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dramforever's blog
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dramforever's blog is a personal blog at dram.page about security and hardware. Since 2026, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Cryptography 30 years apart: Ascon on an HP-16C”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-13, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a post on the Vernier scale on slide rules. One commenter cited it as the source that taught them slide rules have a Vernier scale, and mentioned a laser-cutting kerf-meter.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Cryptography 30 years apart: Ascon on an HP-16C2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-16
What Hacker News says?
I love the Vernier scales! But I honestly hadn't known about the sense in which slide rules have a Venier scale until your comment, which led me to [1]. In another class on laser-cutting I had students make a kerf-meter, which became more accurate with a Vernier scale. [1] https://dram.page/p/slide-rule-vernier/
Comment linking /p/slide-rule-vernier/
on “Ask HN: Is there anyone here who still uses slide rules?”Submitted Cryptography 30 years apart: Ascon on an HP-16C calculator as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cryptography 30 years apart: Ascon on an HP-16C as a story · 1 points
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