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russ_watters reacted to Mark44's post in the thread Point of particular Doonesbury strip? with
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My dad was an officer in the US Army Air Corps in WW II, back before the actual US Air Force was born. He served as a supply officer... -
I am actually surprised that governments don’t generally use Linux for security reasons. A government should worry that a commercial...
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IMO, don't waste any money or brain cycles on suspension for a kid's balance bike. Wait until they are riding and pedaling big trails...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Point of particular Doonesbury strip?.It was founded as and remains a ship-board infantry force attached to the Navy. At the time, Naval combat often involved boarding and...
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russ_watters reacted to Mark44's post in the thread Point of particular Doonesbury strip? with Like.
All of the US armed forces are voluntary -- Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and now, I guess, the Space Force. Back in the time...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Point of particular Doonesbury strip?.That's my interpretation as well, but I don't see how it qualifies as a joke.
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russ_watters reacted to berkeman's post in the thread Humans evolved faster after farming, wheels and metal working arose with
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russ_watters reacted to BillTre's post in the thread Humans evolved faster after farming, wheels and metal working arose with Like.
Rates of recent human evolution have been the subject of threads here several times. Here is a AAAS news article. It is based on this...
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russ_watters reacted to .Scott's post in the thread How Far is Due East From Due West on Earth? with Like.
"Due east" and "Due west" are directions, not locations. So there is no distance.
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russ_watters reacted to .Scott's post in the thread Graduate How is literally EVERYTHING in physics not binary? with Like.
The problem with "sharing what you know" is that unless it commonly accepted, you will need citations. Here's an except from the Terms...
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russ_watters reacted to Herman Trivilino's post in the thread Graduate Does a moving particle count as a wave? with Like.
No. A theory is an attempt to describe the way Nature behaves. The words you use to describe that behavior have no effect on the theory...
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russ_watters reacted to Ibix's post in the thread Graduate Does a moving particle count as a wave? with Like.
Particles don't necessarily propagate. Physics is an empirical science. A pool ball won't pass through a gap smaller than its size, a...
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russ_watters reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Undergrad Diodes and low grade thermal energy harvesting with Like.
Look for HgCdTe (MCT) photodiodes, or LW IR LEDs. Multiply the room temperature dark current, (probably less than 10-9A) by 0.25V to...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Graduate Does a moving particle count as a wave?.The first word of the next sentence of the article is "periodic". I guess what you are implying/asking is whether a wave can be...
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russ_watters reacted to phyzguy's post in the thread Undergrad What are the speed limits of a maglev track? with Like.
I think a MagLev track on the Moon could launch objects into space. But not on the Earth because of air friction.