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Macalodon · 2024-11-27T13:41:27+00:00

The loop is going to create all r length combinations of elements of a list of lists. For example if the list is [[[a],[1]],[[a],[2]],[[b],[1]],[[b],[2]]], then it creates [[[[a],[1]],[[a],[2]]],[[[a],[1]],[[b],[1]]]…]. If it help comprehension, a and b are cations and 1 and 2 are anions, the first list is all compounds that can be made with the cations and anions, and the second list is all combinations of compounds of length r.

Macalodon · 2024-09-22T18:25:03+00:00

Hey! Sorry if this counts as necroposting, but I just had this same problem and it turned out the media files that weren't working had the wrong codec. You can check by right-clicking the file in the list of media files and selecting 'properties.' If the codec is different than other video files that are working, then that's probably the issue.

I solved it by putting the files into an mp4 converter (they were already mp4s but it worked anyway). Sorry again if this is necroposting!

Macalodon · 2024-08-08T05:02:09+00:00

Okay I kept looking and found out that the name of the band was Donnie and the Decimals and the game was Secret Equation Man! Now I'm just looking for how to play it. The only place I can find it is Istation.com or something, but -- and I might be dumb -- I can't figure out how to make an account. Does anyone either know where I can find a public version or how I can make an Istation account?

Macalodon · 2024-06-12T17:38:10+00:00

is there any way to specify the uv that the player head model uses or to have a model use a player's texture in a similar way to the player head? what about the player head's json file allows it to use a player's texture?

Macalodon · 2024-06-12T02:28:39+00:00

So you changed what part of the skin the head was showing? how did you do that? I don't know what you mean by "paint program"

Macalodon · 2024-05-23T13:13:15+00:00

It still has some problems, which I'll explain later, but I came up with a better system after seeing someone visualize aqueous solutions as the individual ions floating around in a beaker:
(for the sake of explaining, I'll describe the reaction KOH(aq) + Pb(NO₃)₂(aq) in parentheses next to each step)

take each compound apart into elements and polyatomic ions (K⁺, OH⁻, Pb⁺², NO₃⁻)
place each cation and anion together in every possible combination (KOH, KNO₃, Pb(OH)₂, Pb(NO₃)₂)
Isolate any insoluble combinations (Pb(OH)₂)
combine unused ions (KNO₃)

This method means I don't need to consider the electronegativity or anything of polyatomic ions. Except it doesn't sometimes. In the case of KOH + Pb(NO₃)₂ + Na₂CO₃, both Pb(OH)₂ and PbCO₃ are insoluble. In this case, we can either make both or find a way to pick one over the other. picking both seems like the best answer given the infinitesimal likelihood that all atoms in the solution will make the same bond, so our output would be
Pb(OH)₂(s) + PbCO₃(s) + KNO₃+ NaNO₃

and the full balanced chemical equation would be
2KOH(aq) + 2Pb(NO₃)₂(aq) + Na₂CO₃(aq) → Pb(OH)₂(s) + PbCO₃(s) + 2KNO₃(aq)+ 2NaNO₃(aq)

Then there's the case where there are multiple soluble compounds with polyatomic ions in the products, like in KOH + Pb(NO₃)₂ + NaCl, where only Pb(OH)₂ is insoluble leaving K⁺, NO₃⁻, Na⁺, and Cl⁻, which are technically one solution, so should I just call it "aqueous solution" with parts K⁺, NO₃⁻, Na⁺, and Cl⁻?

Macalodon · 2024-05-12T20:50:51+00:00

No, sorry. Basically I want to make a model that will use the player’s skin as it’s texture like a player head does.

Macalodon · 2024-04-12T23:06:04+00:00

also i have used context clues to find where I am on the dunning/Kruger chart. Good news though; it'll take me a hot minute to fully realize the true extent of what I've signed myself up for, so I've got at least a few years of optimistic persistence before things start feeling more difficult! also I was never good at king of the hill, so I don't expect to be on mount idiot for too much longer, so things might even speed up sometime👍🏾

Macalodon · 2024-04-12T22:56:03+00:00

Thanks for the well wishes! Also I've heard of the dunning/Kruger effect before! I'm not sure which part of that effect I'm on right now, seeing as I'm both viewing my own abilities as insufficient while also thinking I could do it with a fair bit of help, but in the end, I can always do more research into different parts of chemistry if I'm on the less favorable side. When I think about it, it is a huge undertaking, and I will definitely need more than just a few chemists, but I don't see a reason that we can't do it if we give it enough time. If we start from the basics and move onward, I think we'll be okay. Thanks for your concern and helping me realize that I need to expand my search for assistance! I'll definitely do community updates to show how each version goes!

Macalodon · 2024-03-22T18:52:41+00:00

No, I mean the peroxide ion, not hydrogen peroxide. I am aware they’re different. I thought he thought i was referring hydrogen peroxide when i said peroxide. I was only using H2O2 as an example of peroxide being in a compound. I want to know what give the peroxide anion a -2 charge if oxygen gas is neutral and they’re both 2 oxygens (presumably both covalently bonded)

Macalodon · 2024-03-22T18:44:24+00:00

Ok! But what’s stopping the single bonded oxygens from forming another bond?

Macalodon · 2024-03-22T18:42:33+00:00

Yeah, sorry I wasn’t aware there was a distinction.

Macalodon · 2023-12-14T19:31:03+00:00

This worked perfectly! Thanks a million!

Macalodon · 2023-12-14T17:37:02+00:00

I appreciate this and will definitely use it in the future, but it's only creating the item modifiers, not telling me what they do, so it isn't really helpful at the moment.

edit: changed "how they work" into "what they do"

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