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three's 2 feet of snow on the ground. there's no grass. what do i do? can we get an update to touch snow?

I made a music visualizer. Background: Over the past several years my friends and I would get together for music nights where we share albums and songs we've been listening to. We …

I had to track my physical inputs and outputs for a week for medical reasons and I used a google form. I placed a shortcut on my phone and it immediately opened the form for simple…

I can't think of physical processes that could go from macro -> micro. The examples I can think of stem from Yuval Harari's human fictions affecting the world. For example, a natio…

But can it DM a DnD game?

Could these ground based lasers be used for deflecting asteroids?

The linked paper summary says "...we describe a bio-photovoltaic energy harvester system using photosynthetic microorganisms on an aluminium anode..." How do they prevent the alumi…

Why?

To have more time to experience more of the world, learn new skills, spend time with friends and family, start (and finish!) more side projects, etc. I'm not entirely sure how 'mor…

I may or may not be building a shed in my spare time for the past 5 years, but I'm positive I'm not making a cake. With prototyping and user feedback it feels like I'm not building…

If the goal is developing grantee self-efficacy, the funding should require pairing with a mentor. Finding a mentor that is willing to guide a grantee to bring an idea to fruition …

Reading your comment made me wonder why we have even numbers of limbs for different body plans. I realized it's due to bilateral symmetry for most organisms must some how be advant…

This is amazing! When taking long exposures like this over a significant amount of time, does anyone know how astronomers account for stellar parallax and/or the sun's orbit in the…

Hi Everyone, I wrote the essay above. Would love to know what you think. Feel free to critique it.

Maker of Fonzie here. Let me know if you have any questions. Bill of materials: - Arduino - Raspberry Pi - OpenCV with Python - Webcam - 6 servos - 6 gearboxes - 2 speakers - Alumi…

Matt, I'm so sorry to read this news. I hope you spend this difficult time with the people in your life that are sensitive to you and your needs.