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Suppose that a genie gives every human on earth access to infinite power, with no externalities like CO2 or radioactive waste. Would it make the world a better place or would it tu…

Do you lose the indices on the columns after the UNION?

It's confusing because the drawing omits a pulley attached to shaft "a". Shaft "b" is hollow, shaft "a" turns inside shaft "b". As drawn, shaft "b" will rotate and turn bevel gear …

Is the free electron immediately captured by the H+ particle, or is the energy high enough that this can produce an acidic gas of H+?

>> I've always found it a little surprising that companies haven't built/funded a open-source organization for parametric mechanical CAD, similar to Blender for games or KiCad for …

I applied only to MD schools. I do know that some of my classmates were accepted to DO schools.

I tried this. I didn't get into medical school but it is doable. I enrolled in a premedical postbaccalaureate program, and over the course of two years of night classes finished al…

Machine shops are Turing complete. You can use a machine to fabricate the machine you are using.

The MacBook trackpads are definitely great. And the trackpoint looks like an anachronistic holdover from the early 90s next to a modern trackpad. However, it has survived because i…

If you have a laptop with a trackpoint, become proficient with it. You can switch between mouse and keyboard without moving your fingers away from the home row.

How is does this different from publishing the instruction set , which was presumably already available (if it weren't, how would one write an application for it)?

I enjoyed looking through this album, thank you for sharing.

Wait But Why has an excellent piece on Graham's number: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/11/1000000-grahams-number.html