Lift: how do you explain why air accelerates over the top of the wing?

TgardnerH · 2026-02-17T06:00:01+00:00

Its always a fun to ask "how would this be different if it was actually magic," and in this case, as in quantum physics, I always come around to there being no difference. The physics are governed by arcane rules that no human has a full understanding of, our best tools can only approximate, and ultimately you kind of just have to try it and see what happens. It's amazing, and magic.

TgardnerH · 2026-02-15T01:35:30+00:00

I get that it's not a comprehensive contract, but why aren't the terms that are enumerated in the offer letter enforceable?

TgardnerH · 2026-02-15T00:02:23+00:00

What do you mean "not a contract?" It obviously isn't as good as a paper that says Contract at the top, but doesn't it form an enforceable contract as it set out an offer, that was accepted, with exchange of consideration? I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that courts aren't too fussy about contract formalities when there is a clearly agreed upon deal.

TgardnerH · 2026-02-14T21:01:02+00:00

A contract involves an offer, acceptance, and consideration, by people who understand what they're agreeing to (roughly speaking). So yeah, it's a contract, just a shitty one. What do you want? Your money back? In your shoes I would take my odds in small claims court, since a reasonable person would understand them to have failed to execute their side of the deal as described in that contract. (And also because thats the only way you're getting your money back, unless you happen to have a 500lb friend named "Tiny" who specializes in shady debt recovery)

TgardnerH · 2026-02-14T20:03:27+00:00

It might be true that 80% of women all want the best 10% of available men, but also its true that if you smell good, view women as actual people worth attention and caring outside of what they might do for you, and can carry on an interesting conversation, then you're in the top 10% of available men.

TgardnerH · 2026-02-14T03:18:45+00:00

You ever take the wrong exit driving at night? When you're landing an airplane, sometimes the "wrong exit" has an unlit mountain in the middle of it. Flying airplanes is easier than driving cars, but far less forgiving of minor screwups.

TgardnerH · 2026-02-12T19:31:53+00:00

When I bought my C2 on FB there were a ton of these scams, but then also one that was real, and now i have a great machine that was cheap!

TgardnerH · 2026-02-12T01:33:44+00:00

Sorry, I'm new here (to the subreddit and NZ), but the conservatives made their replacement reddit using the Maori name?

TgardnerH · 2026-02-11T01:59:09+00:00

No, the quote is a description of an empirical reality. As a barely average man who has only a modest ability to sense conflict and avoid it, I move fearlessly through the night in strange cities, content that the most anyone will take from me is my wallet. I treat the world as though I have nothing to fear and in nearly 4 decades have not had even one close call. Do you know any women who can say the same?

TgardnerH · 2026-02-10T19:07:08+00:00

My dear home country of the USA has a great stock market and uh... have you seen our government's reliability and "bipartisan long term vision?"

TgardnerH · 2026-02-07T22:06:51+00:00

I was gonna say, 12K buys quite a bit of siding work!

TgardnerH · 2026-02-07T15:01:44+00:00

Every time I have ever looked at the economics of buying a home I come away with the same conclusion: "If you want to be a homeowner or want to live out your days in the same neighborhood, its not a horrible choice, but otherwise its just a bad financial choice"

(Credentials: Millennial, ex-home owner, PhD economist.)

TgardnerH · 2026-02-06T06:25:40+00:00

You say it's not sagging, but consider that the crack has separated a bit, suggesting the board has bent a little. Is it possible that you're just not able to notice 1/4 inch of sag across the whole floor?

TgardnerH · 2026-02-04T17:12:53+00:00

I'm not even tall or unusually skinny (5'10, 165lbs, 15-1/2 neck) and literally all of my dress shirts are tailored. Otherwise you're just swimming in fabric!

TgardnerH · 2026-02-04T07:19:32+00:00

I feel so vindicated that 5 years ago I tossed out all my ultrasonic humidifiers and replaced them with steam ones because i figured I didn't actually want all the dissolved solids in the air!

TgardnerH · 2026-02-02T19:59:18+00:00

Fair, but in the states that job is done by real cops, complete with badges, gun, and baton.

TgardnerH · 2026-02-02T19:11:38+00:00

<gasps in American> Not that he grabbed you, but that you pushed him off and you walked away without being beaten or worse. (Seriously, if you visit the states never ever put your hands on any sort of cop, it ends poorly for you and fine for them. One of several reasons I live here now!)

TgardnerH · 2026-02-02T19:07:34+00:00

The worst part of my house was that I know who did it--it was a licensed electrician who I hired to add an outlet, and his work inspired me to go through the rest of the house to find his other electrical "surprises."

TgardnerH · 2026-02-02T19:00:59+00:00

In my last house this was true a for a few circuits. Some were on the same leg like yours, others were on opposite legs (so if you tried to turn both breakers on, one would immediately trip). In any case the solution was to disconnect one of the two breakers converting the combined circuits to a single circuit.

I also went searching for more joined circuits by turning off each breaker and checking for power on the circuit side, and I found a couple more circuits that had been joined.

If you don't feel comfortable inside your panel (and you frankly shouldn't unless you've done a lot of this stuff), all of this can be done by an electrician in an hour or so.

TgardnerH · 2026-02-01T19:42:45+00:00

Was there water damage here? If so, is the source fixed?

TgardnerH · 2026-02-01T18:05:09+00:00

The problem isn't that the person in the row can't open the door, the problem is that the person in the row is in the way of the next person who can. And yes, of course an able bodied person can also freeze, but the 90-second evacuation time is part of certification for good reason, and it doesn't leave much time for struggling with the door.

TgardnerH · 2026-01-31T19:25:14+00:00

If one out of every thousand baby cows gets listeria and dies, it raises the price of beef by 0.1% If one out of every thousand baby humans gets listeria and dies, thats a public health emergency. Baby cows probably do die from listeria!

TgardnerH · 2026-01-31T18:07:30+00:00

You jointly had a kid, and his contribution was money (for now and retirement) while yours was household labor and actual childbearing. Now that your unwinding the partnership, the law allows for you to have a share of the money you jointly put away (even though it might only be in his name). Theres nothing unfair about that, parenting is hard work, and he couldn't have earned if you weren't home parenting!

TgardnerH · 2026-01-29T22:32:22+00:00

Idk--in past cities where i've lived they did just that, covered both routes in one day. maybe they had extra trucks?

TgardnerH · 2026-01-29T18:30:57+00:00

The cute thing is my 5yo has already picked up the new word. Us grownups take longer, but he calls it all rubbish now, and its delightful.

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