Activity for Mithrandir24601
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Comment | Post #283293 |
I think this is fine now, as far as book suggestions/recommendations go. Strictly speaking, it should be in a different category, but as it's not a category we have (yet), I'll leave it here until we do (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #283293 |
I've thought about this for a while and I've came to the conclusion that it should be closed, at least temporarily. The meta post has some support, but also points out that we need detailed info on each post. The 2 things with this question is that it really needs the books category instead of Q&A an... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #283573 |
In general, you need some kind of reference to distinguish up from down, but lacking that, we normally say 'down' is the direction gravity pulls us. It's an arbitrary choice though, sure. If you swap up and down here, you'll just find a couple of minus sign differences, but as the direction has chang... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281581 |
This is a great example of a question best suited to the 'Problems' category, so I've decided to move it here. If people disagree with this decision, I can move it back (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280502 |
And... problems category created, wording adjustable. Meta post about specifics of textbook/paper review to follow (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280502 |
People seem pretty happy with this, so I'll go ahead and add a problems category. I was thinking a paper review category would be articles. As for textbook review, this could similarly be articles, or even Wiki posts. Perhaps the textbook chapter should be talked about in another meta question... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280486 |
I'm afraid I don't understand how this is a physics question - it looks like e.g. a DIY or home improvement question to me. Would you be able to expand on why this is about physics? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280466 |
One category for each field of physics would be an extremely large number of categories. In the future, I could see this being useful but at the minute, tags are likely better for differentiating different topics (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |