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I have a question I need to ask but I want to do it privately as the topic it correlates to is pretty taboo. Please comment or dm me, and I'll dm you back.

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

How accurate of an answer do you need? I have an engineering minor and didn’t do much with fluid dynamics, but I know some general basic info

[–] wargreymon2023@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

It depends on whether the divergence of the fluid in question is positive or negative.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Let me guess, is it about the shape of the stream it makes when you pee? I saw a paper on this recently.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Close, but it was closer to extraterrestrial contact.