The Factory Floor

DaaaahWhoosh

18:01

@MonicaCellio Oh, that is new. 6 answers in under 12 hours, he must be a confident one

AndreiROM

@DaaaahWhoosh I can't remember when I've ever gotten 6 answers in a day, let alone in 12 hours

Monica Cellio

@DaaaahWhoosh or enthusiastic.

I've seen that before.

New user encounters SE, or a particular site, for the first time and jumps in with both feet. If we give him a helping hand he could end up as a productive and engaged user; if we ignore him or don't help him improve his posts he might go away.

There are probably bunches of others, by the way. When I notice a new post from somebody with 1 rep (or 101, but especially 1), I try to always take a look.

It's a practice I recommend.

DaaaahWhoosh

I guess this is a good reason I didn't get to be mod... I'm really afraid of trying to help new users

I'm also afraid of disagreeing with old users

AndreiROM

@DaaaahWhoosh lol, got you beat on that one

DaaaahWhoosh

@AndreiROM I don't think you do... but maybe you're right ;P

AndreiROM

18:15

@DaaaahWhoosh I like to think I got you beat on that one? :P

@MonicaCellio his answers are mostly pretty low quality

I tried commenting on two of them, but if I do more i'll come across as a stalker

DaaaahWhoosh

they aren't necessarily bad answers, unless the science behind them is completely made up, which I cannot confirm or deny

AndreiROM

if he sticks around in the community we'll run into him again

@DaaaahWhoosh I was looking at his AI question answer right now

his premise: Ai, Being a creation of human life should logically acknowledge the fact it was created by us for us. And without us would serve no purpose.

is completely flawed

I suppose that technically his answer is fine as long as that premise is true

but that's wishful thinking

DaaaahWhoosh

I agree with you on that answer, his other ones are generally a lot shorter

I think the main problem is that he doesn't fully explain his reasoning on things that should be explained, but that's a hard skill to learn

Monica Cellio

@DaaaahWhoosh the reason I linked his account in here is that it's not really part of the mod job to welcome newcomers; it's everybody's job, to the extent you're comfortable doing so. No pressure if you're not, of course.

AndreiROM

@DaaaahWhoosh exactly. He gives some pretty "crazy" answers, but then leaves it sounding like technical mumbo-jumbo, which doesn't help the OP at all

Monica Cellio

18:20

@DaaaahWhoosh I've found that if you're respectful it's fine to disagree with the giants. We're all human; we make mistakes, we prefer to have them pointed out gently, and we all want to improve our body of knowledge.

AndreiROM

Case in point: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/36103/…

Monica Cellio

@AndreiROM thanks for your help. I haven't read all the answers yet.

AndreiROM

that being said, he might learn how to format his answers by looking at the top rated/chosen answers

Monica Cellio

I don't have the right expertises to evaluate some of them.

AndreiROM

@MonicaCellio me neither. I have no idea if he's off his rocker, or Tony Stark

DaaaahWhoosh

18:25

@AndreiROM Considering he's answering random Worldbuilding questions on a Thursday afternoon, I get the feeling the latter is unlikely

AndreiROM

@DaaaahWhoosh I was trying to be polite :P

I Stanley

@DaaaahWhoosh, middle of the day is relative!

AndreiROM

@DaaaahWhoosh his answers - it seems to me - are based on the very basic understanding of some principles

but then again I do the same thing ... I'm not an expert on some of the things I write/reference

i'm a software guy with a huge passion for science fiction, and technology in general

DaaaahWhoosh

@IStanley I feel bad for editing my post, now yours doesn't make sense, but you make a good point

AndreiROM

good ol' time zones

things can get so confusing on the interwebs

I Stanley

18:30

That said, you're absolutely right. He's totally bullshitting

DaaaahWhoosh

@AndreiROM Something that I've been thinking about in relation to Worldbuilding answers is that they should allow you to create your own answers. even if you don't know what you're talking about, if you can get the OP thinking about things and maybe point to some research on those things then I'd say job well done. But this new user just throws out gibberish and walks away

as do many others, I'm sure

AndreiROM

@DaaaahWhoosh I've been off on my facts before as well. Or seen answers voted up which I thought were completely off base. It all depends on the OP's requirements, and on how well you make your case.

as Monica said .. he might become a valuable member of WB, but he does need to refine his answers a bit .. or a lot.

