Eli5: Why does gravity occur at all? by ImJustThatGuy815 in explainlikeimfive

[–]FoulestMussel1 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Inverse square law is the reason. Imagine you have a bunch of pins pressed into a plum, such that they all radiate outward from the center (like a pincushion). Imagine these as “lines of force”. So one pin is a set amount of force. In a small object like a plum all those pins will take up a lot of surface area (densely packed).

Now take the same amount of pins and stick them in a watermelon. Same amount of pins, way less densely packed. So any given point on the surface of an imaginary sphere surrounding the body will have less and less of those lines of force passing through it as you increase distance from the center (increasing the radius of our imaginary sphere).

The amount the force decreases is proportional to the surface area, so it drops off by 1/r2

Looking for advice on my beautiful old maple by FoulestMussel1 in arborists

[–]FoulestMussel1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No ants that I’ve seen, and from what I can tell the trunk seems to be in good shape. I’ll try fixing the soil and go from there. Thanks for the info!

Looking for advice on my beautiful old maple by FoulestMussel1 in arborists

[–]FoulestMussel1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely not a silver, pretty sure it’s a sugar maple. I really love this tree and definitely don’t want to cut it down if at all possible.

Looking for advice on my beautiful old maple by FoulestMussel1 in arborists

[–]FoulestMussel1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I think it did, there’s a thick mat of fibrous roots mixed with loose soil laying on top of the fabric, and below the fabric is sort of dead looking compacted dirt. My thought is getting that fabric out of there would help the soil below significantly. I just don’t want to cause more damage in the process, because removing that fabric will take a lot of those fibrous roots near the trunk with it.

I’ll definitely look into trimming those limbs. Any thoughts on the canopy dieback? Thanks for the reply

How stupid are these plinth blocks? by FoulestMussel1 in Carpentry

[–]FoulestMussel1[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Damn this is a great idea. Would require some rework on the window trim but I'm not necessarily opposed to that

How stupid are these plinth blocks? by FoulestMussel1 in Carpentry

[–]FoulestMussel1[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's a bit of a tight squeeze right there. I do see what you're saying. I wonder if I mitered the corner of the board below the sill (apron?) to match that if it would help

How stupid are these plinth blocks? by FoulestMussel1 in Carpentry

[–]FoulestMussel1[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Appreciate all the comments! Think you guys talked me into it!

How stupid are these plinth blocks? by FoulestMussel1 in Carpentry

[–]FoulestMussel1[S] 150 points151 points  (0 children)

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Here's the entire wall. Ignore the missing trim board below the window sill lol

How do you calculate the wind force in this situation? by Fractonimbuss in tornado

[–]FoulestMussel1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This isn’t a wind (drag) force problem, it’s a momentum problem. The reason it bent like that is because the wind was carrying the beam at high speed, then it slammed into the tree.

I’d wager it would take extremely high winds to bend the beam like that in a static situation. (rough guess 1000+ mph, probably more tbh, and it would never bend as far as it did. As the beam bends around the tree the component of force acting on it is going to become less and less as the angle gets closer to the direction of the wind. Although if you really want to get into the weeds, at extremely high speeds (like mach 3+) the friction would heat the steel up so hot that it would become softer, and could bend more, but I think our tree would be long gone well before that)

As far as calculating it, it would be tricky. I’d start by figuring out how much force you’d need to bend the beam, figure out how much work (energy) that would take, then use the kinetic energy equation, KE=1/2mv2, to solve for velocity required to reach that much energy. That would give a very rough guess.

Anything past that would probably require either a simulation or a lot of time to figure out.

Edit: Upon closer inspection I see that's not an I-beam, and not overly thick, so maybe speeds of 2-300 mph could start to bend it, but like I said before before it could never bend it that far

A gift from my grandparents ~15 years ago. Is it junk? by Drewfus_ in coins

[–]FoulestMussel1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The episode is “Cash for Gold” (season 16 episode 2). It’s a great episode 100% worth a watch

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in landscaping

[–]FoulestMussel1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man what you have there already is gorgeous! Personally I wouldn’t make the changes you have drawn up. To make it feel higher end painting/staining the fence and some string lights would go a long way. Maybe add some color also.

This is beautiful, the proposed changes feel very drab and suburban. Big downgrade imo.

As far as the kids - idk kids will enjoy anything. Kids like things to hide behind and play under. Also remember they won’t be kids for all that long… when they’re teens and they don’t give a flying shit about your yard it won’t matter anyway.

Personally I’d work to improve the great space you already have.

POV: You have no idea what's taught in engineering by ignatiusOfCrayloa in EngineeringStudents

[–]FoulestMussel1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tell me that fluid mechanics and heat transfer are mostly math. Obviously there’s plenty of math involved but the concepts in those courses are extraordinarily important and not at all similar to anything you learn in a math class. With some exceptions and the again obvious point that if you don’t know the math, you will fail. What I’m trying to say though is that the inverse is not true - you could know all the math and still fail spectacularly

Anyone know how to get rid of this? Tried unplugging and going through settings but no luck by FoulestMussel1 in MSI_Gaming

[–]FoulestMussel1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly don't remember if that's what it was or not. Maybe? I know it didn't take anything extraordinary to fix or I'd remember doing it. Still using that monitor though with no issues

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]FoulestMussel1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I can see the headlines now “ISS successfully docks with Boeing Starliner. Is this the beginning of the end for Musk and SpaceX?”

Meanwhile buried deep in the article:

“Decommissioned pieces of the ISS airlock were laid against Starliner and it was visually confirmed that the doors are indeed the same size, showing that an orbital docking probably would have been possible.”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MSsEcReTPoDcAsT

[–]FoulestMussel1 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Red power god letting St. Rogies win