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Martin

Mar 18, 2015 03:03

phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1368

Nicolau Saker Neto

Mar 16, 2015 15:00

Editing your answer as you did is pretty classy, I think it's the best course of action

Nicolau Saker Neto

Mar 14, 2015 01:43

cenonion.blogspot.com/2015/03/… I love C&EN Onion

LordStryker

Mar 4, 2015 13:40

I had an email last night from a particular student saying... "Is the exam tomorrow?"

ADG

Feb 13, 2015 06:51

Nicolau Saker Neto

Feb 9, 2015 15:58

So, say, the difference between an equilibrium constant of 10^80 and 10^1000 is that the former reaction will produce one molecule of reactant that lives for 1 nanosecond per day, while the latter will produce a molecule of reactant stable for 1 nanosecond per century

Nicolau Saker Neto

Feb 9, 2015 15:56

But, if you consider time-averaging the equilibrium, then after years and years, due to thermal fluctuations one molecule of reactant might pop up before being quickly consumed again

HDE 226868

Feb 9, 2015 01:48

Hi, everyone. I just joined Chemistry a little under an hour ago, and I've been browsing around meta and the main site (and answering a question!). I've seen quite a few meta posts - the faqs first and foremost - and I was wondering if there's anything else I should know about Chemistry.SE. I'm familiar with LaTeX (and now mhchem), I've read the homework policy, and I've looked at a lot of the highly-voted posts to try to see what good posts should be like. Is there anything else I should know?

Nicolau Saker Neto

Feb 8, 2015 23:57

It was probably among the hot questions on the SE network, can garner a lot of views like that

Nicolau Saker Neto

Feb 5, 2015 15:53

Chem.SE will always be in my heart even if it looks like a 40-year old orgochem lab fumehood

Stack Exchange

Feb 2, 2015 18:54

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Q: Chemistry site design

First, congratulations on the upcoming graduation of your site! My name is Kurtis, and I'm the Stack Exchange team member who will be working on the design for your graduated site. I've read your suggestions regarding site development and ideas for common molecules as well as this discussion a...

skullpatrol

Jan 16, 2015 10:51

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Q: I think I'm the target of a rude joke in chat

Today, in our In praise of Math.SE site and its users chatroom I saw the following message: in Mathematics, 2 hours ago, by Behaviour Just stopping by to say this user is awesome. Great to have folks like this around. I know I give a poor contribution to MSE, however, I do not ...

discussion etiquette chat

Stack Exchange

Dec 22, 2014 07:37

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Q: Shouldn't we be a bit more welcoming to new askers/ posters?

I always thought we are a welcoming gang of people here, but recently I am a little bit disappointed. I came across some posts from first timers(, which were not too good to begin with, but they could have easily been salvaged). If nobody tells them that their post should contain more information...

discussion

Stack Exchange

Dec 21, 2014 10:59

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Q: What should we do about homework problems?

I have no statistics available, but when you take a "tour" in homework tagged posts, the ones that are on hold, usually get closed; not due to moderation strictness, but mainly due to the asker's neglection. Imagine that you have a question about chemistry assignment your teacher gave you. You co...

discussion allowed-questions homework close-reasons

Stack Exchange

Dec 20, 2014 07:20

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Q: Would questions regarding which file sharing sites exist for chemical files in particular be appropriate for Chem SE?

I have a question about which file-sharing websites exist that are specifically designed for chemical file formats (e.g., .mol, .pdb, .sdf, .xyz, etc.). Would such a question be appropriate for this website or would it be labelled as off-topic or otherwise unsuitable for this SE?

discussion allowed-questions

roscoe_casita

Dec 10, 2014 21:21

These are all sans-serif compounds. Serif compounds are dramatically different and usually much more reactive.

