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jonsen
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Shame concentration.
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"As communications experts, we can make an important contribution to an equally authentic and individual representation of women and men in their leadership positions by uncovering biases and creating awareness." What exactly is b
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According to QFT there's not really a vacuum anywhere in space, as I understand it?
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Material is mostly vacuum: "The diameter of the nucleus is in the range of 1.70 fm (1.70×10−15 m ...", from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_nucleus
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Did you ever consider what happens inside a CRT? "In the cathode ray tube, electrons are ejected from the cathode and accelerated through a voltage, gaining some 600 km/s for every volt they are accelerated through.", from:
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There’s something fishy going on.
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mathematic-e-books
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https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Networking-Global-James-Kuro...
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That's the same meaning. Multiple capacitor layer elements are simultaneously imprinted as an array on a relatively large sheet of foil, and then chipped into individual elements, like silicon chips are chipped from a wafer.
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"Chip" has become synonymous with integrated circuit, but the meaning was originally: "In electronics, a chip is comprised of semiconductor material cut from a larger wafer of material that is only a few millimeters on one si
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Or three?
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Electrical engineers don't use i, because i is used for current. They use j instead. I've heard them called jolly numbers.
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Yes it's their job. It's a kind of passive safety.
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If rear-ended with your brakes engaged more of the impact energy will go into crumbling your car than if it's allowed to transfer into forward speed. If you see it coming, let go of the brake, and then step on it after impact. That
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I definitely agree, but for your use cases wouldn't there be more appropriate texts like for example Meaning and Argument : https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Argument-Introduction-Through...
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Let's be mice to each other.
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Millionaire is not an SI unit, so centi- is not an SI prefix here.
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The home page has it: https://parentheticallyspeaking.org/
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I think we were better off trying to raise the percentage of PhDs who are qualified, rather than just increasing the number of PhDs.
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Shortage of qualified people does not imply shortage of PhDs.
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We struggle to understand each other. We conduct wars, need religion and the like to keep some order, etc.
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Same on iPad Safari.
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I think you might enjoy this lecture on the meaning of time: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rWqJhDv7M
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You are right that a small quiescent current is necessary for correct idle operation. But much of the discussion here is about the misconception that a certain ambient temperature is necessary for correct operation by design. By the way it
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That would probably be electrolyte leaking. There are several reports/stories about bad quality capacitors unintentionally used in production.
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> ambient temperature is necessary for the quiescent current No it does not say that. It says ambient temperature is a factor contributing to quiescent current: "The value of quiescent current is mostly determined by the series pass
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> ...a bad solder joint Or inside the IC a bad bonding between the chip and the package leads. Or IC package developed cracks and moisture creeps in.
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TextEdit: "If there’s a format you prefer for new documents, you can set the default format. Choose TextEdit > Preferences, click New Document, then select “Rich text” or “Plain text” below Format."
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Also nice to know: 400 x 300 px found on the block diagram.
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> (~10.7cm) Maybe also X cm x Y cm
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