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russ_watters reacted to Rive's post in the thread How can I find the cleanout for my building drain? with
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Extremely unlikely. Some kind of overflow pipe, at most. Could you please takes some photos about that area? Depending on the local... -
That one is not really a good example. Just being different alone has 'great' value, and that can bring 'believers' to any idea which...
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Any “traction” that it has regained is due to social media and represents a flaw in social media, IMO. A couple thousand years ago the...
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russ_watters reacted to Rive's post in the thread Making a compressor from a steam engine or Tesla Turbine with Like.
Definitely, but: why use pricy vintage or unsuitable parts, when you can easily procure actual compressor components? What's the actual...
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russ_watters replied to the thread B Energy transfer water > air in a greenhouse.Can you please provide more information: What is the tank made of? Is the tank open or closed? What else is the tank for (why have/use...
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russ_watters reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread RIP James Lovell, the astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely with Like.
Tom Hanks tribute to Jim Lovell: https://www.avclub.com/tom-hanks-pens-tribute-to-apollo-13-jim-lovell
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russ_watters reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread RIP James Lovell, the astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely with
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From Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/astronaut-james-lovell-famed-apollo-13-commander-dies-at-97/ -
russ_watters reacted to Herman Trivilino's post in the thread B Debating the Validity of a Conversion Factor for Mass-Energy Equivalence with Like.
With a bit of magnification I was able to read every word. It's the abstract, not the paper itself. It doesn't appear to be worthy of...
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russ_watters reacted to renormalize's post in the thread What papers is the CO2 climate change theory based on? with Like.
Look at the vast list of references in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change.
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russ_watters reacted to Nugatory's post in the thread B Debating the Validity of a Conversion Factor for Mass-Energy Equivalence with Like.
"Someone posted" is not a good start to a thread, as without the source we have no way of knowing whether you've misunderstood something...
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russ_watters reacted to Ibix's post in the thread B Debating the Validity of a Conversion Factor for Mass-Energy Equivalence with Like.
If there were a minus not a plus in the denominator it would be the Lorentz gamma factor, which is a part of SR and arguably a part of...
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russ_watters reacted to davenn's post in the thread Stargazing Solar Activity and Space Weather Update thread with Like.
Our old friend, the large southern hemisphere coronal hole, is coming back around again. Be prepared for some more high latitude aurora...
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russ_watters reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread B Feasibility of Sending a Radio Signal Detectable from a Neighboring Star with Like.
Have you read the similar thread...
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russ_watters reacted to fresh_42's post in the thread The Guardian Investigates Student Use of ChatGPT for 18 months with Like.
The topic is real and worth discussing. Even at PF, I read many introduction posts that answer the question of how they found PF through...
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russ_watters reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread The Guardian Investigates Student Use of ChatGPT for 18 months with Like.
It wasn't a scientific investigation. The journalist convinced three students to allow the journalist to view their chat conversations...