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Q: Wrong alternative invocation of MathJax

Martin - マーチンIt is commonly known that MathJax can be invoked with $...$ for inline mode and $$...$$ for display mode. The more latex-like invocation would be \(...\) for inline mode and \[...\] for display mode. This does not work as backslashes and brackets have a special meaning on stack exchange and oft...

 
 
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9:28 AM
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Q: Find Delta G0 given a redox couple

BSC14 Write and balance the half-reactions (reductions) for the following redox couples and determine $\Delta G^{\circ}$ and $E^{\circ}$ for each half-reaction from $G^{\circ}_f$ data. $\ce{Pb3O4}$ / $\ce{Pb^{2+}}$ $\ce{NO2-}$ / $\ce{NH4+}$ $\ce{HSeO3−}$ / $\ce{SeO^{2−}_4}$ I know h...

I know mathjax doesn't work in the question title, but is there really no way we can fix this?
on the questions' list it looks like "Delta Go" lol
 
@GaurangTandon Use words, not formula
 
9:50 AM
@Martin-マーチン Ah, I always forget that! Edit suggested chemistry.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/72916
 
@GaurangTandon that is better anyway, as web crawlers index it better :D
 
@Martin-マーチン yes, it is! :)
 
You can be quite verbose with the titles... don't know what the char limit is, but two lines fit i think
 
@Martin-マーチン yes, it does chop off the top url at a particular limit though chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/46925/…
80 chars
(dashes included)
 
that's true, but shouldn't matter, it's in the title tags
<title>organic chemistry - Why do unsaturated hydrocarbons burn with a sooty flame while saturated hydrocarbons burn with a clear flame when burnt in the air? - Chemistry Stack Exchange</title>
 
9:55 AM
Yes, interestingly enough, "organic chemistry - why-do-unsaturated-hydrocarbons-burn-with-a-sooty-flame-while-saturated-hydrocar‌​" has length 100, I wonder if it's a coincidence
complete tag name + chopped url = 100 limit
 
lol, that's a coincident
if you'd retag it with inorg, then it'll be longer
 
yes, those two spaces after the tag name are suspicious :P
 
guess they cut the slug at 80
@GaurangTandon what two spaces?
 
@Martin-マーチン "organic chemistry` - `....."
i tried indicating them by backticks above
 
yeah, that's for separating...
 
9:58 AM
those are the only two spaces in this entire string
 
nope... the tag is not part of the slug
https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/46925/why-do-unsaturated-hydrocar‌​bons-burn-with-a-sooty-flame-while-saturated-hydrocar
 
me busy frantically scanning HNQ for longer titles to validate the idea
 
the tag is part of the title, as is chemistry stack exchange
 
80 slug cap
hypothesis confirmed
 
as I said, the slug doesn't really matter, as long as the search engines crawl the title tag correctly
 
10:01 AM
initial hypothesis => experiment confirming it => inference from it.

The first three parts are done, time to write a research paper xD
@Martin-マーチン that's right
 
on se that doesn't matter at all, you can cut the slug at any given length... as long as you include the correct id
 
@Martin-マーチン I noticed the "share" button generates a very short url too meta.stackexchange.com/q/134988/256391 no slug at all
 
The correct scientific approach should be: initial hypothesis -> try to disprove -> (refine -> disprove)ⁿ -> conclude
@GaurangTandon it includes your user id
 
@Martin-マーチン never noticed that lol don't know how many times I've shared these urls around like these wonder why they'd do so
 
this is so the site knows who's coming from whom and you get announcer badges and stuff
 
10:03 AM
@Martin-マーチン oh that's reasonable
@Martin-マーチン Perfect!
 
otherwise the site wouldn't know any of that :D
 
@Martin-マーチン they're tracking their users like google adwords :-O
 
that's no secret... and in principle they don't track the users, they just track referals
 
yeah I was just joking :P
 
lol... one never knows... these things are a sensitive issue
although I am less afraid of google facebook and co tracking my every move than I am afraid of the (any) government requesting a backdoor to my encrypted conversations.
 
10:08 AM
@Martin-マーチン they are, given how new virtual movements start on twitter so quickly with simple retweets; that's why I stay away from these social networks
@Martin-マーチン well the gov won't have anything to backdoor request if google, fb, co won't track you in the first place
 
haha, that's only partially true
e-mail is not traceless
and you've seen how easy it is to get this hacked...
 
@Martin-マーチン besides, there's always the risk of data breach by hackers, examples are countless
@Martin-マーチン me? When did I get hacked? :-O
 
I am trying to convert my friends to GPG, but that hasn't worked so far...
@GaurangTandon you haven't heard of the US election scandal?
 
@Martin-マーチン yeah I read that lengthy article on verge/businessinsider/something
very scary imho
@Martin-マーチン well whatsapp is end-to-end encrypted as well...?
 
The worst thing is, they use all their money for all this garbage... but pgp e-mail security is for free
yes whatsapp should be..
that's one thing where they want a backdoor
 
10:15 AM
that's not the only way countries waste their money though; nuclear weapons are a big threat, every country has them these days, "trendy stuff" I should say :P
imagine if one goes off by mistake...
I might lose all my SE reputation :-O
(useless anti-climax :P)
 
yeah, I think military in general is a waste of money... but well, there are - unfortunately - threats...
 
my country doesn't have nukes... we only supply the world with tanks and other weapons..
 
@Martin-マーチン wow, that's a great thing :) mine has a lot of nuclear weapons though, and I don't like it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
 
10:31 AM
D:
 
 
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12:20 PM
Stuff like that makes me very sad. It's not like that there are multiple answers explaining that it is not that simple; but the way it is written is so absolute and without any evidence. (@pentavalentcarbon couldn't find the down-vote button?!)
 
12:53 PM
now now, it was late and I forgot
I also tend to not downvote for things I don't understand, which is most things
 
what I don't understand cannot be useful IMO -> dv O.o
 
that would mean I would downvote every single organic / synthesis question on the site
which doesn't make any sense
 
Hmm, I thought you meant like the gibberish which that post was...
 
fine, that was true gibberish because it was borderline tautological
 
obviously I don't down-vote stuff that's well presented, but I don't understand because it's not my expertise...
and I see you usually have not trouble giving the thumbs down ;)
But as a chemist I suppose, if someone asks a synthesis question which I cannot follow, its presentation is just weak, then that's a down from me...
i'm tired... need 2 go home...
 
1:06 PM
@Martin-マーチン Oh wow, that's bad. Maybe I just don't read answers closely enough if they aren't in my wheelhouse. Need to become more evil with them...
 
@pentavalentcarbon well, you're plenty evil ... I'm a good person :D
 
 
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9:57 PM
Wat wat wat
Everyone is more evil than me?!
?!
The results must have been eschewed
Manipulated
Phew, Brian is less evil
@pentavalentcarbon does it not?
@Martin-マーチン you just probably have some of those satellites that blow shit up in movies
@Martin-マーチン That should be your slogan in a presidential election
I mean, you're running for emperor of Japan, right?
Nice, chat seems more activer than the graveyard it used to be
Where we buried ortho to prank him
 
 
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11:13 PM
@Martin-マーチン You don’t track users? Well, I always use the mod tools to investigate their sleeping patterns and credit card usage.
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Amongst other things.
 

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