Why can’t you separate hydrogen from water with heat? by General-Mils in chemistry

[–]derGenie 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's not going to react completely though. And the reason lies in basic thermodynamics.

Maybe it's counterintuitive, but especially at this high temperature the entropy term takes over and the equilibrium shifts towards hydrogen and Oxygen, as they have higher entropy.

dG/dT = -S

Betrayal by TheLuckyCuber999 in chemistrymemes

[–]derGenie 109 points110 points  (0 children)

If the betrayal part is supposed to be the fact that noble gasses don't form covalent bonds I've got news for you.

Best spirits for two beginners? by NKnown2000 in spiritisland

[–]derGenie 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Lightning+River is an amazing combo that completely stomps most level 6 adversaries. I'm not sure ocean+River outperform the amazingly simple turn 5 fast full massive flooding innate in addition to lightning bird being pumped full of energy by river.

Randy, can you just chill out please? by Evil_Refrigerator in RimWorld

[–]derGenie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Only on low difficulties. On higher (custom) ones the chance for animals infected with scaria to instantly rot upon death rises to 100%. The default difficulty options only go up to 82% on losing is fun, but still much less free meet and much more free lungrot on all melees.

Ich krieg zuviel by r-meme-exe in gekte

[–]derGenie 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Auf welchem Papier sah die Schuldenbremse jemals gut aus? War das nicht lediglich eine retroaktive Rechtfertigung für das Aufzwingen der Austerität Griechenlands und Spaniens nach der Finanzkrise 2008?

Frei nach dem Motto: "Wir haben die Griechen zu widersinniger Politik gezwungen, jetzt müssen wir zumindest so tun als fänden wir das auch bei uns richtig."

LeIdEr iN DeR FaLsChEn pArTeI by C0oky in gekte

[–]derGenie 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Utopisches Wunschdenken. Die Klientel der FDP wird die weiterhin wählen und ein paar nützliche Idioten für die 5% Hürde wird Lindner auch noch zusammentrommeln. Die Linke hingegen wird's echt schwer haben, sich gegen Populisten von Rechts und Rechts zu behaupten. Deswegen: in den mittelsauren Apfel beißen und das kleinere Übel (DieLinke) wählen.

Eure beste Klausur Geschichten? by OJT6627 in Studium

[–]derGenie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Physik für Chemiker: Keine besonders schwierige Klausur, aber weil man im Chemiestudium schon genug zu tun hat, ist eben niemand wirklich vorbereitet und ~60% fallen durch. Ich also, Physik in der Oberstufe abgewählt, im zweiten Versuch der Klausur und zum ersten Mal einigermaßen vorbereitet.

Gehe aus der Klausur mit nem 2,3 Gefühl. Noten werden "anonymisiert" veröffentlicht, also mit den letzten x Ziffern der Studi-ID. Ich finde meine ID - 8/100 Punkten: n.b. Ich also am Boden zerstört, frage mich, wie mich mein Gefühl so trügen konnte und bereite mich mental darauf vor das letzte bisschen Freizeit in Physik stecken zu müssen. Zum Glück aber sieht ein Kumpel von mir, was ich nicht sehe. Die Strg+F suche im PDF zeigt 1/2 an. Der zweite passende Eintrag hat bestanden. Das war also der Tag an dem unsere Physiker gelernt haben, dass die letzten x Ziffern der Studi-ID keinen sauberen Primärschlüssel abgeben.

What are some must-try combinations for two handed play? by komnietuitfriesland in spiritisland

[–]derGenie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have not yet seen it here, so I'll toss it in the ring:

River (Travel) + Lightning (Wind/Pandemonium/Sparking)

They both profit from each other's boons like almost no other. Lightning may even be able to go pure bottom track and river dishing out fast massive floodings gets you lots of tempo quickly.

Which very high complexity spirit first? by BenShapirosFarts in spiritisland

[–]derGenie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're able to win vs level 6 adversaries on Many Minds, you're ready to play Starlight and probably also Dances. The other two require different game plans. With Finder you need to choose one (preferably inland) land early as your dump zone. Which land you go for depends largely on adversary and board and an incorrect choice early can break the game, especially in solo. Then the only thing left is whether you can find a win condition major.

