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user070223··on The Elegant Laminar Flow of Moroccan Tea [video]
Teapot spout placed on the bottom where the pressure is highest. The spout shape change from large opening to smaller one. it is curved like an S(and not U) shape(like a river band?) to "straighten" the water getting rid of eddys which can form after the first curve(which you have to have to pour). The spout has a sharp tip which prevent the pot from dripping (ig nobel prize winner, teapot effect) The tea is poured from a high distant to the cup(laminar) which cools the tea and causes the water to splash which traps sand(remember we are in the Sahara) by making a foam along with the green tea saponin molecules which have of it attracted to water and the other repelled. The sugar makes the liquid viscous along the mints' essential oils which keeps the bubbles.
user070223··on Microwave Cruicble
Check his YT channel has more videos
user070223··on DIY Soft Drinks
Another fun use for gum arabic is making watercolor paints, you can do it with your kids sourcing the pigment from different soils. pour water and let the heavy big particle fall to the bottom and source the small ones from the top and mix some ingredients
user070223··on LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs
Github hogging cpu when js is turned off
user070223··on How many branches can your CPU predict?
Does any JIT/AOT/hot code optimization/techniques/compilers/runtime takes into account whether the branch prediction is saturated and try to recompile to go branchless
user070223··on Why some clothes shrink in the wash and how to unshrink them
Her logic seems reasonable but stating that the fibers "return to their original crinkled state" is missing the fact that the fiber go through the process of spinning to improve tensile strength (as well as the options of making an infinite yarn from finite fibers by twisting them together). regardless to return to original "crinckled state" they need to overcome those forces as well as the forces of the geometry of the knit(on a different scale).

BTW Rayon is also made from cellulose, cellulose II. While Cellulose I(natural) is metastable it can be converted by disolving in lye to a stable form (beta-gllocouse molecolue chain goes from being parallel to being anti parllel which increases the # of hydrogen bonds as well as helping create a more stable 3d structure) which again improve tensile strength and resist wrinkles on a different scale.

user070223··on I Genetically Engineered *Myself* to Fix Lactose Intolerance [video]
Thought Emporium entire channel is a goldmine

Here's another youtuber journey to fix the lactose intolerance by just eating lactose(powdered milk)("prebiotic") which had strains of a bacteria("probiotic" which feasts on the prebiotic) that breaks down lactose survives in the microbiome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h90rEkbx95w

user070223··on Solving Fizz Buzz with Cosines
Inspired by this post & TF comment I tried symbollic regression [0] Basically it uses genetic algorithm to find a formula that matches known input and output vectors with minimal loss I tried to force it to use pi constant but was unable I don't have much expreience with this library but I'm sure with more tweaks you'll get the right result

  from pysr import PySRRegressor

  def f(n):
      if n % 15 == 0:
          return 3
      elif n%5 == 0:
          return 2
      elif n%3 == 0:
          return 1
      return 0

  n = 500
  X = np.array(range(1,n)).reshape(-1,1)
  Y = np.array([f(n) for n in range(1,n)]).reshape(-1,1)
  model = PySRRegressor(
          maxsize=25,
          niterations=200,  # < Increase me for better results
          binary_operators=["+", "*"],
          unary_operators=["cos", "sin", "exp"],
          elementwise_loss="loss(prediction, target) = (prediction - target)^2",
)

  model.fit(X,Y)
Result I got is this:

((cos((x0 + x0) * 1.0471969) * 0.66784626) + ((cos(sin(x0 * 0.628323) * -4.0887628) + 0.06374673) * 1.1508249)) + 1.1086457

with compleixty 22 loss: 0.000015800686 The first term is close to 2/3 * cos(2pi*n/3) which is featured in the actual formula in the article. the constant doesn't compare to 11/15 though

[0] https://github.com/MilesCranmer/PySR

user070223··on OpenWrt: A Linux OS targeting embedded devices
New Package Manager(apk) WIP

OpenWrt Upgrade Tool. retaining all of your currently installed packages and configuration

They are updating kernels on yearly basis. 6.12 WIP

web interface for mobile. I think there is an unoffical luci package and a native mobile app.

Notification system. WIP

See also https://forum.openwrt.org/t/community-question-what-do-you-w...

user070223··on Ask HN: Why does the US Visa application website do a port-scan of my network?
uMatrix is archived and I think uBlockOrigin is now advised to use(which incorporate uMatrix by enabling advanced settings)

For those who want to try blocking more stuff you can enable hard mode and bind relax blocking mode keyboard shortcut

I'd recommend also enabling filter lists(I advice yokoffing/filterlists and your region/language)

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

user070223··on F-Droid build servers can't build modern Android apps due to outdated CPUs
I think it acts more as an rss feed reader rather than building and hosting apps on it's own.
user070223··on F-Droid build servers can't build modern Android apps due to outdated CPUs
Try Discoverium
user070223··on Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build
A question for strcat / other Graphene developers:

Can you clarify what can one expect from legacy extended support. Will old devices get any more updates? how long, how often, is it just security patches etc..

Thanks for you hard work!

user070223··on How to Firefox
I see you're quite active regarding FF. Nevertheless I'm not sure what you're talking about. I've installed Betterfox ESR on Windows, Linux and Android with no apparent issues.
user070223··on How to Firefox
I would also advise people to use user.js such as arkenfox / betterfox.

