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FactChecker reacted to Filip Larsen's post in the thread I Software for entering Mathematics Equations with
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It may be of interest to you to also consider writing notes directly using LaTeX, possibly in the form of a single tool like TeXworks or... -
FactChecker replied to the thread I Am I misapplying something here? (Exponentials; Euler's identity).Without using complex numbers at all, you could have said that ##(1)^2 = 1 = 1^0##, so ##2=0##. The truth is that the inverse of the...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Defining Analog Computer Power.Even now, the field of AI is adding NPUs to the hardware of digital computers (even inexpensive System On a Chip) and NPU TOPs...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Never think never for an improbable event.Simulators can model failures by programming in appropriate fault insertion options. Most simulators do not include much of the actual...
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FactChecker reacted to Greg Bernhardt's post in the thread Announcement Please welcome berkeman as PF Admin with Like.
I am thrilled and honored to announce that @berkeman has accepted a role as PF Admin! @berkeman has 20 impactful years at PF under his...
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Testing inline ##\Omega=ab\mu^{\nu}\text{ test}## code. Testing display$$\Omega=ab\mu^{\nu}\text{ test}$$code. Both inline and display...
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FactChecker reacted to .Scott's post in the thread Never think never for an improbable event with
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I describe two engineering issues below. In both cases, I start with what is shown in the video and wiki article because they tend to... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Never think never for an improbable event.The goal is to optimize the allotment of the limited resource of pilot training time to maximize safety. If this is a rare event...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Learning physics beyond classical mechanics without labs?.This thread might be relevant: Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about real…
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FactChecker reacted to DrChinese's post in the thread I Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about real… with Like.
You’re probably thinking “duh”. But that’s actually the title of the article that was published yesterday. Physicists disagree wildly...
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FactChecker reacted to .Scott's post in the thread When should a beginner programmer learn vims/emacs? with Like.
I just Googled "text editors for coding". It responded with a list of 51 such editors. In a single hour, I may use Notepad, Notepad++...
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FactChecker reacted to Ibix's post in the thread When should a beginner programmer learn vims/emacs? with Like.
Old school, you would write code using a text editor and save the file. You would then run a compiler, telling it to process the file(s)...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Learning physics beyond classical mechanics without labs?.Those are the examples that are notoriously counter-intuitive. Experts argue about what the experiments really mean and often have to...
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FactChecker replied to the thread When should a beginner programmer learn vims/emacs?.I am not an expert in this, but here is the situation as I was using them: A text editor like Vim will have language options to...
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FactChecker replied to the thread When should a beginner programmer learn vims/emacs?.For writing large C and C++ computer programs, no stand alone text editor equals an IDE. That being said, for text editing or simple...