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Summary: "Unfortunately, sometime around WWII, Newton’s laws were replaced by the Bernoulli theorem and a hand-waving argument for the acceleration of air over the top of a wing. I…

The wings of an airplane in level flight direct air downward with a force equal to the airplane's weight. If one were to build a large scale on the ground, as an airplane flies ove…

Yes. This is the happy path. But also submit the patch, of course!

What the heck, Debian?

You could substitute “trusted entities” for “banks”. Get ten banks on board, buy them each a raspberry pi, and you are up and running.

A Cessna Caravan airplane does not land itself. It's a thoroughly manual process. As a pilot, I'm in awe of the controller and passenger for being able to pull this off.

Pilot here. I'm floored that a person with no flying experience could put this airplane down without a scratch. Air traffic controllers are not necessarily pilots, but luckily, thi…

So acupuncture. And the authors filed a patent for the needles. Results are unbelievable. Independent duplication needed. I have tinnitus.

We are wired to want to participate in a social system. To belong. To have a common enemy. I propose organized sports!

Jim Allison - Breakthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MapggZMbCaI Dr. Allison recently was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his persistent decades-long pursuit of usin…

Most likely methane dissolved in well water. Came out of solution in the tank. Wells that produce water with dissolved methane need scrubbers and forced air ventilation on the tank…

If he represented himself as an engineer or engineering expert in a legal proceeding, well, that’s where he may have made a mis-step. Even if it’s on behalf of his son. Maybe, he s…

Citi accidentally transferred the very real risk of default from the creditor to themselves. Revlon bonds trading at 42 cents on the dollar... So, you could say that Citi is out 58…

Amoebas most certainly live in the environment; this particular strain is found in warm fresh water throughout the United States. Here is a report from a local newspaper: https://t…

CNN story that documents a positive test for naegleria fowleri in splash pad water at Lake Jackson civic center where the six-year-old victim visited: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/2…

This the right answer! permyriad -> per 1000. percent -> per 100. perunage -> per 1. I now have another way to impress/irritate my peers!

Port knocking, huh?