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I remember the day we ran out of string. We were in a village hall, forty kilometers from the nearest store, trying to form a pendulum for a community...
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My first job after a master's in applied physics was at a company 30 miles from my parents' house. My colleagues assumed I'd soon move to Austin or Se...
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