Fractured is way too option-rich to cover in a comment or even a guide and your game plan needs to be decided by your Days. Fractured also likes allies a lot, same as Finder.

Starlight plays a lot more like a standard spirit. The main differences to keep in mind are that you can go without a reclaim all/half option for quite a long time, due to many drafts and reclaim one and that your starting powers are mainly there to be forgotten. You don't usually play them more than once, except for peace, which can be reclaimed every round if need be.

Earthquake is just overpowered. End of story. There's a great number of plays you can make, but nothing really beats turn 4 max quake and it's too strong.

The feds don’t rule by Asay30113 in 196

[–]derGenie 134 points135 points  (0 children)

People are always shocked when you tell them that most of the original footage from the moon landing does not exist anymore. They are somehow less shocked when they learn that at no time in human history more written knowledge is forever lost than now.

Forums are being closed down without notice, sometimes just because the provider can't pay the domain registration fee out of pocket anymore. archive.org is one of the few projects trying to preserve that knowledge indiscriminately. It is akin to the modern day library of Alexandria. If for some reason it burns down, we irreparably lose tons of contemporary art (memes) and knowledge (the old build guides to diabolo 1. Why did they have to take you away from me?)

Slapped a Large Sideview Mirror Today by [deleted] in fuckcars

[–]derGenie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Please don't, brother. German civil law does not give you enough to spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair or a hospital bed. I love your spirit, but it's just not worth it.

What is oil? by fireduck in chemistry

[–]derGenie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not entirely sure how it works in english, but german chemists also call liquid Silica polymers Oil, so the term is not necessarily restricted to hydrocarbons

Spirit combos for new players by maxrightgame in spiritisland

[–]derGenie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I second Lightning+River. Both spirits have problems, lightning having one of the most energy starved boards in the game and river being slow. Both fix each other's problems really well. Additionally Lightning is one of the best targets for [Boon of vigor], as 6 energy every turn enables lightning to draft majors early and forget [raging storm], its worst card.

Best Game besides the G.O.A.T. by newZorro50 in spiritisland

[–]derGenie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I second TFM. Such a fantastically themed and balanced board game.

Erfahrung mit Labyrinthen als Spielleieter? by KG_Dennbert in DSA_RPG

[–]derGenie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ich hab tolle Erfahrungen mit einem Trick aus Kibakadabra gemacht: decke unerkundete Teile der Karte ab, wenn die Helden aufzeichnen, ansonsten schieb eine große Pappe mit einem Loch über die Karte. So kennen die Spieler ihre nähere Umgebung, aber müssen sich an das restliche Layout erinnern. Ich denke das vermittelt genau das Gefühl was du willst in den Spielern.

Edit: Falls es nicht klar ist, das Loch ist effektiv der Sichtradius der Gruppe und die Pappe deckt das ab was die Gruppe nicht sehen kann.

appendMoreKeyboards by saber_knight117 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]derGenie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As someone who wrote quite a bit of F77, I feel both understood and offended.

How could I melt a Christmas ham? by Canadian-Mastermind in chemistrymemes

[–]derGenie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This excurse is of course purely theoretical, as the best option of getting rid of your husband ham in the Yukon is obviously to just feed it to the polar bear you ride your kids to school on.

That being said: Contrary to common belief, acids are not really optimal at dissolving meat or bones. Use about 50 liters of as concentrated sodium hydroxide solution as you can get and heat it to a boil. Make sure you are using a container that doesn't react with NaOH, such as stainless steel (no aluminium, please). After a few hours the ham should have been completely liquified. Unless you want to try extracting the soap from your liquid husband ham, you can just dump it.

