Any recommendation for similar resources for computer science?
ACM is providing free access to its platform till July (requires registration). There are lots of computer science research papers and journals there.
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#32I get Physics Today every month (since I'm an APS member). One of my favorite things about it, strangely, is the ads.
I assume they are targeted ads for physicists? I remember “fondly” the times when a website about kiteboarding would serve kiteboarding ads. Those were actually very useful. Now they are showing more blenders after I just bought one.
This is the big issue with ad networks (well, after the tracking).
I used to read a lot of geeky blogs when I was younger and they would advertise stuff that I thought was cool - gadgets and doodads mostly.
I went back to a couple of those sites this year and the ads are now mostly for single women in my area -_-
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#33What is a good resource to learn physics online? Mostly interested in understanding how stuff works not really interested in solving physics problems.
Like some people have said, learning physics is mostly learning how to think like a physicist. You can probably get the basic ideas from Wikipedia articles and popular books, but you won't really "get it" without some work.
I have a bias (a traditional physics education). But my advice to to supplement the popular stuff:
- Choose a career / hobby that is heavy in mathematical modeling. I find it much easier to explain physics to people who have built the intuition for applied math.
- Ask some questions on the Physics Stack Exchange.
- If you can, talk to a physicist.