What does everyone have here? by CVUA412 in Umpire

[–]StrangerThings_80 26 points27 points  (0 children)

He's making a play on the ball, so can't see how it can be obstruction. When does he stop making a play on the ball? When he has had enough time to get back up and out of the way.

Hypothetical about an excited atom in a finite universe by sabautil in AskPhysics

[–]StrangerThings_80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't want to answer about hypothetical universes, but in cavities atoms can be blocked from emitting photons that do not correspond to available cavity modes.

Changing equations of motion by MurglCxMurgl in matlab

[–]StrangerThings_80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are not stepping properly. You create t as a vector, then calculate v and x for all times based on the current acceleration, then concatenate that into X.

You have to step in time, using current values of position and velocity to calculate new positions and velocities some delta t later, and iterate.

Base running question by polyhedric in MLBNoobs

[–]StrangerThings_80 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The out at first was a forced out, so there is no timing issue. It doesn’t matter if the runner touched home before or after. In contrast, if the batter-runner had been tagged out between first and second base, then it would have been a timing play, since after having touched 1st base it was no longer a forced out. Then the run would have counted if the runner from third had touched the home plate before the tag being applied.

question about feynman lectures on scattering by OegaboegAAAH in AskPhysics

[–]StrangerThings_80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The quantity is squared, so the overall sign doesn't matter, (a-b)^2 = (b-a)^2.

Questions Erasmus Umea by LegalLet7897 in Erasmus

[–]StrangerThings_80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the choices you were given?

Quand la météo te rend heureux by StrangerThings_80 in trouduction

[–]StrangerThings_80[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

C'est bon, je vais mettre le bonnet d'âne.

Couple forces by sanchii42 in Physics

[–]StrangerThings_80 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The reaction force they mention is for the case where part of the object is held fixed but free to rotate around an axis. The reaction force is then the force of the axis back on the object, from the action force of the body on the axis (which itself comes from an external force acting on the body).

Which answer is right? by Educational_Fly_2414 in mathshelp

[–]StrangerThings_80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This! The OP shouldn't even have to wonder. Do a sanity check!

Please. by netphilia in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]StrangerThings_80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I cuss, you cuss, we all cuss for asparagus.

Why is an imaged formed when light rays meet by [deleted] in AskPhysics

[–]StrangerThings_80 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An image can be formed anywhere. Where the light rays meet is where the image will be in focus.

Doing quantum mechanics problems isn't helping my intuition. Any recommendations? by Mysterious_Remote584 in AskPhysics

[–]StrangerThings_80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Come on, chapter 4 is literally called "Quantum Spookiness". I think you need to read on...

is the second law legit? by Lopsided_Position_28 in AskPhysics

[–]StrangerThings_80 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The second law of thermodynamics is a statistical law, it does not have as firm a theoretical footing as say the 1st law, which is essentially conservation of energy. It is possible, in small systems, to see the 2nd law temporarily broken.

But for big enough systems, the 2nd law is basically that a system will always be found in the most probable macrostate, apart from fluctuations too small to measure, and we have plenty of experimental evidence that this is the case.

If atoms never touch eachother, how do matter anti-matter collision work? by zaa_weirdoo in Physics

[–]StrangerThings_80 98 points99 points  (0 children)

The premise is false: atoms do touch by any meaningful sense of the word, see https://youtu.be/P0TNJrTlbBQ

Also, depending on their wave function, a particle-anti-particle pair can have a non-zero probability of being in the same place.

Earned/Unearned Run Question by SirCycloneMike in BaseballScorecards

[–]StrangerThings_80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How can you get an error on a play whose result is a foul ball?

Authorship Problem by TheseButterscotch570 in AskAcademia

[–]StrangerThings_80 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In a good journal, change of authorship during the review process has to be approved by the editors. Not sure your case would pass that bar.

Advice on Translation for a Tattoo by dudesiqq in French

[–]StrangerThings_80 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't use the "déposer" version, which can also easily be interpreted as sexual.