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Yes. I've wondered about this for a while. Because although the microwave is supposed to be fully shielded, when I take EMF readings on it with my TriField TF2 EMF meter, it's spitting out >100mW/m^2 when it's turned on. And I've seen this happen with just about every microwave I've tried this on. The only ones that haven't seem to be those expensive integrated under-counter ones where the tray slides out rather than opens like a door. Also my phone still works/receives calls when I put it in there, so it can't be as good of a faraday cage as it's supposed to be...
Re:Borges’s Mirror on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:36AM (#21116463)
Is anyone aware of an attempt to make an infinite hexagonal library of code in the same vain?
Re:Weighted blankets might ease insomnia and anxiety on Thursday September 05, 2019 @02:31PM (#20889495)
Check out the Mindfold.
Re:A Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code (2018) on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:13AM (#20877901)
Crypto is not a zero sum game, because money is being printed in the Forex markets all the time, which bleeds into the crypto markets. There is a lag time, called the Cantillon effect, between when money enters circulation, and the arrival of downstream purchasing power inflation.
Just went to apply, but seems they shut down the stipend applications for now because of overwhelming interest.
Re:Why I turned down my Y Combinator interview on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:29PM (#19455728)
Why won't banks provide loans?
seconded. I would definitely use this, but only if I knew none of the text content was being shuttled to another server
Wow, thanks for your input. How much different was it 10 years ago?
Re:The Forgotten Home of Tennis’s Open Era on Monday April 23, 2018 @06:35PM (#16908110)
How does this belong on Hacker News?
Re:Instagram deprecates majority of their API on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:25PM (#16758040)
Why would this be happening? This seems to make their platform even more useless.
Re:First Detection of the 21cm Cosmic Dawn Signal on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @10:35PM (#16590071)
Apparently the particles need to be relativistic, maybe the Sun doesn't generate enough acceleration compared to the central galactic supermassive black hole?
Re:The Decentralized Future on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @04:52PM (#16379796)
How is trustless digital programmable peer-to-peer monetary transaction not a great solution to the antiquated, corrupt status quo?
Just 1 Billion so far.
What are the limits to how big the blocks can grow?
off chain how? wouldn't that compromise decentralization and censorship resistance?
Re:Ethereum Adoption of Zk-SNARK Technology on Thursday September 21, 2017 @11:14AM (#15304246)
Will this make ZEC obsolete once it's established on Eth's network?
Re:iPhone X on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @09:06AM (#15237846)
If you're already in handcuffs, can't they just as easily get your fingerprint?
Re:Cryptocurrency chaos as China cracks down on ICOs on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @08:47AM (#15237734)
> It's lost work though, and the amount of work is governed only by the level of competition with other miners, rather than the amount of effort involved insome external task

It's the cost of securing the network. It's not lost. Fees and rewards pay the miners for the cost of their computing cycles, to provide a secure, very difficult (near impossible) to attack network.

Re:The Cryptocurrency Singularity on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @12:54PM (#15185126)
This is a really good point. Why would anyone spend their crypto on amazon if it could be worth 30% more in a week?
Re:The Cryptocurrency Singularity on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @12:03PM (#15184696)
Once Bitcoin gets linked up with Litecoin, lightning network, and atomic swaps, seems like it will become more viable as a payment channel. It still beats me, however, as to why anyone would by anything with it if it might be worth twice as much in 6 months. Of course, it could also be worth half as much.
Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @08:27AM (#15174456)
like what else?
Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @08:21AM (#15174423)
What about all the oil it takes to produce the turbines?
Re:Instagram daily use surpasses Snapchat on Thursday August 03, 2017 @08:19AM (#14918872)
I do not understand the hype about Snapchat... Doesn't IG do everything and more?
Re:The first Bitcoin Cash block has been mined on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @06:22PM (#14905994)
Szabo sure seems like Satoshi. Interesting that they bash Litecoin though.
Re:The $100B per year back pain industry is mostly a hoax on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @09:10AM (#14702082)
One legged good mornings. Jefferson Curls. Ido Portal. Get good bodywork, thai massage/get a friend to grab handfulls of skin along your bones and pull and wiggle it. Make room for your tissues.
Re:Ask HN: What's your working day like? on Monday May 08, 2017 @01:24PM (#14293641)
Profession: "Web Engineer"

[6:10] first alarm. snooze twice.

[6:45] makes morning tonic, does some yoga

[7:15] gathers stuff and joins dad for ride downtown

[8] arrives at office. sets up workplace, browses reddit + HN

[8:30] gets a quick workout in. nobody else gets here til 9. feels good to be paid by the hour to get pump on.

[9] coworkers arrive, pretends to be doing techy stuff. wordpress yadda yadda...

[1030] go sit in the sun for a while on rooftop

[1] gets some whole foods

[430] leaves work

[5] yoga class

[630] metro

[730] home, piano, cryptocurrency research, instagram, keep up with friends...

[1030] bed

Re:Roger Penrose on Why Consciousness Does Not Compute on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:48PM (#14270290)
So algorithms, thermometers, and neural nets are all conscious?
Re:Roger Penrose on Why Consciousness Does Not Compute on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:46PM (#14270283)
Glad to see Ayahuasca get at least a passing mention here.

Let anyone who thinks they understand consciousness inhale >18mg of N,N DMT and return humbled.