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I currently still have over 250 mathematics, and some more physics, books from my university career on my (sturdy built-in) shelves ... -
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Unless you are considering moving I would keep them. I moved a lot after Uni and the books got a bit battered so I replaced a few, gave... -
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I knew a commercial/residential carpenter who lived in the San Fernando Valley, in CA. He removed key braces in the frame of his house... -
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_and_Let_Die_(song) (1973) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney_and_Wings (1973) Paul... -
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When I was at Caltech I heard a story about how they got a lot of insurance money. They had one of the best engineering for earthquake... -
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Yeah, when I'm looking for a new place to live here in Norcal, I confine my searches to houses on bedrock. Important safety tip. [we... -
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My youngest girl is in her last year of CS and physics, so she's using some of my old books for class background and reorganizing my... -
Ddifalcojr replied to the thread What did you do with your old college textbooks?.Well, just an excuse to save books, mostly. Needs more testing. :). Slant the stacking more, maybe. All my many books fell off their...
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Um, no. How many California earthquakes have you gone through holding up bookcases? Loma Prieta was the strongest one for me while I... -
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10 MPG, uphill, downhill, empty, or fully loaded. :D Anytime I checked I always got 10 MPG. I used it when we moved to Oregon, but I... -
Ddifalcojr replied to the thread Leading AI systems blackmailed their human users.Here is how it should be done, methinks, with future robots. Very good movie. Robin Williams at his best.
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I made the mistake of loaning out my Radio Astronomy, by Kraus. Never got it back. Most of my books have all been in boxes since I... -
Ddifalcojr replied to the thread What did you do with your old college textbooks?.What kind of gas mileage did you get from that powerhouse? Big block. Muscle truck. To the subject, from the responses, seems most...
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DJust out of interest, I asked Google AI what was the theme of the novel The Great Gatsby. This is what it said: The main theme of The...