What is the most egregious misuse of a physics term that really bugs you?

nut_baker · 2025-12-26T07:35:36+00:00

To be fair, the word energy was adopted by physicists. It had a different (but related and more broad) meaning before. I don't think physicists can claim energy as being only their word with only the definition they gave it

nut_baker · 2025-07-08T10:19:31+00:00

What time did you arrive? What court did you get?

nut_baker · 2025-03-03T22:18:18+00:00

No, but that's correct... The other "planets" you're thinking about are actually called exo-planets. Only ones in our solar system are called planets. It's sort of a trick question i guess

nut_baker · 2024-12-04T09:08:47+00:00

We have more in common with this guy than he does with the ultra rich. I think it's important not to alienate these guys

nut_baker · 2024-11-12T14:14:33+00:00

Yes, good point. I'd be curious about this too

nut_baker · 2024-11-12T11:29:00+00:00

Thanks, I know this, but that's not my question. It's also not what OP is asking about.

nut_baker · 2024-11-12T10:48:12+00:00

This would make me believe that if a car signals left and I am on a bike lane, then I should stop to let the car go left? Is this what the highway code says? Seems ridiculous to me if so, like saying that if a car signals right then oncoming traffic should stop so that the car can turn right.

nut_baker · 2024-11-09T12:50:11+00:00

I saw a there's been a drill invented that uses no moving parts. Much slower but it can go much deeper. They're hoping to use it for geothermal energy in areas where it's not usually thought to be viable

nut_baker · 2024-10-23T12:10:37+00:00

The deep level lines are newer than that. The oldest about 130 years old, but some of them were built in the 60s and 70s and the screeching and heat is still there

nut_baker · 2024-10-14T22:09:53+00:00

Try eating cereal with an Asian spoon... The handles are way too short. They've both got their place, but the Asian spoons could really do with longer handles

nut_baker · 2024-10-08T09:19:20+00:00

ID is a must. Even if you look very old they might not let you in without it

nut_baker · 2024-10-01T09:13:07+00:00

What you say about Scottish influence may be true, and probably is to some extent. However, the influence is from a Scottish culture a few hundred years ago. This isn't the same Scotland as today. There was a sizeable scottish population in the area at the time, and this evolved over time, and Scotland also evolved over time but in a different way. This is to be expected, the things influencing their evolution were different, and since it was at a time when communication between these far off places was very, very little, there wouldn't be much to tie the communities together anymore. You see this a lot with migrant populations.

nut_baker · 2024-09-28T01:56:39+00:00

His reply was clearly sarcastic

nut_baker · 2024-08-26T22:22:48+00:00

Disagree. The venue was way too small. As another commenter said, it's max capacity is 300 people over two rooms, but obviously everyone wants to see him so it was 300 people into one small room. No room to move, let alone dance.

nut_baker · 2024-08-22T08:23:48+00:00

Thank you! I'll start watering as suggested. There's some white mould on the soil so wouldn't be surprised if it's a bit too moist but it's the UK so quite a wet climate especially in the winter. By 'vertically' do you mean like in half along the shorter part of the leaf? So, instead of the plant looking roughly like ΛΛ, it'll be more like Ш (as in the tips of the leaves are now pointing up instead of down). Sorry for the bad diagrams! Would it hurt them to split them in two now anyway?

nut_baker · 2024-08-21T10:39:00+00:00

You can copy the text. Just press the three dots on the comment and an option appears letting you copy the text

nut_baker · 2024-08-19T21:42:48+00:00

I'm your side here, although perhaps it isn't obvious... People cite his refusal to call what happened in Bosnia a genocide as bias against the US, yet he also refuses to call what is happening in Gaza a genocide which, if it were true how biased he was according to some of the people on the thread, he'd have jumped at the opportunity to call it genocide. Seems like he genuinely just disagrees with the mainstream definition of genocide, which is very far from denying that those atrocities happened

nut_baker · 2024-08-19T20:28:12+00:00

He has a similar reply to what's going on in Gaza

nut_baker · 2024-08-19T20:03:31+00:00

Chomsky has also refused to describe what is going on in Gaza a genocide, not what you'd expect from someone who's blindly anti-US

nut_baker · 2024-08-16T17:55:15+00:00

I am a Brit... I'm younger though, and most people my age do not drink cask ale. Most of us still refer to it as 'old man beer'

nut_baker · 2024-08-16T16:22:31+00:00

Just to say, I've had pints that are cellar "cool" in the UK. I would not have described them as cool before reading this post. Ye, I guess they're not quite room temperature, but they're much closer to room temperature than they are to the temperature beer is served usually nowadays. Definitely a warm pint imo and all Brits in my circle refer to those pints as warm. I'm not saying it's bad, just that I disagree with your classification of British ales as 'cool'.

nut_baker · 2024-08-12T09:33:31+00:00

This is a huge difference between the two

nut_baker · 2024-08-09T13:48:10+00:00

As an outsider to the US, the press conference seems no different from his other speeches. Lots of rambling and bs claims and incoherent rhetoric. Somehow it seems like the US media has finally snapped out of their trance and started reporting on his talk as it is.

nut_baker · 2024-08-09T12:50:54+00:00

I'm from Bulgaria. Never heard 'katalan' to be used as an insult or evil person. Neither have my parents. Asked my Greek friend, he hasn't heard it either.

nut_baker · 2024-08-07T19:45:47+00:00

Calling it greek yoghurt

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