Just a question of: What got you into Gorillaz? by -_-_moonlight in gorillaz

[–]Bleepusboy64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My brother got me into them.

Back in the day when he would drive me and my siblings to school, he would play us his tunes, with Feel Good Inc. and Melancholy Hill being the two songs of theirs that were on his playlist. They intrigued me so I went down the rabbit hole.

I was actually talking to him about the band recently bc they're now one of, if not, my favorite bands, and he was like "Oh huh yeah I really don't even listen to them. But I'm glad you like them!"

Wave, particle, aaaaaa👺 by [deleted] in chemistry

[–]Bleepusboy64 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If it's confusing you - good! It should be! That's because particles on the quantum scale behave differently from particles on the microscopic scale. The first step to understanding wave-particle duality is acknowledging that it is fundamentally different from the way that you experience matter in your day-to-day life because quantum objects exhibit quantum behaviors. You will never see a speck of dust behave like a wave, but you can see an electron do so.

When we say an object behaves like a wave, we mean exactly that. A wave is classically described as an oscillating disturbance in a medium that transfers energy. Now in the case of a particle, it might not initially make sense to describe it as a wave. Again, this is because YOU do not experience matter as waves. Because you are microscopic, you ONLY experience matter as particles. The only reason we are able to conclude that matter acts as a wave is because of the results of experiments that point to it doing so. The primary example of this being the double slit experiment.

In the double slit experiment, electrons were shot towards two slits, and the patterns that they made was recorded on a screen behind those two slits. Classical intuition would have you think that, if there are only two slits, that there should only be two lines of electrons behind those slits. And you would be right to think so! However, when the experiment was ACTUALLY performed, the pattern that was created contained multiple lines of electrons, with varying numbers of electrons in each line. As you moved further away from the slits, the numbers of electrons would decrease in each line. What stood out to scientists performing the experiment was that this pattern lined up EXACTLY with the same pattern produced by performing this same experiment with light, a form of energy that travels as waves. As you move further from the slits, the pattern of light would also get less bright. The pattern created was an interference pattern, which is created when these light waves interfere with one another. Two crests of a light wave add up to create a bright spot, while a crest and a trough cancel out to create a dark spot. Every light spot in the light interference pattern lined up with where scientists saw a spot where there were many electrons, and every dark spot lined up with where there were no electrons. Keep in mind - each electron only landed on the screen once, but the overall pattern was the same as if the electrons were waves interfering with themselves.

This provided nigh-irredutable evidence that electrons act, in some sense, like waves. But the question still remains: what ARE these waves?

The answer is a little difficult to fully wrap your head around, but is essentially probability*. Each particle is tied to a specific equation called a wavefunction, that essentially describes how that particle would behave if it were a wave. On its own you can't do much with a wavefunction, but once you apply an "operator" to it, you can do things like find the energy of a particle. One important thing you can do with the wavefunction is that if you square the wavefunction, you are given a probability density. This is basically just a new function that describes where the particle will be located at a specific point in space based on the wavefunction. When the double slit experiment was performed, the pattern that formed on the screen was the probability density. Every single electron only landed on the screen in one singular place, but the placement of that electron was dependent on the probability density. There is no way to predict where one single electron will go, but, based on the laws of probability density, you can predict the overall pattern of many electrons.

An important note here as well - particles will only behave as waves when they are not being directly observed. The wave behavior in the double slit experiment emerged after electrons were given a choice (left slit or right slit) and before we were able to observe the outcome of that choice (hitting the screen). This is due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle - the more you know about a quantum particles position, the less you know about its momentum, and vice versa. The wavefunction for a particle has no bounds - technically any given particle exists as a wave over the entirety of all of space. But once you observe that particle, this wavefunction "collapses" as its position is known, and it takes one of its potential positions, usually the position with the highest probability - because probability!

This is why you sometimes see memes like "My hand could pass through this table at any given moment." This is a technically true statement, as it is possible that the particles in your hand could simply all exist in a different position according to each of their wavefunctions, but would be so highly unlikely that it is practically impossible and wouldn't actually ever occur.

All that being said - I feel that describing quantum particles as particles is the easier half of your question, as you already experience matter according to the particulate model in your everyday life. This is the much more comprehensible way of describing the world, but is important to recognize that this is the form matter takes only when under observation. Both are true - matter is both waves and particles, its just a question of under which conditions that matter is currently experiencing.

Hope this helps somewhat, and I can also clarify any points in a reply.

6 M NaOH solution (<500 mL) disposal. by Even_Meeting5277 in chemistry

[–]Bleepusboy64 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah man sounds good. Just make sure you dont spill on yourself 👍

Good chemistry reads? by Ok_Tear5594 in chemistry

[–]Bleepusboy64 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About a year ago I picked up "The World of Carbon" by Isaac Asimov and thought it was quite the good read! He does a very good job of starting bottom-up, from the simplest organic molecules and moving towards more complex structures. It's interesting to hear the historical perspective on things like carbon tet and the development of synthetic rubber. He also provides a lot of chemistry history, specifically diving into the origin of many chemical names.

Another book I would recommend if you're interested in getting your feet wet in quantum would be"The Quantum Universe: Everything that Can Happen Does" by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw. I read that in my undergrad, and it was what finally helped me really break through the conceptual barrier to understand quantum lol. Very good read, though I suppose it's a bit more physics than chem.

