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DHMO

17:04

Has anyone here seen this notation?

sodium carbonate-10-water

!!img/sodium carbonate decahydrate

Chemobot

pH13 - Yet another Philipp

sodium carbonate-10-dhmo?

DHMO

@Chemobot ???

@pH13-YetanotherPhilipp lol

orthocresol

Some homework questions are arguably too broad.

I don't like those that, for example, have multiple choices and require a different line of thought to rule out different choices.

Sorry, it was just my random thought while reading Loong's questionnaire answers.

> Tragically, apart form the homework aspect, homework questions would be a perfect fit for the format of the site: They are on topic, express a clear question, have a limited scope, include a working example, include all the relevant data, can be answered in a few paragraphs, and could be interesting for other readers.

I agree that a lot of homework questions can be polished

I wanted to talk about homework on meta a while ago, but elections came along, so I guess we can wait.

Rubisco

Oh, another homework discussion

orthocresol

17:15

Ignore me T.T

Rubisco

@orthocresol He posted his?

I should reload more often

orthocresol

I just wanted to rant without posting a comment. It would just detract from the issue at hand.

@Rubisco 41 minutes ago. You're slow

Rubisco

@orthocresol Ahem, how am I supposed to work when there's no light out there?

Loong

@orthocresol Yeah, I was mainly thinking about the typical stoichiometry, titration, pH, or thermodynamics homework.

Rubisco

This isn't a 24/7 business

pH13 - Yet another Philipp

17:17

@Rubisco I just want to take that comment from @orthocresol and reformat it for you: YOU ARE SLOW

orthocresol

@Loong Lots of orgchem stuff are actually pretty decent if someone polishes it up and makes it look less homework-ish.

I wouldn't mind answering those and I think sometimes I have.

Rubisco

@pH13-YetanotherPhilipp I AM SLOW but I may show that candidate pH13's brother, Bill Clinton, had an affair with someone I don't care about.

Loong

@pH13-YetanotherPhilipp and you failed the "please provide a link to it after this blurb here" test ;-)

Rubisco

BWAHHA

So technically Loong is second.

BWAHHAHAHAHA

Now let's find a way to bash Loong

Loong

:-(

pH13 - Yet another Philipp

17:19

@Loong I saw it after you put us both on the list O:-)

@Rubisco good luck

he is like teflon

Rubisco

Yah there's that

Loong

@pH13-YetanotherPhilipp difficult to work with? sensitive to radiation?

Rubisco

Aha. Found one

I heard IUPAC sucks.

orthocresol

> Tragically, apart form the homework aspect,

FORM??!!?!?!

Rubisco

@Loong No, sprayed onto metal things

orthocresol

17:27

And this guy is a mod on a language Q&A site.

Rubisco

AHA

orthocresol

Can you even beat that?

Rubisco

I appoint Ortho as my supporter

orthocresol

> For successful participation, however, users essentially only need to understand the topic of the site and the Q&A format, which is focussed on questions and answers with limited comments and edits.

I have a personal grudge against anybody who uses a double s in focussed or focussing.

Oh well, guess this guy's lost my vote.

(Jokes aside - It's actually incredibly common in the UK for goodness knows what reason. I was always taught that it's a single s and I was surprised to learn that double s was acceptable.)

Rubisco

Vote for MAR! He haz no tyops in any of his posst

pH13 - Yet another Philipp

17:31

@Rubisco who is this MAR?

Rubisco

@pH13-YetanotherPhilipp The hero of the people of chem.SE

I envy him

orthocresol

He died for our sins

pH13 - Yet another Philipp

@orthocresol I guess

orthocresol

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Rubisco

Q: How can we make the voter "call to action" ads more universal?

You may not have noticed it, but there's a new set of ads running on SO (and maybe other sites) right now: I guess we got approached by some voter registration org about running these, and it seemed like a good idea... So we're running them. They appear for folks who we think are in the USA, a...

