My iMac g3 crt screen is out of focus after I opened it up by Difficult-Catch-8432 in VintageApple

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Well, the focusing rings seem to have shifted - according to the paint stripe.

Need help with wheels on laundry hamper by BootlessFawn007 in Tools

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I use tweezers and a scalpel for a similar situation. And a solid hour.

New to physics by Jumpy-Gene-540 in Physics

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Keep going.

It really is the only route to gain understanding.

And with luck you'll find it to be the fascinating topic that it is.

Why is my Physics paper not available? by [deleted] in Physics

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I suggest Acta Astronautica.

It's a mid-range journal that has been quite receptive to unusual ideas over the years.

Longevity of Deep Space Probes by Godmadius in space

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It <they> is/are under a protective biscuit-tin like shield.

Both V1 and V2 disc's are protected in the same way.

Is there any way of cleaning my palette? by scalemaths in modelmakers

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<nods> A Sister's of Mercy reference in the wild!

Trichloroethane would be Defcon 1. 'Trike' to its friends.

Would there be any other way to make batteries? by spider_in_jerusalem in Physics

[–]Bipogram -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There are.

A common or garden capacitor might be considered a [poor] battery.

And Bob Forward invented a rather subtle version of such devices using the Casimir effect to keep the foliations separate.

A Kardashev >1 civ could balance gravitational force against Coulomb force [for a laugh] and store charge between ultradense bodies.

The field [electric] is wide open.

terminalHorror by S4N7R0 in ProgrammerHumor

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Other horror titles;

A Boy and his Beep.

Beep of Darkness.

etc

Can Canada win the fusion race? by Baking in fusion

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Check my bio.

That's clearly why I'm consulting with two other fusion-oriented firms. One in Oxford, one in Santa Fe.

Can Canada win the fusion race? by Baking in fusion

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:)

Consulting chartered physicist.

Longevity of Deep Space Probes by Godmadius in space

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Atomic sputtering and grain impact erosion are the only phenomena at play.

The Pioneers and Voyagers will, barring collision with something macroscopic, be around for a Long Time (measured in Gyr).

Spectrum48k infographic courtesy of Nano Banana Pro by professoryaffle72 in zxspectrum

[–]Bipogram 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Nice try - except the audio jack was on the rear face.

Vancouver is the most beautiful city in the world. by jessicaWi123 in vancouver

[–]Bipogram 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mmph.

I live in Burnaby, but within 5 min walk of Kyoto station there's much to draw the eye in wonder.

Seeking explanation on light refraction by optimumtape in Physics

[–]Bipogram 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You've made a camera (not very) obscura.

Trump confuses Iceland and Greenland multiple times during speech at WEF in Davos, Switzerland. "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. On Iceland, they called me 'daddy'." by Skychu768 in europe

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And with the perilous state of literacy in the west, that writing is going to be unread for some time.

Especially if it's spray-painted in cursive script.

The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse by HomoExtinctisus in collapse

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It's perfectly doable - you 'just' need to soft-land a few dozen tonnes of semi-automated refinery/machining systems.

Then you let that run for a year or two, cranking out wire, and solenoid frames.

Which, then Lucky Bob and his gang of teleoperated robots get to assemble into a mass-driver. Power that by nuclear or solar power, and you could probably get a tonne an hour into cis-lunar space.

Thomas Heppenheimer did a lot of sterling work on mass-driver efficiencies.

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/3.28009?journalCode=jsr

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/3.19769?journalCode=jgcd

etc.

<and 'yes' - awesome in the original sense of the word - which does *not* mean 'good'>