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Coulomb's law remains tricky to test at home

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  1. smallmancontrov · · focus · HN ↗
    Cat + Packing Peanuts

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;commons.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;File:Cat_demonstrating_static_cling_with_styrofoam_peanuts.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;commons.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;File:Cat_demonstrating_st...

    1. tantalor · · focus · HN ↗
      Good idea, you could do a monte carlo method where you throw many packing peanuts at the cat (or many cats!) and count how many stick, divide by how many you threw, et voila
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