DaveC426913's latest activity
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Wood/Glass/Metal DIY lifting concrete blocks with a lever and a grabber.I went with the stake-and-shim. The shim is steel, with a 90 degree bend, so I can pound it in with the fulcrum hammer. It does... -
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Kitten raising advice.What do my laptop's outer cases have that so fascinates my kitten? I have two laptops, both with brushed grey cases; one PC, one Mac...
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I tried to find a better vector diagram online, but most of them are plain wrong. The shown tangential force that turns the rotor is...
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Not to be negative, but it seems we've exhausted this thread, and now is a good time to close it with the famous Jimmy Durante quote...
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Multiple negatives have always confused me. How my lizard brain saw your sentence: An essay that about somebody being a [negative]...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Simple mass/scale puzzle.Sometimes they're necessary. A double negative is not always synonymous with a positive.
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From the first 6 words in my response, it appears that I did in fact do a google search.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Simple mass/scale puzzle.It was a riff off a riff so I wasn't checking homework.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Simple mass/scale puzzle.He was a bad guy. An essay that about somebody being a bad guy that does not demonstrate how he was a bad guy would surely fail, no?
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Simple mass/scale puzzle.In defense of math, the same thing occurs in English. OmCheeto's exam essay: "Shylock was definitely a nasty dude." Teacher: "You get...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Simple mass/scale puzzle.That's a detail. Pretend the string is in a rigid horizontal tube so it is not deflected.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Simple mass/scale puzzle.'We' being laypeople. This is where, having had it explained, laypeople begin to cease taking it for granted. Yes.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.Pacino and ... (dammit, what's his name?) De Niro. I have a mental block with de Niro's name. I can never, ever, ever remember it. By...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Simple mass/scale puzzle.Yes. We take for granted that things hang, and that the ceiling exerts its own force. By the way, I did run this past a number of...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Simple mass/scale puzzle.Yes. This is a very difficult concept for the layperson to grasp in one go. I am not a layperson; I have been a very active PF member...
