Recent content by Robert Jansen

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    Q: Confusing Conservation of Mass Flow Rate and Conservation of Flow Rate

    From decades past: I recall a demonstration in my 8th grade Chemistry class when 500ml of water was combined with 500ml of methanol, resulting in 950ml of mixture.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    What's the difference between toilet paper and shower curtains? So you're the one!
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    I can't tell you the joke about 288 because it's two gross.
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    Fearing AI: Possibility of Sentient Self-Autonomous Robots

    There is a school of thought that holds that a truly sentient AI (i.e., one that is self aware) will go insane in a relatively short time (measured in hours, possibly even minutes or seconds). Homo Sapiens, at the species level, should hope that view is correct.
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    B Shape of Lenses -- Why are they always circular?

    As long as the topic is humor (in bad taste or otherwise), let me suggest The Best of the Journal of Irreproducible Results.
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    B Shape of Lenses -- Why are they always circular?

    Manhole covers are round for a simple reason: circular covers cannot fall into the hole.
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    Better than Wordle (Today's Hurdle)

    Wordle requires you to solve one word in 5 lines. Today's Hurdle requires a sequence of incremental solutions, each building on the previous one, and the final word must be solved in only 2, not 5.
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    Better than Wordle (Today's Hurdle)

    For those who find Wordle too easy, try "Today's Hurdle." It's basically Wordle on steroids. https://hurdlegame.io/
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    What's another word for thesaurus?
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    I Chaos theory has no fine edge -- does it fluctuate?

    Let's start with the fundamental characteristics of chaotic systems. Mathematically speaking, they're infinite, recursive, self-similar under scaling, and sensitive to initial conditions. I find that the first and fourth descriptors give rise to "wiggle room." The problem with infinite...
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    How Does Chaos Theory Apply to Political and Economic Systems?

    I posted my comment because I am an amateur (in the nonpejorative sense of the word) student of chaos theory. Straightforward applications of the subject have led to 2 utility patents. Presently interested in the mathematics of self-organizing nonlinear dynamic systems, which is obviously an...
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    I Chaos theory has no fine edge -- does it fluctuate?

    A nominally chaotic system can be regulated to a limited degree by interfering with its tipping points. This is functionally equivalent to exercising a limited degree of control over initial conditions. This is particularly useful when applied to enclosed flows.
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