Gerold Broser

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Gerold Broser

Mar 9, 2023 23:38

And, I'm not going to write here once more. Hitting <Enter> for a new line out of habit but instead sending the unfinished posting and not being able to edit it afterwards is tedious. My time is too precious for that.

Gerold Broser

Mar 9, 2023 23:27

It feels like you’re deliberately choosing to ignore how individualism and freedom of choice works.

" You’ve tried to disguise it as knowledge" in your previous post is outrageous. Re "your reputation will plateau" – I'm no "rep whore" here (not my creation, I read that a few times on different SE sites). Surely, it's nice to get upvoted but I don't really care. I don't need it for my personal-well-being. I'm here to share my knowledge, my 45 year long experience with commputers of different kind, users from around the world

Gerold Broser

Mar 9, 2023 13:28

@JohnGB I prefer the flexible approach–both as user and designer/developer–: To each his own, rather than forcing someone/many into a corset just because the (solely statistical) majority shows a tendency (which in addition tends to change periodically, almost like in fashion).

Gerold Broser

Mar 6, 2023 13:50

@JohnGB I see. BTW how long is it possible to edit msgs after posting and can I set this ▼ drop-down handle on hover (or even all of the popup's content) to be displayed all the time in my profile's settings here?

Gerold Broser

Mar 5, 2023 17:39

@JohnGB correction after reading profile: ... you come from?

Gerold Broser

Mar 5, 2023 16:55

@JohnGB Abolutely OK for me. Thank you! (BTW, are these also your [last name's] initials or is it the island you live on? :)

GeroldBroser reinstates Monica

Mar 5, 2023 15:43

contd.: Billions of GBP, USD, EUR, whatever could be saved per year if the myriads of web designers, developers, their managers, etc. wouldn't have to worry about screen sizes of users at the other end of the world (which is a pure perversity, if you savor that slowly). Not everything that can be done has to be done.

GeroldBroser reinstates Monica

Mar 5, 2023 15:43

"Optimum reading line length is" a very personal decision of the user. The same applies to "If the lines are longer". We're not using Lynx in a native terminal any more that often. We're all able to resize our windows to any size that suits us. With that line length is not, has not to be and should not be a question of web design but of the user's window arrangement.

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Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 11:27

Bye

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 11:25

@JohnRennie That from Slereah is perfectly fine for me...have you read the About Me in my profile already?

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 11:23

@ACuriousMind What about https://physics.stackexchange.com/help/be-nice ?

"**Be welcoming, be patient, and assume good intentions.**" in **bold** and it continues with:

"Don't expect new users to know all the rules — they don't. And be patient while they learn." and:

"We're proud to be a large, user-driven space" ...it's just 'user' not 'elite-all-knowing-close-to-Nobel-prize-jack-of-all-trades user'.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 11:07

afk 10

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 11:02

Yes, this is exaggerated and this is intentional.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 11:02

I have the perception that ph.SE is a snakepit like so many out there in the Internet...that's a pity.
It seems to be some kind of (pseudo-)elite's, old man's country club with just an other topic, physics

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:58

@ACuriousMind But that's getting a bit off-topic...the real point is...

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:57

@ACuriousMind a) Because it can evolve, it can be improved...by everyone who has the privilege or who takes the hurdle of Proposed Edit acception?
b) Because nobody can comment or put another answer in addition at google search?

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:54

@ACuriousMind I'm more of the lenient kind, that's for sure. Perhaps that's a matter of origin. :P

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:52

@Slereah Correspondingly the same applies for answers, doesn't it?

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:51

@Slereah "The question shows research effort; it is useful and clear" ...the semicolon implies a logical or for me, is it?

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:48

@Yashas This was just an analogy.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:47

@ACuriousMind Touche! That's a good point. But you know the saying in German that goes like: The sound makes the music. I one tells me in a civilized, polite, helping and welcoming manner what could be done better, I'm glad to hear, but...you know.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:45

@Yashas "Even John Rennie has a downvoted answer :P" ... Is this is an argument like: Because people are stupid at one place it's OK that they are stupid at another, too?

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:41

@JohnRennie I described the periodic behaviour in my (self-)answer.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:40

@JohnRennie Well, the next step of my rant is...there are downvotes but people are too lazy, too coward, too arrogant, too...whatever...don't know...to leave a comment why the decided so and what can be done better...this doesn't help anybody, IMHO.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:38

@JohnRennie I searched for "hubble frequency" and it didn't give me what I expected...can it be that some texts here are a bit...well...over-sophisticated?

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:36

And, I thought it's bad on SO sometimes...but...it's worse on SU (I got banned there for a day for the first time in my 20-year Internet life)...and, sorry having to say that, but that's my perception, it's worst at ph.SE

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:35

@Yashas Sure, it's not too welcoming, however, for a new contributor, like me.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:33

@JohnRennie That's great, John, but sorry, I came home at about 5 am yest...today. I don't get the point why you tell me...yet.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:32

@Yashas I know, apart from being quick enough and checking for a suspect's -1...but even then it's just a guess, you're right. But that's not my point. I don't care who it was. I'm disappointed that it is.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:29

@JohnRennie Hi John, I hope one of the reds isn't from you, :)

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:28

@ACuriousMind Nono, It's always just the number 2...or 4...or a multiple of it, generalized.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:25

@ACuriousMind *number_s_

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:24

@ACuriousMind Well, I don't even have much to say...physics.SE speaks for itself...if you look at my rep development...Do you see the red number, too, or are they just visible to the profile owner?

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:22

The Bushes, Obama, etc., for instance, most probably thougt they were civil...despite of dropping bombs on innocent children's heads.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:21

@ACuriousMind I consider "civil" as a matter of POV, isnt' it?

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:20

And, BTW, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:19

Is a little rant allowed here? Just meant as compensation for not going to church this sunday.

Gerold Broser

Apr 23, 2017 10:18

Good morning every ~~bloo~~ body!

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 22:15

@ACuriousMind ping still there?

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 22:13

Is there an Android app for SE chats?

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 22:12

Hi all

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 16:13

Never mind...just in case:
https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/328219/62434
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/328314/is-the-hubble-parameter-a-frequency-and-if-it-is-what-is-it-a-frequency-for

I'm leaving for a beer at my extended living room across the street. Bottoms up!

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 16:12

Or am I the only one active in here?

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 16:11

?!? Is greeting considered old-fashioned nowadays or are you all fallen asleep? Or contemplating about the TOE?

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 16:09

According to my...errrm....well...experiences at my first contribution here at physics may I ask you for a quick review of my latest contributions?

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 16:08

...no, not of me...of the wonders of physics! ;)

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 16:07

Hi, my friends...

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 09:10

@Secret How do you master to focus one local region at a time and writing in the chat at the same time?

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 09:02

@Slereah Is this Escher, Giger or Warhol? ;)

Gerold Broser

Apr 22, 2017 08:01

I solemnly swear...no, not to become the next president of the US & A...but even if physics hates me, I'm going to go my way!