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    MATLAB MATLAB GPU Cross-Correlation Code Fails with OOM on 8 GB Supercomputer

    Can you say more about why you are doing cross-correlations between different frequency channels?
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    Just Joining....

    Welcome to PF. :smile:
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

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    Hi

    Welcome to PF, Ken. :smile:
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    Undergrad Very high energy photons in space

    Upon further review, the thread is reopened for now.
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    Advice for Physics Olympiads

    Great reply, @TensorCalculus :smile: Their Profile/About page says they are in Turkey.
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    High School Contradictions in the Distribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts

    Thread is closed for Moderation.
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    High School Fan is pushing in the front and sucking from the back

    Ah, got it. Well, I just checked our portable fan (which has flat blades) and indeed the dust accumulation is on the front of the fan, not the back. It must be due to impacting the air on the front side where the air is pushed away from the fan.
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    High School Expansion and raisin bread

    It's a forum bug, reference now deleted.
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    High School Fan is pushing in the front and sucking from the back

    Cheaper fans use flat blades at an angle. Better fans use airfoils at an angle (like a propeller). Here is a good PF Insights article that may give you more of a feeling for how air moves around a fan/propeller and why the airflow over the back surface is slower/lower pressure (and may lead to...
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

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    Stewart Cheifet Host of PBS Computer Chronicles has Died at age 87

    I didn't recognize his name, but when I clicked into the link I definitely recognize his face. I think I watched a number of his Computer Chronicles shows. RIP.
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    Wire Black Coral helix asymmetry

    Okay, since we don't seem to have any good responses, what has your reading shown you so far?
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    Wire Black Coral helix asymmetry

    I dated a woman in undergrad who had this syndrome. It affects about 1/10,000 folks, and can lead to misdiagnoses in EMS (she had an appendicitis episode that was initially misdiagnosed and delayed her treatment).