The Periodic Table

> The other terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency; a reverence for our past act or word because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. ... A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every …

@Ghost Take a look at the tags of the room.

Ghost

aaah - table flipping?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yes.

Ghost

ah got ya

hey what happens when an account reaches 200 for the first time?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

12:52 PM

@Ghost +100

Ghost

on that account only?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Well, all accounts made after that or before that will earn 100 rep.

Ghost

oooh nice... am 12 rep away!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yay!

@Ghost Ouch, I don't have an account in Academia.

Ghost

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M that's no problem!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

12:54 PM

Anyway, @Ghost they call it association bonus, assoc. bonus for short.

Ghost

very cool - will be getting that soon enough

it appears we have 3 sites in common

actually, 4 - forgot Area 51

Is Area51 a site? :P

I wonder.. i wonder

an experimental site

Which has been experimental for 6 years.

skill patrol

1:02 PM

actually its a site which has proposed sites within it

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I know.

I used to participate there.

skill patrol

me too pal

Ghost

i still do

hey, i am only 2 off the assoc bonus

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Assoc. bonus is really useful, since you'd be able to literally comment/upvote everywhere in SE with just making an account there.

For instance, take a look at my TeX account.

Hehe Area51 is ancient, I can't even retract my CV there.

skill patrol

@Ghost you should have the bonus now pal :-)

Ghost

1:15 PM

not seeing it yet - caching probably

it looks lik I am still 2 off (on Academia), but my Physics went up nicely - am doing not too badly

holy moly.... I think I just got the assoc bonus

skill patrol

1:32 PM

:D

have fun

Ghost

absolutely!

Jan

3:13 PM

Any computational chemist around that can help me understand link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00214-013-1443-8 or wants to write up an answer themself?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

4:28 PM

@Jan Apparently, no.

Jan

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Goddamnit （ノT＿T)ノ＾┻━┻

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Jan Hehe it's goddammit not goddamnit.

Jan

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M No it's not, God damn it! （ノT＿T)ノ＾┻━┻

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Jan YES IT IS (•_•)=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿

Jan

It'll always be damn （ノT＿T)ノ＾┻━┻ (•_•)=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

4:37 PM

@Jan ಠ_ಠ ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ （ノT＿T)ノ＾┻━┻ (/¯◡ ‿ ◡)/¯ ~ ┻━┻ (•_•)=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ – =͟͟͞͞ =͟͟͞͞ ﾍ( ´Д`)ﾉ ̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\з=(•_•)

EMOTICON WAR!

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Q: Purification Problem in Darzens Method?

We know that the Darzens method of substitution works on $S_n i$ and is considered the best method in terms of yield of product. Also the side products are $\ce{SO_2}$ and $\ce{HCl}$ so the equilibrium shifts in the forward direction. But we know the lower haloalkanes are gases so if the molecula...

@Jan you killed the poor OP!

"For Darzen's method click here"

Flagging as spam

Jan

4:50 PM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I had a gun. It was aimed at you, but backfired D=

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Jan See, that means twistboat conformation is stable.

Jan

It just means I had a cheap and bad gun.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Such a shame for a chemist.

Go hang yourself ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 111 !!! one one!!oneone

Jan

By my current luck, if I go hanging myself, the rope will rip ,)

Talk of unintended puns on that 'rip' =D

skill patrol

do ropes "rip"? :-)

I thought cloth rips...

perhaps, a rope made of cloth :D

22 mins ago, by inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Jan ಠ_ಠ ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ （ノT＿T)ノ＾┻━┻ (/¯◡ ‿ ◡)/¯ ~ ┻━┻ (•_•)=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ – =͟͟͞͞ =͟͟͞͞ ﾍ( ´Д`)ﾉ ̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\з=(•_•)

Jan

5:00 PM

What else would you suggest, @skill?

skill patrol

break

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@skillpatrol Enjoy a valuable repository of emoticons.

@skillpatrol Kit-kat?

Jan

But break sounds more like a plate breaking.

skill patrol

snap

Jan

Hmm, not sure about snapping ropes either.

skill patrol

5:03 PM

bust

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Oh, is this some game? Oooh tell me how to play!

Explode

Oxidize

Jan

5:24 PM

Yes @inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M which verb would you use for the action of a rope becoming two ropes?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Jan Mitosis

orthocresol

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M beat me to it

I will say "binary fission".

Jan

So if I go hanging myself, the rope will mitosis? ;)

Guys, verbs.

orthocresol

Procreate.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@orthocresol inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M beats everyone to it. ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

@Jan Mitosisizificationasizifyificationismisizificationificationisizificationify

Jan

5:32 PM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M @inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M did @Wildcat just walk across your keyboard?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Jan My fingers did, but good point. I'll check.

Jan

Speaking of checking, let me check how much I isolated today.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Jan How long is your half-life?

Jan

Dunno. All I can say is that half of me didn't decompose yet.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

So you're stable. That's boring. Yawns

Jan

5:42 PM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Why, did half of you already decompose? If so, which half?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Jan It didn't. That's why I said it's boring.

Jan

We're both boring? How boring.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Jan While you're boringly stably boringly boring, I'm not boringly boring, but just boring with regard to the not-boring fact that I boringly am awesome at not being boringly boring.

Jan

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M You're bored.

Wildcat

6:01 PM

:O

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

O:

@Wildcat chat.stackexchange.com/search?q=%3AO&room=3229

That's even more than ಠ_ಠ!

When should the next TRE be guys? IOW, fill in the blank: Friday, at --:-- UTC

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skill patrol

but that includes all "o" and "O"

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yeah.

No search functionality online is case-sensitive these days.

Jan

Firefox can do case-sensitive searches.

skill patrol

true dat

Jan

6:13 PM

Why not same time, same day?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Just playing around with the time to see what time is best for people.

For instance, @Mart couldn't be there in 15:30.

And we need him to repeatedly remind us that Mathjax ≠ LaTeX so that we'll have enough energy to continue.

Jan

We could always get ourselves a jumpy record to remind us …

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

That isn't as sausage-efficient as @Mart.

Jan

It's all because there are no white sausages in the North Y,...,Y

Jan

6:29 PM

Why did a bio question over at biology just show up in the feed?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Jan Because it has the tag biochemistry.

Though I completely agree that biology is inferior.

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Hides from @MadSci

skill patrol

6:44 PM

:O

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

7:49 PM

Hah! I should pin that message. :)

Stack Exchange

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Q: What do significant figures think of significant figures?

We have a number of questions that are asked here solely because they're problems people face in chemistry classes. Examples are: Significant figures used to imply stated error? When expressing a quantity, do the non-significant figures determines whether you round up the last significant figur...

discussion allowed-questions close-reasons

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@StackExchange ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

Jan

8:22 PM

@StackExchange Shouldn't you add a significant figure to that question?

Jan

9:06 PM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M May I add some significant figure to your post?

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