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russ_watters reacted to FactChecker's post in the thread Undergrad Is Water's Volume Expansion Upon Freezing an Intrinsic Property? with
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I don't expect "infinite controls". I would just encourage you to be reasonably careful about your experiment before you expect good... -
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Quite sure the wall thickness of a plastic bottle is not uniform as it is blown plastic. The 'oval' shape of the frozen water bottle... -
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When a plastic bottle collapses in one direction, it gets larger in another, creating an elliptical cross section or even more crumpled... -
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I froze a plastic bottle full of water (as near to mo air as I could manage) and put it in a bowl of water. It floated: And a crop of... -
russ_watters replied to the thread Undergrad Is Water's Volume Expansion Upon Freezing an Intrinsic Property?.Did you actually measure the density of the ice in the plastic bottle to rule out an unusual deformation? -
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I freeze glass jars with water filled to 2/3 all the time, with no breakage. They are covered, but not securely airtight. So, after... -
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And your total power consumption per month would be? And are your numbers over a full year, or a segment of a year? -
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I think that is as it should be. Software engineers have used the title "engineer" for decades. This is one of the important things that... -
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That is funny. I can imagine technical workers working with AI being more efficient, thus requiring less of them in the work force (or... -
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In the case of search engines, a German court has ruled that the words of AI represent the words of the company: -
russ_watters replied to the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts?.Sorry for the late reply. I'm not sure I see a relationship between them. Did you have something in mind? -
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For me it's pretty invaluable. There's a lot of "bang for the buck," once the initial setup/workflow is debugged and figured out. Again... -
russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread Any advice for learning how to spot legitimate physics from kooks? with
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Frankly, don’t waste time trying to spot legitimate physics by kooks. Spend your time learning legitimate physics from reputable...