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DEvens reacted to FactChecker's post in the thread For those who ask: "What programming language should I learn?" with
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I would say that, between Python and C++, Python is best for the hobbyist and C or C++ is best for job opportunities. Your comments... -
DEvens reacted to jbriggs444's post in the thread High School How Does Constant Power Affect Rocket Acceleration in Space? with Like.
Oh dear. The conversation has apparently shifted away from the question of gear ratios to the matter of a failure to account for the...
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DEvens replied to the thread Other Master's degree advice to work in the Space Industry.You should look first inside your own country. If there is nothing interesting to you there then look outside. Lots of countries will be...
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DEvens replied to the thread Other Complex analysis or calculus?.That's for complex numbers. This one for calculus...
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DEvens replied to the thread Creating the geometry using MNCPX VisEd.Re: Versions of VisEd. The executable that shipped with the last MCNP 5, and the one with up to MCNP 6.1, and the one that you get from...
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DEvens replied to the thread Creating the geometry using MNCPX VisEd.My experience has been that VisEd is only useful to view your MCNP inputs. Trying to edit within VisEd is not worth it. For example, I...
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DEvens replied to the thread Physics Need some advice! (making a physics YouTube channel).Now my thoughts on explaining physics for YouTube. I might be the only person in the audience for this suggestion. But it's what I like...
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DEvens replied to the thread Physics Need some advice! (making a physics YouTube channel).There are already a quite few scientific journalist type YT channels. Sabine Hossenfelder is one. She will supply your daily dose of...
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DEvens reacted to Charles Link's post in the thread Undergrad Trigonometry problem of interest with Like.
See He has kind of a simple solution. Still no hidden symmetry, but he does have a good solution. His arithmetic is kind of simple...
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DEvens replied to the thread Is it possible for a vertical rod balancing on a table to lose contact by striking the top of the rod?.That's a pretty little problem. Yes, it is possible for the lower mass to lose contact with the table. The motion right after that is a...
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DEvens replied to the thread Bernoulli vs real life experiment.About lowering the internal pressure below atmospheric and "sucked in." There is a Star Trek reference. Riker: "You were right...
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DEvens replied to the thread Undergrad One does not “prove” the basic principles of Quantum Mechanics.There is a lot going on here. I think the quoted text is talking about the ideas of a Popper-like approach to science. But let me sneak...
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DEvens replied to the thread Physics Career Prospects (outside of academia).About physics in industry. I only know about the nuclear industry in Canada. There is some indications of new build in Canada. So it...
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DEvens replied to the thread Modeling a graph that shows age in relation to depth of an ice sample.I don't have Excel installed right now so I can't graph your data. But here's what I would do. Plot your data. Try to guess what a good...
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DEvens replied to the thread The Nuclear Power Thread.Is it the nuclear renaissance? Or is it just a flash? $1 Billion to restart Three Mile Island, at least partly because Microsoft has a...