Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved
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- _Microft
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- Oct 31, 2026
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- fz-juelich.de
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Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 2, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 65 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #6 of 30, reached on Nov 2, 17:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 2, 18:52 UTC. The same link also trended on Lobsters, which raises its cross-platform score.
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| Hacker News · Front page | #6 | 1 | 65 | |
| LLobsters · Hottest Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved | same link | |||
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Funny, similar patterns are super common in API traffic. A large spike at midnight UTC, a smaller one every hour, even smaller ones every 15 minutes, and a little bump every minute if your metrics have enough resolution. Of course, if someone calls your API every minute you should probably consider some kind of…
The paper has more details: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-026-02144-0
The press release is rather light on details. They found that it is every 60seconds (duh!) and generators (or such). So what exactly is it? (Make and model?) Seems like they did not find the exact manufacturer or the exact devices and were not able to change firmware then?
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Is Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 2, 18:52 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved reached?
#6 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 2, 17:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 2, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (65 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
204 points and 89 comments; submitted by _Microft on Oct 31, 2026.