Hacker News: Eridanus2

United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

Eridanus2 — Sun, 31 May 2026 12:41:19 +0000

Article URL: https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-767-returns-newark-bluetooth-name-alert/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345248

Points: 402

# Comments: 840

The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died (1988)

Eridanus2 — Thu, 21 May 2026 20:16:25 +0000

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/zenith-tv

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48228335

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

An Inexpensive Schlieren System

Eridanus2 — Sun, 17 May 2026 01:31:58 +0000

Article URL: https://petapixel.com/2020/01/18/a-simple-and-inexpensive-schlieren-optical-system-using-a-fresnel-lens/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165326

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Pre-agentic Google would restrict a search query to only 10 words

Eridanus2 — Sun, 17 May 2026 01:16:23 +0000

Now it's willing to digest a paragraph of vague, misspelled prose and serve up helpful answers. It can't have gotten THAT cheaper or faster, what's changed?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165255

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Isla Sorna Flyover – Jurassic World Archipelago – Captured in 4K [video]

Eridanus2 — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:44:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1s3SB5EaH0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48149324

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The Web Gallery of Art

Eridanus2 — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:16:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wga.hu/welcome_m.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48110348

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Facebook Reveals Its Smart Glasses' Nerve-Tracking Wristband Tech (2021)

Eridanus2 — Sun, 10 May 2026 10:32:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.slashgear.com/facebook-reveals-its-smart-glasses-nerve-tracking-wristband-tech-18664390/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48082674

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

A clock that maps Earth's 4.5B year history onto 12 hours. 1s=0.105Myears

Eridanus2 — Sun, 10 May 2026 09:51:40 +0000

Article URL: https://eona.earth/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48082457

Points: 11

# Comments: 0

Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution

Eridanus2 — Sat, 09 May 2026 03:08:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crab-memes-amplify-mistaken-ideas-about-evolution/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071433

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by Eridanus2 in "David Attenborough's 100th Birthday"

Eridanus2 — Fri, 08 May 2026 23:15:56 +0000

https://share.google/Bmx5QA0ZZQU36NqXK

Android application to switch display into side-by-side VR mode

Eridanus2 — Fri, 08 May 2026 21:42:10 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/dmikushin/android-native-sbs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48069130

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

240M-Year-old giant "sand creeper" found hidden in retaining wall

Eridanus2 — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:05:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260504154028.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48033990

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Turning the gears of an early modern search engine (2019)

Eridanus2 — Fri, 01 May 2026 08:07:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/book-wheel-modern-search-engine-364122/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47972332

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Colorful Nuclide Chart

Eridanus2 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:04:20 +0000

Article URL: https://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~ecs103/chart/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47929723

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Evolution of the vertebrate retina by repurposing ancestral median eye (2026)

Eridanus2 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:13:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01676-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982225016768%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47925950

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Maker Camp: Shenzhen

Eridanus2 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:26:17 +0000

Article URL: https://seeed-studio.github.io/MakerCamp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923678

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Introduction to Parsing [pdf]

Eridanus2 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:00:36 +0000

Article URL: https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs143/lectures/lecture05.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47867804

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

SPEAKE(a)R: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit [pdf] (2017)

Eridanus2 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:45:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot17/woot17-paper-guri.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822805

Points: 187

# Comments: 70

A Hidden Language: The Meaning of Semaphore

Eridanus2 — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:08:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.offshoresupply.co.uk/blog/a-hidden-language-the-meaning-of-semaphore/

Hacker News: Eridanus2

United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died (1988)

An Inexpensive Schlieren System

Ask HN: Pre-agentic Google would restrict a search query to only 10 words

Isla Sorna Flyover – Jurassic World Archipelago – Captured in 4K [video]

The Web Gallery of Art

Facebook Reveals Its Smart Glasses' Nerve-Tracking Wristband Tech (2021)

A clock that maps Earth's 4.5B year history onto 12 hours. 1s=0.105Myears

Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution

New comment by Eridanus2 in "David Attenborough's 100th Birthday"

Android application to switch display into side-by-side VR mode

240M-Year-old giant "sand creeper" found hidden in retaining wall

Turning the gears of an early modern search engine (2019)

Colorful Nuclide Chart

Evolution of the vertebrate retina by repurposing ancestral median eye (2026)

Maker Camp: Shenzhen

Introduction to Parsing [pdf]

SPEAKE(a)R: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit [pdf] (2017)

A Hidden Language: The Meaning of Semaphore

Waymo: The hollowing of middle class [video]