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DaveC426913 replied to the thread How Far is Due East From Due West on Earth?.Due East is 180 degrees from due West. I am capable of conceiving of directions as being "near" and "far" from each other. If I am... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Why does a fan cool you in a sealed room if it adds heat?.Perhaps, but helping the OP understand why it doesn't work on a thermocouple is part of helping them understand why it does work on a human. -
DaveC426913 reacted to erobz's post in the thread Why does a fan cool you in a sealed room if it adds heat? with
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So taking all the messy physiological arguments out of the equation, place a thermocouple in a closed environment, and turn on the fan... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Why does a fan cool you in a sealed room if it adds heat?.A simple test for this (at least in principle) would be to test how cool the room "feels" subjectively versus its objective temperature... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Kitten Lovers: Cuteness Overload.Managed to get a pic. Came out both worse and better than I expected. (She sat still long enough that it isn't just a blur, but it looks... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Kitten Lovers: Cuteness Overload.If I go to bed and leave the basement light on, it shines in under the door into the living room, forming a perfectly-collimated... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread ChatGPT Examples, Good and Bad."Research suggests that people are often much more prone to conform than they believe they might be." Everyone thinks they're not... -
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DaveC426913 reacted to jrmichler's post in the thread My glasses are giving me a neck cramp with
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After I had cataract surgery, I experimented with reader glasses from the rack at the pharmacy. The +2.5 worked for normal reading, and... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Star Wars Galaxy map just dropped.Don't know. Possibly. I never got into the Extended Universe, so I am only familiar with the films. This is the first I've seen of a map. -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Stargazing Astronomy: Orbit Terminology.Well, he sure seems to say so, if I read it corectly: -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Stargazing Astronomy: Orbit Terminology.I realize this is not what you are asking but there are some pretty strong constraints on orbits and leaving them. Assuming it lifted...



