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Just remove the question from "defense contractors" and think about it for any job in engineering. The engineering challenges at, say...

This aligns with my experience as well. The principle useful skill I obtained in college was in learning how to learn. Secondarily, I...

Exactly.

Spin is a quantum mechanical property. It's intrinsic angular momentum which isn't literally a classical rotation at all. Take an...

The previous reply is excellent, so I will just add that the role of physics as an empirical science is to describe how things work, not...

Yes, I've seen some videos of the derailment. Pretty stunning. The locomotives stayed on the trestle. I hadn't seen that video, but I...

TIL that some railroad companies use "road slugs" -- locomotives without diesel engines. The road slug relies on the generator of its...

I say the tenor saxophone is the most versatile and expressive instrument. Here's Miku Yonezawa going full mid-period Coltrane. Hardly...

A story appeared on my news feed. From Popular Mechanics - Scientists Found 7,000-Year-Old Mummies in the Desert That Don’t Share DNA...

What to know about the Nipah virus https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/health/nipah-virus-explainer I heard about the new infections this...

In the movie it was mentioned that each day started with a weather prediction that contained a phrase that was used each day. This made...

He had a few channels in YouTube. https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=charlie+munger. I liked many of his stern, pithy...

Google for "emergent properties". And this basically boils down to eons old discussion between reductionists and their opponents. Don't...

OK, I guess I'm only buying name brand batteries now. Lumafield makes CT scanners for industrial engineering and production testing...

George used to be so dignified and reserved. Frank Zappa took care of that. To me Christian McBride on ebass is the star. Here's my...