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vzn
1:14 AM
witten wont do interviews (like einstein did)? lol heres what you get instead motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/j54q98/…
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5:15 AM
@vzn why is Zitterbewegung interpreted physically at all? This (Dirac) farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/qm/Quantumhtml/node103.html shows "the oscillatory part ensures that the instantaneous value of $\dot{x}$ has the eigenvalues $ \pm c$" i.e. you need an instantaneous velocity of $c$ so that the momentum becomes infinite ( e.g. since you divide non-relativistic momentum $mv$ by $\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}$ to get relativistic momentum)
i.e. that "the position of the electron is known during the time interval leads to an almost complete indeterminacy in its momentum, according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle."
 
5:26 AM
The oscillatory part is the part that is causing all the drama, it seems to just be there because of the uncertainty principle needs a velocity of $c$ somewhere to ruin the momentum existing at the same point, and another term has to be there because the experimentally measured velocity is obviously not c, at least that's Dirac's argument
 
 
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8:31 AM
@Chair hey how is it going?
I wanted to let you know that even though at first I had rejected the edit to add "skin" to my qusetion, I was totally unaware of the ambiguity of the question
I've even created a post on English language stack exchange about it (english.stackexchange.com/questions/464223/…) ideally I would like to change it to "Why does paper cut through things so well?" or something of the sort
I had done it, but @knzhou modified back to "skin"
so even though I did not really like the focus on skin in particular, I kind of resigned and agreed about that change.
 
user351417
8:43 AM
@coniferous_smellerULPBG-W8ZgjR I didn't find it ambiguous at all. It seemed rather clear that paper cuts through several things...
 
user351417
My rejection message for that edit said that the question description mentioned skin among other things.
 
user351417
If that's different from the meaning you intended, then I'd be glad to help rephrase it or something.
 
user351417
I think that the 'through things' is kind of superfluous because what else could it cut?
 
user351417
For the second meaning (about scissors), I think you would need to use "why does paper get cut so well?" or something of the sort.
 
user351417
Like in your phrasing, paper is very clearly the subject, i.e. the thing which is doing the cutting.
 
user351417
8:56 AM
Actually, I think that knzhou's edit to 'skin' was technically a bit of an improvement because 'things' is a rather vague word. I've read a lot about how it's bad form to use words like 'thing' and 'stuff' but I'm still very heavily dependent upon them.
 
the very definition of a noun includes "thing"
 
user351417
@user2646 It's still not a very descriptive word, because it can substitute a huge number of different nouns. If you're talking about something specific, there's probably a better word.
 
true
there's also the confusion with "nothing"
 
user351417
@user2646 How so?
 
9:12 AM
@coniferous_smellerULPBG-W8ZgjR I do a lot of edits which are aimed at improving clarity. In this case I thought the wording was ambiguous, the main case people were interested in was cutting skin, and making the object explicit would both make the title more eye-catching and less ambiguous.
But you have the last say, since you're the question author!
You can rollback any changes you want to. It's your right, and I'm not offended at all.
 
Hello, I think I confused myself a little bit and maybe someone can help me! The 2p(1/2) and the 2p(3/2) states in Fe have different energies. Where 2p(3/2) is a higher energy state and 2p(1/2) a lower energy state.
When we take a look at the Absorption Edges L2, L3 of Fe (which are related to those energy states) you see that you need less energy to have high absorption in L3 (corresponds to 2p(3/2)) and need more energy to have high absorption in L2 (corresponds to 2p(1/2)). But 2p(3/2) is the higher energy state. What am I missing?
 
@Chair and @knzhou I am unsure of which way is better. But for sure I do not want any ambiguity and as I worded it "Why does paper cut so well", there was an ambiguity. I'm not a native English speaker so I'd rather have you to fix it
I'd accept the "skin" edit, even though my question was more general than skin alone
if that removes the ambiguity, it's ok
 
@coniferous_smellerULPBG-W8ZgjR If you like it better that way, go ahead and change it! It's your question.
 
I liked the "through things" better actually, but Chair claims it's not really good
 
@Loong @JohnRennie ^^
 
Anonymous
9:20 AM
@rfaenger Would probably be better suited for Chemistry SE?
 
anyway I just edited my question again
 

 Problem Solving Strategies

General chat for high school physics. For MathJax see [here](m...
@rfaenger here^
 
$\mu_B$ Test
@Blue It should suite well to a physics chat. I am confused: You need less energy to have absorption in a higher energy state (and vice versa). What am I missing? It should be the other way around imo but it isn't.
 
