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russ_watters reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread 12 year old seeking feedback on multi-element blade alloy with
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You learn quickly, which is good because you have a huge and fascinating subject out in front of you, and the Sun is about to rise. -
russ_watters reacted to Chloren's post in the thread 12 year old seeking feedback on multi-element blade alloy with
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I'm 12 and i theorized on a new alloy and was wondering if it is actually practical, it would be mainly used for blades such as Japanese... -
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Thanks for your help and I will take your advice into mind, i didn't know much about metallurgy. I didn't realize that heat treatment... -
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Welcome to PF. The elements you add to an alloy, do not work to average all their properties. It is specific combinations of elements... -
russ_watters replied to the thread "A good big man will beat a good little man" (boxing).It's an unanswerable hypothetical, but the distance between "probably never would" and "proof positive" is probably pretty small from a... -
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Well, we don't have an actual test lab here, so all we can tell you is what the theory says. :wink: -
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No, just breaking apart, same as any other matter that you stress too much. Make jelly and put it on a barstool. Spin the barstool and... -
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The device distorts and disintegrates from internal stresses far before any part of it approaches lightspeed. If you posit arbitrarily... -
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Formally, no, because the fact that something hasn't happened yet doesn't mean that it won't happen tomorrow. Informally, the big guy... -
russ_watters reacted to martinbn's post in the thread "A good big man will beat a good little man" (boxing) with
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How many 166 pound guys lost the title fight in the heaviweight division? Probably none because no 166 fought a heavyweight boxer, so... -
russ_watters reacted to renormalize's post in the thread Other Hi, I need some advice about how to publish with
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Have you considered simply trying to "run it up the flagpole"? In other words: write a clear paper, send it to the appropriate journal... -
russ_watters reacted to Andy Resnick's post in the thread Stargazing Meteor/meteorite made a big boom this morning! with
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https://apnews.com/article/meteor-cleveland-fireball-astronomy-89d1cd3e060774ff897512cb811710d7 Made for interesting discussions in... -
russ_watters reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with
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Hit pieces like that are generally considered harmful when humans write them. A human can't dodge that responsibility by pawning the... -
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Whoever put the AI agent into operation. This is standard legal theory. This would be the "human of record" in the terminology you describe. -
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AI agents are giving us clues as to what mischief they can cause. From...