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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Is a table levitating possible, even at a minuscule probability?.How big is the table? How high is levitating? For how long? It is arguably possible for a table to be bouncing around on an monatomic... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread I am writing a SciFi story but I don't like Rayguns.Was there a question? Did you want feedback? Advice? Tell us a little more about your story.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread I Describing the Big Bang.As long as we're wondering about typos... Does that horse have a saddle? (Serious question though. Whether correct or incorrect, I...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread How should 10 to be pronounced?.Well, oops. I thought jackjack was the OP. Most humble apologies. Fixed it.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread How should 10 to be pronounced?.I think this is the litmus test. I would pronounce 10100001 as "one-zero-one-zero ... zero-zero-zero-one". Thus, "10" is pronounced...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread On writing with AI: The Devil is in my foyer, do I invite him in?.Can it do this? I've got a 14,000 word (38 page) short story in its final draft, having gone past several amateur colleagues. It'd be...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread On writing with AI: The Devil is in my foyer, do I invite him in?.That's very much what it is, isn't it? This is what I am telling myself. The chatbot produced a list of a dozen plausible names for...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Today I Learned.Do now!
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Kitten raising advice.Sprinkles is now 20 weeks old (at the time of this posting). She needs exercise. Being an indoor kitten, this falls to us. I am...
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DaveC426913 posted the thread On writing with AI: The Devil is in my foyer, do I invite him in? in Science Fiction and Fantasy Media.Man, when the Devil comes a-knockin', he does not smell of sulphur and brimstone, he smells of sweet perfume and roses... Doing a bit...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Which is which among Cyclone, Hurricane, and Typhoon?.True. Likewise, hens can spawn eggs, but no one would confuse an egg and a hen. (Hm. Not the best analogy, since an egg as a good...
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DaveC426913 reacted to jbriggs444's post in the thread Which is which among Cyclone, Hurricane, and Typhoon? with
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Why can't Solar panels be hemispherical, or a curved strip type?.Half a hemisphere is a semihemisphere. :smile:
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Mickey 17.Read Project Hail Mary. Another book-to-film by Andy Weir, who wrote The Martian.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Mickey 17.(No spoilers) I read the book first. The film stuck pretty well to the book, although it added a couple of extra characters in the...