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Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
1:08 AM
I think that this question is kind of interesting, but I worry about it for two reasons: (1) I think that it is overly broad (I've added the big-list tag because it is clearly appropriate, but the guidance on the tag admonishes users to use it sparingly, and only in compelling cases) and (2) it might be better asked at HMSSE. Are there any other opinions in the room?
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
1:53 AM
@amWhy You might be amused by this comment.
Me: amWhy doesn't really like the masculine pronoun.
Asker: I don't care about his sex!
...
 
Leaky Nun
Leaky Nun
@XanderHenderson no that isn't what you said. you told asker that "You have just assumed that amWhy is male. You really shouldn't make that assumption" rather than directly "actually amWhy is not a male", and then here you pretend that you told the asker directly instead of going around circles
@XanderHenderson and also that's not what the asker said. the asker said "i don t care about his sex, and i can say he as i don t know it", without an exclamation mark, which you read into it. and the second half of the quote is important.
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
@LeakyNun I don't know amWhy's gender; I do know that they don't like it when people assume that they are male.
There are pronouns other than "he" and "she"; the neuter "they" is quite common.
 
Leaky Nun
Leaky Nun
if amWhy doesn't like to be assumed to be a male, then wouldn't amWhy say it themself? why do you need to point it out in their stead? also, I would imagine that "they" is more popular among the native speakers. when I learnt English (I'm from Hong Kong), I never even heard of "they" being a singular pronoun and always used "he".
and the asker is from Morocco, so one could assume that English is not their native language
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
@LeakyNun The asker is focussing on the aspects of the comments that have nothing to do with the question. The question of gender is one that I brought up in passing, and I thought that @amWhy might be interested to see that the asker doubled down on their choice of language. The larger issue is that the asker is not doing anything to clarify or improve their question, despite repeated requests to do so.
 
Leaky Nun
Leaky Nun
and I'm just pointing out how you filtered the conversation through your lenses.
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
2:08 AM
@LeakyNun I didn't claim to be providing an objective point of view.
 
Leaky Nun
Leaky Nun
fair enough.
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
I linked to the thread so that amWhy (or anyone else) could read it for themselves.
That being said "I don't care about his sex" is a direct quote...
 
Leaky Nun
Leaky Nun
the exclamation mark changes the whole meaning
"I don't care about his sex!" is being dismissive; "I don't care about his sex" is being genuinely indifferent.
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
Again, I'm not claiming to be objective. But that particular quote comes across as dismissive. That may not be what was intended, but that is how it comes across. In any event, I didn't bring it up again in the thread, because it is a minor point. The underlying issue remains: the question is not getting improved, and the asker is displaying a rather demanding attitude.
 
 
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user21820
user21820
7:29 AM
 
 
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amWhy
amWhy
12:36 PM
@XanderHenderson Indeed. lol
 
 
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Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
4:16 PM
 
amWhy
amWhy
@XanderHenderson :/
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
@amWhy Good morning.
 
amWhy
amWhy
4:32 PM
Good morning, @XanderHenderson !
 
rschwieb
rschwieb
math.stackexchange.com/q/2860469/29335 Special snowflake seeks personal study solution.
 
amWhy
amWhy
5:05 PM
@XanderHenderson I appreciate that, and, @LeakyNun, I think it is showing respect for all community members for users, like Xander, to point out non-inclusive language, whether it excludes more than half the world's population, or ethnic groups, or persons from certain Nationalities, and the same wrt persons from different races. I'd do the same if I came across a post with the greeting: "Hello fellow Americans!" One wouldn't need to be a non-American to object.
 
Abcd
Abcd
5:38 PM
Do you all approve user posting his attempt on piece of paper instead of mathjaxing it?
Like this question:
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Q: Limit $\lim_{x\to0}\frac{f(x)-g(x)}{x^2}$.

Koolman Limit $$\lim_{x\to0}\frac{f(x)-g(x)}{x^2}$$ Consider , $f(x)=x-\sin x,g(x)=\cos^{-1}(e^{-\frac{x^2}{2}})$ and $h(x)=\tan^{-1}(\dfrac{2x}{1+x^2})$ then we have to find the value of limit when x approaches to $0$ $\frac{f(x)-g(x)}{x^2}$ My try :

calculus limits
 
amWhy
amWhy
5:54 PM
@Abcd I certainly don't, when said asker has over 1,400 in reputation points. If an asker hasn't earned enough to post an image, or if they have only enough to post an image, say, e.g., an asker has less that 60 rep points, then I'm apt to either help them to post the image (if they can't), or forgive them for the image, and appreciate their attempt to post their workings.
@Abcd But in relation to the question you linked here just now, and given the reputation of the asker, I find that there is no excuse whatsoever to put the least work possible into posting a question. Thatnks for asking!
 
