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New comment by _mjk in "Shattered skeleton is first confirmed death from trebuchet"

_mjk — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:39:23 +0000

I don't get the nitpicking here. Scientifically correct, since circumstantial. Meteor is also possible, but very unlikely.

The probability regimes in which science is dealing often only leave marginal room for alternative explanations.

New comment by _mjk in "They don't make 'em like Sublime Text anymore"

_mjk — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:36:13 +0000

Check out sublime merge, too. All the goodies from sublime text for a git frontend!

New comment by _mjk in "My server is a phone now"

_mjk — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:58:10 +0000

When I read about the browser 'surf', I first thought of the browser from suckless: https://surf.suckless.org/

New comment by _mjk in "GitRoot"

_mjk — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:21:49 +0000

Also compare gitolite, user management via ssh keys, but no web interface. Tiny footprint, can run on openwrt.

New comment by _mjk in "Ask HN: What next after PhD in physics?"

_mjk — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 19:35:09 +0000

Hi, thanks for your comment. You are right, I wouldn't want to switch fields in research in the long term. For a limited time and project however I might be able pick up the knowledge on a particular set of skills (thus the question if a postdoc would actually help).

Ask HN: What next after PhD in physics?

_mjk — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:01:31 +0000

Hi HN! I am about to finish my PhD in experimental physics next year (Europe), and I am thinking about what to do next. I would like to get into CS, but I have no formal education. However, I am used to work in terminals, only have linux machines around me, know my way around git, have done a lot of data analysis and modelling in julia / python (setting up own packages, some testing included), and just started out with ruby / rails to realize an project of my own. Ideally the next job would be in an English-speaking country (anywhere is fine). Since I do not have any experience / certificate to show off for CS, I thought doing a PostDoc might be a good idea. Well, is it? Should I rather look for an internship / first position? Happy to hear your thoughts! _mjk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15400123

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New comment by _mjk in "Ask HN: What are your favorite podcasts?"

_mjk — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:13:37 +0000

"no such thing as a fish", a podcast on four favourite facts of the week. Really fun to listen to :)

New comment by _mjk in "Ask HN: How do you organize your files"

_mjk — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 23:03:11 +0000

I use `mess` [1]. Short descrption: New stuff that is not filed away instantly goes into a folder "current" linked to the youngest folder in a tree (mess_root > year > week). If needed at a later time: file it accordingly, otherwise old folders are purged if disk space is low. Taking it a step further: synching everything across work and personal machines using `syncthing`.

[1] http://chneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2006/01/keeping-your-ho...