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Why is this not the norm ?

Hi, I am interested in knowing something that has had my mind on the verge of blowing recently. I understand that some of you on this forum study something in science or engineering, but I would like to know if there are any individuals interested in math and science that have trouble reading it. That is, if you were given the ability to read math and science, you would do it out of interest, but you're not because you find it too complicated/lose concentration when reading it. Thanks for your input!

I have just bought a house in NH and I have a problem. There is house on either side of my drive way which is about 75 feet long. I don't really have 500 dollars to spend on a snow blower that still only blows snow maybe 15 to 30 ft. A snow plow cannot get enough clearance to push the snow out because my garage is at one end of the driveway and even the driveway is quite narrow. I know that a shovel is my only option but I figured I would put it up on here for some young genius to invent and idea. I know they make backup plows which are too expensive for me to buy also. Let me know what you guys come up with!

Playing around with trying to get some pointillism code working. Think this picture came out pretty nicely

Just looking at science education tables and 'PISA' results. We come along way down the list. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38157811

Hey hey, So as a person working in science myself I know all the struggle that surrounds science funding and getting hold of grants. So if there was a way of obtaining money for a research project via crowdfunding how many of you would go for it it? Also, we all know how governmental funding bodies often prefer "safe" projects that will most likely be able to generate a paper in the end over risky but, potentially, innovative ones. So again if there was a platform that would allow you to gather the funds for the projects that you always wanted to set up but always kind of knew that it's pointless because you will never get the funds for it, would you use this opportun…

See the process here. Extruding of a 2D object in 3D. Brilliant!

I've ordered 200g of a herbal powder out of China, via FedEx. The shipment is currently in the customs in Cologne for 5 weeks. I've contacted FedEx and the customs several times but they can't help. What can cause this? What's the longest you ever had to wait?

I teach my students everyday.Every moment of motion,time still goes on.Whether you feel good or bad time still ticks and tacks.Now has anybody also experience that time seems faster than what it was in the past?The days are passing by quickly as well as weeks,months ,years and so on...

Hi everyone, Today I got a trial for work as a kitchen hand job -this is for part-time work. I have a casual job as a kitchen hand already. However in this new workplace while after washing the dishes they do not give time to air dry the dishes and instead they use a wet tea towel to dry them instead. I've been told in my current casual job that you shouldn't dry dishes with the tea towel but allow them to air dry instead. What should I do? What do you think is the most logical thing to do and do you think drying dishes with a wet tea towel is a big hazard problem? Should I discuss this with the manager if I were successful for the job? In my food safety c…

I'm thinking in purchasing a telescope, for the first time in my life, since my child seems to be as interested in the sky bodies as I am (unfortunately my wife doesn't share it, LOL) but there are many and with varying costs. what would you recommend me to purchase? and, what are the maximum magnification available in the telescopes one can purchase? I hope I'm not disturbing anyone with this question

The post in the politics section called, "Trump protestors", was started on Nov. 10. On Nov. 17 (today..oddly enough 1 week later), there has been over 295 posts on that topic alone (roughly 42 posts/day). I bet the physics, chemistry, biology, computer science or math sections don't even get a fraction of that in a month's time. Now you see why I've suggested deleting the politics section on this forum in the past? It benefits no one, and in case you haven't noticed, minds are seldom changed. Yes, I know I started the post, but it's my 2nd post in that section, and I've been here almost 4 years now. Politics section description: "What's going on in the wo…

I always thought online personality tests are stupid, though funny things, that people who are insecure look to. I figured I would have a good laugh by taking a personality test, and was pleasantly surprised at how accurate it is: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test What did you guys get and how accurate was it? I found it creepy to be honest, I got this: https://www.16personalities.com/intp-personality Interested to see what you guys get. Good luck.