Also available on mobile

https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/issues/240

user070223··on Incapacitating Google Tag Manager (2022)
Ublock origin author - Gorhill - 2022 response: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30415234

Ublock origin wiki referencing a method to block, unsure how effective it is(seems to be based on the first link): https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#...

"*$1p,strict3p,script,header=via:1.1 google"

Perhaps some filter in your list already utilizing this but I'm unable to verify

user070223··on Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean
In general at high enough depth the ocean temperature is constant[0]. At high latitude like the southern ocean it's constant at whatever depth. I think the surface ambient temperature is below(cooler) the temperature where the water density is the highest around 4 degrees for pure water(water has negative thermal expansion which causes it to expand and float!), for southern ocean salinity is between 33-34 and maximum density is below 0[1] but still ambient might be lower which means the colder water is lighter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ThermoclineSeasonDepth.pn...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T-S_diagram.pdf

user070223··on New proof dramatically compresses space needed for computation
I've skimmed the result couple of weeks ago, and if I remember it states that there from all machines which takes t time to accomplish something there is one such that sqrt(t) memory is used. so it's at most but not on avg nor amorotized[not sure if et even make sense it the space where the problem lies] (you take the least memory hungry machine)
user070223··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
Inspired by Steve Brunton(on YT) and his colleague, a platform that makes working on/with dynamical systems much easier in terms of sensing, modeling and controlling the dynamics. Eventually iterating quickly using SOTA techniques(compressed sensing, super-resolution(spatial-temporal tradeoff), RandNLA, ML) without the need to understand them deeply

Sensing effectively by optimal (re)positining of the sensors (both number of sensor and physical placement) Think spatial sensor/data fusion, perhaps using more cheap sensors rather than few expensive

Building a model of the dynamics (based on both reasonable assumption about the system based on grounded physics, and dynamical interpretation of the sensor's data (PySINDy, DMD)

And eventually controlling the dynamics

Love to get your feedback, ideas, if you know about such products/business etc, how could it help any business, real life application, if it interests you, anything :)

user070223··on A man who visited every country in the world without boarding a plane (2023)
A great place to mention Karl Bushby whom is on his way from Punta Arenas, southern Chile to his home in the UK since Nov 1998 by mostly hiking. He crossed the Darien Gap, the Bering sea walking on ice / glaciers / swimming, as well as swimming the Caspian sea. In Mongolia he trained to work with camels Had a lot of issues of course with Russia due to crossing the Bering sea, and maybe the war, as well as covid lockdown in countries, limited days issued for visas etc. And he just left Turkey and entered Europe! so the only major challenge is swimming the channel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bushby

user070223··on I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses
Truly, it should have been a smartphone, their performant today is better than my 10 years old (totally fine) desktop
user070223··on Once lush Sahara was home to a surprisingly unique group of humans
Indeed, one great path to finding those lost civilizations is to follow river vallies, Atlas pro[0] says there is no consensus on past rivers/bodies of water as evident by different maps of the region, but one can follow (underwater) river sediment which were deposited to the sea. During oil search such area was found in Cap Timiris, Mauritiania. Satelite radar image of the area from 2015 did reveal those rivers beds, Tamanrasset River seems to be the biggest, with a big drainage basin. Trees and shrubs indeed grow there.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-dZj1ZdRtY

user070223··on The Llama 4 herd
Never trained a model, but the precision confused me as I've never considered how many bits should be reserved for exponent/mentisa. Has anyone architected a model(somehow) such that it has a free hand at using the give bits / choosing the type, or changed types from layer to layer, I mean surely when training for example vision models the first layers deal with the "big(yet simpler) picture"(light/dark, lines etc) where as the last layers are with the fine details etc.

Even though it may not suitable for (existing) hardware impl, it may be advantageous in other place for example in learning rate speed.

user070223··on Percolation Theory [pdf]
Awesome primer on percolation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-767WnbaCQ
user070223··on Fish-delousing underwater laser (2018) [video]
Recently covered by SciShow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWciW1y18O0
user070223··on F-Droid's Progress and What's Coming in 2025
AnkiDroid (Anki - Spaced repetition app)

AntennaPod (Podcasts app)

Coffee (quicktile alowing adjusting how long will the display will stay awak)

NetGuard (VPN to control app internet access & domain based ad blocking)

Newpipe (alternative youtube & other media sites frontend)

OsmAnd (Navigation based on Open Street Map)

Sky Map (google's sky map)

Telegram FOSS (Telegram client)

VLC (media player)

WiFiAnalyzer

user070223··on Hackers use ZIP file concatenation to evade detection
Last I checked virustotal doesn't test nested archives for viruses even though it's an issue old as modern computing
user070223··on Why 4D geometry makes me sad [video]
I first encountered this problem solving technique of looking at the problem in higher dimension from lectures by tadashi tokieda(referenced in the video). I highly recommend any video of him.

I dont rememer finding many examples, nor a reference to it from common problem solving techniques lists(terry tao, aosp? etc). I think it deserve it's place with a catchier name perhaps

user070223··on Ham Radio 101: What is WSPR?
I remember reading about some guy claims using past wspr database ?timing? anomalies to find mh370 flight path (i.e a plane crossing line of communication causes measurable disturbance) though people have debunked it
user070223··on Five or ten new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem
semi related: I found Norman J. Wildberger rational trigonometry work very interesting. He ditches trigonometry in order to work with rational quantities. There was also a playlist on youtube of his work but I'm unable to find it for some reason

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Proportions:_Rational_T...

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