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Re:A mysterious radio burst that keeps repeating by userbinator on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @09:20PM (#24289245)
The background to that reference is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peryton_(astronomy)
Re:A mysterious radio burst that keeps repeating by comfrey on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:41PM (#24289658)
My favorite part of that story IIRC is that it only registered when people opened the microwave before the alarm went off.

I am more patient now to let the microwave complete after hearing about subtleties of the microwave emissions.

Re:A mysterious radio burst that keeps repeating by taneq on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:55AM (#24290246)
Me too, I now either wait for it to time out or hit the stop button before opening the door. It's completely irrational and I feel a bit silly for it since I don't live anywhere near a radio observatory, but I still do it.
Re:A mysterious radio burst that keeps repeating by rhn_mk1 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @01:12AM (#24290325)
WiFi users in your neighborhood are thankful.
Re:A mysterious radio burst that keeps repeating by perl4ever on Thursday August 27, 2020 @06:27PM (#24299398)
My superpower used to be getting impatient and opening the microwave just as it showed zero seconds, but before the alarm went off. It made me wonder how it happened that they were programmed to make that possible.