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Hello everyone I just saw these videos, and wanted to share it with you guys ... Caution: it is incredibly strangening, and to me, it feels like one of the weirdest febrile dreams ever (the crazy sh*t you get delivered at night when having a fever). https://www.facebook.com/brianbbrianbrian/videos/1758908054371540/ https://www.facebook.com/cool3dworld/videos/1800400513511177/ Not sure if I can share links here ... Sorry if I can't. Please, discuss the emotions provoked by this ... Thing. I wonder what has to go through someone's mind in order to be able to make such a demonic thing. Even watching it feels like tripping without drugs (not that I have a…

If you found an earth like planet around a star twice as massive as our sun, which would mean it's life span would be very short on the order of one billion years. If the star was going to make the Earth like planet uninhabitable in say one million years would it be ethical to colonize that planet?

The universal problem. A metaphor. The place is known by the observer; a place of random angles, of angles opposed, not diametrically, but symmetrically – a mark of a dragon. Dragonfly, a surge is science, a concept I have understood. I refer to a mark of a dragon; an angle diametrically opposed, must surge, for symmetry. In a first instance, the symmetry is mini, and in the second, great, and great ever-after. Infinite squares, a time machine. Red is divisible, therefore it is attractive; blue is infinitesimal, that is, it can't be subtracted to one; green is a stray of central yellow. A purple master and a pink. I refer to infinite squares; a sh…

So I've been doing research for a diagnostics company for a few months now. I've slowly been learning the in's and out's of the lab, the work flow, data analysis, running assays more cleanly, etc. The other day the Director of Research (my supervisor) pulled me aside and said I was doing well on lab performance, but I am lacking in knowledge about the flow of the project, and I need to ask more questions, read more about the machinery, protein research, and slowly prepare myself to becoming more independent in the lab etc. My supervisor is very rational, and I see the angle of what he's saying...he's not one of those bosses where someone says "he just told me to work hard…

What causes the shadow of my lightbulb to appear in the manner it does?

This is the kind of stuff I would like to post, would I be welcomed here? I'm interested in the sciences, and follow the method as well as the rules, but I'm not educated to perform science of my own - that is, I want to learn as much as I can, and contribute as a member of a community. I will not engage in pseudoscience, and I'll never, with intent, cause a member of higher expertise stand falsely accused my inadequacy. Thanks for the opportunity! 1 Would this work? I'm halfway through drafting my story and I haven't done the math, to see if it all adds up. The concept of time in this story, is different. The time generated in my story has taken account …

I'm sure your first reaction will be that I'm bull . . . .ing you. But I'm not! I added Google Analytics to my Weebly hosted Electroplatetectonics.com site about a month ago. This morning I found a "vote for Trump" on one of the pages. Is this from someone in Google or is it some kind of a hack? I know very little about how this computer stuff works, if it wasn't for one of my sons technical help I would be lost when things on my laptop get screwed up. Where do you think this comes from? It's weird that it shows up on the language page but doesn't say which one. There has been one session from Samara, Russia. Could it be some scam from there?…

Just curious.

I have been looking at folio 49v for some time now. But, tonight I just stared at it till I came up with a solution and my cipher is the solution to the VMS with a 100% result. As most of you know there is a number column to the left of the glyph column which reads 1-5 and then the glyph column which descends next to the paragraphs. Using proper math associated with my cipher for these glyph’s in the tabbed margins they add up together to be 156 which is the same for the vord count on this page. The total in the first column is 73 and the next column for the other two paragraphs is 83. So to my pleasure there was a system to the madness on this page. Here is a link …

hi, I believe that language is quite important to do science it will affect our social ability and the quality of papers. I know three language one of these is akin to arabic but cannot choose the forth one. really I am willing to choose chinese. persian is also possible and easier. but chinese is different. which one should be chosen?

As we observed and concluded a point And a decision ; there exists a very good detail to make our preferences more clearly and also carefully than rather than goals. For instance,I obviously observed/gathered these details (***** * ***** See the intellectuality among details ***** * *****) 1) everyone would do the science whoever is honest but unfortunately is ordinary 2) everyone is not aware a point but it is very very important : "youth" 3)generally ,while it is commonly possible to write many papers ,it is highly difficult to create an extraordinary contribution. look please and see the reality : nothing might be more prominent than your health ,thus your fun…