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Extra section in the body of the post to address the major issues from the answers
Based on my question edited multiple times I know that I would appreciate such a section very much. Editing it should not bump the question to the top of the list on the main site. I'm sorry if I'm ...
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A post was deleted. Can I add a comment?
I added a comment to Could 3I/ATLAS be a fragment from a collision involving a TNO and an interstellar object?. Suppose events happened as you are supposing, except that this was long ago around ...
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Typing equations at physics stack exchange [duplicate]
How do you type equations when asking a question. For example what exactly do click to write X=( 1 2) transposed. Do I need to click say html option in Body menu and then do what ?
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Typing math equations at physics stack exchange in mathjax [duplicate]
How do you type equations at physics stack exchange. Seems like mathjax is proposed, but what are the steps ? Thanks Sorry about the tag and if this not the correct place to ask for help.
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One small case of moderation and non-answer
In this question, I had posted an answer with quotation to show that, while the statement of the question is about rotations, the fundamental underlying confusion lies in the fact that the OP does not ...
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Change position of link to how to ask page
I just had a quick check on where the advice on how to ask a question is positioned and it's on the bottom right of the page you enter a question on. That's the least likely place to attract someone's ...
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Dangling comments after mass deletion
There were a bunch of back-and-forth comments on this answer of the question Beating the uncertainty principle for musicians I'm not really concerned about the deletion of my comments, I know the deal....
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Regarding questions who don't precisely state such and such, is the "Spherical Cow" implied? [closed]
And by spherical cow I mean not real or figurative animals but those high-school level physics assumptions people make. So, if not explicitly stated otherwise, are we to assume things... ... Such as (...
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Can I "steal" a question from the Chemistry Stackexchange that I think would do better here?
Specifically, I think this question on the Chemistry stack is really more appropriate here. As best as I can tell, the physics stack also doesn't have this question yet, and I would be interested in ...
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The rise of LLM-powered users
A decent fraction of our newest power users are partly or entirely powered by copy-pasting LLM output. If you've seen a bit of this stuff, it's pretty easy to tell. This is an interesting situation. ...
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Is a white hole non-mainstream or mainstream physics?
Is a white hole considered non-mainstream or mainstream physics? It is speculative, but could theoretically exist. Asking because there are white hole questions on this site.
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Should we have an annual "tell me about this year's physics Nobel" question?
There've been some in the past (example), but there's no canonical annual question.
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My hardware is sick --- is it OK to ask about it on this site?
My hardware is sick --- is it OK to ask about it on this site? There is a tag "[everyday-life]", but I'm not sure it would cover my question. In my case, the computer monitor got troublesome,...
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Single question or multiple questions?
When is a question with multiple questionmarks still one single question and when isn't it too broad if it needs those multiple questionmarks?
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Rendering of `\oiint` on MathJax
An old question, \oiint doesn't seem to work, asks whether it's possible to get the LaTeX command \oiint to work on this site. The MathJax team has recently ...