I Stanley

Constructive comments ahoy!

DaaaahWhoosh

@AndreiROM Well yeah, if you're wrong then there's no saving it. I'm just saying if you don't really know the answer, but know where to look, that's probably more useful than an answer that doesn't cite its sources or prove its claims

AndreiROM

@IStanley i know, right ?

@DaaaahWhoosh I get your point now. Very true.

I Stanley

18:36

@DaaaahWhoosh it would still be sort of more appropriate as a comment if it's just a pointer to an external reference

DaaaahWhoosh

@IStanley yeah, now I am starting to see that possibility, I guess it depends on how much you have to say

I guess I usually do just answer with a comment

I Stanley

@DaaaahWhoosh aye if it's a bit of an explanation as well then there's no harm in a referential answer imo

DaaaahWhoosh

I've been seeing people developing slogans and buzzwords recently to describe the scope discussions, my term is idea-generator

I think that questions should ask for idea-generators rather than idea-generation, or answers that show how to get the answer rather than listing all the possibilities

I think this is a small part of that, the focus should be more on letting the OP build upon your answer rather than giving them a dead end

Serban Tanasa

19:04

@ArtOfCode, you can search for a specific user's posts containing a certain word w/o any mod rights, you just need to know (or get from SEDE) the user ID

ArtOfCode

@SerbanTanasa eeehh... context? When was I trying to do this?

Theocles of Saturn

What is this chat room for?

DaaaahWhoosh

@TheoclesofSaturn chatting, mostly

Serban Tanasa

@TheoclesofSaturn, planning world domination

I Stanley

@TheoclesofSaturn it's the general chat room of the board so just an extension of the community where you can have those conversations that don't belong in comments!

ArtOfCode

19:07

@TheoclesofSaturn flinging words into a void in the hope of connecting with fellow humans. Or something deep like that.

Samuel

There are humans in here?

James

ok...i admit I took a long lunch but over 200 new messages...

Serban Tanasa

@Samuel, no, it's just the AIs trying to keep you happy, erm, content

Theocles of Saturn

hmmmmmmm... is Idea generation a sin in here too? will I get bad juju

ArtOfCode

@TheoclesofSaturn nope

James

19:10

nope idea generate all you want

DaaaahWhoosh

@TheoclesofSaturn This question has been closed for idea generation.

Samuel

@SerbanTanasa Not letting that one go eh?

James

this is actually a really good place to come if you have questions about asking a question

Theocles of Saturn

this place is the bomb.com

Samuel

@SerbanTanasa You've got diamond protection now, seems not many people will vote to close an obviously off-topic question ;)

James

19:13

I will take on the diamond

DaaaahWhoosh

@Samuel Challenge accepted.

apparently diamond protection is a double-edged sword

Serban Tanasa

haha, close away, i will not abuse my black diamond powers for personal gain

lol, seems I just got Outspoken, must've gotten hit by a stray star

DaaaahWhoosh

@TimB I think this question is a good example of why I think we should migrate questions. It really feels like it doesn't belong, even though it's supposedly about worldbuilding

Samuel

@CalebWoodman Hopefully you found the password in time to vote for Riley in the election ;)

James

19:28

@DaaaahWhoosh Its either lazy or idea generation...either way yeah

ArtOfCode

Is there something missing from that question page..?

DaaaahWhoosh

missing?

ArtOfCode

Yeah, I feel like I'm not seeing something I should...

DaaaahWhoosh

well, now it's missing the section for adding answers...

Isaac Moses

@ArtOfCode Hi. I set up the @mi_yodeya Twitter account when the name "Mi Yodeya" belonged to me, before StackExchange adopted it as the name for Judaism.SE, at launch. I think that at that time, someone from SE staff invited me to use the new site logo on the Twitter account. Around that time, I offered to turn over control of the account to SE, but SE saw no need for that. I did turn over control of the account to the community, as represented by mods and/or those thereof who'd step up to ...

ArtOfCode

19:35

Huh, oh well.

Isaac Moses

... help run it. De facto, I still pretty much run the account myself, but the mods have access to it.

ArtOfCode

@IsaacMoses That makes sense. Cheers :)

Isaac Moses

@DaaaahWhoosh That'd be our Q#9. It means "Who knows?" and is the title of a popular Passover song.

