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hutchphd reacted to Hornbein's post in the thread Can’t tell the difference between a “good” school and a top 5 private school with
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I went to both a good college and a top 5. The quality of instruction was about the same but the student bodies were quite different. -
hutchphd reacted to russ_watters's post in the thread Appliances Peltier based mini air conditioner not working with
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Welcome to PF! Peltiers put out very little cooling. You may want to try to calculate the maximum air delta-T; how cold the cold side... -
hutchphd reacted to berkeman's post in the thread Peltier thermopar for hand heat charging battery with Like.
Can you show us your calculations that support this? How much energy do you get out of a Peltier thermoelectric generator with a human...
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hutchphd reacted to berkeman's post in the thread Peltier thermopar for hand heat charging battery with Like.
What kind of battery are you wanting to charge? Trying to use energy from the heat of your hand will not yield you much for trying to...
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hutchphd reacted to Hornbein's post in the thread Music Music to Lift Your Soul: 4 Genres & Honorable Mention with Like.
I'm very impressed with the high quality of AI music. Why can't they instruct the machine to "give me Charlie Parker's Koko, exactly...
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hutchphd reacted to dextercioby's post in the thread Member and Mentor Appreciation Thread with Like.
As with every year, and, boy, for me, there are so many, I thank the moderation team for keeping the site clean, i.e., spam and...
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It's the end of the year and once again I wish to thank the mentors and admins for their stedfast commitment to the PF cause and for...
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hutchphd reacted to haruspex's post in the thread How to calculate pressure when two forces are exerted with Like.
Total pressure is only meaningful for pressures that do physically add, and that requires them to be exerted on the same actual areas...
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hutchphd reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Alien life, probabilities, and interstellar propagation of human life with
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You're talking about two-way communication. If we saw unmistakeable signs of life in the Andomeda Galaxy - despite being 2 million... -
hutchphd reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Alien life, probabilities, and interstellar propagation of human life with Informative.
Another point I would make is that saying that the observable universe is "teeming with life" is not a very useful conclusion. If, say...
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hutchphd reacted to DennisN's post in the thread High School Double Slit Experiment: Dumb question that needs to be asked with Haha.
Just a reminder if anyone would try this: Do not place yourself (and your eyes) where the screen would be, choose a better position...
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hutchphd replied to the thread Undergrad Single vs. Double slit coherence clarification please.And in fact the solution for a "generic" two-slitted plane wave is easy to write down (at Fraunhoffer limit) and so why is this...
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hutchphd replied to the thread Pressure difference between two points in a tapered pipe.Look at some limit cases.....what if atmospheric pressure is nil......does your equation for P1 seem correct? What if it gets bigger...
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hutchphd reacted to robphy's post in the thread A Crisis for Newly Minted CompSci Majors -- entry level jobs gone with Like.
I said to a Microsoft recruiter that I think being a developer was more interesting than a tester because developers get to be creative...
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hutchphd reacted to weirdoguy's post in the thread Why Are You Still Here? A Curious Question with Like.
I like seeing crackpots banned. Especially when stupidity is triumphing in real life.