Anonymous
@rfaenger Sorry, I'm out of touch with these things. Maybe someone else can help you
 
Anonymous
Also, I'm not interested enough to look up stuff in order to answer you
 
Anonymous
9:24 AM
You'd probably have better luck in the Problem Solving room
 
Anonymous
Or the Chemistry SE site
 
@Blue ah, I didn't know that that is a thing. Thank you!
 
user351417
9:40 AM
@coniferous_smellerULPBG-W8ZgjR Eh either way is OK. I just think that "Why does paper cut so well" isn't too ambiguous.
 
Anonymous
Hmm, I need some grammar help: Does "tracing through a circuit in order to deduce its function" sound okay/formal?
 
Anonymous
I couldn't find much references for this use of the word "tracing"
 
Sounds fine to me
 
Anonymous
Thanks! :)
 
Tracing implies following something, and in this case you are following the wires in the circuit.
 
9:44 AM
like tracing the path
 
Yes
 
Anonymous
@JohnRennie I see! One more thing: Are both tracing a circuit and tracing through a circuit grammatically correct?
 
Anonymous
That is, should I use the word "through"?
 
Anonymous
Or no?
 
tracing the path of the current through the circuit
 
Anonymous
9:46 AM
@user2646 It's a quantum circuit :P
 
Anonymous
No currents XD
 
>8(
 
@Blue I don't think it matters.
 
Anonymous
Okaies
 
whelp, i already caused my google assistant app to crash
 
9:59 AM
hellooo
 
heya
 
Anonymous
@Avantgarde ?hwzlyf
 
i like the first version
 
Anonymous
@user2646 $$\mathfrak{howzlife}$$
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:D
 
Anonymous
10:05 AM
Would be a good movie title actually ^. Psychopathic crime horror thriller
 
Anonymous
That font would go well
 
abbreviated "hl"
 
Anonymous
@user2646 lol
 
Anonymous
What's that place btw?
 
Anonymous
Ah, Japan
 
10:11 AM
yup
 
Anonymous
They seem to have all the cool stores in the world!
 
@Blue tisgudz
 
Is black a color?
 
They are NOT the same
Black is a color since all light get absorbed, white may not be a color in the traditional sense since all light is reflected from the object
 
10:14 AM
Noun: color (countable and uncountable, plural colors) (American)
  1. (uncountable...
 
Is black a color or a colour?
 
Noun: colour (countable and uncountable, plural colours)
  1. (British) Alternative form of color
  2. colour (plural colours or coloures)
  3. colour, hue
  4. The colour of an aforementioned thing or region
  5. (heraldry) Heraldic colour
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Adjective: colour (not comparable)
  1. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Britain) Alternative form of color
Verb: colour (third-person singular simple present colours, present participle colouring, simple past and past participle coloured)
  1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain) Alternative form of color
 
black is a color and a colour, given context UK and USA respectively
 
Anonymous
@Avantgarde Trump uses "color", so you decide
 
lol
 
10:15 AM
The absence of an existence is an absent existence, for there does not exist absence that isn't present by definition
 
What's Trump got to do with this?
How is he doing in office, btw? Good?
Any Americans here?
 
Anonymous
He's got something to do with everything
 
Trump is just an extension of the iluminati
 
lol
 
who will promise to transform the word by 2020
 
Anonymous
10:16 AM
Sounds about right
 
Color (American English) or colour (Commonwealth English) is the characteristic of human visual perception described through color categories, with names such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or purple. This perception of color derives from the stimulation of cone cells in the human eye by electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum. Color categories and physical specifications of color are associated with objects through the wavelength of the light that is reflected from them. This reflection is governed by the object's physical properties such as light absorption, emission spectra,...
 
-busted-
 
Anonymous
lol
 
Anonymous
Trash is a gallery now? Phew
 
10:29 AM
@ACuriousMind how's the ankle healing?
 
@user2646 Almost done, should be able to walk normally again next week
 
coolio
take it slow
the muscles are going to be weak
 
10:59 AM
@Blue That room has always been a gallery, as far as I know
 
@DavidZ why are some messages moved to a locked room?
 
11:49 AM
@user2646 I guess you could consider it a "soft" form of deletion. In general there's a variety of reasons that might happen. Hard to say much in general.
 
thanks for replying
@DavidZ i'm an owner of a room and have requested access to it, could you please accept my request?
 
@user2646 If you mean the Trashcan, ROs don't get access to that.
 
ok
 
This is the one you're talking about
Afaif there are three trash chatrooms
1. Public
2. Gallery
3. Mod access only
Wonder what goes to the mod acess one
 
Anonymous
12:05 PM
@AvnishKabaj Nah, the one on stack overflow was a normal chat room earlier
 
Anonymous
There were two trash rooms and one trashcan room
 
Anonymous
The trashcan is mod-access only
 
By mod acess I meant you can't even see the content
 
Anonymous
@AvnishKabaj I know
 
Anonymous
It's the "trashcan"
 
Anonymous
12:06 PM
Maybe there are more
 

  Trash Can

Cubiculo whither trash accumulates and indign messages reacheth
 
Anonymous
in Trash, May 16 '17 at 21:09, by ArtOfCode
room mode changed to Gallery: anyone may enter, but only approved users can talk
 
Let's not root around in the trash, shall we?
 
What?
 
Anonymous
Ah, sorry
 
12:10 PM
yeah, a lot of 0celo's comments are locked away.
 
Anonymous
@DavidZ I think I confused it with another room. That trash was located on Stack Overflow. This one is somewhere else. And there's another on Meta Stack Exchange
 
\o @Slereah
 
Hzllo
 
how goz it?
 
1:01 PM
I'm alright
 
1:23 PM
did you watch the vid I linked? @Chair
Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born May 27, 1954) is an American-Canadian theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University and a former professor at Yale University and Case Western Reserve University. He founded ASU's Origins Project to investigate fundamental questions about the universe and served as its director until July 2018. In response to allegations about sexual misconduct by Krauss, ASU conducted an investigation. Having determined that Krauss had violated university policy, they removed him from the position...
TIL
 
1:44 PM
It sounds less offensive than what Walter Lewin was convicted of.
Btw, here is his latest vid.
 
2:00 PM
I am trying to the new layout and I cannot find where I can rank the questions by vote
it was very easy in the old layout
 
2:16 PM
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Q: How can I get a new password . Old one not working

anna vThe one I think is the correct one is not working on a different browser. I am logged on continually in firefox. thanks

 
General covariance is a symmetry of all physical systems. Is there a generator for such a symmetry ?(similar to how $P_a$ generates translations and $M_{ab}$ generate Lorentz rotations)
Does it depend on the geometry of the particular space-time under consideration?
 
@NormalsNotFar Covariance is not a symmetry.
 
hi,
Can any one help me how does visible light of wavelength 10^-6 meter interact with atoms having energy level difference in angstrom 10^-10 m?
 
2:37 PM
@NormalsNotFar the generators are $x^{i_1} \dots x^{i_n} \partial_j$, can get them by expanding $f$ in $F[f(x_1,\dots,x_n)]$ as a Taylor expansion and then expanding $F$
 
 
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Anonymous
3:54 PM
@coniferous_smellerULPBG-W8ZgjR There's a drop down menu on the top left I guess?
 
Anonymous
4:27 PM
@coniferous_smellerULPBG-W8ZgjR Oh, the [Votes] tab appears on the top when you click on [Questions] from either the left bar or the drop down menu
 
Anonymous
It's horrible XD
 
Anonymous
That drop-down menu is apparently called a Hamburger menu (notice the three small horizontal lines)
 
4:41 PM
Algorithms are neat. I just wrote code to do something and cancelled it after not being done for 15 minutes. I used something in scipy and it was done in 30 seconds
 
Anonymous
@danielunderwood Indeed! Recently I have been pretty interested in algorithmic complexity analysis (machine learning stuff is on a halt for a while) :)
 
Anonymous
Using the right algorithms can speed up stuff by 100x or more
 
Maybe data structures are neat. I went to their source and it looks like they do it in the same way, but preallocate the output array. That's surprising
 
Anonymous
BTW you can check the SciPy source code and compare it with your version
 
I am going through an algorithms class on Coursera now and it's pretty neat
 
Anonymous
4:44 PM
See where they made the improvements
 
Anonymous
@danielunderwood Great! Which one?
 
Anonymous
The Stanford one by Tim Roughgarden is neat
 
Anonymous
I'm taking it now
 
Anonymous
Sedgewick and Wayne also offer a course but it's a bit Java based
 
Anonymous
Nevertheless it's good too
 
Anonymous
4:46 PM
And there's this another Algorithmic Toolbox by UC San Diego I think
 
This one (algorithmic toolbox). It's part of one of their specializations and I think I may try to do the whole thing. So far it's kind of been the instructors giving the algorithms, but I'm hoping it'll go more into figuring them out on our own. I have been pausing the lectures to try to figure them out anyway though coursera.org/learn/algorithmic-toolbox
I saw another one that looked good, but was Java only. I ended up going for that one because you can use one of a handful of languages. I'm trying it out with rust, which is interesting
 
