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    Yikes! Autonomous cars to control intersections, drivers be aware!

    What about pedestrians and cyclist? Doesn't this make the system easy to hack? No need for the "real Napster" traffic hack anymore! Just simulate autonomous car signals.
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    Collection of Science Jokes P2

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    Bad Math Jokes

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    Bad Math Jokes

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    Bad Math Jokes

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    Engineering Looking for recommendations for reference/textbooks on Flight Dynamics

    I would have thought you are the go-to person for such a question. In what context this book will be used and who is it for?
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    News Weird News Compilation

    Something similar happened to one of my friend when he was 12. He was at a party with a friend, and my friend's father who - obviously - drove them there. At one point, his friend mentioned she had to go back home, so he asked his father to take her home. His father told him he was too drunk to...
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    Collection of Science Jokes P2

    The Romans didn't find algebra very challenging, because X was always 10.
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

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    Problem about units conversion: cm^2 --> m^2

    No, it is 0.01 m² = 100 cm². The exponent on the units is important: (0.1 m) X (0.1 m) = (0.1 X 0.1) (m X m) = 0.01 m.m = 0.01 m²; (10 cm) X (10 cm) = (10 X 10) (cm X cm) = 100 cm.cm = 100 cm². You can even have uncommon units like (0.1 m) X (10 cm) = (0.1 X 10) (m X cm) = 1 m.cm which is also...
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    ChatGPT Examples, Good and Bad

    A cord is a volume of firewood or pulpwood. You can stack your logs on site for transport, where 4' length may make more sense: Also there use to be fireplace in castles where 4-foot logs made sense: 3 X 16" = 48". That is the standard length around here, as mentioned by @DaveC426913...
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    Today I Learned

    Around here, it is the manure pits that are disastrously fatal. The sad part is when one person dies, there is usually a second fatality from the person who sees the passed out person and then go into the pit to try to rescue them. Quebec coroner warns of danger after couple dies from...
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