Timeline for How to ask a good question.
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| Jun 11, 2021 at 12:45 | comment | added | Barry Cipra | @CalvinKhor, I've seen $\mu$ (for mortality) used in SIR equations. | |
| Jun 11, 2021 at 5:58 | comment | added | Calvin Khor | re the new point, I believe it is somewhat standard to introduce the death rate in SIR models and friends as $d$ | |
| Jun 11, 2021 at 1:44 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 332 characters in body |
| May 7, 2021 at 17:05 | comment | added | David G. Stork | I changed "the basic" to "the requisite." Seems innocuous enough and, I trust, helpful. It urges the question poser to work to make the question as focused as possible. | |
| May 7, 2021 at 17:04 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 8 characters in body |
| May 7, 2021 at 15:34 | comment | added | Michael Jesurum | "if you have basic mathematical skills" - I'm not a huge fan of saying things like this, because people can really be put off if they don't have the skills one is referring to. Also, in this specific case I would hesitate to call calculus "basic mathematical skills". To be clear, I think the example you wrote is useful. I just don't like that one particular phrase. | |
| Feb 22, 2021 at 21:33 | comment | added | David G. Stork | It means including "So" in that way is like including "um" or "duh..." or "like"... A waste of everyone's time and an indication of lack of clarity of thought and expression. So umm... like well... ya'know... that this kind of... ya'know... word like "so" is ...um.... so sorta "useless"... | |
| Feb 22, 2021 at 21:31 | comment | added | Théophile | "It is never ever needed." So what? | |
| Sep 17, 2020 at 5:34 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 19 characters in body |
| Sep 17, 2020 at 5:20 | comment | added | user400188 | What if the question is asking for a simplification of $So\land(So\lor Sa)$?, then the question could very well start with So! | |
| Sep 17, 2020 at 1:03 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 117 characters in body |
| Jun 12, 2020 at 10:07 | history | edited | CommunityBot | Commonmark migration | |
| May 21, 2020 at 17:35 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 82 characters in body |
| May 21, 2020 at 17:26 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 24 characters in body |
| May 20, 2020 at 19:34 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 551 characters in body |
| May 17, 2020 at 0:42 | comment | added | user486983 | @GerryMyerson Indeed. One should always recall that one needs to include 'your thoughts on the problem and any attempts you have made to solve it.' :) | |
| May 16, 2020 at 22:41 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 19 characters in body |
| May 16, 2020 at 22:35 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | Of course, if the entire content of the question is, "Prove $\sqrt2$ is irrational," the question will be closed in a microsecond. | |
| May 16, 2020 at 21:14 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 13 characters in body |
| May 16, 2020 at 21:05 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | deleted 5 characters in body |
| May 16, 2020 at 20:58 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 16 characters in body |
| May 16, 2020 at 20:44 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 645 characters in body |
| May 16, 2020 at 19:46 | history | edited | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 37 characters in body |
| May 13, 2020 at 4:43 | history | answered | David G. Stork | CC BY-SA 4.0 |