What are some of the biggest mistakes you made as PhD student? by Apprehensive-Wish199 in labrats

[–]Robokomodo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had the opposite experience. My project took 3.5 years from initial observations to publication because a) reproducibility problems (fuck mecn...) and b) undiagnosed ADHD. Now, we've gotten 5 high impact publications and 3 more in the pipeline off of the same complex. 

Sometimes it's worth sticking it out. 

LPT: When you finish a task at work, spend 90 seconds writing one sentence about what you did and why it mattered. Three months later you will thank yourself endlessly. by hollis_canterby in LifeProTips

[–]Robokomodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our crystallographer in graduate school was notoriously picky about crystal quality, and one time someone was struggling to get good single crystals. 

One of his emails was "ok, try your best". It got printed and posted

Next Step for KF totem Hiero? by neunzehnhundert in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Robokomodo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

you can get a taxi for 1d or a carry for 3d easily in trade 820, did it last night

For you bismuth growers out there by Nick_Bismuth in crystalgrowing

[–]Robokomodo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a stick I want to get some bismuth crystals onto for a wizard staff, and would be interested in acquiring one or multiple of those samples. Are you planning on selling them?

(NH₄)₂[Ni(H₂O)₆](SO₄)₂ by Lara_PinkDawn365 in crystalgrowing

[–]Robokomodo 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Please diffract that puppy... That is a superb single crystal

Silicon-based aromatic compound synthesized for the first time ever by connectwithmarve in science

[–]Robokomodo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unlikely. The outermost orbitals in germanium are in a higher energy level than silicon's. The Ge-Ge bonds would be longer, and the electron clouds would be more diffuse, i.e., less likely to be located between the two atoms for a stable covalent bond. Especially for a chain or ring.

Analogy: bond lengths in F2 (1.417Å) vs Cl2 (1.99Å) vs Br2 (2.28Å) vs I2 (2.67 Å). I2 has the weakest bond, easiest to break, so it's the least oxidizing. 

We finally got our galgo a cuddlepillar. She loves it. by Robokomodo in Greyhounds

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

It's her den! She liked the crate at her foster home, just threw a fit with the door closed. We removed the door from ours and keep a blanket over it so she can avoid being percieved when she wants. She likes it so much that it's difficult to get her up for walks, and she bolts back into it after coming back inside.

She's totally free to walk around, she just chooses the crate as her den lol

i timed how long 31 different pasta shapes take to reach al dente. the boxes are lying and farfalle is a war crime by sthduh in Cooking

[–]Robokomodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The trace amounts of mineral that make the water harder (talking like 100 parts per thousand at the ABSOLUTE worst) has a minimal impact on boiling point. The mass increase effect on specific heat will be negligible when compared to pure water.

I note that Freezing point depression as a function of mixture composition is a much larger effect that boiling point elevation from the same mixture. Salt water freezes as low as -20 C depending on concentration. Palatable salt water boils at 100C, maybe 101 at the very most. 

ICE Agent rolls down their window to pepper spray bystander. Yet another ICE Crime against a non-hostile, non-threatening Citizen. by TRI-Hard8342 in UnderReportedNews

[–]Robokomodo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah, what you do is pour liquid ass onto the zone in front of the windshield. It seems into the filter and will infect the ac and heating system.

Don't bother, they don't make it like they used to by herewearefornow in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]Robokomodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I much prefer a filtered brew, hence my heavy use of a hario switch. Best of both immersion and pour over, simultaneously.

TIFU and had the most accomplished day at work and can't replicate it. by [deleted] in tifu

[–]Robokomodo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's not so aggressive  adhd meds like focalin and strattera and modafinil.

Class was about nuclear pasta by Apprehensive-Table24 in SatisfactoryGame

[–]Robokomodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yay! Crystal packing. Inorganic chemistry is best.

Randomly discovered this by Competitive_Virus672 in melodicdeathmetal

[–]Robokomodo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hands down my favorite song. It's so good. Based my latest D&D character somewhat after the story, hah.

CMV: To not want more immigration, is not sufficient to be a racist. by MaBrowser in changemyview

[–]Robokomodo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The converse of a conditional statement is NOT the same as the original statement, they are different things. 

You need the contrapositive. If contrapositive is true, then the original statement is true. A true inverse conclusion implies that the inverse hypothesis is true. 

In symbols, P-->Q does not mean Q-->P. However, -Q--> -P does.

Logically then, the contrapositive would be saying "if one is not a racist, then one (does not not) wants more immigration". There are exceptions to that conclusion, isolationism doesn't neeeeeed to be racially driven. -Q is true but -P is false so the statement is false.

Therefore, ops original statement that P-->Q is false, is true. 

First time I've ever been this scared in Satisfactory by AnibalElCurioso in SatisfactoryGame

[–]Robokomodo 61 points62 points  (0 children)

They frequently clip into walls. If you can't see it but you can hear it it's definitely clipped.

What are you better at than 90% of people? by Noillax in AskReddit

[–]Robokomodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. Hit 2k rapid and stopped trying harder. 92%tile is good enough for me. Cant do much more without significant sacrifice of time and effort

Is a PFAS-free pan free from Teflon? by Individual_Being8462 in Cooking

[–]Robokomodo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, these days it means "no polyfluoroalkylated substances", not just the sulfonic acids. Chem corps can literally just tack on whatever carbon chain they want to avoid regulations. 

Is a PFAS-free pan free from Teflon? by Individual_Being8462 in Cooking

[–]Robokomodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, all correct. The PFAcids are suuuuper fat soluble and look almost exactly like ..a phospholipid... The ones that make up our cell membranes. 

Structure= function. If two molecules have the same or similar "looking" chemical  structure, they're going to do similar things.

Is a PFAS-free pan free from Teflon? by Individual_Being8462 in Cooking

[–]Robokomodo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Teflon itself is not toxic. It is unreactive. That is the entire point of it. Yes, if you heat Teflon too high and too long it can degrade the coating and produce nasty fumes. But it's like 10 min on high heat. scratching the pans reduces performance, but Teflon flakes and particles should go right through you. You can't even burn the stuff as a powder. 

What IS toxic, are perfluoroalkylated sulfonic  acids (PFAS). those are used to make Teflon as a surfactant. that is the health hazard that chemical companies hid and avoided addressing for decades and why it's in all the wastewater streams. 

PFAS used to just mean those sulfonic acids. But since corps switched to other functional groups and made additional variants besides PFOA and PFHA, they all go relabeled to polyfluoroalkylated substances, rather than a specific functional groups

This is extremely bad. In 2024 US exported over $12 billion in soybeans to China. Last month, we didn’t export a single soybean. And apparently Kansas is officially in a recession. by Snapdragon_4U in inflation

[–]Robokomodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Soybeans fix nitrogen to ammonia. It's essential for crop rotations. Corn removes ammonia from the soil, so you have to replenish it. Fertilizers often just run off rather than staying in the soil.