joelegner

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by joelegner 3y ago
Perhaps you and the other posters are talking past each other. For me the word “volunteering” conjures thoughts of spending some weekends doing things for local charities within easy driving distance of my home, not paying to travel oversea
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by joelegner 3y ago
Yes, but I have not heard it used for years. It seems to have fallen out of favor like my dad’s favorite: “boob tube.”
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by joelegner 3y ago
It sounds to me like you want to rely on quantifiable science in all things. Yes science is founded upon math which is founded upon logic. Both math and logic are axiomatic systems, and axioms are assumed or declared. They are not independe
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by joelegner 3y ago
Isn’t the aspiration to be unbiased worthy already? The goal or call it “aspiration” to serve unbiased news is admirable to me, even while my rational mind knows the aspiration is an unattainable ideal. I will give them a try. Then I can ju
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by joelegner 4y ago
Yes, there are many! I was shocked to learn this as an adult. Various sources seem to number them in the hundreds of thousands of variants. This one remarks there are a half-million variants of the New Testament. It does not seem to be in d
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by joelegner 4y ago
Good point. In the United States there are two pozzolanic materials frequently used as "admixtures" in concrete: fly ash and silica fume. Fly ash is far more common. It is a beneficial byproduct of coal combustion. Being a byprodu
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by joelegner 4y ago
Structural engineer here. Much of what is said in the other responses is correct, but I will try to explain it as structural engineers do and also use industry-standard terms. There are many things called concrete. I am going to use the wor