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Chris Mueller

New York, NY, United States

Optical physicist and scientific programmer working mostly in Python.

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Top Questions
48 votes

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 '14 at 22:40
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41 votes

To whom does the Islamic State sell their oil?

terrorism islamic-state asked Sep 23 '14 at 23:53
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36 votes

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

internet liability asked Jun 15 '15 at 20:33
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30 votes

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

orbital-mechanics debris lagrangian-points asked Mar 20 '14 at 15:24
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30 votes

How to check a large backpack?

air-travel luggage airlines backpacking backpacks asked Jan 14 '15 at 14:08
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22 votes

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

nasa voyager attitude myth-busting mistakes asked Jul 24 '15 at 17:10
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20 votes

Where can I spend time in an anechoic chamber?

where-on-earth destinations geek-travel asked May 8 '15 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 '14 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 '14 at 3:38
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16 votes

Ear protection on long flights?

air-travel health long-haul asked Apr 7 '14 at 15:46
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Top Answers
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Why does a remote car key work when held to your head/body?
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81
convert a grayscale image to a 3-channel image
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62
How to take the nth digit of a number in python
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60
Why is kVA not the same as kW?
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38
What is the point of listing 1000 authors for a single scientific paper?
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37
Why does a remote car key work when held to your head/body?
physics.stackexchange.com

32
Why is Earth's inner core solid?
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29
Create random numpy matrix of same size as another.
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28
How and why did the oceans form on Earth but not on other planets?
earthscience.stackexchange.com

26
What did LIGO Actually See? (Gravitational waves discovery)
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26
Can I use Google Maps traffic information to estimate driving time for a specific date/time?
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25
Without seeing the lightning, can you tell how far away it struck by how the thunder sounds?
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25
Python : Compare two csv files and print out differences
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23
Why am I not burned by a strong wind?
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22
What is the purpose of these “steps” in rivers?
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21
Theory behind patterns formed on Chladni plates?
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21
What building is this?
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20
Effective ways to drive a single shaft with multiple motors?
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19
Why do car wheels have holes?
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19
How can I wash myself Indian-style (using water not toilet paper) in Western toilets?
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19
Why does a wave actually diffract?
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18
Why is it more reliable to use the land/pit transition in a CD-ROM?
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15
How to Transpose each element in a 3D np array
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15
Is it dangerous to go to the USA as a Russian now?
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14
Why does squeezing a water bottle make the water come out?
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14
Why would an object appear a different size when in water?
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14
Is there a website with historical temperatures and weather data?
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13
Avoid snapping an electric cable from too much rotation
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12
Would life on Earth survive without the Sun?
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Is it possible to see Auroras from the equatorial region?
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