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DaveE replied to the thread Is MRSA so bad if......Maybe just have a frank discussion with your primary care doctor about your specific concerns? Not every test is good to do regardless... -
DaveE replied to the thread Is MRSA so bad if......Almost. Most others think it's methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Which is resistant to one group of antibiotics which...
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DaveE replied to the thread B Feasibility of Sending a Radio Signal Detectable from a Neighboring Star.More than anything else, it depends on whether they are listening. We've been sending signals of some sort for almost a century. Have...
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DaveE reacted to Charles Link's post in the thread I Geometry problem of interest with a 3-4-5 triangle with
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Very good. ## x^2+(x+d)^2=(x+2d)^2 ## has two solutions when you solve for ## x ## in terms of ## d ##: ##x=3d ## and ## x=-d ##, with... -
DaveE replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.Hollywood has no idea how dull class IV lasers look in practice. No, sorry, you pretty much don't get to see the laser beam for real...
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DaveE reacted to berkeman's post in the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry? with
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@pellis -- @DaveE only uses chemistry to fabricate frozen cylinders of fuel for chemical lasers. They have excited atomic states frozen... -
DaveE replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.Nope. I'm not involved in Chemistry at all. I understood it better when I was in HS. My undergrad experience is best described as...
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DaveE replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.Since you asked: A mix of horror and aversion. That's my mental model. I'll spare y'all my diatribe about how poorly chemistry was...
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This is why I'm now in favour of making it optionally part of the avatar, where it's visible. Arguably, one's gender pronouns are more...
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DaveE replied to the thread Suggestion Show pronouns of a person?.And how many of us will go to check the profile of a poster before we type a reply? I think most users won't know it's there. If you...
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DaveE reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Wood/Glass/Metal DIY lifting concrete blocks with a lever and a grabber with Like.
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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DaveE reacted to sophiecentaur's post in the thread I Is This....Right? Splitting LED colors is not working for me with Like.
You are right but I know what I mean when I talk about a bright spot of light or a dim spot of light. I was too colloquial, perhaps...
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DaveE replied to the thread Electrical DIY solar panel.Probably not, although I suppose it depends on what's in your workshop. Give some credit here to all of the manufacturing engineers...
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DaveE replied to the thread I Is This....Right? Splitting LED colors is not working for me.The thing about a physics website is if you say brightness, we are likely to assume you are talking about brightness*. This isn't so...
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DaveE reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Is this an oversimplification? (treating a lens as a set of prisms) with Like.
Sure. It's a simplification. Three is less than infinity. Is it an oversimplification? Only if it is too simple to teach the desired...