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 The Skunk Works

To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the...
Wasabi
Aug 24, 2021 01:37
@NiallC. sSorry for the delay, but sure. Not sure if we'll have a good answer for him, but it's a better fit than DIY, for sure.
Wasabi
Jul 16, 2021 15:40
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Wasabi
Jun 22, 2021 02:01
@NikeDattani My initial instinct is to say "no". I don't often see people talking about quaternions around here, to be perfectly honest. That being said, I don't follow the metallurgy questions very closely, so maybe I'm mistaken.
Wasabi
Jun 8, 2021 12:51
@AncientSwordRage Exactly, it's just a bit too speculative for my taste, but I can also see how it could be answered in an objective way which is helpful for future readers. So feel free to migrate it as-is and let the community here decide what it wants to do with it.
Wasabi
Jun 8, 2021 01:38
@AncientSwordRage Sure! Not entirely sure it won't get closed here as well, but it's certainly a better fit for us than Physics.
Wasabi
May 25, 2021 01:31
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May 7, 2021 19:47
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Apr 23, 2021 02:33
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Wasabi
Mar 20, 2021 23:01
@Curio Probably best to ask on eletronics.SE. But for what it's worth, I've had the unpleasant experience of heavily wetting an active laptop a few times (don't ask...) and after letting it dry for a few days it worked just fine.
Wasabi
Mar 17, 2021 20:52
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Wasabi
Mar 3, 2021 16:15
@Criggie I think it's fine to migrate, though it likely won't get any better answers than it's already received, which are quite good.
Wasabi
Mar 1, 2021 15:38
@NikeDattani Yeah, that question also flew right over my head. You can certainly migrate it over here, I've seen other materials engineering / metallurgy questions answered here before, so those guys might be able to answer it.
Wasabi
Jan 19, 2021 20:23
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Wasabi
Jan 2, 2021 14:54
@NikeDattani Again, sure, it sounds like something that fits here. I personally don't know what they're talking about, so I'm not sure if it'll get closed as unclear or if I'm just ignorant. >.>
Wasabi
Jan 1, 2021 19:27
@NikeDattani sure. I have absolutely no idea what that apparatus is, but it seems on-topic, yeah.
Wasabi
Dec 28, 2020 02:05
@user586228 What exactly is your problem in the first question? They consider the number of cathodes to be 30 because it says to do so in the body of the question. Also, these questions are better served as actual questions on the SE, not here on chat.
Wasabi
Dec 27, 2020 14:23
That is a whole SE site dedicated to scripts to customize SE. I personally have 5 running on my machine.
Wasabi
Dec 27, 2020 14:21
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Wasabi
Dec 27, 2020 14:21
@@480731 you flatter me by using my boiler-plate comments! Two tips:
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Wasabi
Dec 21, 2020 19:39
@NikeDattani @NikeDattani not really. It'd probably get closed as too broad and/or opinion-based, since it's not really a good fit for SE's format of a single objective and comprehensive answer.
Wasabi
Dec 15, 2020 21:49
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Wasabi
Nov 29, 2020 15:57
@NikeDattani Oh, sorry! Forgot to get back to you on this. It's a fair question for the site. As-is, I fear it might get closed due to lack of detail (i.e. too broad), but the topic isn't my strong suit, so I'll let the community decide. Feel free to send it over, worst case it'll get closed again.
Wasabi
Oct 29, 2020 15:12
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Sep 28, 2020 13:07
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Sep 14, 2020 12:47
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Aug 26, 2020 01:25
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Wasabi
Aug 12, 2020 13:59
@Chuck sure, seems fine. It makes my "too broad"-sense tingle (many questions in one), but this topic is entirely out of my comfort zone, so for all I know they are questions that "belong together". So sure, migrate away, worst case the community here will VTC.
Wasabi
Aug 11, 2020 18:44
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Jul 15, 2020 13:02
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Jul 1, 2020 12:13
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Jun 16, 2020 17:45
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May 27, 2020 15:02
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Wasabi
May 11, 2020 02:07
@NikeDattani I agree with hazzey, and for the record, I haven't the slightest clue how to answer that question.
Wasabi
May 7, 2020 17:37
@ManuG It's fine to quote directly from that source (only the relevant portions, of course). Just make sure what you're quoting is marked as a quotation (using the > notation), and clearly link to the source material.
Wasabi
May 4, 2020 16:25
The two sites will likely have quite a bit of overlap on questions about the choice/application of materials (i.e. "which material would be best for X, given Y"), but that's par for the course on the SE network.
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Wasabi
May 4, 2020 16:23
@user1271772 Imo, such research-level questions probably are best answered at Materials.SE. Here we tend to deal more with practical engineering questions. Obviously, such research questions may very well get answers here on Engineering, but they probably wouldn't be as authoritative.
Wasabi
Apr 9, 2020 19:56
@Transistor I know you're quite the SE pro, but a quick tip in case you don't know it yet: if you're writting a comment on a question or answer suggesting they edit their post, you can write "please [edit] this" and "edit" will become a link to that post's edit page.
 