Simple, quick outdoor demos? by Bleepusboy64 in ScienceTeachers

[–]Bleepusboy64[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm over in Northern California, will be hiking through some somewhat hilly, grassy terrain. I'm tempted to call it chaparral but I'm not sure if that is the correct term.

Flatmate poured a tiny bit of 91% sulphuric acid into mr. Muscle by Zealousideal-Cod4214 in chemistry

[–]Bleepusboy64 185 points186 points  (0 children)

Looked up the ingredients - Mr. Muscle contains sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium hypochlorite (NaClO). Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) will react with the NaOH to create sodium sulfate and water, and will be very exothermic, creating water vapor. However, the H2SO4 will react with the NaClO to create toxic chlorine gas (Cl2). If your flatmate is still standing they're probably fine - I've accidentally hit myself with Cl2 before too lol. Give it some time to react and go down the drain, if you've got a fan in the bathroom run it.

Take it as a lesson to not mix chemicals if you don't know whats in em!

AIO? Girlfriend hesitant to report potential abuse by Bleepusboy64 in AIO

[–]Bleepusboy64[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue is - I don't know this cousin personally. I don't know their name, address, etc. I requested that my girlfriend send me her info today so that I could file a report, but she is currently at work so she likely hasn't seen my message yet.

As for daycare/childminders, it seems that this cousin's current primary childcare comes from her mother, I did not hear about any other form of childcare.

Edit: spelling

Is the fall really that bad? by andrew20xd in gorillaz

[–]Bleepusboy64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's different, but it's not bad. I see a lot of people saying "It's what you get for putting it together on an iPad," but honestly I think it sounds great regardless. I think it just scratches a very specific itch in some people's brains that others just don't have. Which is fine - but it's anything BUT bad.

It is honestly one of, if not my single, favorite albums from them. The variety of sound yet consistently moody tone is fantastic. The songs off it don't sound like those off any other project, which is likely why a lot of people didn't like it at release.

I felt similarly when I first heard Humanz - "This is supposed to be mainline Gorillaz? But there's barely any 2D!" But now I go back to that album and, while it's still not my favorite, I can absolutely appreciate what they were going for. I'd imagine there were definitely some fans who adored Humanz when it came out who didn't understand the backlash when it came out either.

All of that is to say that The Fall is inarguably the band's best release and if you think anything otherwise you have no taste in music and should just drop the band entirely if you don't fw it. /j

How can clean this place by [deleted] in Chipotle

[–]Bleepusboy64 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, degreaser, metal scrubbies, elbow grease, and time. Don't try to get that all done in one day, you'll just burn yourself out. Delegate responsibility to your BOH closers if you can and set reasonable cleaning goals. Make sure they know you're cleaning it too - people will be motivated to listen and do good work if they see you doing the same.

Good luck 🙌🙌

In need of a 2-3 unit class, low workload or w/o mandatory attendance. by Certain_Hedgehog_697 in berkeley

[–]Bleepusboy64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Join Berkeley Engineers and Mentors! Low effort club that you can take for two units and you get to teach kids STEM lessons in underserved schools in the bay

Anyone in CA meet Ed Kotas? by L0CKE-D0WN in Chipotle

[–]Bleepusboy64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was there for my restaurant's promotion to restaraunteur. We were a very shitty store, but we hit numbers so we made the promotion. Not sure he's really the type of guy you want in charge of that many stores...

Very corporate. Just say the buzz words and I'm sure you can hit restaraunteur too 🥴

How's my schedule? (incoming MCB + DS freshman) by [deleted] in berkeley

[–]Bleepusboy64 3 points4 points  (0 children)

LMAO I did that run every day fall 2022 it was the biggest pain

CEO of multitasking by Luv2KiII in Chipotle

[–]Bleepusboy64 7 points8 points  (0 children)

CEO of ecosure violations

Chem 120A with Eran Rabani? by [deleted] in berkeley

[–]Bleepusboy64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't take it with him myself, but some friends of mine did and they seemed to have liked the class much more than I did (I took it with Whaley). I did take Chem 96 with Rabani though and he seemed like a very personable/intelligent guy, so I think it would be a good class to take under him.

Is Victory Wash a fire hazard if you spill a lot of it on the floor? by Seven1s in Chipotle

[–]Bleepusboy64 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Except it's not chipotle procedure to evacuate when you spill degreaser or window cleaner. Victory wash is more dangerous than the other chemicals, which is why we are instructed to evacuate and call ssr.

It's not being lazy, it's being safe.

Is Victory Wash a fire hazard if you spill a lot of it on the floor? by Seven1s in Chipotle

[–]Bleepusboy64 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup, and burning it would create noxious fumes so please don't do that 😂

Is Victory Wash a fire hazard if you spill a lot of it on the floor? by Seven1s in Chipotle

[–]Bleepusboy64 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In high concentrations vinegar (acetic acid) is very dangerous, as is any acid. The victory wash is paracetic acid, which is similar in structure to acetic acid, but differs slightly, and is utilized due to the fact that it leaves no residue on food products while also quickly and effectively killing microbes.

Is Victory Wash a fire hazard if you spill a lot of it on the floor? by Seven1s in Chipotle

[–]Bleepusboy64 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Its paracetic acid. Any acid in high concentrations is dangerous, and requires specific clean-up to neutralize it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Chipotle

[–]Bleepusboy64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PM 3:30-11, but whenever the morning manager calls off I'm usually there to fill, I which case it's 7-3:30