Chris Mueller

New York, NY, United States

Optical physicist and scientific programmer working mostly in Python.

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Is it culturally acceptable for an American to visit the memorials in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

japan sightseeing us-citizens cultural-awarness world-war-ii asked Apr 5, 2014 at 22:40

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42 votes

To whom does the Islamic State sell their oil?

terrorism islamic-state asked Sep 23, 2014 at 23:53

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38 votes

What legal liability does one's participation on Stack Exchange carry?

internet liability asked Jun 15, 2015 at 20:33

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33 votes

Is there a lot of space trash at the Earth-Moon Lagrange points?

orbital-mechanics debris lagrangian-points asked Mar 20, 2014 at 15:24

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30 votes

How to check a large backpack?

air-travel luggage airlines backpacking backpacks asked Jan 14, 2015 at 14:08

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24 votes

Did the designers of Voyager neglect the angular momentum of the tape recorders?

nasa voyager attitude myth-busting mistakes asked Jul 24, 2015 at 17:10

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21 votes

Where can I spend time in an anechoic chamber?

where-on-earth destinations geek-travel asked May 8, 2015 at 0:31

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19 votes

What is the proper etiquette at Japanese onsen?

japan local-customs hygiene etiquette hot-springs asked May 9, 2014 at 16:07

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17 votes

Why do tropical cyclones not tear themselves apart?

meteorology weather hurricane tropical-cyclone vorticity asked Apr 17, 2014 at 3:38

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17 votes

Why is there a line of volcanoes along the northwest coast of North America?

geophysics volcanology plate-tectonics geography asked Apr 16, 2014 at 15:11

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convert a grayscale image to a 3-channel image

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How to take the nth digit of a number in python

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Why does a remote car key work when held to your head/body?

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Why is kVA not the same as kW?

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Python : Compare two csv files and print out differences

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Create random numpy matrix of same size as another.

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What is the point of listing 1000 authors for a single scientific paper?

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Why does a remote car key work when held to your head/body?

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Why is Earth's inner core solid?

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How and why did the oceans form on Earth but not on other planets?

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What did LIGO Actually See? (Gravitational waves discovery)

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Can I use Google Maps traffic information to estimate driving time for a specific date/time?

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Why am I not burned by a strong wind?

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Without seeing the lightning, can you tell how far away it struck by how the thunder sounds?

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Why does a wave actually diffract?

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Effective ways to drive a single shaft with multiple motors?

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Theory behind patterns formed on Chladni plates?

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What is the purpose of these "steps" in rivers?

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Why is it more reliable to use the land/pit transition in a CD-ROM?

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What building is this?

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How can I wash myself Indian-style (using water not toilet paper) in Western toilets?

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Why do car wheels have holes?

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Why would an object appear a different size when in water?

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Is it dangerous to go to the USA as a Russian now?

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How to Transpose each element in a 3D np array

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Why does squeezing a water bottle make the water come out?

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Why do nearsighted people see better with their glasses *rotated*?

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Select the key:value pairs from a dictionary in Python

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Is there a website with historical temperatures and weather data?

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Avoid snapping an electric cable from too much rotation

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