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Buy Amazon and Support PF Using This Link
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Guidelines for speculative and political topics
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Bad Math Jokes
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Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts?
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Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars?
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Looking for movies where mathematics actually matters
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A cool collection of classical mechanics problems
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Sick nonholonomic problem
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RIP, Charlie Munger (99), Warren Buffet's partner
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On the Moore–Penrose inverse from a banal linear algebra viewpoint
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What the heck is that thing?
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Is mathematics invented or discovered?
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A mechanical problem with complicated geometry
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Programming Jokes: Lame, Science & Math Jokes!
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Mathematical definition of a rigid body
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RIP Scott Adams
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Why is it not allowed to question General Relativity?
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What is the fourth dimensional equivalent of volume?
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Tusi couple
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Control type problem from mechanics
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Stirring Coffee Effectively
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Open Access Scientific Publications
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NASA Shutdown
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Movies you'd forgotten were really cool?
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Happy Thanksgiving - YouTube Video
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"The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to reduce inflation"
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Legal AI Shenanigans
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What is this Facebook formatting trend?
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RIP Susan Stamberg (87), NPR 'founding mother'
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Anybody following (or followed) Jack Ryan (2018)?
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A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid
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RIP Claudine Cardinale
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Fast Food Discussion: Mexican Pizza at Taco Bell
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How the Blue Angels Train
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The Case of Andrew D. - out
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A Crisis in France -- Bottled water may not be what it's advertised to be
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ChatGPT Facilitating Insanity
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Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed
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News JWST may be shut down by DOGE
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Anyone been to a Savannah Bananas Baseball Game?
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In defense of the philosophy of physics
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Body Language: Head posture
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RIP Fauja Singh, 114, world's oldest marathon runner
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Osaka Expo 2025
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Tram rail pressed to the limit today...
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What Are You Watching Lately? (Rants/Raves/Reviews)
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Hearing Woody in Tom Hanks Movies
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German court convicts 4 ex-Volkswagen managers of fraud
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I love Poland
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Just for fun (Earth Sciences)
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Getting started in photography
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What is special about TikTok?
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For anyone who remembers Batty Books
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Where to post a short ‘all phenomena as transformations’ idea
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MH370, On-again, off-again search
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Movie Recommendation for Students
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To use or NOT to use ChatGPT that is the Question Lawsuit
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Pacific Palisades Fire Threatening Santa Monica, California
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News The US Digital Service, aka DOGE
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Arxiv, ResearchGate : Would academic ethics require citing from them?
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Adulting 101 (in Siberia)
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Trivia, what make and model car is parked in front of the enterprise?
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R.I.P Teri Garr
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Fun Facts
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RIP James (Jimmy ) Earl Carter Jr, 100, 39th President of US
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Would you pay $6.2 million for a banana?
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Found a nice YouTube channel
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Are true geniuses extinct?
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News Dennis Overbye, NY Times Columnist to retire
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Amazing general relativity themed watches!
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Is the question "why does anything exist" troubling for physicists?
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Student loses Court Case over Plagiarism and Use of AI
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New sippy cups in Premier League soccer?
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Made for TV movie about a former professor who becomes homeless
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Fortune Cookies (in STEM fields)
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My list of the top five heavyweight boxers of all time
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Hoarding Due to Labor Strikes
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What is the foil used for on the rear of this label?
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News Very bad weather storm in Spain
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Bill Bailey on “A Brief History of Time”
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I have solved the world's most famous paradox: who shaves the barber
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Why did a grateful woman name her cat Aristotle?
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The never-ending physics story
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News YouTube blocks Adele and Dylan
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There’s far more scientific fraud than anyone wants to admit
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Is me being selfish that bad if it helps people?
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Scientific American and Political Endorsements
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Are there any modern day futurism art strips?
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I've been reused but not credited
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Funny QM Video
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Does energy currency make sense?
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The Gollum Effect
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Recreational Pumped Foils
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Stolen ideas in scientific articles?
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Can I post Operations research problems in Physics Forum?
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RIP Bernard Hill 1944-2024
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What were some of Norman Lear's most iconic sitcoms?
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Films: Opening credits -- Why do they do this?
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Liquid dishwashing detergents, not soap
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RIP Ruth Johnson Colvin (107), founded Literacy Volunteers of America
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News 2024 Summer Olympic Games Discussion
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