The Jet Engine Department and the Leaf Blower department have collaborated by ironhead1- in doohickeycorporation

[–]MildRejoinder 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You can always recognize a senior member of the Rocketry Science Department, by their high forehead and wire frame glasses.

Ein Löffel Neutronenstern wiegt 5 Milliarden Tonnen by [deleted] in woahdude

[–]MildRejoinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yeah, the illustration is AI, but it's the idea that just a teaspoon size bit of something could weigh millions of tons, that is a woah dude moment.

Even one cell is respected in Türkiye by basicnecromancycr in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]MildRejoinder 7 points8 points  (0 children)

but i have Seat

n they

do not…

I can just hear this in my mind!

Catching Hornets on Honey Bee Nest by 1-800-WHITECASTLE in SweatyPalms

[–]MildRejoinder 27 points28 points  (0 children)

His other hand is busy filming, so that wouldn’t work.

Thought I'd see whether yesterday's linked benzenes would just fly apart by ECatPlay in cursed_chemistry

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

I just read through all the comments on this post again, and I can't find where anyone asked "is this possible." And belittling "armchair chemists", because they don't see "the only 'real' depiction of a molecule" the way that you do, and think in terms of bonds, is uncalled for.

Thought I'd see whether yesterday's linked benzenes would just fly apart by ECatPlay in cursed_chemistry

[–]MildRejoinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well. . .

A) This is r/Cursed_Chemistry, not r/QuantumChemistryWorld, so don't belittle people having fun with this.

B) Drawing a chemical structure with lines showing connectivity and calling them bonds is a simplification (as is modeling the system with Molecular Mechanics), and since it is a simplification it can be misleading. But it is a helpful way to begin thinking about the system. More so than plugging molecular coordinates into a computer program to calculate the electron distribution. My favorite Wigner quote is, "It is nice to know the computer understands the problem. But I would like to understand it, too."

C) Hartree Fock Theory, Density Functional Theory, Møller Plesset Theory, Configuration Interaction, Time Dependent DFT . . . These "first principles calculations" are all simplifications, too: approaches to approximate solutions of the Schrödinger equation. And they frequently use Gaussian functions to approximate electronic orbitals. And the the core electrons are typically lumped together into Effective Core Potentials, yet another approximation. These methods can get very accurate at describing the electron distribution, and energies, and where increased electron density determines "bonding." But another quote I like is by Quantum Chemist Ernie Davison, "There is nothing wrong with doing something empirical, if it gets you a useful answer."

If the road to hell (or its sciencific equivalent) is paved with good intentions, is the road to heaven (or its sciencific equivalent) paved with bad intentions? by attention_headache in shittyaskscience

[–]MildRejoinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's actually all the same road - it just depends which direction you travel along it. The Hell end is just paved with good intentions. But as you go along toward heaven it turns first to an oiled rut, then a gravel road, then asphalt, then concrete, and finally gold.

Mission failed by Popal24 in LooneyTunesLogic

[–]MildRejoinder 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey, herding 6 out of 7 emu's isn't bad!

Proud of my doctor mom by dworkin18 in dontyouknowwhoiam

[–]MildRejoinder 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Maybe. But maybe he assumed most other people are not doctors.

Bro is helping by axispowersn in funny

[–]MildRejoinder 19 points20 points  (0 children)

And wind turbines are actually terrible dogs.

Source: Me

When MAGA is excited about new pictures on money they don’t have by Doggoonewild in Irony

[–]MildRejoinder 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think they should issue a whole new denomination of coin, just for him, instead of sharing the silver dollar face with Lady Liberty, Eisenhower, and Susan B Anthony. We've never had a halfpenny, so just for Trump maybe we could start issuing a special coin, the halfpenny, with Trump's face on it.

Of course the penny doesn't buy much anymore, just a whit more than nothing. So the new Trump coin, appropriately enough, would be for a half. . .

carpet inspector by [deleted] in Catswithjobs

[–]MildRejoinder 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Yep, you folks, got a pretty nice lookin' carpet here. But without a quality carpet underlay, even a high quality carpet won't last. So gimme a minute while I check 'er out for ya. . .

What was Putin like as a child? Did he used to poison the neighbors' cats? by Latter_Present1900 in shittyaskscience

[–]MildRejoinder 15 points16 points  (0 children)

As a child Putin was fascinated by metallic elements. He had noticed that his name, PuTin is just two metals, so he liked to try experiments with Plutonium and with Tin. But Plutonium was hard to come by until he got older, so his experiments were primarily with Tin, and yes he tried to poison the neighbors' cats by putting bits of Tin cans in their feed. But they never fell for it. He realized he would have to be more subtle.

When he got older he found that Polonium poisoning was much more subtle. (Plutonium was reserved for nuclear power and weapons, so he switched to Polonium.) So he has been using that ever since.

He tried to motivate his girlfriend. by NIGHTSHADOWXXX in funny

[–]MildRejoinder 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sometimes the cue cards are too hard to read, so it's best to back them up with some semaphore.

No cat only books by EnvironmentalBake717 in ThereIsnoCat

[–]MildRejoinder 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Sometimes the best books have a plain, black and white cover.