Scott Carr
@twotheta.bsky.social
Physics sure is cool. That's why I do it every day. And I have cats. And also a family.
AP at Coastal Carolina University
AP at Coastal Carolina University
It's only ever a series of ticks.
Pitch is all in your head.
(Audio on. Sorry for shaky cam.)
Pitch is all in your head.
(Audio on. Sorry for shaky cam.)
January 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It's only ever a series of ticks.
Pitch is all in your head.
(Audio on. Sorry for shaky cam.)
Pitch is all in your head.
(Audio on. Sorry for shaky cam.)
Kinetic theory of gas demo! Pair it with this guy in the picture. Then you can push the sensor down, decreasing volume, and you see the force (and pressure) go up!
January 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Kinetic theory of gas demo! Pair it with this guy in the picture. Then you can push the sensor down, decreasing volume, and you see the force (and pressure) go up!
My son(7yo) got Gravitrax for Christmas. We have been having a blast inventing our own tracks. He wanted a 3-way race which used the flip-flop and the X.
It's nothing special but it's fun watching him build spatial reasoning and a joy to run the marbles down the tracks.
10/10 gift.
It's nothing special but it's fun watching him build spatial reasoning and a joy to run the marbles down the tracks.
10/10 gift.
January 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My son(7yo) got Gravitrax for Christmas. We have been having a blast inventing our own tracks. He wanted a 3-way race which used the flip-flop and the X.
It's nothing special but it's fun watching him build spatial reasoning and a joy to run the marbles down the tracks.
10/10 gift.
It's nothing special but it's fun watching him build spatial reasoning and a joy to run the marbles down the tracks.
10/10 gift.
This isn't usually what people call me but in the most profound sense, they're not wrong.
January 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This isn't usually what people call me but in the most profound sense, they're not wrong.
Snow!!! It has begun.
January 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Snow!!! It has begun.
TIL there are Memberships for Mattel toys.
January 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
TIL there are Memberships for Mattel toys.
I didn't believe it, so I tried it. See the results below.
January 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I didn't believe it, so I tried it. See the results below.
Sorry for lack of axes labels, made it on my phone. X-axis is year and y-axis is number of women in Congress.
I'm not trying to say that women don't experience misogyny. I'm just trying to say that I don't believe the statistic you cite actually means what you say it does.
I'm not trying to say that women don't experience misogyny. I'm just trying to say that I don't believe the statistic you cite actually means what you say it does.
January 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sorry for lack of axes labels, made it on my phone. X-axis is year and y-axis is number of women in Congress.
I'm not trying to say that women don't experience misogyny. I'm just trying to say that I don't believe the statistic you cite actually means what you say it does.
I'm not trying to say that women don't experience misogyny. I'm just trying to say that I don't believe the statistic you cite actually means what you say it does.
January 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is the most beautiful place on earth. West coast, best coast.
January 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is the most beautiful place on earth. West coast, best coast.
I then asked GPT to give me a description of the diagram that could be used to generate the image. It gave a lovely description. I then used that description to generate the image.
And....
Behold, the Circular Motion Surup!
And....
Behold, the Circular Motion Surup!
December 11, 2024 at 3:08 AM
I then asked GPT to give me a description of the diagram that could be used to generate the image. It gave a lovely description. I then used that description to generate the image.
And....
Behold, the Circular Motion Surup!
And....
Behold, the Circular Motion Surup!
Two more rewrites, two more unsuccessful attempts. This time we got lots of Circular Parths, and a singular Hole...somewhere. *sigh*
December 11, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Two more rewrites, two more unsuccessful attempts. This time we got lots of Circular Parths, and a singular Hole...somewhere. *sigh*
I then asked for one with fewer labels and was more 2D. Things to note: There is a puck. There is the indication of circular motion. There is something hanging in the middle. There is a table. And none of it makes any sense.
December 11, 2024 at 3:00 AM
I then asked for one with fewer labels and was more 2D. Things to note: There is a puck. There is the indication of circular motion. There is something hanging in the middle. There is a table. And none of it makes any sense.
My first attempt was with the prompt "A puck moves in a circle on a table top. There is a string attached to the puck on one end. The other end passes through a hole in the table and attaches to a weight." Unfortunately, this was the best result I got.
December 11, 2024 at 3:00 AM
My first attempt was with the prompt "A puck moves in a circle on a table top. There is a string attached to the puck on one end. The other end passes through a hole in the table and attaches to a weight." Unfortunately, this was the best result I got.
I tried to get GPT to generate a version of this diagram. What follows are my attempts.
December 11, 2024 at 3:00 AM
I tried to get GPT to generate a version of this diagram. What follows are my attempts.
You can tell the software has not had attention in a while. These are the options for "How did you hear about us."
Your animation looks awesome though and I'd love to play around with the software!
Your animation looks awesome though and I'd love to play around with the software!
December 10, 2024 at 9:48 PM
You can tell the software has not had attention in a while. These are the options for "How did you hear about us."
Your animation looks awesome though and I'd love to play around with the software!
Your animation looks awesome though and I'd love to play around with the software!
December 6, 2024 at 6:01 PM
All geometry is really just algebra. And the worse you are at the geometry, the harder the algebra.
Not wrong, just ugly and insightful.
Not wrong, just ugly and insightful.
December 2, 2024 at 2:47 PM
All geometry is really just algebra. And the worse you are at the geometry, the harder the algebra.
Not wrong, just ugly and insightful.
Not wrong, just ugly and insightful.
A bead is placed on a rod. The rod rotates at a constant angular rate. The bead begins at rest near, but not at, the pivot point. Here are two ways of viewing the motion of the bead. The left shows the motion of the bead from an inertial frame. The right shows the motion from the frame of the rod.
November 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM
A bead is placed on a rod. The rod rotates at a constant angular rate. The bead begins at rest near, but not at, the pivot point. Here are two ways of viewing the motion of the bead. The left shows the motion of the bead from an inertial frame. The right shows the motion from the frame of the rod.
Does the video gif?
November 22, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Does the video gif?
Constant velocity buggy found. You passed the #modphys test. =)
But really, these activities are great. Do you set these all up or do you ever have students set these up for each other?
But really, these activities are great. Do you set these all up or do you ever have students set these up for each other?
November 19, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Constant velocity buggy found. You passed the #modphys test. =)
But really, these activities are great. Do you set these all up or do you ever have students set these up for each other?
But really, these activities are great. Do you set these all up or do you ever have students set these up for each other?