ArtOfCode

Oooh I know what's missing. The mod info blobs... heh, yeah, I wouldn't see those here.

bilbo_pingouin

someone remembers the page where the SE staff wrote that we were awesome?

Tim B

19:42

It was in the blog

they don't post that many so you'd be able to find it

James

@bilbo_pingouin notes from the podcast if I recall

Tim B

"whatever the heck these awesome people do" was the quote I think

@DaaaahWhoosh Yeah, that's an interesting example. Feels like a straight astronomy one not a worldbuilding one

I need 1 or 2 examples of questions that were multiple questions in one and either closed for it or edited

anyone got any handy?

Theocles of Saturn

are their any outlets that can be used by a 14 year old to publish their sci-fi novela?

Tim B

yes...although getting anything published is hard

bowlturner

@TimB worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/36269/… How's this one?

Theocles of Saturn

19:52

who/here to i go to?

Samuel

If you pay for it, it's not too hard.

bowlturner

@TheoclesofSaturn There is Lulu.com

Tim B

@bowlturner perfect

Theocles of Saturn

@bowlturner Thank you

*where

*do

bilbo_pingouin

@TimB and @James: blog.stackoverflow.com/2015/09/… thanks for your help :)

Tim B

20:10

doh, even mods are answer throttled

don't reply on the risk factors question for a couple of minutes pls guys

bilbo_pingouin

0

Q: What the scope of Worldbuilding is NOT about

... taking any question that isn't accepted elsewhere. This should be a reminder, or refresher. These days, there are many questions about trying to set objective and clear limits for the scope of the site. But then, yesterday, I read that comment from a user from another site: Such questio...

Do you think this is too aggressive? ^^^

Tim B

ok, go

all feedback on the process itself as well as the individual risk factors is welcome

the idea is we collect a list of risk factors in that question then each risk factor we agree on gets it's own question to really nail it down

DaaaahWhoosh

@bilbo_pingouin I can't tell if this is a personal attack against me or not... but I don't think I'd mind, so no, it's probably not too aggressive

bilbo_pingouin

@DaaaahWhoosh why should it be against you?

DaaaahWhoosh

@bilbo_pingouin Because I've been saying we should migrate more questions

bilbo_pingouin

20:15

ah, I missed that :-P

Tim B

hmm, in fact the question where they made that comment would most likely be on topic here

I saw the comment too

I did have the same reaction you did when I saw it too though

We welcome good and answerable questions (even if hypothetical). We aren't SE's waste disposal site though :D

bilbo_pingouin

yeah, I did not want to mention the questions, because they might be or not be on-topic... but the comments showed the wrong approach

Tim B

yeah, the thing is your bold statement is wrong. Questions off topic for them may well be on topic for us

bilbo_pingouin

@TimB indeed... that was my first words as well... but I refrain from using them ;-) waste disposal that is

Tim B

but bad questions are probably still bad questions

bilbo_pingouin

20:18

for me unanswerable means too broad or opinion-based

off-topic questions for them might be fine for us

Worldbuilding Meta

1

Q: Worldbuilding Scope - Risk Factors

TL;DR: This question is the foundation stone of an attempt to more thoroughly define the scope of Worldbuilding by defining "Risk Factors" that make something Out Of Scope. What is in Scope? This part does not seem too contentious. If it's to do with building a world that is in some way fiction...

discussion on-topic

3

Q: What the scope of Worldbuilding is NOT about

... taking any question that isn't accepted elsewhere. This should be a reminder, or refresher. These days, there are many questions about trying to set objective and clear limits for the scope of the site. But then, yesterday, I read that comment from a user from another site: Such questio...

discussion on-topic questions

Tim B

I changed the wording slightly - is that ok?

bilbo_pingouin

yeah, I was at it at the same time :)

Tim B

also I think you need two separate meta posts. Because it's 2 problems

the first is other sites sending us rubbish

the second is us sending other sites good questions

we need to keep the precious shiny good questions and not let other sites cover them in rubbish

bilbo_pingouin

well I think those are two faces of the same problem

Tim B

20:22

while welcoming it if other sites send us shinies

well they have opposing effects and right now you say they have the same effects :s

bilbo_pingouin

yes, one is you send bad questions to us, the other is you send good questions away... so we end up with only bad questions...

