Over 1 Million Posts - Congrats All, Doing Something Right!

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The forum has surpassed over 1 million threads and 6.46 million posts, indicating a thriving community. Despite some posts and threads being deleted, the numbers reflect significant engagement. The achievement highlights the collective effort of members contributing valuable content. The discussion emphasizes the importance of community participation in reaching this milestone. Overall, the forum's growth showcases its success and relevance in the online space.
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...posts, WOW.
Congratualtions all, somehow we must be doing something right.
 
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Oops. o:)
 
Numbers tell only part of the story, as there are gaps.
 
Some posts and threads were deleted, and copying things increases the counter as well, but all these posts/threads existed at some time.
 
I want to thank those members who interacted with me a couple of years ago in two Optics Forum threads. They were @Drakkith, @hutchphd, @Gleb1964, and @KAHR-Alpha. I had something I wanted the scientific community to know and slipped a new idea in against the rules. Thank you also to @berkeman for suggesting paths to meet with academia. Anyway, I finally got a paper on the same matter as discussed in those forum threads, the fat lens model, got it peer-reviewed, and IJRAP...
About 20 years ago, in my mid-30s (and with a BA in economics and a master's in business), I started taking night classes in physics hoping to eventually earn the science degree I'd always wanted but never pursued. I found physics forums and used it to ask questions I was unable to get answered from my textbooks or class lectures. Unfortunately, work and life got in the way and I never got further the freshman courses. Well, here it is 20 years later. I'm in my mid-50s now, and in a...

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