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When ppl defending AI explain all the intricate steps one has to take for it to be remotely useful, this pops in my head.

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those ‘movies you’ve seen more than six times’ prompts always trip me up, I’ve probably watched like 200 movies 6+ times

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Students who want to go to college should not not NOT take calculus in high school. They should take a year-long course called something like "What the fuck is a logarithm?" Sincerely, An Introductory College Chemistry Instructor

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Animals are so stupid. If my shit started rolling around with a swiveling tank turret on top, I'd crush that thing immediately.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

For next school year, I'm thinking of putting up a sign on my door that says what book I'm currently reading, that way students can either talk to me about the book if they've read it or learn about a book that they can read. It might also encourage students to give me suggestions on books to read.

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I would like to teach a one-credit class that's just "A Survey of Different Arrows in Chemistry". Would it be particularly useful? No. Would it be interesting to anyone other than me? Maybe not. But I would really really like to talk about that topic a whole bunch.

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Students who want to go to college should not not NOT take calculus in high school. They should take a year-long course called something like "What the fuck is a logarithm?" Sincerely, An Introductory College Chemistry Instructor

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

I have some...thoughts...on this figure. How about you chemsky lipidtime

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It's rosy maple moth season in Virginia!! My favorite time of year! Can you believe we get to share a universe with this amazing species? It's like pink lemonade had a baby with a muppet.

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I’m shaken by the number of parents who would, to all appearances, be extremely chill with eugenics measures that target their own children.

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submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Sounds like the political influence of Big Erythrosine.

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Worth noting that the spent fuel is all in the casks, bottom right. They are designed to handle fires. I don't know the full details on their specific casks, but it is highly unlikely that a brush fire would result in any kind of a release. Temperatures not high enough & doesn't last long enough.

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Picture of fire approaching Oyster Creek. It's been shut down for a few years now, but there is still spent fuel on-site in the ISFSI. Fire has passed with no damage on site.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Tonight's stupid orgo jokes for the exam: "What kind of permit do alkenes need to drive on a toll road? E-Z pass What do you call a rabbit that'll knock you out? The Ether Bunny

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

The enchirito.

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There used to be a really great Korean-Cajun restaurant in Sterling, VA, but I think it closed down around the time of the pandemic.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Me, an inorganic chemist: actually, it's 18 cuits.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Why, no, you shouldn't have to have your 'papers' on yourself at all times or face extraordinary rendition to a foreign country, actually

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While looking for something else, I stumbled on this interesting back and forth from the early 1970s in C&E News. I read more letters to the editor and the general vibe is men in chemistry and the chemistry community were pretty scummy... #chemsky #womeninchemistry #womeninstem

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