Hacker News: _Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=_MicroftHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 08 Oct 2026 03:07:58 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "Ask HN: Why is Ask HN only showing me 14 posts?"]]>You can use „by:“ in the search query to limit search to posts or comments of a user.

]]>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:06:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49988036_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49988036https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49988036<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "Nobel Prize in Physics 2026: Francis Halzen"]]>That’s also a thing, e.g. in the Mediterranean.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KM3NeT

]]>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:15:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49979768_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49979768https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49979768<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "Nobel Prize in Physics 2026: Francis Halzen"]]>He receives the prize for conceiving the IceCube neutrino detector, a cubic-kilometer-sized detecter in the Antarctics.

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

Mechanism is via conversion of neutrinos into charged particles which are then detected via Cherenkov radiation which is produced when a charged particle moves with speeds larger then the speed of light in the medium. (That is only possible because it is less than the speed of light in vacuum which cannot be exceeded.)

This was also discussed recently if you are interested: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49655286

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

]]>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:04:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49976380_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49976380https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49976380<![CDATA[Press release: Nobel Prize in Physics 2026]]>Article URL: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2026/press-release/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49976279

Points: 2

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]]>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:50:43 +0000https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2026/press-release/_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49976279https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49976279<![CDATA[QR Codes that can be read multiple different ways]]>Article URL: https://halcy.de/blog/2026/10/01/qr-codes-that-can-be-read-multiple-different-ways/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924074

Points: 4

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]]>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:49:01 +0000https://halcy.de/blog/2026/10/01/qr-codes-that-can-be-read-multiple-different-ways/_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924074https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924074<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "McDonald's push to have AI price your Big Mac"]]>Especially for your blood vessels, liver, pancreas, …

]]>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:10:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904263_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904263https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904263<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing"]]>I had submitted that a while ago but unfortunately it didn’t catch on. Maybe you try again?

The result is very impressive and I suggest to also check out how some of the details (actuators, angle sensors) are implemented.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49602119

]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:41:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896203_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896203https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896203<![CDATA[The Duo. No, the Other Duo]]>Article URL: https://morrick.me/archives/10418

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49861350

Points: 3

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]]>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:53:20 +0000https://morrick.me/archives/10418_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49861350https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49861350<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "The Secret Life of Circuits"]]>Maybe it should look like someone in a Western movie blowing smoke from a pistol?

]]>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:17:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49765141_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49765141https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49765141<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "The Secret Life of Circuits"]]>This made me have a look and I do like it a lot.

The wide margins remind me of university coursebooks.

]]>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:53:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49765000_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49765000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49765000<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "A wandering black hole caught feeding on the run"]]>Microwaves do have much larger wavelengths than visible light.

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

]]>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:32:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684437_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684437https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684437<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?"]]>Cherenkov light

]]>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:35:30 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49642736_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49642736https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49642736<![CDATA[Fiber Immersion 3D-Printing – a low cost micro fabrication technique [video]]]>Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvV2CH5il3Q

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49602119

Points: 3

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]]>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:39:13 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvV2CH5il3Q_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49602119https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49602119<![CDATA[Knight vs. Snail]]>Article URL: https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/knight-v-snail

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49553768

Points: 4

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]]>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:41:30 +0000https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/knight-v-snail_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49553768https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49553768<![CDATA[There oughta be a Lego marble run]]>Article URL: https://there.oughta.be/a/lego-marble-run

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49492535

Points: 3

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]]>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:22:26 +0000https://there.oughta.be/a/lego-marble-run_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49492535https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49492535<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "The Color of White Light"]]>“ultraviolet”, not infrared. IR to visible light would be upconversion.

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

]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:06:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310704_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310704https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310704<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "Brain turns listening inward during REM sleep, EEG recordings suggest"]]>Perfectly viewable in Firefox, Edge and Safari. The problem must be on your side.

The link to the study is at the bottom of the article. It is Open Access as well.

]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:03:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310669_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310669https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310669<![CDATA[Solar Water Disinfection]]>Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_disinfection

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176058

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:24:17 +0000https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_disinfection_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176058https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176058<![CDATA[DuckDuckGo: "No Camera. No AI. Just Normal Sunglasses."]]>Article URL: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/2082850280413049311

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49175000

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:54:04 +0000https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/2082850280413049311_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49175000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49175000<![CDATA[New comment by _Microft in "Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in Germany for the first time"]]>Source: https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995

]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:07:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49160765_Microfthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49160765https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49160765