Jan

17:48

@Rubisco Make an Austrian one. ‘Use the correct glue!’

@Wildcat Happens if I recently offered a bounty so that SE ‘thinks’ my rep gain is negative. (Sometimes even hinders across sites.)

I came in here to rant about something, but I forgot about what.

Incidentally, did anybody else reject their own edit reject reason recently?

@Jan Oh yes, I just remembered. Is anybody here concerned that none of the candidate are sportsmen?

Rubisco

@Jan no

Loong

@Jan I reject the idea.

Rubisco

I don't even have 100 answers haha

Jan

@Loong Why? You’re already used to double-tab? xD

@Rubisco You only need a single answer for sportsmanship (the question just needs 101 answers in total).

Rubisco

@Jan yeah sure that's gonna work

@Jan Weirdos attract weird bugs

Loong

18:02

@Jan I guess, it's more common on technical sites such as Stack Overflow that there are multiple useful solutions for a given problem. Our homework and nomenclature questions usually have only one correct answer; therefore, there is no need for multiple answers and thus no opportunity for sportsmanship upvotes.

We only have 1.15 answers per question.

Jan

And yet we have five sportsmen.

(Also: Of course I’m just pulling everybody’s leg because of the concept behind the badges name. I believe all our mods and candidates are sportsmen at heart.)

Rubisco

@Jan you have no idea how wrong you are

Jan

My world is shattering D= Y,…,Y

Rubisco

@Jan Generally, reppy people get that badge than moddy people.

Loong

@Rubisco Jan's sport is ice hockey; so he might be right. ;-)

Rubisco

18:34

@Loong Very scarce chance. I looked everywhere in my heart.

Bounty Hunter

Q: Which electronic effects are responsible for the reduction of nucleophilicity of a hydroxy group orthogonal to an ester?

I am facing a similar synthetic problem as Boekman Jr. et al noted in their synthesis of Tetronolide.[1] I will quote their’s rather than disclosing my actual synthetic problem, but note that the key element — an α-hydroxy-γ-lactone is identical. The authors’ intended convergent synthesis involv...

orbitals reference-request alcohols reactivity esters

Jan

Damnit, I only have five votes left today D=

9-BBN

19:17

Rubisco

Low

9-BBN

hu r ya?

Rubisco

Could've been better

9-BBN

I don't understand what about the Chemistry Nobel prize is about

Rubisco

@9-BBN It's about chemistry

9-BBN

19:24

Where can I find an article which explain what it is how the did etc ?

Loong

@9-BBN nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2016/…

9-BBN

Thank you

Rubisco

data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/551195

Jan

Uhh, molecular machines! =D

Rubisco

@Loong This is the beginning of a revolution indeed

9-BBN

19:36

Not time to read it now 'cause I'm working on Pd Coupling reactions ^^

9-BBN

20:21

I giggled about quantum numbers

It confirms French people are rude :P

How are you Wildcat?

Wildcat

20:35

@9-BBN Fine. :)

@9-BBN why? :O

9-BBN

Because Frenchies are rude so I try to do the contrary and be a better man ^^

I'm trying*

Wildcat

@9-BBN all people are rude

animals are better :)

orthocresol

`(.•.)´

9-BBN

To be rude is typical from France I guess :P

We are cold people ^^

Jan

What about molecules?

9-BBN

20:44

What "what" ?

Jan

Are they as rude as people or as friendly as animals?

9-BBN

At least both at the same time because of their size

Tandem reaction now hehe

But I would not be able able to answer Jan

Wildcat

independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/…

1 hour later…

9-BBN

22:18

Am I ok chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/60336/… ?

Rubisco

A: In practice, do polar molecules actually align in an electric field?

Yes, polar molecules can align with a strong field. If the field is strong enough to overpower the local effects and the molecules are mobile. There is a devise called an ELectret, which is roughly the electrostatic equivalent of a permanent magnet. An Electret can be formed using a polar polyme...