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What is /sci/ opinion on Thorium for nuclear power. I have only heard good things about it.
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>>9137358
Go back to your trashcan popsci
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>>9137358
Use less power instead of more power. Stop living beyond your power means.
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>>9137358
>Thorium
Jesus fucking christ that isn't even a real element. Please go back to IFL.
>Captain America-cium
>Ironmancium
>Hulkium
>Black Widowium
>imaginary number
>is a letter
why?
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>>9137326
It's not a letter, it's an imaginary unit.
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>>9137326
It's a hassle to write root(-1) for every imaginary number, and so i is neater and easier.
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>>9137329
>literally does not exist
why bother then?
Off by infinity is literally considered close enough when you're a quantum physicist.
>When you did a calculation to see what you should observe in an experiment you always seemed to get an infinite answer with an extra finite bit added on. If you then subtracted off the infinity, the finite part that you were left with was the prediction you expected to see in the lab. And this always matched experiment fantastically accurately. This process of removing the infinities was called renormalisation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renormalization
https://plus.maths.org/content/does-infinity-exist
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>Renormalization replaces the originally postulated mass and charge with new numbers such that the observed mass and charge matches those originally postulated.
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>>9137278
>ignoring the mechanistic basis of renormalization
Renormalization only works because there are real infinities.
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How can I work on my dreadful mental math skills? I have a standardized test coming up which requires fast and accurate mental math skills.
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Practice. That's literally it.
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>>9137258
I like this book. There are others.
How the fuck do I go about understanding the math behind low-parity density checks?
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>>9137255
By reading the book you posted
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>>9137262
heh, what a coincidence.
alrighty then.
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Are there any physics books that list common situations' differential equations and their solutions so people don't have to solve them every time the situation changes? Like a solutions book for common problems? Maybe a list and explanation of different types of instabilities?
It wouldn't be a textbook; it would be more terse, but comprehensive. Anyone know anything like that.
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I don't know but that's doesn't seem very useful today. If you want to check for a known solution plug in Mathematica. If you want further analysis just do it yourself, your understanding will be way better and you don't waste time wandering around textbooks
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Was that gif supposed to make wait for collision like a retard? Cause if so well done
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Are there any easy to get drugs that help delay PE ?
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Just talk to your guidance councilor about switching your class schedule.
And don't use random abbreviations without context assuming everyone knows what the fuck you're talking about you insufferable shit weasel.
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>>9137164
Dude just go to PE, it really isnt that bad. Running is great exercise and you can make,friends by socializing. If youre getting bullied then yea, talk to a counselor or teacher
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>>9137452
this, and be fucking ready for penis inspection day
you don't want to fail that shit, believe me
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https://leangsimschoolboy.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/student_solutions_manual_for_mathematical_methods_for_physics_and_engineering.pdf
On page 58 of the PDF and question 3.13, how do you get the intuition to figure out the answer?
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instead of taking a screenshot you post a meme picture
I won't give you this level of respect now and advice against opening that link
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Can you classify this phenotype for me?
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Literally a brainlet.
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>>9137086
this is a classic rodent phenotype
Science questions
1. If I take two anti hydrogrens and an anti oxygen would I have anti water?
2. If I have two strains of weed called strain A and strain B and cross breed them to make strain C then I make a joint out of C called joint C. Then I make a second joint that is half A half B, called joint AB. Is joint C going to be different then joint AB in terms of the high?
3. I don't understand p np. Does it pretty much mean that if I have 10 strings of hay and one needle its easy to find the needle, but if I multiple the hay by 100x it becomes 10000x harder to find the needle?
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>>9137073
>1
As far as I know the theory supports this being possible, yes.
>2
Not necessarily, depends on how the crossbreeding affects the distribution of chemicals in the weed.
>3
p vs. np is more like a question of whether it's possible to find every possible needle in a haystack as quickly as you can check if they are there when told where they are.
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>>9137193
So couldnt you just logically come to the conclusion that p is not equal to np since its obviously easier to find something if you already know where to look vs having to brute force it
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What would anti water look like?
Would it be an anti liquid?
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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Calgary meeting
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Abstract and program book: http://vertpaleo.org/Annual-Meeting/Annual-Meeting-home.aspx
Now that the meeting has concluded, if anyone here attended, what were your thoughts?
Also, the lack of American armchair paleontologists this year was refreshing due to its international location
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Cool
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Biology and Jurisprudence 2017-08-29 09:11:45 Post No.9136954
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3h6Q_7y0LU
what do you guys think about this video?
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I think that guy needs to learn to not record every breath he takes in the entire session.
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>pi is an infinite number
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>>9136884
Only in the sense that any number is infinite.
>1.0000000000000000=>to infinity
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>>9136884
>Number.
>Infinite.
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>>9136947
>Never heard of ordinal numbers
>go into interview at large pharmaceutical testing company
>interviewing for one of the 30 available histology/immunology positions
>start interview
>neat I know my interviewers from career fairs, spoke with them extensively
>"Anon, why do you want this job."
>"Anon what are your strengths?"
>"Anon what is your favorite Disney movie and why?"
>"Anon what is your favorite 90s song and why?"
>"What are your weaknesses?"
>interview ends
>"well contact you in a month"
>2 months later and 3 emails not responded to later
>"We're sorry to inform you..."
How the fuck do large companies get away with this lack of professionalism. Da fuck happened with that interview?
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>>9136870
Did you answer Frozen and/or Moana? If you didn't, you clearly hate women.
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>>9136877
No but I said a backstreet boys song to express my fenumininity, godamn cunts couldn't handle it.
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>>9136870
Those sound like questions you would ask somebody on a blind date.
I wonder how solid the questions behind the selection process that chooses the person to interview people is.
A bird shit on me while I was sitting outside the other day. I washed it off then got an umbrella and continued sitting outside.
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Just how difficult is it to obtain a lectureship in science or engineering?
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I don't know.