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niels nielsen
  • Member for 10 years, 7 months
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  • corvallis, oregon, united states
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physics enthusiast and electric bassist, recovering ex-engineer (there's a 12-step program for that but it's notoriously ineffective). Tries to answer questions on the stack exchange in order to help people and improve his game. Website full of weirdly cool stuff he's done at www.nielsenkillowatt.com

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Where is a statement of the purpose of physics.stackexchange?
Apr 10, 2022
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statistics on question types
Jan 17, 2018
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My answer got me -15 points! Why?
Jan 9, 2022
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overtly hostile comments from one person
Jun 20
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Are future physics discoveries properly categorized as mainstream or not?
Oct 19, 2021
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How to delete a wrong answer after it has been accepted?
Sep 4, 2018
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Sudden appearance of a -15 reputation loss on one of my old answers
Apr 29, 2021
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How can one identify a downvoter?
Dec 8, 2018
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Negative rep score when neither question nor my answer were downvoted
Mar 31, 2019
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Why do physicists say a proposed perpetual motion machine won't work without even looking at it?
Aug 28
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Why do fans spin backwards slightly after they (should) stop?
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Why do spaceships heat up when entering earth but not when exiting?
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Why does a sticker slowly peel off, but if it is pulled quickly it tears?
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Why bother buying efficient lights if you are already heating your house?
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Why doesn't the road lose its thickness to the tyre?