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What does equiprobable mean in the context of thermal motion?
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The first part is easy. If you have a volume of gas at a particular temperature and pressure, you might ask how many of those molecules...
Aug 14, 2025
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Newton's first law?
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OK. So you really are interested in what Newton said. But please don't use what he said as anything that contradicts modern statements...
Aug 14, 2025
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Newton's first law?
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If you want the "real" answer (which you probably don't), then I refer you to Newton's Principia and suggest that you start reading at...
Aug 13, 2025
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TV Series Based On Schrödinger Superposition
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I guess it would be all about interfering with your alternates.
Aug 11, 2025
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Never think never for an improbable event
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I describe two engineering issues below. In both cases, I start with what is shown in the video and wiki article because they tend to...
Aug 8, 2025
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Pilot training is critical to safe flying. I watched the following video regarding the crash of TAM 402 (31 October 1996), which...
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When should a beginner programmer learn vims/emacs?
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If you don't want to use the editor (or editors) available in the IDE, you can use the editor of your choice. You don't need to copy...
Aug 5, 2025
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When should a beginner programmer learn vims/emacs?
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I just Googled "text editors for coding". It responded with a list of 51 such editors. In a single hour, I may use Notepad, Notepad++...
Aug 5, 2025
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I am not an expert in this, but here is the situation as I was using them: A text editor like Vim will have language options to...
Aug 5, 2025
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When should a beginner programmer learn vims/emacs?
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At a minimum, they are just editors. They can be extended - but I have not been keeping track of them. I do like the MS Visual Studio...
Aug 5, 2025
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When should a beginner programmer learn vims/emacs?
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IDE's, Integrated Development Environments, integrate editor, compile, build, perhaps version control, and other tools into a single...
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When should a beginner programmer learn vims/emacs?
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Try them both. After enough use, you will pick the one best for whatever task you're approaching. Since these are "personal choice"...
Aug 5, 2025
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How Does Flickering Light Influence Our Brain's Perception of Image Brightness?
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It is described in this article in the Science Advances journal and in this UC Berkley News article. They imaged a small portion of...
Aug 4, 2025
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Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about real…
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I am not sure how useful these surveys are. There isn't enough clarification about the meaing of terms in the questions and answers. So...
Aug 3, 2025
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