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HHornbein replied to the thread Electronics Failing While In Storage.I suspect that consumer electronics are deliberately engineered to die shortly after the warranty expires, presumably by buying cheap...
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HHornbein replied to the thread Graduate Hopf fibration of 3-sphere.I don't really understand it but I think stereographic projection introduces much distortion that we don't see in the Hopf fibration...
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HI got my Lumix camera out of storage after about a year. When I power it up the screen remains blank. I can however record a photo or...
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HHornbein replied to the thread Favorite Mashups - All Your Favorites in One Place.How did I miss her back then? Dunno.
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HHornbein replied to the thread Favorite Mashups - All Your Favorites in One Place.My attempt to create something so bad it's good. If Gayla Peevey had collaborated with Yes...
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HHornbein replied to the thread Are Recent Students All Google Crazy?.As someone once told me, "you get a nice curve that way.". I thought that was the tail wagging the dog. I have learned in my 70 years...
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HHornbein replied to the thread Some thoughts about self-education.I'm self taught in piano but that's different. I learned about neutron stars by reading research papers -- much more interesting than...
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HHornbein reacted to Greg Bernhardt's post in the thread Music Talent Worthy of Wider Recognition with
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HHornbein replied to the thread Today I Learned.Today I was listening to Gene Autry's Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and noticed that Donner was mispronounced. It's the German word...
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HHornbein replied to the thread Music Talent Worthy of Wider Recognition.
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HHornbein replied to the thread Music Songs that pay homage to deceased artists, no covers.
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HHornbein replied to the thread Music AI's First #1 Country Hit: Authenticity vs. Traditional Artists.I like that too. It was a big hit. Produced by a computer game company as a promotion. Those four are assassins in the game.
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HHornbein replied to the thread How would a Machine at the Heart of the World tidally lock the Earth?.So Wikipedia says. Neptune has a counter-orbiting moon. This will cause it to eventually crash into the planet.
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HHornbein reacted to Algr's post in the thread How would a Machine at the Heart of the World tidally lock the Earth? with Like.
This can only be a fantasy book though. The premise really doesn't make any sense. Slowing a planet to tidally locked would take...
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HHornbein replied to the thread Music Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?.Back in 1971 Pink Floyd opened with a song entitled Embryo that made a big impression on us but somehow never made it on an album...