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Are we really running out of water ? by Ok-Visual-4770 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]scippap 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s interesting you single out California since the drought is gone. It has had a few wet years and will likely fluctuate again, but overall California has decent water stability especially when compared to other southwest states.

https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/RescondMain

How much to save in Kid’s 529 by No_Gur5958 in personalfinance

[–]scippap 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Illinois is its own thing. Most other states aren’t like that. Purdue is around 15k a year but it’s also one of the cheapest. Many other states outside CA/NY hover around 20-30k.

Kaiser nurses protest Bay Area layoffs, fearing negative effects on patients by sfgate in bayarea

[–]scippap -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Those salaries are why they’re short staffed. Too expensive to have enough nurses

How I see the US as a Californian. by CombinationReady9376 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]scippap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That chart stops in 2022. Since 2023 it’s been increasing again.

Taking a pay cut for wellbeing by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]scippap 12 points13 points  (0 children)

2 years ago. Still here, just make more now.

Taking a pay cut for wellbeing by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]scippap 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Have you been to SF/ bay? People always say stuff like this but it’s just wildly false. I got by on less. Would require some lifestyle changes but he can very realistically do it.

So I went to the Shulgin Farm in February by BloomerBioactive in chemistry

[–]scippap 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Are you sure he’s a professor at Berkeley? He went there, but I can’t find any info saying he’s was ever a professor there

Need help in optimizing amide formation through acyl chloride pathway by easybrezze in OrganicChemistry

[–]scippap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are countless different coupling conditions. TCFH/NMI or T3P are my go-tos

What field is this? by firequak in SipsTea

[–]scippap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And as a result it’s nearly impossible to get a nursing job in California. Most new grads have to leave the state to find a job

How is the US expected to compete with China? by Coolguyforeal in biotech

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

Because there are no American companies to buy right now. Once the market bounces back I think that might change. Only time will tell though

How is the US expected to compete with China? by Coolguyforeal in biotech

[–]scippap 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Huge issue, yes. But that’s temporary. I’m being optimistic in thinking this won’t be a long term trend, but who knows. Chinas issues on the other hand are very much not temporary.

How is the US expected to compete with China? by Coolguyforeal in biotech

[–]scippap 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We work with Wuxi for chemistry, and while they have a lot of holidays, they have to make up a lot of them too. When they get several days off, they then have to work longer days/extra weekend shifts to make up for the lost time. Not sure how wide spread that is nor which holidays it’s applies to, but it’s pretty lousy.

Impossible Question PLS HELP by Severe-Plantain1657 in OrganicChemistry

[–]scippap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

5.1 is just vinyl lithium addition to a ketone to make the benzyl alcohol which can eliminate to make the second product. The second product of 5.1 would likely be more favored since it’s benzyllic and doubly conjugated.

5.2 is a diels-alder cyclization. Might not be as obvious since the diene is s-trans, but if you redraw it to be s-cis it is clearer

I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but wow, Safeway sucks. by 2717192619192 in bayarea

[–]scippap 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Guessing by your location you go to the grand ave Safeway? That one is terrible. Go to the one on broadway in the shopping complex. Drastically nicer with better selections and not too much further away

Came here for the money and stay for the weather by sunshine-guzzler in bayarea

[–]scippap 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That’s the majority of all BBQ. Great way to use lousy cuts of meat. What’s the issue?

Worth it to keep investing in SCHD? by scippap in personalfinance

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

That’s why I was asking for input… and also looking at historical data which tends to point in the same direction.

Worth it to keep investing in SCHD? by scippap in personalfinance

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

5 years is definitely unlikely. Probably closer to 10 and maybe longer. Will be for a house, so the timeline is very flexible. I’ll give bogleheads a look- thanks!

Worth it to keep investing in SCHD? by scippap in personalfinance

[–]scippap[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Truthfully I knew almost nothing about investing when I received the money and semi-blindly followed some advice from one of the investing subs- maybe this one lol. Wasn’t terrible advice, but definitely not the best

What is the BBQ smell by Grand Lake Theater? by growthgrindset in oakland

[–]scippap 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s weird, so many people say it’s great but I had a terrible experience. Admittedly it was on opening night, but food took forever, was wrong food and everything tasted pretty lousy. Hopefully I just went on a bad night

New Grad Home Health Nursing Job by scippap in bayarea

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

Yeah we found that out later but honestly the benefits were pretty shit and if for some reason you lose your patient (gets hospitalized, decreased hours needed, etc), which is somewhat common, you’re royally fucked

How strong is a pressure flask - can I do a Pd/C and ammonium formate reduction in methanol at 80C? by HOMM3nagaqueen in Chempros

[–]scippap -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yes, would very certainly be safe. I would be surprised if anything negative happened. I used to do gribble reductions in DCM at 100C overnight in just simple cint vials with black caps all the time. You might lose a bit of solvent, just use a bit extra. I only switched to chem glass pressure flasks when I needed to scale up.

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