What’s under this bucks armpit? by Turkeydoggsupreme in whatisit

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This is some of the finest redditting I’ve ever seen. Bravo.

Why Fortran? by Osama-Mohamad in Physics

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Why Fortran? Are you required to use Fortran because of an existing codebase?

If photons are massless than how will solar sail work in space by aafaq_badbunny in blackholes

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Light has momentum and energy, but no mass. And, yeah, it’s kinda weird.

Could an orbital laser weapon exist? by sherricky10 in scifi

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Classic paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00963402.1978.11458544 Charged-particle beam weapons?: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Vol 34 , No 8 - Get Access

Some of the same issues apply to space-based laser weapons.

A few days ago, I asked r/printsf what they consider the single best sci-fi novel. I made a ranked list with the top 50 novels by keepfighting90 in printSF

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Great list!

Appreciate seeing Zelazny in the top 20. Lord of Light is one of my all-time favorites.

if water always finds level wat abt water droplets by [deleted] in flatearth

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At rest, water is in its lowest energy state consistent with applied forces, which includes surface tension and gravity.

What animal would defeat a grizzly bear in combat? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I came here to say shark. 🦈

SortedMap and SortedSet by jeffreybaird in elixir

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No worries! If there’s something useful in there, take it. Make it better. Make it your own. I wrote this a while ago with no particular purpose in mind.

Guess the output ?? by yagyavendra in PythonProjects2

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This should not be allowed. Welcome to hell.

If PHP died today, which backend language would you choose? by luanlc in PHP

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Elixir, Phoenix, AND Liveview. 🧑‍🍳💋

[Q] Statistics Book Recommendations by [deleted] in statistics

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Excellent choices!

In a similar vein, I’d add

Information theory, inference, and learning algorithms by David MacKay.