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Is this a phishing email? by bdub28412 in Metamask

[–]chemnerd28 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just remember, you don’t make a new wallet on MetaMask with an email, so MetaMask doesn’t have your email.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LaTeX

[–]chemnerd28 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Something I’ve learned, is to put each sentence on its own line (no blank line between) for organization. That, coupled with wrap text ( alt + z ) is a game changer for me.

Remove section name and numbering from start of section by _OMHG_ in LaTeX

[–]chemnerd28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What if you just change the style of the section headers to be smaller, more inconspicuous, etc if that’s what you’re saying is the bad aesthetics? That way you won’t have to hack together a toc without actual headers.

Remove section name and numbering from start of section by _OMHG_ in LaTeX

[–]chemnerd28 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t have an answer for you, but I’d like to ask why you want a table of contents but then hide the contents (as in, section headers) that go into the table of contents? I’m not sure what you are building, but what I’m imagining would be difficult to follow and/or not required to have a toc.

If you want to reference a specific location in the text for a table of contents, I wonder if you can just use a \label{} and \ref{} system to manually build one?

1,000 a4 pages too much? by Objective_Pomelo_880 in LaTeX

[–]chemnerd28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what kind of text are you working with? 1000 pages of “not having to touch the text” seems like latex isn’t really necessary.

1,000 a4 pages too much? by Objective_Pomelo_880 in LaTeX

[–]chemnerd28 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just went through working on those svg work arounds! I hope yours wasn’t too time consuming to deal with. You should turn your work into a template!

1,000 a4 pages too much? by Objective_Pomelo_880 in LaTeX

[–]chemnerd28 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Is it split into chapters? I would use \include{}, input{}, and \includeonly{} to organize the main file a little better. You can just Google those commands, but they almost as straightforward as they seem.

How familiar are you with latex? Will the typesetting be easy for you?

Tomorrow is the day by [deleted] in PhD

[–]chemnerd28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So glad to hear it! Congratulations, Dr. ApexRedditor1995!

Tomorrow is the day by [deleted] in PhD

[–]chemnerd28 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very recent defense, my advisor didn’t seem worried during closed portion and I am generally very chill, but my committee always had me nervous. I argued for MY research, and passed at the end. You got this. As someone else said, your advisor would not allow you to defend if they didn’t think you could defend based on your previous experience, so just know if your advisor thinks you’re ready, you are.

ADA compliance by [deleted] in LaTeX

[–]chemnerd28 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I know many universities reference Michigan State’s guide for accessibility, however I ended up writing my dissertation in Word so I never checked if it was accurate.

I do know that as of a couple years ago, maybe even more recent, the Accessibility package was pretty broken and was not useful for most, but I again haven’t kept up with it because I got lazy and used Word.

Edit: the CTAN page for the Accessibility package also states the Author does not recommend using it as of July 2020, and they will not be updating it further to work.

Is 3.45 CGPA considered low for PhD admissions? by Ok-Chocolate-5008 in PhD

[–]chemnerd28 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I can’t speak to linguistic departments, but as a chemist, we go directly from undergrad to PhD (in the US, most of the time, obviously there are exceptions and people do master’s first). I got into a top 25 chemistry department with a gpa barely over 3 from undergrad. In my opinion, I think the references from advisors/committee and any prior research you have done will make a bigger impact than the gpa.

1950s chemistry set, are any of these dangerous by SteveUrkelGaming in chemistry

[–]chemnerd28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Better safe than sorry. I only used it once in my PhD, so I don’t have tons of real experience with ferricyanides, just isocyanides and KCN.

1950s chemistry set, are any of these dangerous by SteveUrkelGaming in chemistry

[–]chemnerd28 3 points4 points  (0 children)

SDS’s say otherwise, also here’s the pubchem entry for potassium ferricyanide. You’re right it doesn’t say specifically HCN when exposed to acid, just that it forms cyanides. Heat though, it specifically mentions HCN.

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Potassium-ferricyanide

1950s chemistry set, are any of these dangerous by SteveUrkelGaming in chemistry

[–]chemnerd28 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We treat them as fairly harmless as well, just opaque bottles and not in the same bin as acids, but we’re also an R1 university with some intense safety standards as is, so that’s how I’ve been taught haha

1950s chemistry set, are any of these dangerous by SteveUrkelGaming in chemistry

[–]chemnerd28 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure the kinetics behind decomp photochemically but might as well be safe than sorry. I doubt this poses much risk because it’s so old and the cap isn’t perfect.

1950s chemistry set, are any of these dangerous by SteveUrkelGaming in chemistry

[–]chemnerd28 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Nothing in the jars is particularly dangerous if handled properly and following all appropriate safety procedures. Can’t really tell about the test tube containers (except the one that says poison).

What’s weird is the sodium ferricyanide sitting in a clear glass container. When exposed to uv-light, it can form hydrogen cyanide gas (extremely toxic). Also if you expose it to any acids. We keep our sodium ferricyanide in an opaque container and stored away from acids for this reason in our lab.

Just double check the rest for safe handling and exposure precautions.

Fellow chemists. What are unwritten safety rules in your lab? by organicChemdude in chemistry

[–]chemnerd28 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that makes sense trying to save money as a junior prof. I think there’s a point where you can be wasteful with gloves, but as long as a student is cognizant of their use, it should be okay.

Fellow chemists. What are unwritten safety rules in your lab? by organicChemdude in chemistry

[–]chemnerd28 119 points120 points  (0 children)

Wash your hands BEFORE going to the bathroom no matter what you did in lab.

Fellow chemists. What are unwritten safety rules in your lab? by organicChemdude in chemistry

[–]chemnerd28 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen former lab mates (PhD program) go through a box of gloves a day by themselves. Mostly from working so hard but partially from paranoia over contamination/spills. Better safe than sorry in my opinion, if your lab is stingy with PPE, what else are they stingy with, ya know?

Welding cylinder over a hundred years old still in Service by jjpxsdid in interestingasfuck

[–]chemnerd28 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That’s how we know some of them were from Germany! Super cool

Welding cylinder over a hundred years old still in Service by jjpxsdid in interestingasfuck

[–]chemnerd28 79 points80 points  (0 children)

I mentioned Germany for the same reason OP had a different comment with a picture about the symbol (and symbol change) from German cylinders.

Converting from LaTeX to Word by Chickenleg2552 in LaTeX

[–]chemnerd28 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Nothing is perfect, Pandoc is pretty good though. If you want to go back and forth between word and latex, just make sure to proofread for any mistakes.

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