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russ_watters reacted to TensorCalculus's post in the thread A Crisis for Newly Minted CompSci Majors -- entry level jobs gone with
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Both my parents are software engineers and I have many friends who aspire to be software engineers: so I hear about this a lot. It is a... -
russ_watters reacted to sandy stone's post in the thread How can I find the cleanout for my building drain? with Like.
Have you looked inside the house, near the base of the stack? There would normally be a cleanout where the pipe changes from vertical...
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russ_watters reacted to PeroK's post in the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it? with Like.
Even the two body problem only has an analytical solution in terms of the shape. There's no closed form solution for the position as a...
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russ_watters reacted to Filip Larsen's post in the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it? with Like.
Please give https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem a read.
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russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it? with Like.
What makes you think it is not solvable? Are you possibly confusing "solvable" with "has an analytical solution" or "has a closed form...
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russ_watters reacted to sevensages's post in the thread How can I find the cleanout for my building drain? with Like.
I don't have a basement or a crawl space. My duplex townhouse has a slab foundation.
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russ_watters reacted to sandy stone's post in the thread How can I find the cleanout for my building drain? with Like.
To me it looks like the outlet of the water heater relief valve.
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russ_watters replied to the thread How can I find the cleanout for my building drain?.Do you have a basement or crawl space? My sewer pipes collect into a main in the basement and there is a clean out at the bottom of...
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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 Like.
Extremely unlikely. Some kind of overflow pipe, at most. Could you please takes some photos about that area? Depending on the local...
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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/