[HN Gopher] Kalliroscope
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       Kalliroscope
        
       Author : smusamashah
       Score  : 58 points
       Date   : 2021-10-02 20:08 UTC (2 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.instagram.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.instagram.com)
        
       | beecafe wrote:
       | these are actually quite easy to make at home - just mica powder
       | (often sold for makeup) and water (and colouring). The alignment
       | of the mica flakes with the flow creates the patterns.
       | 
       | see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheoscopic_fluid
        
         | detaro wrote:
         | Although here the specific combination of materials used is
         | probably key to the thermal effect of fingers working so well?
         | Or does the mica/water variant also show that?
        
       | greyw wrote:
       | this is just a login page what is going on?
        
       | j3th9n wrote:
       | Instagram seems down, Facebook & WhatsApp too.
        
         | napsterbr wrote:
         | HN hug of death!
        
         | smusamashah wrote:
         | Youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Eni5Uy9sgo
        
         | glxxyz wrote:
         | Yep: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28748203
        
       | cute_boi wrote:
       | Off topic: Why do people even share instagram videos? It prompts
       | me to login and I can't even seek, go backward by 10secs etc. I
       | think its a stigma on Instagram fronted developer.
        
         | smusamashah wrote:
         | Mods have changed the youtube link back to Instagram.
         | 
         | I actually posted Instagram link first (the original source).
         | Realized that it's not appearing the feed. I thought Instagram
         | links are banned. So I posted thisyoutube link later which is a
         | re-upload of original video
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Eni5Uy9sgo with the comment
         | mentioning the source.
        
         | pid-1 wrote:
         | If you're making a business out of the content you create (like
         | this page), IG allows you to reach a ton of people.
        
         | jarboot wrote:
         | Because it might be the only place this is posted. Instagram is
         | one of the most popular social media websites in the world, and
         | even if they have a bad interface or block people without
         | accounts, they have interesting and widely-viewed content.
        
         | recov wrote:
         | Instagram is definitely one of the worst offenders of this. You
         | can obviously see it happening with reddit/twitter/etc wanting
         | you to log in but those at least allow you to look at content.
         | Instagram is just a black hole if you aren't logged in.
        
       | seszett wrote:
       | Somewhat off-topic I guess but is there a way to see an Instagram
       | post without having an account and being logged in?
        
         | odshoifsdhfs wrote:
         | Search for 'ig story viewer' or 'ig profile viewer' and you
         | will find some online apps that let you input a username and
         | check their stories/posts. I find they are hit or miss
         | depending on the user (no clue why some work for some and
         | others not)
        
         | burkaman wrote:
         | You can try to use a Bibliogram instance:
         | https://git.sr.ht/~cadence/bibliogram-
         | docs/tree/master/docs/.... However, most of them have been
         | blocked by Instagram.
         | 
         | Here's one that's working at the moment:
         | https://bibliogram.1d4.us/p/BztEOV0hYWt/
        
         | lelandfe wrote:
         | From what I've seen, your IP address can view ~3 posts in a
         | 24hr frame before you're forced to log in.
         | 
         | IG has gotten very hostile in that way over the last year.
         | 
         | If you scroll far enough on a user profile while logged out, a
         | modal appears for a login. Remove that modal and keep scrolling
         | and IG will begin 503'ing all served images to your IP for
         | 24hrs.
         | 
         | Coincidentally, I'm in a foreign country right now and IG
         | "deactivated" my account (presumably because of the change in
         | location). I had to send them a *photo of my face* to open a
         | ticket about it. It's been a week now with no reply.
         | 
         | That combined with the logged out hostility means I don't have
         | an easy way to view anything on the platform. Maddening.
        
           | tut-urut-utut wrote:
           | > That combined with the logged out hostility means I don't
           | have an easy way to view anything on the platform. Maddening.
           | 
           | Consider yourself lucky. Getting off from drugs is never
           | easy, but in this case, you have support from your drug
           | dealer that refuses to give you drugs any more.
        
         | axegon_ wrote:
         | Incognito mode + the mobile view thing from the developer
         | console seems to work for me.
        
       | 1MachineElf wrote:
       | Would be a great prop for an HP Lovecraft cosplay.
       | 
       |  _Hey, Lovecraft! What are you staring at on your phone?_
       | 
       | (reveals rheoscopic fluid side)
       | 
       |  _It 's a portal into the grey abyss!_
        
       | smusamashah wrote:
       | I found this device extremely fascinating. Couldn't find one to
       | buy though. I don't know how viscous are these as the wave
       | patterns seem to unaffected by gravity.
       | 
       | Original better quality video
       | https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ3lrnpDohi/
       | 
       | Invented by Paul Matisse to view fluid currents
       | https://www.paulmatisse.com/history
       | 
       | There are few more videos on youtube all very fascinating.
        
         | GavinMcG wrote:
         | The post mentions that guanine crystals are the same density as
         | tetrachloroethylene liquid, so the crystals never settle to the
         | bottom.
        
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