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gmax137 replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.that's all I got -
gmax137 replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.A friend had a cat named Boomerang. -
gmax137 reacted to russ_watters's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with
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This isn't exactly true, nor do I think it's applicable to LLMs/AI. Typical engineering systems are supposed to be deterministic. We... -
gmax137 reacted to kuruman's post in the thread Undergrad What physics study path would help me answer my own hydraulics question? with
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I assume that the pipe is supposed to drain under gravity. Based on the idea that the less time the water spends in the pipe the less... -
gmax137 replied to the thread Undergrad What physics study path would help me answer my own hydraulics question?.For practical problems such as this, I would recommend you look at fluid flow textbook for mechanical engineers. EDIT: do a search on... -
gmax137 replied to the thread Today I Learned.TIL that some railroad companies use "road slugs" -- locomotives without diesel engines. The road slug relies on the generator of its... -
gmax137 replied to the thread Undergrad Why is SI taught in US university physics courses instead of cgs?.no more looney than a newton meter or a foot pound. I have never forgotten the memory aid my professor drew up on the blackboard... -
gmax137 reacted to ohwilleke's post in the thread What did you do with your old college textbooks? with
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Three plus decades later, I still have almost all of them (and even consult them now and then), over the objections of other members of... -
gmax137 replied to the thread Undergrad Why is SI taught in US university physics courses instead of cgs?.The wiki page (centimetre–gram–second system of units) is an interesting read. -
gmax137 replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.How about this one: in Harahan, LA. I think they re-constructed Dickory since I lived there. I remember my GPS used to say, take...


