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phinds replied to the thread I Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about real….I thought it would be informative to post the full chart from the article: -
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phinds reacted to Dale's post in the thread B Understanding Newton's Third Law and the Net Force on Objects with
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If you push an object then Newton’s 3rd law says there are two forces. One force acts on you and one force acts on the object (and they... -
phinds replied to the thread I Big bang balloon?.https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/balloon-analogy-good-bad-ugly/ That doesn't even make sense.
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He's to close two the house.
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phinds reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread A A global energy conservation law in general relativity with
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You should resist the temptation. All you have done is rediscover the Komar energy. Which is a perfectly good integral conserved... -
phinds replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.without the word "to", you would have been correct. In English "close to my house" is distance. "close my house" is a command.
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"You're car is to close to my house!" That is an instruction, to close the distance between the car and the house, presumably to zero.
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For what it's worth, be wary of the difference between a fixed and a growth mindset. Fixed: I'm bad at physics. I will always be bad at...
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No one is born "good at physics", or "bad at physics". If you struggle with Halliday, practice Halliday and you will naturally get...
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phinds reacted to sophiecentaur's post in the thread I Gravitational lensing of gravitational waves - real? with Informative.
You can't expect the sort of image resolution that you get with optical wavelengths. Optical telescopes can image lensing rings of the...
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phinds reacted to TensorCalculus's post in the thread Suggestion Show pronouns of a person? with
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I mean... you could make it optional to put on there... like how putting your age/location is optional... -
phinds reacted to dextercioby's post in the thread Suggestion Show pronouns of a person? with
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This is truly optional personal information that should be irrelevant to this community. -
phinds reacted to TensorCalculus's post in the thread Suggestion Show pronouns of a person? with Agree.
Okay so a simple one here: would you be able to show the pronouns of a user simply by hovering over their profile picture, instead of...
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"Monstrous" comes to mind..... Brundlefly, indeed :) The mouthparts are particularly narsty, IMO. Micro Nikkor 55mm at close focus...
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phinds reacted to Nugatory's post in the thread A very naive encryption scheme : How would an expert crack it? with Agree.
No. What makes a Caesar code a Caesar code is that there is a position-dependent one-to-one mapping from each character of plaintext to...
