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Jun 28, 2016 at 22:38 history tweeted twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/747922260300816384
Jun 22, 2016 at 20:44 vote accept M Barbosa
Jun 22, 2016 at 19:57 answer added sammy gerbil timeline score: 2
Jun 22, 2016 at 19:21 comment added DanielSank @sammygerbil Even skimming through is worth the time.
Jun 22, 2016 at 19:04 comment added sammy gerbil @DanielSank : Ought to, but probably don't because it is so long.
Jun 20, 2016 at 4:08 comment added DanielSank There's a famous document called How to ask questions the smart way which everyone ought to read.
Jun 20, 2016 at 0:41 comment added knzhou @MBarbosa Also, sometimes we have to override some of the stuff in the OP. For example, if you said "ignoring friction, why does terminal velocity exist", then you would correctly get comments saying "you can't ignore friction." That's not a failure of reading comprehension. Cases like this are why I'd like to see concrete examples.
Jun 20, 2016 at 0:37 comment added knzhou @MBarbosa Do you have a specific example in particular? A lot of the time, especially in relativity and "popsci" particle physics, I can identify "oh, this user has X misconception" within the first few lines. Then I just skim the rest. Many people do this, and it works at least 90% of the time, but I admit it's not perfect.
Jun 19, 2016 at 18:01 comment added M Barbosa @Qmechanic not in the sense of multiple questions, more like details they overlook. For example if I state clearly in my text that I am ignoring the effects of friction, but then someone comments/answers saying something negative involving the effects of friction
Jun 19, 2016 at 17:52 answer added dmckee --- ex-moderator kittenMod timeline score: 15
Jun 19, 2016 at 17:43 history edited QmechanicMod
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Jun 19, 2016 at 17:41 comment added Qmechanic Mod Are you thinking of a certain post in particular? Does the post have more than one subquestion?
Jun 19, 2016 at 17:01 history asked M Barbosa CC BY-SA 3.0