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Joe Jobs

00:00

Ehm, how can I close the chat bubble "Welcome to Stack Exchange chat! Keep these in mind: (..)" - it's always on top and can't see the last messages - sorry for dumb question :D

ahh it has a very faint button "Okay" at the bottom, i got it :D

So, I've fixed the problems of my only question on this site - cleared the language and removed the cross-posting, can anyone take a look at it and ask for re-opening (if it looks ok, ofc), please? - chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/44513/…

pH13

do you remember that "popular science magazine"?

Joe Jobs

00:35

no, unfortunately

but the question already has an answer with 4 votes (mine not included) that confirms the claim.

Joe Jobs

00:53

(for proteins) i mean

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Martin - マーチン

04:30

@CurtF. Regarding your comment on the above question and since I am going to purge that in a moment I am summoning you to chat. Sorry about that, but I hope you don't mind.

Understood Martin, thanks for your help! Would it be possible to change the "on-hold" notice to reflect that the reason this question is on hold is the cross posting, not because it is off-topic? Or do we expect new users to know that questions that do "not appear to be about chemistry" means "cross-posted"? — Curt F. Feb 1 at 17:34

Unfortunately this is not possible, such a thing is not designed. There are a few posts on cross-site posting, but nothing of the kind has been implemented. That is also the primary reason, why I left the comment. That is as far as this was possible. Since the question will be reopened within minutes and this is a very rare case in the first place, I would not consider it a big problem. If you come across similar issues, make sure to notify us, so we can figure something out accordingly.

@CurtF. Thank you for keeping an eye out here in the jungle, and once again sorry for summoning you to chat (twice).

@JoeJobs Thank you for taking the time to resolve the issue. I have reopened the post and cleared all but one comment. I think "homochirality" has still some meaning for the post. Also thank you for familiarising yourself with the concept of our site. We aim to be as helpful as we can, hence we really do appreciate when users like you listen to our advice. Please enjoy asking and answering many more questions!

Curt F.

04:52

Martin, thanks for all your work moderating this site and this question in particular. I think the question is much better my comment removed and am glad you did so. Perhaps we can both hope that one day the SE overlords put in a "cross-posted" reason for closing but until then, we all must make due. Thanks again for moderating -- it's a tough job and I'm glad I don't have to do it.

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Martin - マーチン

07:09

@CurtF. well, thanks for the praise. (It usually is not too tough and I am not alone.) I think this meta post would be a good addition to the network. It would make things like duplicates easier, removing and managing cross-posts, and so on...

For now, it does not happen too often, so a custom close reason might just be taking up too much space. I think a lot of the confusion comes from statements like: I think that is better suited on biology.se.

So the user might find her/himself inclined to ask the post there - I guess that is one of the main reasons for cross-posts.

Statements like the above should always come with the hint, that questions can be migrated and that it is not necessary to ask again.

user116211

08:13

@Martin-マーチン Mart is best ;D

Martin - マーチン

09:16

There we go again ... *sigh* ... chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/47589/…

IͶΔ

09:55

@Catija Yeah, except he's not a kid.

@pH13 I'm watching you. ಠ_ಠ

@Martin thanks for all your work being a nice guy.

Martin - マーチン

It's no work to be nice.

IͶΔ

@JoeJobs Hullo! Welcome to The Table!

@Martin-マーチン . . . for nice people.

Martin - マーチン

touché

IͶΔ

Kudos to @Joe for such a constructive cooperation with the mod team™.

@Mart could you just go ahead and protect this question?

Q: Why does Sulphur, but not Oxygen, catenate?

Oxygen is a rather boring element. It has only two allotropes, Oxygen and Ozone. Oxygen has a double bond, and Ozone has a delocalised cloud, giving rise to two "1.5 bonds". On the other hand, Sulphur has many stable allotropes, and a bunch of unstable ones as well. The variety of allotropes,...

Martin - マーチン

@IͶΔ status-complete

IͶΔ

10:03

┬─┬ ノ( ^_^ノ)

AndersMB

"CASPT2 is to CASSCF, what MP2 is to HF"

Is that a fair comparison?

Martin - マーチン

Fair? Well... it is appropriate.

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IͶΔ

17:27

Fair well... it is appropriate.

Jo 7

17:49

IͶΔ

That naughty orthocresol. :o

Jo 7

Lol

IͶΔ

And he's not pingable for me. :/

pentavalentcarbon

18:17

@AndersMB I also think it is appropriate as long your MCSCF wavefunction isn't state-averaged. @Mar

@Martin-マーチン, do you agree?

Hit enter when I should have hit tab for autocomplete...

IͶΔ

@pentavalentcarbon Actually three letters are enough to ping anyone.

It also would work if you add an apostrophe.

So @Mart, @Mar, @Mar's etc. do ping @Martin.

pentavalentcarbon

You really do learn something new every day.

IͶΔ

But Mar is my initial and sometimes people call me by that, so calling Martin that would be confusing sometimes.

CowperKettle

19:16

Diethyl ether was produced in 1540s, it turns out. Painless operations could have been made 300 years earlier.

Valerius Cordus

Valerius Cordus (February 18, 1515 – September 25, 1544) was a German physician and botanist who authored one of the greatest pharmacopoeias and one of the most celebrated herbals in history. He is also widely credited with developing a method for synthesizing ether (which he called by the poetic Latin name oleum dulci vitrioli, or "sweet oil of vitriol"). Cordus wrote prolifically, and identified and described several new plant species and varieties. The plant genus Cordia is named for him. == Life == In 1515, Valerius Cordus was born either in the city of Erfurt in Thuringia, or somewhere in...

IͶΔ

German! (/¯◡ ‿ ◡)/¯ ~ ┻━┻

Hey, isn't Thuringia where @Mart is from?

CowperKettle

> Valerius began his higher education in 1527, at the young age of 12, studying botany and pharmacy under the tutelage of his father. In the same year he also enrolled at the University of Marburg.

Enrolled into a Uni at twelve.

IͶΔ

There were no SAT or konkur at that time.

CowperKettle

Caught malaria in a marsh, looking for new plants.

So it goes.

CowperKettle

19:31

It is so strange that we all know about actors, singers, etc., but not about the person who invented ACE inhibitors, which have saved millions of lives in the last 30 years.

IͶΔ

Humans are effing idiots.

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Jo 7

22:36