LordStryker

Dec 4, 2014 17:17

Phew. One final down. One more to go. There were no tears today which was nice.

roscoe_casita

Dec 2, 2014 17:08

i seriously want to find the way to use NaCl and Fe2O3 as a battery =) that would make production so easy =)

roscoe_casita

Dec 2, 2014 17:01

this should be an effective way to 'figure out' some of those potential pathways, to get from A to B,

Dissenter

Nov 4, 2014 21:46

I like my ron with some attitude @LordStryker

LordStryker

Oct 9, 2014 22:32

do people still do non-computer assisted QM calcs?? O.o

Omen

Sep 30, 2014 23:14

anyways I better go and get the lipids in order, using the modernised medieval torture devices that are gym equipment

Omen

Sep 30, 2014 23:11

but for now, I need to go to the gym and proceed to 'un-fat' my fatness

LordStryker

Sep 30, 2014 21:02

therefore, electrons have sex

LordStryker

Sep 30, 2014 20:58

bro, electrons lift

LordStryker

Sep 29, 2014 13:38

@Martin comp. chemistry ftw! :)

LordStryker

Sep 29, 2014 13:15

LordStryker

Sep 24, 2014 17:29

Geoff Hutchison

Sep 24, 2014 17:16

I recommend reading various textbooks. Atkins P-Chem did really well at inducing sleep.

Omen

Sep 24, 2014 17:16

lol - however, I get excited over log tables

LordStryker

Sep 24, 2014 17:11

Omen

Sep 24, 2014 14:21

I live and breath science.... it is my favourite pastime, hobby, profession, drink and sport

LordStryker

Sep 24, 2014 13:58

untz-untz-untz-untz-untz-untz-untz-untz bootz-n-catz-n-bootz-n-catz-n-....

Omen

Sep 24, 2014 13:57

@LordStryker wing it, yoda style

Omen

Sep 24, 2014 13:55

it's an omen of things to come....

tschoppi

Sep 24, 2014 13:15

Which, incidentally, is the technique used by old ancient japanese haiku wizards

tschoppi

Sep 24, 2014 13:14

Oh you @LordStryker
Sprinkling star dust on us all
When will we grow up?

ManishEarth

Sep 24, 2014 13:12

:p

tschoppi

Sep 24, 2014 13:11

yes it seems to be
that haiku has this rhythm
of five seven five

ManishEarth

Sep 24, 2014 13:10

Answer only in haikus or sonnets

Omen

Sep 24, 2014 13:10

or in Klingon

Stack Exchange

Sep 24, 2014 06:25

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Q: Can site users suggest some design specifications regarding graduated site development

So here comes a good news that Chemistry SE is graduating soon. Chemistry Stack Exchange has a steady flow of high quality questions and answers, and a growing number of users contributing to site health and maintenance. You're on a consistent upward trend, and the Community Team (of which I ...

discussion feature-request design

LordStryker

Sep 16, 2014 12:13

Any functional needs to be verified by either a shit ton of other functionals or MP2/CCSD(T)

Martin

Sep 16, 2014 11:58

I guess he will be parametrized to death :P

Stack Exchange

Sep 14, 2014 03:13

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Q: We should make efforts to increase answer ratio

If we check Area51, we are going superb. We got excellent in all type, what we are lagging behind is answer ratio. It is 1.5. We should make efforts to increase it 2.5. I think that will us to come out from beta phase.

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Greg E.

Aug 29, 2014 16:51

Qualitatively, you're probably close enough (taking as a relative scale the entire world) that we can regard you as having attended.

LordStryker

Aug 29, 2014 16:44

His wavefunction just collapsed to the wrong state (state of denial). Thats all.

Greg E.

Aug 29, 2014 16:44

So QM dissed QM? Oh, the bitter irony.

LordStryker

Aug 29, 2014 16:39

@Dissenter The amount of bitterness that man must have to make such a silly statement must be mindblowing.

Nicolau Saker Neto

Jul 21, 2014 22:10

Haha I randomly found a quotation from a lecture in my notes, "God created bulk semiconductors, the devil created the surface"

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