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I must admit I harbored a more... naive interpretation of sycophancy as in "simple bootli.....". Though I guess that amounts to the same... -
ChatGPT taught me the importance of sycophancy in human relations.
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I bet I know why. Procurement is one of the most corruption prone positions.
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In 2023, I made a prediction to multiple colleagues that there would be an AI that was basically in charge of a government position...
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russ_watters reacted to 256bits's post in the thread Undergrad What thermal cycle would describe the action of a candle carousel? with
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I was going to state the same thing - that it is just convection. But pondering it over, something has to drive the convection. The... -
russ_watters reacted to 256bits's post in the thread Undergrad What thermal cycle would describe the action of a candle carousel? with Like.
Take into consideration the buoyancy of the air as it is heated or cooled. Try to draw the PV diagram taking into account gravity to...
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russ_watters reacted to NTL2009's post in the thread Are Conventional Turkey Thawing Instructions Backwards? with Like.
There's also the phase change factor. I mentioned we put our 2 birds in a cooler in our ~ 50F garage Sunday evening. Had two thermometer...
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a) how is pressure being applied if the pump is off? b) ##v_1## appears out of thin air, where did you get it? I’d like to explore...
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russ_watters reacted to Averagesupernova's post in the thread HVAC HVAC condensate drain line is dry? with Like.
Depends on several things. If you have not run the air conditioning for cooling the the evaporator will not condense water. If you are...
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russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread High School Why higher speeds need more power if the backward force is the same? with Like.
This is also why talking about biomechanics in energy discussions is usually not helpful. Life is messy.
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russ_watters reacted to A.T.'s post in the thread High School Why higher speeds need more power if the backward force is the same? with Like.
Just because you can have an inefficient system, that wastes energy on something, doesn't mean that energy is required to achieve that...
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russ_watters reacted to A.T.'s post in the thread High School Why higher speeds need more power if the backward force is the same? with Like.
Do you understand why a static force doesn't require any energy? Lean a stick against a wall, and it can stay there exerting a force...
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With allthread and unistrut you can build just about anything but you do need to tighten the nuts.
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russ_watters replied to the thread Engineering Disasters.They are an extremely common construction component, they just aren't usually that long. So common that for smaller assemblies you...
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russ_watters reacted to gmax137's post in the thread Are Conventional Turkey Thawing Instructions Backwards? with
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Assume a spherical, homogeneous turkey...