 Discussion between Wasabi and Srijan M.T

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Wasabi
Apr 28, 2021 18:21
(if there's friction, you'd also care about the friction between block m1 and the ground).
Wasabi
Apr 28, 2021 18:20
If you've already concluded that all the strings will be under tension T, then you don't need to care about anything else anymore.
Wasabi
Apr 28, 2021 18:19
Everything else is IRRELEVANT when trying to understand the forces applied to m1.
Wasabi
Apr 28, 2021 18:19
Sorry, I'm back. But you're overcomplicating things. If you want to know the forces acting on block m1, you don't need to look at ANYTHING other than block m1 and anything that is DIRECTLY applying forces to it. When looking at m1, I don't care about the wall, the pulley or m2. All I care about is the block m1 itself and the tiny bit of string that's connected to it.
Wasabi
Apr 28, 2021 17:26
Remember that every force has an equal and opposite reaction. So if the string is under T, where's the other T (of the 2T) coming from?
Wasabi
Apr 28, 2021 17:24
@SrijanM.T I'm sorry, but I'm really not understanding your argument. The image you edited in has the block under 2T because the block has two sides of the string pushing at it. The block in your original case only has one string, so I don't understand how you think the block is "spontaneously creating" an additional T out of thin air.
Wasabi
Apr 28, 2021 17:09
@SrijanM.T I'm sorry, but I'm really having trouble understanding your question. You drew the diagram clearly showing that the mass m1 is connected to a string under tension T. Why do you therefore think that the mass should suffer a force of 2T?
Wasabi
Apr 28, 2021 17:08
How can you say the tension is $T$ on all strings while also saying that the mass connected to one of those strings is under $2T$?
Wasabi
Apr 28, 2021 17:08
Which string? If you think it should be the same on all strings, then what do you mean by $2T$?
Wasabi
Apr 28, 2021 17:08
What's $T$? The only force I see is $F$.
 

 Discussion on question by poman : Do …

Imported from a comment discussion on academia.stackexchange.c...
Wasabi
Jan 13, 2021 13:10
One compromise might be to simply use "Mr. (or Mrs., as the case may be) Poman". It is not an explicit pronoun declaration like "(he/him)" but makes your self-identification clear (well, as long as one thinks in binary terms). It may come off as a bit formal, but seems like a simple compromise.
 

 The Pod Bay

General discussion for space.stackexchange.com. Check our sche...
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Wasabi
May 8, 2020 13:39
This was posted over on Engineering. Is it worthy of Space.SE, should I migrate it over?
Wasabi
May 8, 2020 13:39
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WyckI'm sure people who build airplanes have had a chance to fly in the planes they build, and I'm confident that people who build submarines may get a chance to travel in them too. But I am under the impression that the people who build spaceships may never get a chance to actually travel in the ve...

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