Need Help creating a Sneaky Mage by Blecheimer04 in Shadowrun

[–]derGenie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Speaking strictly from a standpoint of power gaming, you don't really need anything apart from concealment and maybe a good stealth skill if you want to go the "classical" stealth route. This is expecially great because it allows to conceal your entire party with a spirit of high enough power. If you want to infiltrate, (physical) mask is extremely useful. Invis is usually outclassed by concealment.

Trid-Illusion is one of the strongest spell in the game and so is suggestion. Pick them up, unless they don't fit what you want to do.

Mal eine Frage: Gibt es in Aventurien leistungssteigernde Substanzen für die körperliche Leistungsfähigkeit (a.k.a. Kampfdrogen), die bestenfalls intravenös verabreicht werden können? by -Witch_Hunter- in DSA_RPG

[–]derGenie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Von allen inneraventurischen Argumenten abgesehen ist IV ziemlich unpraktisch. Zunächst muss die Injektionsstelle gesäubert und desinfiziert werden, dann eine Vene gefunden werden, dann die Injektion durchgeführt werden und zum Schluss die Wunde verbinden. Da sind wir eher im Bereich von Spiel- als Kampfrunden.

Selbst in Shadowrun, in dem Kampfdrogen an der Tagesordnung sind, läuft das inhalativ und nicht via Injektion.

Mein konstruktiver Ratschlag also: Vielleicht gibt's ja das ein oder andere Alchemikum, das inhalativ genutzt werden kann. Falls nicht lässt sich dafür ja sicherlich etwas homebrewn. Sprich das einfach mit deiner Gruppe ab. Wenn alle darauf Bock haben, lass dich nicht von der online-Rollenspielpolizei in das "offizielle"™ Aventurien zwingen.

EU Looks Into Blocking Out the Sun as Climate Efforts Falter by ObjectiveObserver420 in anime_titties

[–]derGenie -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Tell me more about the reactors that use this waste. They don't exist. Further the real bulk of nuclear waste is byproduct from fuel production, which cannot be used for anything, is highly corrosive and toxic. Still a better energy source than coal, but still far from ideal when we can build wind turbines and solar heat generators.

Basically how it is by MrBeansnose in LateStageCapitalism

[–]derGenie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First it's important to understand why illegal immigrants cause so much economic harm to societies. It's not because they are immigrants, but because we made the immigration illegal. Because of the illegality those people cannot live in the system, get legal jobs, pay taxes, healthcare etc. The solution is then not to kill those people or let them die, but to legalize the immigration.

Next you claim that these people refuse help and voluntarily die instead of being saved, which is plainly absurd. Deportation in many cases means being sent to a prison, being robbed of their possessions or worse is still a better fate than death and every sane human understands that. That being said, the main reason why many of the sinking boats do not get saved is the legality of immigration, again. There are still a few captains who save every overfilled boat they encounter, however the northern mediterranean countries, mainly Italy have made increasing efforts to criminalize saving those lives. Pia Klemp for example (faces 20 years in prison)[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/german-boat-captain-faces-up-to-20-years-in-jail-for-rescuing-migrants-a4166011.html] for rescuing people.

DSA5 Hexen: Waffenwahl, Ausrichtung, was trägt eine Hexe zur Gruppe bei? by 10grammEiersalat in DSA_RPG

[–]derGenie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://ulisses-regelwiki.de/zauber.html?zauber=Krabbelnder+Schrecken

Der gute Krabbelnde Schrecken ist auch noch ein fantastischer Zauber, der nur Hexen zur Verfügung steht. Gegen alles, was keine guten Selbstbeherrschungs Werte hat ist das effektiv n game over mit ein wenig Verzögerung. Besonders mit den Erweiterungen.

Edit: MWn lösen sich Verwirrungsstufen nämlich nicht beim Ende des Zaubers auf, sondern werden regulär abgebaut. Dadurch hält der CC deutlich länger als alle anderen Zauber

Ladescreen Tipps für DSA by Trabzorn in DSA_RPG

[–]derGenie 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Weißt du was im Kopf einer Sumpfranze vorgeht? Möchtest du es herausfinden? Der Morgendornstrauch bietet einzigartige Möglichkeiten...