<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: mtlsnk</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mtlsnk</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:17:36 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=mtlsnk" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mtlsnk in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm experimenting/prototyping 3D models to passively absorb specific low frequencies, with the idea of reducing fatigue/increasing productivity in the workplace (where making/taking calls is continuous).
The 3D models are based off of a research paper by Yong Li and Badreddine M. Assouar, called "Acoustic metasurface-based perfect absorber with deep subwavelength thickness" [0].<p>Absorbing low (male voice; 80Hz - 300Hz, not including overtones) frequencies normally takes a fair bit of dampening material, unless something like a Helmholtz resonator [1] is used.
The paper shows that a ~100x100x12mm 3D printed Helmholtz resonator may entirely absorb 125.8Hz (in an extremely narrow band). I'm uncertain about transmission losses (i.e. volume of the frequency perceived behind the material).<p>So far, I have created/vibe-coded a script to take the inputs: frequency and tile dimension (it's square). The output is a 3D object (.stl) which can be printed.<p>Today I tested my 3D model, which roughly resembles the model in the paper (1mm roof & floor as opposed to 0.2mm, because of printing difficulties), by using a DIY'D impedance tube and publicly available software [2].
The print was meant to be tuned at 125Hz, but results showed 131Hz and absorption factor of ~0.42 (lower number as opposed to 1.0 may be due to inexperience with all of this; it may be due to an imperfect test setup).<p>My impedance tube is made from 96mm (inner) diameter PVC tube, a Visaton KT 100 V 4 Ohms speaker, an amplifier, Motu M2 audio interface, 2 Behringer ECM8000 measurement mics and some 3D printed adapters (to hold the speaker and sample).<p>Nothing to concretely publicise or share so far, but am thoroughly enjoying the process of digging into a field (acoustics) completely new to me, solely out necessity and/or frustration in the workplace.<p>Should anyone be interested, I will share my project with HN once it has progressed to where I have something written up or worth sharing.<p>[0] <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4941338" rel="nofollow">http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4941338</a><p>[1] <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmholtz_resonance" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmholtz_resonance</a><p>[2] <a href="https://mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/931" rel="nofollow">https://mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/931</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 20:23:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44704372</link><dc:creator>mtlsnk</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44704372</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44704372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mtlsnk in ".gov websites appear to be hosting nudes/movies"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>These subdomains/sites are most likely misconfigured in such a way that malicious actors are able to redirect to/host anything they wish.<p>There was a blogpost here on HN about this, showing that (Roblox/Robux) scams were also seemingly hosted on .gov sites. I can't find that post anymore.<p>Here is a publication related to what you've found:
<a href="https://cofense.com/blog/threat-actors-exploit-government-website-vulnerabilities-for-phishing-campaigns" rel="nofollow">https://cofense.com/blog/threat-actors-exploit-government-we...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:26:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44156226</link><dc:creator>mtlsnk</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44156226</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44156226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mtlsnk in "Show HN: Emdash – Slack/Zoom alternative for distributed team collaboration"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I hadn't the time to look around further, so I missed the Google and Microsoft SSO login options.
As long as those are/remain free, there is no SSO tax.<p>I will have another look when I have more time, thank you.</p>
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<p>There are many small businesses that outsource their IT to managed service providers, but are understandably limited in their budget.<p>In my opinion, SSO tax results in arbitrary denial of employing best practices for these businesses.<p>Passwords are evil, because people generally don't care about security or don't have the capacity to employ proper hygiene around passwords. This likely means that SSO tax indirectly contributes to an increased number of account compromises (especially in small businesses, because more limited funds means more limited security; they're low-hanging fruit for bad actors).</p>
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<p>This looks great.
What is the reason for adding the <a href="https://sso.tax" rel="nofollow">https://sso.tax</a>? Why did you make SSO an enterprise feature?<p>Is it due to some (technical) reason that would require a monetary compensation to be profitable?<p>SSO has security benefits (on top of the maintainability aspect) which would also benefit small businesses.</p>
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