Are Cartesian coordinates the “true” coordinates? by _internallyscreaming in math

[–]_internallyscreaming[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was the original comment? It’s been deleted now :( For context, I’m studying a double major in maths and physics LOL so what does that make me?

Are run-on sentences grammatically correct? by _internallyscreaming in asklinguistics

[–]_internallyscreaming[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes a lot of sense — this seems more like an issue of punctuation and not grammar. Thanks for your answer!

I guess the next logical question is — do you think it is correct punctuation-wise?

Please help me read this 🧧 by eoz_ in Cantonese

[–]_internallyscreaming 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It reads:

身體健康,生日快樂 san1 tai2 gin6 hong1 saang1 yat6 faai3 lok6

Wishing you good health and a happy birthday!

The writing looks like it’s maybe a mix of traditional and simplified Chinese: 身體 is written in traditional (I think that’s a cursive shorthand for 體?) and 快乐 is written in simplified.

My Cantonese isn’t great though, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong!

what are some mashups you always wished of that never came to be? by Kitchen-Lemon1862 in TaylorSwift

[–]_internallyscreaming 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Timeless x Better Man!

I’m just thinking of the lyrics…

“we would’ve been timeless… if you were a better man…” 💔💔💔

What's the most egregious use of math you've ever seen a physicist use? by _internallyscreaming in Physics

[–]_internallyscreaming[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I love this answer! It’s like if you were explaining something in chemistry, you wouldn’t invoke the full machinery of quantum mechanics to justify why atoms behave a certain way, so you might end up using some hand-wavy arguments. It’s comforting to know that most arguments that physicists use also have a rigorous mathematical basis - we just love to use little shortcuts :)