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gmax137 replied to the thread What did you do with your old college textbooks?.I just got a brochure in my mail from Zubal Books. I had forgotten about them. They say they will buy Physics, Math, Engineering...the... -
gmax137 replied to the thread Looking for movies where mathematics actually matters.I like the scene where Kevin Spacey says "I had forgotten how bright it is on this planet" Maybe not the exact words but...
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gmax137 replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.Mr Eleven is the President of China.
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gmax137 replied to the thread Other What are you reading now? (STEM only).@Frabjous Did you read it? How did you like it?
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gmax137 reacted to wrobel's post in the thread A cool collection of classical mechanics problems with
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gmax137 replied to the thread Looking for movies where mathematics actually matters.Does comedy count? There is a "Simpsons" episode where Homer has written on a chalkboard $$3987^{12}+4365^{12}=4472^{12}$$ Feel free to...
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I forgot what I'd done with my boomerang, but then it hit me.
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gmax137 replied to the thread Schools How good and well-known is the physics program at RPI?.It has a good rep in nuclear engineering as well. I agree. I have known and worked with quite a few RPI alumni. This is so true...
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gmax137 replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.that's all I got
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gmax137 replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.A friend had a cat named Boomerang.
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gmax137 reacted to russ_watters's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
This isn't exactly true, nor do I think it's applicable to LLMs/AI. Typical engineering systems are supposed to be deterministic. We...
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Yes, we do. That simply is not the case. All of those things are currently being done and hallucinations not only persist, there is some...
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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...
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Yes, I've seen some videos of the derailment. Pretty stunning. The locomotives stayed on the trestle. I hadn't seen that video, but I...
