Recent content by Sofa

I've attached a screengrab of the problem (Specifically, Part B, as indicated in the image) and my attempt at a solution. Summarized, my thinking was based on using ##-\Delta U=\frac{Kx_i^2-Kx_f^2}{2}##. After using up all my attempts, the solution, as it turns out, was U2=4.91J. No variation...

I still have some time to play games now and then, though I prefer making mods these days (as long as said game has a good CDK and I don't have to do any coding, because I'm awful at that). Main subject of that recently has been Ravenfield (a singleplayer game inspired by the early Battlefield...

Also relating to military history is a guy I've been following for some time, Maj. Nick "The Chieftain" Moran. Being an armor officer, he generally discusses armor technology and doctrine, but while he's not an expert in the traditional sense, he discusses the subject in ways that one tends not...

I don't like eating meats like liver, intestine, or other internal organs. They're offal.

"Could you remind me what the Japanese particle for possessives is?" "の" "Why not?" Also: A nation's navy employs mermaids to distract personnel of an invading force. They grant the nation time to evacuate civilians from coastal cities and towns. These are the Civil Defense Sirens.

I'm not very bright, and have always been pretty garbage with math (and therefore physics). I'm under no illusion that pursuing a mechanical engineering degree was a good idea, but after spending some time in the Coast Guard, I dipped into the job market to find myself woefully underqualified...