Abcd
Abcd
@amWhy Asker has asked 2 or 3 questions in 30 minutes and in all of them he has done the same thing (posting an image of his solution)
even in his previous question he did that
@amWhy Will very low quality flag be acceptable here?
@amWhy Its like a "dumped" solution. There's no effort there. He has just replaced the right term by 0 just like that.
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Q: Prove that $f'(1)+f'(-1)=0$

KoolmanIf $f$ is a differentiable function on $\mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x+y),f(x)f(y),f(x-y)$ (taken in that order) are in arithmetic progression for all $x,y$ belonging to Real numbers and $f(0)$ is not equal to $0$ then we have to prove that $f'(1)+f'(-1)=0$ . MY try : Unable to solve further .

functions
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Q: What is $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty}(\frac{P(x)}{5(x-1)})^x$?

KoolmanConsider $p(x)=ax^2+bx+c$, where $a$, $b$, $c$ belongs to real numbers and $P(2)=9$. Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the roots of the equation $P(x)=0$. If $\alpha$ approaches to infinity and $P'(3)=5$, then what is the value of limit where x is approaching to infinity $(\frac{P(x)}{5(x-1)})^x$? My ...

limits
 
amWhy
amWhy
@Abcd Indeed. Also, if you find the handwriting hard to read, you can alternatively use "unclear what you're asking".
I've left a comment below your first linked post, addressed to the asker; if I've missed anything, please let me know.
 
Abcd
Abcd
Yeah, the comment is fine.
 
amWhy
amWhy
@Abcd Thanks for pointing this out. I'll return in a short while to see if the asker has made any attempt to translate the image into mathjax. They clearly know mathjax. If the asker doesn't make an attempt to math-jax-ify their questions, even if only one of them to start, I'll likely add a downvote, or two.
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
7:06 PM
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
7:29 PM
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
7:57 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive body detected, potentially bad keyword in body, toxic body detected: Could group theory help me with visualizing mathematics? ✏️ by Zero on math.SE
 
amWhy
amWhy
@SmokeDetector Gracias!
 
amWhy
amWhy
8:12 PM
Another user with over 1400 rep asking a question that's too broad, and lacks contexte: See this question
Oops, @DanielFischer I meant to say "Gracias!" to you. Smokey's non-human.
 
Daniel Fischer
Daniel Fischer
@amWhy Smokey may appreciate a little thanks nevertheless.
 
amWhy
amWhy
@DanielFischer True. I'll let my comment to "it" stand; but I wanted to thank you also for handling it so quickly.
 
Daniel Fischer
Daniel Fischer
:)
 
amWhy
amWhy
No effort PSQ's, provides references for those who want to answer the asker's questions for them. Asker has over 1.4K Rep.
I'm thinking the asker of the question linked immediately above is trying to improve the post; has included references, explained a teeny bit more in a comment. I encouraged them to describe what they told me in their comment to me in their post. I can no longer delete my comment above. I'd just "wait and see."
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
9:15 PM
@amWhy The question is now much improved (I see that you commented to say as much). I wish that all askers approached MSE with the attitude of that user.
 
amWhy
amWhy
@XanderHenderson Agreed!
@XanderHenderson See this non-question. 7 downvotes, only two close votes.
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
Does @downvoters ping the downvoters? That would be nice...
 
amWhy
amWhy
@XanderHenderson Unfortunately it does not, though, most of the time, I wish @upvoters would ping upvoters of extremely poor questions; but that doesn't work either! :/
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
That being said, one has the privilege of casting downvotes at a 125 XP, and cannot vote to close until 3000 XP. So it is possible, I suppose that those users lack the rep but did flag the question?
 
amWhy
amWhy
@XanderHenderson true, that could be the case, and heck, I'll take a downvote or a close vote, (or best, both, for those who can do both), on a question like that. Just don't let me see an upvote on it.
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
9:28 PM
Man... I'm almost tempted to go upvote it just to annoy you. :P
(Too bad that I already downvoted, and the chance to retract that has passed.)
:P
 
amWhy
amWhy
@XanderHenderson :P
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
This question is of low quality. It is unfortunate that a low rep user seems to have put a lot of time and effort into providing an answer.
 
amWhy
amWhy
@XanderHenderson I've flagged the user for moderator attention; she's asked many many more questions than the one's showing up on her profile; they've either been deleted by others, or by herself. Just to give the mods the opportunity to "warn" them, if they see fit.
 
Xander Henderson
Xander Henderson
Good to know. I had not noticed the user before today, and only saw the three questions in the profile.
 
amWhy
amWhy
10:16 PM
Another (sigh) PSQ
 

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