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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
travel.stackexchange.com
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To whom does the Islamic State sell their oil?
terrorism
islamic-state
asked Sep 23, 2014 at 23:53
politics.stackexchange.com
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What legal liability does one's participation on Stack Exchange carry?
internet
liability
asked Jun 15, 2015 at 20:33
law.stackexchange.com
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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
space.stackexchange.com
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How to check a large backpack?
air-travel
luggage
airlines
backpacking
backpacks
asked Jan 14, 2015 at 14:08
travel.stackexchange.com
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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
space.stackexchange.com
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Where can I spend time in an anechoic chamber?
where-on-earth
destinations
geek-travel
asked May 8, 2015 at 0:31
travel.stackexchange.com
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What is the proper etiquette at Japanese onsen?
japan
local-customs
hygiene
etiquette
hot-springs
asked May 9, 2014 at 16:07
travel.stackexchange.com
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Why do tropical cyclones not tear themselves apart?
meteorology
weather
hurricane
tropical-cyclone
vorticity
asked Apr 17, 2014 at 3:38
earthscience.stackexchange.com
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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
earthscience.stackexchange.com
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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
stackoverflow.com
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Why does a remote car key work when held to your head/body?
physics.stackexchange.com
67
Why is kVA not the same as kW?
engineering.stackexchange.com
59
Python : Compare two csv files and print out differences
stackoverflow.com
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Create random numpy matrix of same size as another.
stackoverflow.com
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What is the point of listing 1000 authors for a single scientific paper?
academia.stackexchange.com
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Why does a remote car key work when held to your head/body?
physics.stackexchange.com
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Why is Earth's inner core solid?
earthscience.stackexchange.com
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How and why did the oceans form on Earth but not on other planets?
earthscience.stackexchange.com
30
What did LIGO Actually See? (Gravitational waves discovery)
astronomy.stackexchange.com
27
Can I use Google Maps traffic information to estimate driving time for a specific date/time?
travel.stackexchange.com
25
Why am I not burned by a strong wind?
physics.stackexchange.com
25
Without seeing the lightning, can you tell how far away it struck by how the thunder sounds?
physics.stackexchange.com
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Why does a wave actually diffract?
physics.stackexchange.com
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Effective ways to drive a single shaft with multiple motors?
engineering.stackexchange.com
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Theory behind patterns formed on Chladni plates?
physics.stackexchange.com
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What is the purpose of these "steps" in rivers?
engineering.stackexchange.com
21
Why is it more reliable to use the land/pit transition in a CD-ROM?
engineering.stackexchange.com
21
What building is this?
travel.stackexchange.com
20
How can I wash myself Indian-style (using water not toilet paper) in Western toilets?
travel.stackexchange.com
19
Why do car wheels have holes?
engineering.stackexchange.com
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Why would an object appear a different size when in water?
physics.stackexchange.com
15
Is it dangerous to go to the USA as a Russian now?
travel.stackexchange.com
15
How to Transpose each element in a 3D np array
stackoverflow.com
14
Why does squeezing a water bottle make the water come out?
physics.stackexchange.com
14
Why do nearsighted people see better with their glasses *rotated*?
physics.stackexchange.com
14
Select the key:value pairs from a dictionary in Python
stackoverflow.com
14
Is there a website with historical temperatures and weather data?
travel.stackexchange.com
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Avoid snapping an electric cable from too much rotation
engineering.stackexchange.com
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