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russ_watters reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread RIP Sir Patrick Stewart on your journey to the stars with
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russ_watters reacted to A.T.'s post in the thread Things that are getting tiresome to see in scifi (whichever medium) with
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One trope is space battles being like naval battles in WW2. Star Trek is like battle in the Atlantic with cloaked enemy ship lurking... -
russ_watters replied to the thread Things that are getting tiresome to see in scifi (whichever medium).That one annoys me a bit too - since in sci-fi there's necessarily a lot of inaccuracy and suspension of disbelief, it's an easy one to...
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russ_watters reacted to gmax137's post in the thread Other Difficulty Finding a Position After Physics Bachelors Degree with Like.
I retired after more than 40 years in the commercial nuclear power business. Along the way, I worked with many physics bachelors...
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russ_watters reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread Things that are getting tiresome to see in scifi (whichever medium) with Like.
Mainframe computers of the sixties in TV shows and movies would drive me batty to see the tape drives just spinning the tape, instead of...
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russ_watters reacted to A.T.'s post in the thread Automotive A Tesla for the Dukes of Hazard with Like.
Yes, KITT is finally here. But could you have predicted in the 80s in which order the required boxes will be checked: speech...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Automotive A Tesla for the Dukes of Hazard.Dukes of Hazard? Looked more Knight Rider to me.
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russ_watters replied to the thread Other Difficulty Finding a Position After Physics Bachelors Degree.Not really physics job advice (I'm an engineer so others can answer on that), but if you're desperate and doing DoorDash to make ends...
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russ_watters reacted to Ken Fabian's post in the thread Renewable Energy Sources are Making Gains with Like.
Average prices don't tell the whole story. Given time of use 'free market' pricing the presence of cheap solar for part of each day...
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russ_watters reacted to A.T.'s post in the thread Undergrad Why does Moment of Inertia have an R^2 dependence (logically)? with Like.
You seem to have a general misconception about physics. Physics isn't math. Physics isn't linearly derived from axioms by "logic"...
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russ_watters reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Undergrad How Do You Measure Energy Conversion Efficiency? with Like.
That sounds like school or homework to me. You do not. You look at the total energy output in the form you require, and divide it by...
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russ_watters reacted to mfb's post in the thread Undergrad How Do You Measure Energy Conversion Efficiency? with Like.
Usually you measure the input and the output. That way you don't have to measure every loss mechanism separately. But it really depends...
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russ_watters reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Undergrad What is the Difference between Maths and Classical Mechanics? with Like.
Yes, but the blip on the screen is just a blip. It could mean anything. There is nothing inherent in a blip to distinguish one...
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russ_watters reacted to Bandersnatch's post in the thread Escape velocity is a constraint due to limited fuel? with Like.
To answer this directly - sure. If you don't have to worry about fuel. You could even walk out of a gravity well at a snails' pace, if...
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russ_watters reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Escape velocity is a constraint due to limited fuel? with Like.
I'm working on a story, and I want to ensure I have the basics straight. I'm not looking for any speculation, just facts. It is...