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DavidHull

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    Yes. The single particle interferes with itself. However the effect disappears if you measure which slit the particle went through.

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    Comment #40721477

    As an interested amateur, I recommend the book "Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime" by Sean Carroll as a good overview of quantum fundamentals. …

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    Actually, the cmd/ctl-z advice is actually moderately useful. If you type it immediately after the closing formatting character it undoes the wysiwyg formatting. (I'm not arguing a…

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    Comment #17862107

    According to the VFITX portfolio page ( https://investor.vanguard.com/mutual-funds/profile/portfolio... ), the average maturity of its holdings in 6 years, which probably explains …

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    These books were created from Feynman's lectures to freshman and sophomore Caltech students. I have not looked at the books in detail, but I think that a dedicated reader who is co…

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    Comment #3015579

    The source file is critbit.w. See " rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming> .

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    Comment #759451

    Also, Netflix doesn't have to make a customer wait, they can just send a movie from farther down in the customer's queue.

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    Comment #759446

    No, I have not noticed an extra delay by doubling up two discs in one envelope. Usually the mail delivery between the local Netflix center and my address is overnight both ways, bu…

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    Comment #758972

    Yes, I agree, the premise that Netflix wants you to return the DVDs as quickly as possible so that they can send it to someone else is wrong. At any given time, you're going to hav…