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Robert Hamill

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    Heating Electricity Usage
    Daily Life

    Heating Electricity Usage

    Robert Hamill 20 Sep 201830 May 2022Leave a comment

    We consume 1300 kW every month for non-HVAC activities. Each winter month consumes about 2500 kW for heating, while summer cooling uses 1500 kW per…

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    Morality. Absolute or Relative
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    Morality. Absolute or Relative

    Robert Hamill 12 Sep 20184 Dec 20242 Comments

    It's essential to understand that there are relative and absolute moralities contending in our decision-making. Which shall rule - personal conscience or societal dictates?

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    Home Electric Use and MATLAB
    Daily Life

    Home Electric Use and MATLAB

    Robert Hamill 29 Aug 201830 May 20221 Comment

    The MATLAB scatterplot clearly shows at low temperatures (towards the left), the most electricity is consumed (data points higher).

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    Fake News and Mindset
    Government Mental Aspects Thought Modes

    Fake News and Mindset

    Robert Hamill 25 Aug 20182 Oct 20232 Comments

    Good citizens mustn't have their mindset led astray by opinions, unconnected to facts. Good political choices arise from true facts and informed opinion.

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    Elliptical Orbits and Center of Mass
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    Elliptical Orbits and Center of Mass

    Robert Hamill 10 Aug 201826 Jan 2025Leave a comment

    The planets' orbitals are elliptical because astronomical measurements are made to the center of the sun rather than the center of mass of the system.

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    MATLAB Excursion
    Daily Life Science

    MATLAB Excursion

    Robert Hamill 31 Jul 201813 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    Data clustering, the organizing of data spontaneously, defines the essence of a person's unique understanding of reality. Data categorization is the method of learning societal…

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    Mass Media Campaigning Role
    Government Mental Aspects

    Mass Media Campaigning Role

    Robert Hamill 13 Jul 201830 Nov 20234 Comments

    Only listen to a single news outlet which holds a decided perspective, never see the full range of features affecting the outcome.

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    Speed of a Novel. Middlemarch
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    Speed of a Novel. Middlemarch

    Robert Hamill 10 May 201826 Jan 2025Leave a comment

    More action with shorter sequels is the rule in commercial fiction these days, but I mustn't forget that the sequels must be full enough to…

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    Words and Writing
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    Words and Writing

    Robert Hamill 15 Apr 201829 Apr 2022Leave a comment

    What else accounts for the difference most of us experience between the vigor of our speech and the difficulty of our writing?

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    Representation Must Match Votes
    Government Non-Fiction

    Representation Must Match Votes

    Robert Hamill 14 Mar 201830 Nov 20234 Comments

    Pennsylvanian House representation (13 R, 5 D) reflected the views of the minority, not the majority.

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    Recently deceased hoisted by adults and societyTo cumulus heaven, adding Family myths and hard-earned lessonsTo guide our daily lives. Good and evil tally Yet change…

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    We explore how biological needs give rise to emotion, emotion forms associative patterns, and language both reflects and reshapes our outlook. Discover how the mind weighs emotion against logic in shaping behavior.
    Each step rests on the brain’s All-or-Nothing firing, where near matches are treated as exact— and abstraction gives rise to emergent insight.

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    Updated Jun 25, 2025 President Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities—without congressional authorization or approval—has once again stirred the unresolved tension at the…

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      Failure of Old Economic Solutions

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      The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street

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      Morality. Absolute or Relative

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    Tabulators separate ballots into piles for each presidential candidate during a recount in Dane County (Wis.) on December 1, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty)