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mtdev

132 karma · joined June 23, 2011

hardware by day, software by night

email: ycombinator.com@n.routed.net twitter: https://twitter.com/breadboard

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mtdev··on Ask HN: What do you do while you're compiling?
I reply to emails on a different monitor. On a different subject, I try to write code in a way that I can make best use of the debugger in an effort to compile less frequently. For example, comment code out by doing things like U8 gate_var = 0; if (gate_var) { };, as opposed to #ifdef GATE_VAR//#endif. I can change the value of gate_var while stepping through with the debugger.
mtdev··on What does HN think about OccupyWallStreet?
It is good that this is getting some publicity but the whole protest is misdirected without a clear message or demands. I would love to see more of the '99%' take a relatively smaller step forward and participate in elections. With so many close races, even a few unified percent, of the '99%', can hold a lot of political clout thereby making a stronger statement. As a bonus, you can take work off to vote and you don't have to get arrested!
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Feel free to post comments/issues here, I'll be watching the discussion.
mtdev··on Show HN: mobilethread.com -- anonymous mobile messaging (web app)
Going to be on http://moth.ws/dev/ for a while
mtdev··on Show HN: Can anonymous chat within identified groups create better discussions?
This looks really cool, I like the layout. I have been working on something similar, (http://mobilethread.com), which lets you setup/join anonymous chat threads and is designed to run in a smartphone web browser. I got around the emails issue by creating a unique URL for each thread which you can then email/SMS/embed in a QR code. When joining, a user automatically gets a random name or they can set their own. Finally, anything you post gets removed after four hours, inactive threads get removed after a week. I decided against Captcha but did implement thread creation/message flood limits.
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