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_Microft··on Europe sleepwalked into yet another energy crisis
We should have kept using nuclear? That nuclear of which refinement capacities are over 40% in Russians hands? For conversion it’s even a combined 63% for Russia+China.

“Russia's Stranglehold On The World's Nuclear Power Cycle”, https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-nuclear-power-industry-graphi...

_Microft··on Full Spectrum and Infrared Photography
By this measure, there is no "full spectrum" photography ever.
_Microft··on TCXO Failure Analysis
That's a website of Andrew Zonenberg if that name rings a bell.

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=azonenberg

_Microft··on Show HN: A weird thing that detects your pulse from the browser video
Sure, I read that but your comment still sounds like it does. You're doing yourself no service.
_Microft··on Show HN: A weird thing that detects your pulse from the browser video
´"That's not my department", says Wernher von Braun.´
_Microft··on Show HN: A weird thing that detects your pulse from the browser video
That internet is elsewhere.
_Microft··on Show HN: A weird thing that detects your pulse from the browser video
You as reader might also be interested in this: https://hbenbel.github.io/blog/evm/
_Microft··on Show HN: A weird thing that detects your pulse from the browser video
Here‘s also an advice: if you want someone to listen, try not to come across like you just did.
_Microft··on OpenScan
The dinosaur example lists an iPhone as source and none of their scanner models. It is also saying that it was recorded at a dinosaur theme park in Germany. This one might be meters long.
_Microft··on Converting a $3.88 analog clock from Walmart into a ESP8266-based Wi-Fi clock
There is an extension called HN Friends that allows to add information to a tooltip for users and shows a hint that there exists such information.

Use this as you like.

_Microft··on Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn
Tracks 3, 4 and 7 at the station in question are not adjacent to a platform. It sort of makes sense to route a train over these if there is no stop planned there (intentional or not).

Here's the map of the station:

https://www.bahnhof.de/troisdorf/karte

_Microft··on Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn
This train (RE5 (RRX) 28521) is not operated by Deutsche Bahn.

The operator is called National Express. Their trains look completely different than the ones of Deutsche Bahn.

https://nationalexpress.de/de/re5

_Microft··on 987654321 / 123456789
Use two or more spaces at the beginning of a line and it will be formatted as code ("<code>") and then use symbols as you like.

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  │  OK  ║
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https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
_Microft··on PCB Edge USB C Connector Library
Maybe you like this - "paw connect", a whimsical version of the footprint for this connector:

https://github.com/LeoDJ/Paw-Connect

_Microft··on Ask HN: What's a good 3D Printer for sub $1000?
If you've got a budget of $1000 for that, have you considered getting a used 3D printer first? Some models are sold used for like 50€ (e.g. Ender 3 V2) on classified ads which hardly makes a dent in your overall budget. This will force you to actually familiarize yourself with the processes and will allow you to make more informed decisions later?
_Microft··on Custom telescope mount using harmonic drives and ESP32
Great project!

The cost of the PCBs must be driven by assembly, right? The board itself should qualify for JLCPCB's budget offer at least: 2 layers (judging by the KiCAD-screenshot), < 100mm, HASL, nothing special about solder mask or board thickness either from the look of it. I'm not not sure about the plated slots of the USB connector, though? Do these cost extra?

How many did you get assembled per version? Just two of the boards or all five of them? Did you try to stick to using the standard parts or extended library? Which difference would it have made to do some work on the PCBs yourself, e.g. by soldering the through-hole connectors by hand?

Either way, it is definitely an amazing project!

Edit: as soon as any part is from the extended library, all different components (even standard ones) incur a cost for loading them into the pick and place machine, right? So minimizing number of different components is the only way of keeping the cost down, I guess.

_Microft··on Princeton NuEnergy's battery recycling tech recovers 97% of lithium-ion material
I hope someone digs up a proper source for that because this one is a pile of AI slop illustrated with more AI slop.

Edit: I could not find anything yet.

_Microft··on Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation
Thanks for the detailed reply. I actually like the idea of using the accelerometer as input device and the design choice of using no buttons.

What’s the update rate of the LED matrix if I may ask? Maybe the combination of an accelerometer and the LEDs lends itself to a persistence of vision display?

_Microft··on Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation
If you are curious what PCB designs or schematics look like, you can use an online viewer for KiCad files to find out yourself:

https://kicanvas.org/?github=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FNich...

@creator of the card (phirks?): have you considered further interactivity or maybe using the LED matrix for showing text or other information?

You could use touch buttons for control as they basically add nothing to the BOM?

Edit: this is of course really awesome as it is

_Microft··on EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by Shein and Temu
How do you tell that you did not get any from a lot that was dyed/painted with a cheaper but toxic color?
_Microft··on New colors without shooting lasers into your eyes
Open the experiment animation and refresh the page multiple times to refresh the countdown while looking at the white pixel (from the same point of view) to get an even more impressive effect.
_Microft··on Hacking a Toniebox
OT but maybe fun to know: the domain name translates as “sheep are glorified lawnmowers” ;)
_Microft··on 'Universal cancer vaccine' trains the immune system to kill any tumor
The submitted article mentions that it was a study conducted on mice though?

[0] "In this study on mice with melanoma, the vaccine was able to clear existing tumors that had proven drug-resistant."

_Microft··on Build a SDR SW/MW/LW Receiver with a Raspberry Pi Pico
There is also an accompanying website for the project: https://101-things.readthedocs.io/en/latest/breadboard_radio...

Edit: actually this one might have been a better link than the one to the repository.

_Microft··on Wendelstein 7-X sets new fusion record
Here's the statement on the official website if you prefer that:

https://www.ipp.mpg.de/5532945/w7x

_Microft··on Researchers find a way to make the HIV virus visible within white blood cells
> This may be more of a proof for the method, of encapsulating a fragile mRNA in a protective lipid layer, but one which will be incorporated into cells. I'd expect it to be used outside attempts to cure HIV (having consumed some HIV funding).

What does that mean? (mRNA encapsulated in a lipid nanoparticle entering cells is exactly how the COVID vaccines of BioNTech and Moderna work)

_Microft··on FujiNet - multi-peripheral emulator and network device for vintage computers
Here's a direct link to the repository if you rather want to have a look there:

https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI

_Microft··on M8.2 solar flare, Strong G4 geomagnetic storm watch
They might be - this was only an attempt to make sense of the first comment in the context of this submission.
_Microft··on M8.2 solar flare, Strong G4 geomagnetic storm watch
If I had to guess, I would say that Earth's magnetic field is used in directional drilling to tell which way your drill head is going and that the solar storm distorts Earth's magnetic field.
_Microft··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
The Ford Mustang Mach-E has a physical wheel on its touch screen.
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