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PF Photo Contest - Going Up (9/16-9/22)
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My Electronics Mentor
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ChatGPT does social engineering?
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The Case of Andrew D. (and how it connects with PF)
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RIP Daniel Ellsberg (92)
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James Hartle RIP: Remembering a Beloved GR Teacher
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AI Art Source - Recommendations Needed
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What is the meaning of the word Avoke? (English meaning)
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The Hacker Max Butler charges (several questions)
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Life's great mysteries (things that make NO sense)
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Avi Loeb + ʻOumuamua and evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence
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Right handed co-ordinates and Left handed co-ordinates
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Mini road trip: Top of the East
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RIP Jim Hines, sprinter, first to sprint 100 m in less than 10 seconds
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R.I.P Astrud Gilberto 1940-2023
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So many people are unable to do simple algebra
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The Youtube Science Spam Problem
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Cryptocurrencies and privacy
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Protein nanowires + Geobacter + humidty = electric potential
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Reading comprehensive tamper-proof and tapping process
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Importance of communication and how to improve it
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Share Exam Dreams & Teeth Loosening Nightmares Here!
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How Was Einstein Really As a Student?
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The Battle of the Little Big Chat at Texas A&M
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What type of mathematics did you find the most difficult?
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Focus all of your ire on me, if you would
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What are the odds I can get this through TSA tomorrow?
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Why are Hydrogen cars not popular?
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Schwarzenegger on energy
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Fun with ChatGPT
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Understanding GDP and its practical meaning
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Why globular clusters don't collapse.
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Why do my pockets turn inside out in the dryer?
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Preorder the Hyperspace Watch "Black Hole" Edition
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Looking for a word similar to aimed toward, but not active
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Happy Star Wars Day - May the 4th Be With You
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Cool Space Watch: Celebrating Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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Judge gets scientific method better than scientists
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Dallas Ransomware Attack
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Thinking Critically Of The Future Of Science
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Better than Wordle (Today's Hurdle)
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Gordon Lightfoot 1938-2023
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2023 equation
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Is "Umbrella" Insurance Worth it for "Average Joe" American?
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Charting Darts League Playoffs
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Plotting My Air Flight Path from Photos
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RIP Stanley Deser (1931-2023)
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Jerry Springer Dead at 79 | TMZ
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Mini road trip: Roa, roa, roa...
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Electronic Meetings and Posters
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Harry Belafonte Dead at 96: Farewell to an Iconic Entertainer
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Does the absence of the term "valley" make a difference?
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RIP Ahmad Jamal (92), cool jazz pianist/keyboardist
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Asking ChatGPT hard physics questions
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Playing Video Games in a Language You Don't Understand
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Manned (or Staffed) space exploration
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RIP Harry Lorayne, memory expert and magician
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PF should promote ChatGPT
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News ChatGPT fought the Law and the Law Won?
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Techno-scientific terms omitted from translation
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Unofficial, broadcaster-specific World Cup sponsors
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Ever Play Stress (Stratego and Chess)?
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Boiling Water On My Gas Stove
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PSA - Shallow water drowning, aka shallow water blackout
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RIP Al Jaffee (102), Mad cartoonist extraordinaire
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Unable to operate coffee vending machine :(
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R.I.P. David Crosby | HuffPost
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I've been feeling lost as of late.
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News Chinese "weather" balloon shoot-down over US
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Mental Block re Mathematics
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ChatGPT Given A Voice In Japanese National Assembly
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Is Neil DeGrasse Tyson credible?
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The Monkees have done it
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RIP Keith Reid, Procol Harum lyricist
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"TAing" meaning in PhD programs?
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RIP Virginia T Norwood (96), "Mother of Landsat"
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