Anonymous
@danielunderwood Oh, I had subscribed for the Algorithmic Toolbox earlier. Didn't quite suit my tastes. I like Tim's course more
 
Anonymous
But yeah, it does contain a LOT of material
 
Anonymous
Luckily, they accepted my financial assistance request for both the courses: Tim's and the Algorithmic Toolbox
 
Anonymous
So I get all the 4+6 courses for free
 
Anonymous
4:51 PM
@danielunderwood Yeah. Even though it is Java-based, the material covered is of great quality
 
Anonymous
Sedgewick is a pretty famous guy
 
Anonymous
BTW Java is quite a neat language. It's like a cleaned up version of C++.
 
Ahh I also took that one because the specialization includes data structures as well. I think those are two of my weaker CS areas. I think the lectures could stand to be better, but at least it's not java lol
I think C++ is much nicer than java :D
Not being able to handle function pointers or lambdas is a real pain. I think that's changed in Java 8 though
The algorithmic toolbox one also supports haskell, which I considered trying out
 
Suppose you are travelling towards east and you see wind coming from north.
 
Anonymous
@danielunderwood But you can pass objects. There are workarounds for function pointers ;)
 
4:57 PM
Then you double your speed and see it coming from north east
Would the magnitude of the velocity of the wind also appear to be different in second case???
I believe yes, the magnitude of velocity of wind will also appear to be different
Am I right? Please reply.
 
Anonymous
One of my favorite pastimes is to compare the functionalities of C, CPP, Python and Java :P It took me a long time to be able to appreciate C. Looking back, it's one of the best languages to actually understand what's happening on the inside. Also, our Digital Logic professor loves to relate logic circuits to their programming counterparts. Like when you're doing a bit right shift using >> 3 in C, it's essentially equivalent to a certain configuration of 3 JK/D flip-flops.
 
Anonymous
I do want to learn Assembly at some point though.
 
@Blue But creating an instance of an anonymous class with the overloads and such is so much extra stuff that doesn't really need to be there
I do like C. It's one of the few languages that the average programmer can understand inside and out. I've considered learning assembly, but don't know how much use it'd be. I've actually wanted to try to build my own computer from a circuit, but that would take quite some time
I think I have an inline assembly block in one of my projects, but it's likely something I got from SO
@Abcd yes that's the case. You start with a velocity vector (it's really a field, but it's easier to make it constant) for the wind and add to it the reverse of your velocity vector.
 
Anonymous
@danielunderwood Okay, I can agree with that. It isn't the most efficient way :P
 
I think Kotlin is slightly more bearable than Java and can be used in place of it
Still doesn't replace my standard C/C++/Python though
I wonder if people use jupyter notebooks much for notes. Supporting markdown, tex, and inline code/plots seems pretty ideal for me
 
Anonymous
5:12 PM
Now that you've said it, I'm actually considering using it as a notebook :P
 
Anonymous
Never thought of it before. I did use it for documenting for some data science projects earlier
 
Yeah I'm using it now for some data science poking around and it's pretty nice. I've actually wanted a notebook that supports tex and markdown and thought about making one myself, but code and plots would be quite helpful and I wouldn't spend as much time
Though I'd also like full text search
I did DBSCAN on a bunch of tweets and it turns out all the clusters are just the same tweet getting retweeted...I honestly don't know what I expected
 
6:02 PM
Well it detects spammy tweets with a side of political propaganda with some parameter tweaks...neat
 
6:25 PM
thanks a lot @BLue once more
i actually like the new menu better overall
 
Anonymous
7:04 PM
Yo @CooperCape
 
Anonymous
9 hours ago, by Blue
@user2646 $$\mathfrak{howzlife}$$
 
@Blue Hi! what's up
Just moved into uni ~~ 6 hours ago
 
Anonymous
@CooperCape Wohoo
 
Anonymous
How's the place?
 
Pretty neat
 
Anonymous
7:05 PM
Got a dorm room already?
 
yeah I have
pretty much as expected ~(bed wardrobe basin)
 
Anonymous
Nice. Shared for the first year I guess?
 
Nah I got a single room for now but shared bathroom/showers
 
Anonymous
Wow, that's awesome :P
 
Shared is quite rare in the UK it seems
Haven't really got much to do but arranged to meet some other physics students later
Only thing I'm cautious of is it's dark and quite a sketchy area but I'm sure I'll be fine
 
Anonymous
7:07 PM
Ah. Here the first year students have to stay in shared rooms, but from the second year onwards they get their own. It's good that you wouldn't have anyone to annoy you!
 
