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Half mouse, half biscuit. Nottinghacker. Silly old grumpus. @mousefad
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mousefad··on Ask HN: Is there any Linux distro dedicated to music performance?
I was messing about with Carla on Ubuntu Studio recently and played with your plugin. Nice! :D Thanks for your work.
mousefad··on Furiosa's Cat Feeder (2016)
I sub to Quinn's youtube channel on the subject of metal machining, and recommend it if you're into that kind of thing. https://www.youtube.com/c/Blondihacks

Quinn is both a skilled maker and a wonderful teacher (not to mention having a superb wry sense of humour). The channel is one of the most informative places on "maker youtube". Quinn's amazing!

mousefad··on Essential elements of good documentation
The proposed structure is not entirely dissimilar to good old manual pages.
mousefad··on The high-flying Quadrofoil hydrofoil is ready for production
I notice all the images show it on glass-smooth water. Makes me feel like the following is marketing spin: "...in theory access more environmentally sensitive areas where noise and wave disturbances are prohibited."

Still, kindof neat. Be fun to play with.

mousefad··on Countries Where Windows Phone Outsells The iPhone
There was me expecting a map... If you want something doing right... http://i.imgur.com/HqLIJ3q.png
mousefad··on Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer
A catchy sound byte, but in almost all practical situations, the best defence is avoiding conflict. In fights: flee. In international affairs: diplomacy.
mousefad··on Wikileaks publishes 500k new Stratfor emails
In which case, publishing them would be a public good - doctors who put profit over positive outcomes for their patients should be named and shamed and patients would be better off knowing to avoid them.

This is in fact a solid argument for why transparency of this kind is a Good Thing.

mousefad··on Why Do Companies Still Use Microsoft Windows For Displays?
You want some information, visitor? Well here you go. Enjoy.
mousefad··on China reforms: One-child policy to be relaxed
Centuries ago people could not imagine humans measurably changing the ph of the oceans, fishery collapse, global deforestation, anthropogenic climate change and an elevation in the extinction rate to rival the great mass extinction events of millions of years ago.

While I admire your resistance to knee-jerk doomsaying, suggesting we're just going to technology our way out of this mess without having to make tough choices about population is blinkered and myopic.

mousefad··on Soylent Campaign
"I ran 3.14 miles non-stop. This is an irrational improvement."

[checks date]. Late for April Fools.

mousefad··on Why Don't Startups Get Their Users To Invest In Them?
Because the users are the product.
mousefad··on HN no longer supporting SPDY
I believe some pron sites use it. The benefit increases with pages which have a lot of assets, which applies particularly well to typical pron sites with their multitude of images per page.
mousefad··on HN no longer supporting SPDY
Are they predominantly Microsoft people?