Tim B

ok, edited the last paragraph too, hope that's ok :)

bilbo_pingouin

yes, sure :)

I didn't want to sound to bad, but at the same time, those are two behaviours that should be avoided

DaaaahWhoosh

Now I'm worried that my answer to that question is too aggressive

James

Are the examples suppose to be of the clearly off topic variety?

Tim B

20:30

No

examples are supposed to be in the gray area, something we can use to help decide where to draw the line

James

@TimB roger

DaaaahWhoosh

I think I must be tired... I keep on feeling really angry and argumentative about things...

AndreiROM

@DaaaahWhoosh I liked your take on it

James

@DaaaahWhoosh Eat.

DaaaahWhoosh

@James Yeah, that would probably help... I have been really hungry

AndreiROM

20:34

@James particularly chocolate, or ice cream

James

I prefer salty snacks in the afternoon

DaaaahWhoosh

I switched from english muffins to toast in my breakfast, suddenly I'm super-hungry by the end of the day

bowlturner

@DaaaahWhoosh eat more protein for breakfast/lunch

it lasts longer

DaaaahWhoosh

@bowlturner Oh, definitely, I usually have two eggs, two pieces of sausage, and two pieces of some sort of bread

so I've been good on protien

it's just the bread seems to be somehow throwing off the whole equation now

bowlturner

ah, you need an egg on it!

or a slice of ham! ;)

DaaaahWhoosh

20:38

while this advice may help in the long-term, right now I think it's making the situation worse

bowlturner

Really? hmm. maybe a hot fudge sunday is in order...

AndreiROM

you guys are complete bastards

I'm so freakin' hungry now

and I have 2 hrs left to go

bowlturner

My work provides free snacks...

granola bars, cookies, fig newtons...

Mixed nut dispenser...

AndreiROM

@bowlturner I officially hate you now

bilbo_pingouin

@DaaaahWhoosh, you have a comment ;-) I got to exactly 0 characters left :)

bowlturner

20:42

We also get a free lunch at least once a month!

AndreiROM

@bowlturner Just ... sigh

bowlturner

They know how to keep us happy. Feed us!

AndreiROM

@bowlturner we don't even get free coffee.

bowlturner

Well if you want to move up to the cold north might find you a position...

bilbo_pingouin

we only have free coffee... and I don't drink coffee ^^"

AndreiROM

20:44

@bilbo_pingouin you're weird.

bowlturner

Oh, ya, I don't drink coffee, but they provide some decent stuff. Even beans you need to grind

James

I never really drank coffee until I had kids...

bilbo_pingouin

well I do have kids... and that did not change... ;)

James

now I would consider murdering someone if they tried to take it away from me.

AndreiROM

I used to hate coffee. Once upon a time, when I didn't have to write super boring code at 8 AM

bilbo_pingouin

20:45

I drink tea... ;)

AndreiROM

@James I might have murdered someone. I have no idea. Lack-of-coffee induced rage.

I simply remember washing off the blood

James

@AndreiROM It was probably animal blood, likely from a bunny, I wouldn't worry about it.

Serban Tanasa

@AndreiROM, I work with the US banking sector. We have work lunches every week, 4 coffee machines in this HQ building alone, and we get sent sweets and snacks by everyone.

I really gotta hit the (in-building) gym during the Xmass season

otherwise it'd be 10 extra pounds at the end of every year, do not pass go, do not collect

AndreiROM

@James right .. the harmless bunny in the lunch room. On the second floor.

James

@AndreiROM with a candlestick

AndreiROM

20:49

@SerbanTanasa that is basically the only exception. During Christmas time we get spoiled silly. Gift baskets roll in from customers. I DID gain 10 lbs

@James possibly with a dull plastic knife, actually

Serban Tanasa

Actually, all this talk of food is making me peckish, I'm going to hit one of the fruit bowls

AndreiROM

@SerbanTanasa I'm gonna ... dream about quitting time, and eating at home :-(

James

...I want a milkshake

AndreiROM

@James wouldn't that bring all the boys to the yard?

bowlturner

the hate of bowlturner has been starred, I can feel your hate, give in to it!

AndreiROM

20:51

@bowlturner I embrace the dark side

bilbo_pingouin

they have free cookies

bowlturner

yes we do!

