because I have no opinion. If it was someone who you could explain "I don't want to stand out, I don't want to look like x, y or z, I don't want to talk to anyone in any shop, I don't want this to take more than w hours" Then maybe.
GotAnyMegadeth··on Zero Knowledge Proofs: An illustrated primer
In his example Google could colour each vertex a completely different colour. That way when you revealed any random two it would always look like that had done it correctly. I suppose to get round this you have Google tell you which three colours they are using in advance.
GotAnyMegadeth··on The Loneliest Genius
Sorry for the off topic.

> like convincing cats to gather for a game of Scrabble

If you get any board game out in a house with cats, it will be minutes until they are all gathered, trying to sit on the board. Perhaps they should have said "like convincing cats to not sit on a game of Scrabble".

GotAnyMegadeth··on Google should be broken up, say European MPs
Sorry, not picking on you. Someone says this in practically every Google post. The answer is: "Evil" is subjective.
GotAnyMegadeth··on HSBC, Goldman Rigged Metals’ Prices for Years, Suit Says
> There is nothing wrong with the world.

You need to go travelling.

GotAnyMegadeth··on Ask HN: Modern “adventure game” worth playing?
I'm currently playing through Pokemon SoulSilver, which is a remake of Pokemon Silver. IMO it's the best Pokemon (though I've not played X&Y).
GotAnyMegadeth··on Show HN: Magic Mockups – Free real-life mockup generator
This is really cool, thanks.

In the first one there seems to be something a bit strange going on with parallel lines (or is it my eyes?). This [0] looks kind of inset into the screen because the edges of the buttons are still parallel.

[0] http://magicmockups.com/media/screen/guest/70/fc6bc9b75a804a...

GotAnyMegadeth··on Show HN: Otto Jukebox – A multi-user streaming anti-cloud music player
This looks great! Any plans to port this to Windows?

I am not a massive fan of the background colour of the landing page, it makes the text slightly hard to read. The rest of the page design looks good though.

> any device that supports a web browser, no dedicated client software needed!

The demo seems to be down at the moment so I can't see, why would you need to download anything if that is the case?

(Shameless plug: I made http://playlistful.com/about which is similar to this, but you can't listen to the music on more than device at the same time. That's a feature I really want to add, but I can't get my head around keeping the songs in sync.)

GotAnyMegadeth··on Spooky Alignment of Quasars Across Billions of Light-years
Not answering your question, but I expect it would take a ridiculous amount of energy to change the angle of rotation on these things.
GotAnyMegadeth··on Tell HN: Wear a Helmet
I swapped a bottle of home made elder flower wine for my bike. It's made by Peugeot and when I got it it had inner tubes made by Nokia. I have no idea how old it is, but it's still doing fine 8 years after I got it.
GotAnyMegadeth··on Show HN: Coding on Twitter
Didn't seem to work. Is it down at the moment?
GotAnyMegadeth··on 68 Katy – 68000 Linux on a Solderless Breadboard
Either that and/or really experienced.
GotAnyMegadeth··on Son of Stuxnet
Do you think that if another company's OS became the "New Windows" that that wouldn't have loads of viruses? Computer security is hard, Windows gets targeted by virus creators because that way they get the most chance to infect machines, not because Windows is less secure. If Windows and any other OS swapped market share today, there'd be just as many viruses for that new OS in 6 months time.
GotAnyMegadeth··on Philae has landed
It is so exciting, even from watching the live stream!
GotAnyMegadeth··on Random Darknet Shopper
That's what the reviews are for I imagine
GotAnyMegadeth··on Against Productivity
Had to listen to this as soon as I saw that photo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6hsdWGF0no

GotAnyMegadeth··on Joan Clarke, Woman Who Cracked Enigma with Alan Turing
That's interesting, I've never heard that before, do you have a reference? Thanks
GotAnyMegadeth··on How the FBI made the world a more dangerous place by shutting down Silkroad 2.0
> in the excellent sense that Bill Gates uses the term

Which sense is that?

GotAnyMegadeth··on Blockbuster: Losing the plot
Took me a few seconds to realise that the article meant USA pissed and not UK pissed
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