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FactChecker reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Looking for free Word Processor with at least some formatting features with
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Open Office Writer got left behind when the project forked in 2010 to create LibreOffice, which is very widely used, on MS Windows, and... -
Yes, sometimes. We need to be a bit nimble to select basis and reference frames to make simple calculations as well as further...
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There are lots of materials you might run across that naturally have non-orthogonal basis to describe anisotropic behavior like strength...
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FactChecker replied to the thread I Non-orthogonal bases.I would say this a little differently: There are things (like crystal structure) that are natural to represent using a non-orthogonal...
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FactChecker replied to the thread I Non-orthogonal bases.Unless two variables, X and Y, are not related, they will not be orthogonal. The vast majority of variables related to the same subject...
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FactChecker reacted to Dale's post in the thread B Is a table levitating possible, even at a minuscule probability? with Like.
There is a certain level of probability which is so close to 0 that if you did observe it then you would think that your theory was...
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FactChecker replied to the thread B Is a table levitating possible, even at a minuscule probability?.Would you say it is "possible" even if the probability of it happening in the past life of the universe is minuscule?
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FactChecker reacted to PeroK's post in the thread B Is a table levitating possible, even at a minuscule probability? with Like.
Or, a fair coin coming up heads 200 times in a row. Or, a pack of cards being randomly shuffled into a given configration. Even these...
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FactChecker reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Making the denominator of a certain fraction real with Like.
##zz^*## is always real.
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FactChecker replied to the thread Making the denominator of a certain fraction real.I don't know how much complex analysis you have had. If you just want to multiply by something to make the denominator real, notice...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86.So "Office Space" was fiction??!? It sure seemed realistic to me. :-) (Don't it feel good to be a gangster?)
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FactChecker reacted to rcgldr's post in the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86 with Like.
Do web search for "banks required to use decimal math in the US", and you will find explanations. I'm aware that the government...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Programs Where did all the “fundamentals-deepening” master’s programs go?.In every subject, at every level, the curriculum is designed to cover what is needed to succeed at the next level.
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FactChecker reacted to berkeman's post in the thread B Effect of mass on the acceleration of an elastic pendulum? with Like.
Holy smokes! I've never seen that before.
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FactChecker reacted to PeroK's post in the thread B Effect of mass on the acceleration of an elastic pendulum? with
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Is this what you are looking for? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_pendulum