AndreiROM

@bilbo_pingouin I thought they did. Bloody liars though - haven't gotten a single cookie

Serban Tanasa

@AndreiROM fry some bunny meat

AndreiROM

@SerbanTanasa all I need now is a stove, a pan, oil ... :P

James

20:53

@bowlturner Crap that was me, I forgot you were the dark lord and hate only makes you stronger.

bowlturner

now @James that isn't a very nice thing to say. Spreading rumors... tsk, tsk.

James

@AndreiROM I can send you a bic lighter

AndreiROM

@bowlturner is James struggling for breath as an invisible force crushes his wind pipe right about now ?

@James I may drink coffee, but I do not smoke :P

James

Figured you could use it to cook your bunny.

AndreiROM

@James roast it over a slow flame ... literally ?

bowlturner

20:57

@AndreiROM - @James is not the innocent he pretends!

AndreiROM

@bowlturner I'm starting to get that vibe

his insensitivity to the wanton slaughter of bunnies has given him away!

James

innocent face I have no idea what you are talking about.

bowlturner

That lighter is for burnt offerings in his name!

Evil cow laugh

AndreiROM

@James I'm sure you don't Spawn of Cthulhu!

James

Cthulhu is a chump

AndreiROM

20:59

this is getting serious

bowlturner

whispers to @James he'll be ours soon!

AndreiROM

uhm ... sooooo ... I think I might have forgotten to turn off the stove .. runs the heck away

James

@bowlturner Do we really want my little brother on the team?

HDE 226868

My contribution to the conversation so far: Barbecue-flavored potato chips = good.

bowlturner

@James can always use minions.

James

21:04

@bowlturner Yeah I suppose but you have to keep him fed.

AndreiROM

@HDE226868 I have change. The vending machine has chips. lightbulb

HDE 226868

Hey, can I bring up this question (deleted, so 2k link, for now)?

@AndreiROM Ah, but I say that after working out.

bowlturner

@James true, and that seems to be a big issue with him...

HDE 226868

Anyway, Part 1 of the question is on-topic for Astronomy and off-topic here, and the second part is Idea Generation, correct?

AndreiROM

@HDE226868 I used to be very fit, eat super clean. Then my job ruined me. I'm slowly getting back in shape though.

James

21:05

@bowlturner He's up to like two dozen puppies a day.

HDE 226868

I might offer to migrate it to Astronomy, so if anyone wants otherwise, now's the time to speak up.

James

or 4 dozen if they are pomeranians.

@HDE226868 Do it

HDE 226868

@AndreiROM I'm 49 days behind on my New Year's resolution to prepare for spring track.

bowlturner

@HDE226868 sounds like a plan

AndreiROM

@HDE226868 I might still stuff my face full of chips though.

HDE 226868

21:07

Wait, it might be better for me to comment on the post and suggest the user repost a modified form of it.

AndreiROM

at this point i'm not even sure if I'm hungry or just obsessing about dark side cookies / having a snack

James

@CalebWoodman You need more rep probably, its a deleted question

Yeah you need 2k

bowlturner

have they changed the rep limits yet?

James

@bowlturner I don't believe so

@CalebWoodman yeah

HDE 226868

@bowlturner Nope.

AndreiROM

21:12

try ctrl+f5

bowlturner

I thought they planned it with the elections. Oh, well

HDE 226868

It can take 10 minutes or so. Just be patient enough.

If you change it, it will come.

Tim B

tbh I don't think that asteroid question is completely off topic...I mean it needs work (it's 2 questions in one) but could be made workable

James

@TimB As with all things on WB...yes

Tim B

yeah not sure why there was such a rush to delete it?

HDE 226868

21:16

The OP deleted it originally.

Then I undeleted to migrate, then re-deleted after thinking it might be better for him to repost it again entirely.

Picture of it^.

Samuel

In an answer?

HDE 226868

Use '#', '##', or '###'.

Smurfton

I think it was hyphens at the end of the line

HDE 226868

So '#Big' makes 'Big' look big.

Samuel

If you ever want to know how an answer was formatted the way it was, click to edit it and look at the source, then cancel out.

Serban Tanasa

21:24

@HDE226868, how do you prefer your vacuum energy, medium, rare, or @AndreiROM -style bunny-bloody?

HDE 226868

@SerbanTanasa I prefer it sautéed lightly with some shallots on the side.

bilbo_pingouin

@DaaaahWhoosh, yeah, sorry, wrong manip, the comment was sent in the middle of my typing it ;-)

HDE 226868

Also, @James, that bounty made today the highest-rep day for me so far on Worldbuilding. I appreciate it, although I wish your question could have gotten better answers.