Wow that's a bit of a bummer - any choice on roommates or is it random?
 
Anonymous
@CooperCape I think it has something to do with alphabetical ordering and roll numbers. I'm sorta lucky that my house is just 10 mins away from uni
 
Ahh I see - so essentially from your pov its random?
Mine's a 30 min walk from the physics department so it's not too bad
 
Anonymous
But most of my friends who did stay in hostel rooms in the first year said that usually their sleep timings would clash with their roommate's
 
Anonymous
That could be a problem. But otherwise, it can be fun if you have nice roommate
 
7:10 PM
Yeah if they're reasonable (which I don't see why they wouldn't be?) I can't imagine it being too awful
 
Anonymous
@CooperCape Cool! So are you allowed to be a day scholar? That is, get back home everyday?
 
Anonymous
Or is staying in the dorm compulsory?
 
Oh right, no my actual home where I used to live is 6 hours away the dorm is 30 mins away
But yeah you can have whatever sleeping arrangements you wish
 
Anonymous
@CooperCape Oh, I see. Manchester is like in the west side of UK isn't it?
 
Anonymous
And where's your home?
 
7:13 PM
If you include scotland it's sorta middle west ish?
but north england
I live on the south coast
(southampton)
 
Anonymous
Nice, nice. Southampton looks pretty close to the sea coast :)
 
Anonymous
Probably you'd be able to visit home once in a month or so?
 
That's probably what I'll do yeah.
Although you can fly from Manchester to Southampton airport and return ticket was like £48
 
Anonymous
@CooperCape £48 is the round flight cost?
 
Anonymous
Then that's reasonable
 
7:16 PM
yeah it's really reasonable
 
Anonymous
And what's the food arrangement? You've to buy it yourself from the canteen every day?
 
Catered every day bar today
which did make today a bummer of a day to arrive on
 
Anonymous
@CooperCape Cool. It's similar here for the hostellers (although students like me, who return to home everyday, usually buy food directly from the canteens)
 
Yeah I makes my life easier especially for the first year
 
Anonymous
On another note: We're gonna have a fresher's party here for the new students in a couple of weeks and we're still debating whether to keep booze in the menu or not :P
 
Anonymous
7:26 PM
It's sorta not legal for <21 but there's no one to keep a check either XD
 
Anonymous
(BTW I don't like the taste of alcohol)
 
Does it matter if it's a "house party" type thing? In the UK it's not an issue once you reach 14 or so
But yeah unless it gets really out of hand probably no issue
 
oO
 
I can't go to any official freshers events due to my age so I'm relying on group chat organised parties/bar crawls etc.
 
Anonymous
@CooperCape Yeah, well, the official law doesn't allow it. But obviously, you won't see cops ringing your doorbell either if you 15-year-old son does have booze in a private place
 
Anonymous
7:29 PM
@CooperCape "due to my age", umm why?
 
Still 17 for now sadly
Can't really do much
 
Anonymous
17-year-olds are allowed in official freshers parties? That's weird considering that most first yearites are 17
 
Ahh the majority here start at 18
 
Anonymous
Just a few months' difference :P
 
Anonymous
Anyhow, enjoy your time there :)
 
7:36 PM
It's true and I shall try
Anyway I'm probs off now enjoy your day/evening :p
 
Anonymous
Cya!
 
8:24 PM
@Blue Assembly for modern processors will mostly teach you about the percularities of processors which have been optimized to an extreme. Assembly for processors from the 8-bit and 16-bit generation (I'm a fan of the m68k series) will teach you about why c has the kind of structure it does.
 
8:42 PM
Hello guys, as we know touchscreen devices detect touches when a conducting material touches the screen. Well, I tried to make kinda like a pen to work with my tablet and it worked. I got a ear stick wrapped around aluminium foil and at the top, I need to drop some water in order for it to work, but why when water is not a conductor. youtube.com/watch?v=8-rPLMErdFU at 2:15
 
Anonymous
@NovaliumCompany Water has salts
 
Anonymous
You don't use distilled water at home
 
Anonymous
@dmckee Indeed. If I do learn assembly sometime, I'll try to practise with one of the 8-bit microcontrollers
 
Anonymous
I think we have assembly programming in syllabus next semester or the one after that
 
 
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10:30 PM
@Blue I ended up trying out notes in Jupyter notebook and it took me a while, but seems decent. Github's rendering makes the tex and tables look worse than it does on my computer though github.com/danielunderwood/algorithms-notebooks/blob/master/…
 
 
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11:57 PM
\o @rob how's the cut healing?
 

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