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DaveC426913 reacted to A.T.'s post in the thread High School Is it safe to fly in a spinning hollow asteroid? with
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In physics, 'Coriolis force' refers to the whole 3D vector. In Earth sciences, the vector is often decomposed into the surface... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread ChatGPT Examples, Good and Bad.These words, whole and complete, just burst forth from my brain onto the page: -
DaveC426913 reacted to AlexB23's post in the thread I still have mine; do you still have yours? with
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread I still have mine; do you still have yours?.Knit an open-weave sweater. Wear it. Knit a second open-weave sweater. Wear it over top of the first one. Bam. Million dollar idea... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread High School Is it safe to fly in a spinning hollow asteroid?.Yup. Something that did not escape me. One of the joys of writing a retro-sci-fi fantasy story is that I get to ignore some... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Cultural exchange forum?.The internet is where one looks for other cultures, no? If you want to discuss your own culture, don't you do that by ... going outside... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread High School Is it safe to fly in a spinning hollow asteroid?.True, though - hang glider-ers have the sense (and room) to do it over uninhabited regions, not over populated regions (not a lot of... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread High School Is it safe to fly in a spinning hollow asteroid?.It would be a good opportunity, but only if it furthers the message of the story. And thats another thread in another forum. -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.My neighbour - with whom I shared a driveway for 30 years. -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread High School Is it safe to fly in a spinning hollow asteroid?.Yes. Thank you. For another time. Correct. Not part of this analysis. If we got into that, I might move this to the Sci-Fi... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread High School Is it safe to fly in a spinning hollow asteroid?.I have every Larry Niven book ever written. :wink: Alas, there appears to be a paucity of neutron stars with smoke rings in our Solar... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread High School Is it safe to fly in a spinning hollow asteroid?.(Just for fun, I ran it through ChatGPT. I don't trust it but why not?) It suggests - factoring in drag - the flyer would hit the... -
DaveC426913 posted the thread High School Is it safe to fly in a spinning hollow asteroid? in Classical Physics.Say we have a hollow asteroid colony, spun up to provide gravity. The residents would be unable to resist making wings and flapping... -
DaveC426913 reacted to Andy Resnick's post in the thread I've been reused but not credited with
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Full disclosure- I include this image with my 'Intro to Biological Physics' course materials because it's such a good resource. My...