James

I was kind of disappointed how little attention that one got

HDE 226868

Problem solved.

Rebountied.

I hope that helps.

Serban Tanasa

21:32

@HDE226868, aww, that's sweet, man

I'll finish my q/ and take another look

DaaaahWhoosh

@bilbo_pingouin I can relate. I just responded, I get the feeling we should open up a chat room for this discussion but it's a bit late in my work day for such efforts

bilbo_pingouin

I'm anyway going to bed... some sleep to recover ;-)

either way, I think we will stay on agreeing to disagree on that point :-)

HDE 226868

@DaaaahWhoosh A new chat room is an interesting idea. The scope discussion is taking up enough time that it might be simpler to move it all there.

DaaaahWhoosh

@HDE226868 I was specifically talking about my discussion with pingouin, but that works too

@bilbo_pingouin Yeah, I think we are just on different ends of a spectrum, once things get more solid I'm sure we can agree on a compromise

bilbo_pingouin

yep, a chat for the scope might be good... now that the election is done :)

@DaaaahWhoosh sure, the SE model is to build a consensus from all perspectives but for that we need to know them ;-)

HDE 226868

21:38

@SerbanTanasa In theory, I still profit from any upvotes I would get to my answer, but I'm glad you're touched. :-)

DaaaahWhoosh

Now that I think about it, am I the one pushing for the most restrictive site scope? Can my opinions be considered the extreme left of the spectrum?

I can't remember anyone who thinks more things should be closed than I

HDE 226868

@DaaaahWhoosh I've occasionally thought similarly.

But I don't think I'm quite so far to that end. Almost.

And I think that maybe what I've thought of isn't the best path.

DaaaahWhoosh

In that case, I propose that anyone who wants to narrow the site scope more than you (as in you who are reading this) be called a 'Whooshist'

Serban Tanasa

phew, new question finally out, please let me know if it's too broad

Dreamwalker are remarkably difficult to handle

@HDE226868, is it too broad? too idea-generationy?

HDE 226868

22:01

I don't know.

I feel like the answer is simply ~~a lot of coffee~~ stimulants, assuming she can get some.

HDE 226868

22:16

"Standard computation time exceeded. . ." is not what I need to see from Wolfram Alpha right now.

Does anyone know of a free online differential equation solver?

This one is a doozy.

Samuel

You're probably going to have to simplify it.

HDE 226868

@Samuel How would you recommend simplifying this?

Samuel

@HDE226868 With a hammer.

HDE 226868

Solid plan.

Serban Tanasa

@James, I've taken a good long look at your eclipse question, I don't think I can get that with Hard Science and without massive, expensive, purposeful planetary-scale engineering

Samuel

22:28

@HDE226868 You might start by entering a value for GM

@HDE226868 Although a single variable also seems to help there.

HDE 226868

@Samuel Okay, yeah. I put in $C$, although $\mu$ is more conventional, I think.

Samuel

@HDE226868 Where did it come from?

HDE 226868

4

A: Can stars exist that are not powered by nuclear fusion?

Note: This answer is not even close to being finished. I’m putting it out there as a sort of sanity-check, so I can get some input as to whether or not my idea is totally crazy or not. Links and more numbers will be coming. Introduction When I wrote this question, I thought that the Kelvin-He...

I brought it upon myself.

Samuel

22:53

@HDE226868 Yeah it can't even solve it with the extra Pro time.

HDE 226868

@Samuel Thanks. I'm considering trying to come up with a Maclaurin series to approximate it.

Or not. Another stumper.

Samuel

@HDE226868 Where did this form come from though? Can you not use equation 33 to solve what you want?

HDE 226868

23:08

@Samuel No, because I need to find the force exerted on a test particle, and for that, I need to differentiate the potential function w.r.t $z$.

I then have a second order differential equation.

Samuel

@HDE226868 I haven't read it that carefully, but it seems the last page give a clue for that, find the potential for the plane (z=0) then iterate the radius to determine the vertical structure at each iteration.

HDE 226868

@Samuel I considered that, but that's a thin-disk approximation, whereas the model I chose allows for wiggle room between a Kuzmin disk and a Plummer sphere.

Samuel

23:23

@HDE226868 Yeah, not my field at all. This seemed related. (Eq. 2.70b)

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