Hacker News: disastronauthttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=disastronautHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 04 May 2026 16:17:19 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by disastronaut in "Debunking the CIA's “magic” heartbeat sensor [video]"]]>> The us did recently announce that is has technology that can manipulate space and time or something.

Do you have more on this?

]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 11:21:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48007258disastronauthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48007258https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48007258<![CDATA[New comment by disastronaut in "Physicists Make Electrons Flow Like Water"]]>The similarities are pretty strong as is. The method of images https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_images is used in both electrodynamics and aerodynamics because you can model sources and sinks for E fields and fluid flows using the exact same equations. Personally, EM didn't really click until I saw the vector calculus of EM applied to fluids.

]]>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:52:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47060061disastronauthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47060061https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47060061<![CDATA[New comment by disastronaut in "Ask HN: Any resources for finding non-smart appliances?"]]>Maytag commercial makes old-school washers + dryers with no PCBs. The control boards are through-hole components only and a schematic is included inside the panels. https://www.maytagcommerciallaundry.com/mclstorefront/mcl/en...

Samsung sells commercial monitors that are just TVs without all the smart crap. You can even opt out of a wifi card

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1828914-REG/samsung_q...

I'm not aware of any lists, and the market is thin, but they're out there.

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