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freehunter
on May 31, 2013
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Can You Power a Phone With a Capacitor?
Giga actually has an acceptable pronunciation with a soft g. The American National Bureau of Standards actually has this pronunciation formalized.
finnh
on May 31, 2013
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gigga what? gigga who? Switcha flow, getcha dough
EDIT: apparently downvoters don't like Jay-Z.
geuis
on May 31, 2013
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You're being downvoted because your comment is inane, off topic, and adds nothing of value to the conversation. Even the grandparent quotation from Back to the Future suffers from the same problem and is being downvoted.
jtoeman
on June 6, 2013
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message clear - hacker news: NOT the place for idle joking
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