Nathan Ackroyd
ElwoodCity@mstdn.ca
<p>Organic Chemistry and Drug Discovery Prof at Mount Royal University, Calgary AB.</p><p>Co-author of "Organic Chemistry: Mechanistic Patterns," TopHat.com</p>
Posts
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Post #4089155
This morning in Calgary. The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball https://link.deezer.com/s/33VDItDN9FyZXBQwfAzRm #yyc
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Post #732407
I&#39;ve always been more than usually sensitive to fragrances, but in the past year things have become much much worse. A lot of my daily decision-making energy is used up in trying to avoid smelling anybody. I&#39;ve had to start avoiding in-person gatherings, and avoid moving around campus at certain times of day. I have class policies in my syllabus and on my course websites asking students to avoid scenting themselves on days when we meet and I&#39;ve had to tell students that...
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Post #732406
My back deck gazebo does this fun thing when the sun shines on the snow. Icicles form, and the snow melts and slides over the edge. When the balance is right, instead of breaking and falling off, the icicles curve inward. The changing angle changes where the dripping water re-freezes, and the icicles start to curve, like sabertooth tiger fangs. When the angle changes enough, new icicles start to form form, but they point downwards, creating rows of dagger-like teeth. It makes me think of Agra...
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Post #732404
John Mastodon is still alive
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Post #732403
I recently learned about Needle Ice, and thought you should know about it too
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Post #411932
@book@beige.party Could be worse. They could be listening to "Heavy Fuel."
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Post #411663
@nev@flipping.rocks It seemed off that the instructions said to place the snail facing the direction it was headed (like, why then bother?) while the image showed it being placed in the opposite direction. You'd think programs would be better at internal consistency, but internal contradiction seems to be a consistent feature of AI.