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bucma··on Physics explains why rock musicians prefer valve amps
Modelling has come a long way in the past decade, probably to the 'close enough' level for just about anybody. Still doesn't quite have the sound or feel of the real thing though.
bucma··on Physics explains why rock musicians prefer valve amps
Very few classic tube guitar amplifiers were Class A, the vast majority being AB. Really the only ones that were class A are single tube amplifiers like the Fender Champ. The Vox AC/30 that everyone thinks is class A is just cathode-biased class AB. The Marshalls that Hendrix played through, the Fenders that Steve Ray Vaughn used, and the Boogies that Santana is known for, all class AB.

Sure, class A does tend to have more even-order harmonics, compared to AB, but even class AB tube amplifiers have more than any solid state one.

bucma··on Show HN: React Native Demo App
I've been thinking about getting into react native lately, and I needed something like this.

Thank you!

bucma··on Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linux/Mac terminal?
I've been using Bash for Windows at work for a couple of months, and it's mostly been good enough that I don't need to fire up my ubuntu vm anymore.

The biggest problem I've run into lately is that I really want to be able to run GUI-based programs, and even though that does worth with VcXWin, it's kind of crappy, especially for font rendering.

Anyone know of a free (or cheap) x window server for windows that does anti-aliasing?

bucma··on Congratulations You’ve Been Fired
He really understood his role well. Unfortunately, this is pretty rare now.
bucma··on My Biggest Regret as a Programmer
I think people who are picking up on the 10x assets thing are missing the point... Money can help you feel better about things when things in general aren't going well.

What he says about missed opportunities, and working for idiotic management, that's the big thing here. You work your ass off, the management does dumb things, so the thing you're working on never really pays off, in money or fun.

The fact that his sister has 10x the assets is kind of an insult after injury kind of thing.

bucma··on Pebble Seizure Detect
This is really cool.

My wife died of a tonic-colonic seizure 11 years ago. Something like this might have saved her.

bucma··on Forth – The Early Years (1991)
Any chance that you've put the code out there somewhere? I'd love to see it.
bucma··on The Contiki OS Version 3.0 Released
Because it would simply be nice to see something different once in a while. Don't get me wrong, I like Linux... I'm just a bit bored with it.
bucma··on The Contiki OS Version 3.0 Released
I'd love to see Contiki run on something like the beagle bone black.
bucma··on From Java to Rails – what do I need to know?
Thanks Everybody for the suggestions
bucma··on Lea Verou: “AdBlock is morally equivalent to theft IMO”
That means going to the bathroom during a commercial on TV is also theft.

I have an idea: get a better business model instead of thinking you're going to be rich selling advertising on the internet.

bucma··on Making Games in Chicken Scheme with Hypergiant
Very cool. One of my New Year's resolutions is to write a game using scheme.