The obvious one is buying drugs. I don’t feel like arguing the morality of doing that but anonymous money is definitely useful for that.

Isn’t “I” considered poor form? I was taught to always write in passive but “we” is kind of the accepted exception.

The 2nd referee will nonetheless tell you to get rid of all of them

Iirc, yed

I still remember trying to find the space group for Copper Telluride. No amount of technical terms could help me there.

1. Light = energy, shorter wavelengths= higher energy. Blue light has a shorter wavelength than red light. UV has even more energy. X-Rays have a lot more energy. For reference in the visible spectrum were talking about maybe 1-4 eV (this may be wrong, I’m too drunk to look it up rn).

2. If we want to produce light, the aim is to find an energy gap that has the exact energy gap that corresponds to the wavelength we’re interested in. Typically this corresponds to an electronic transition, i.e. an electron “jumps” into a higher orbital, on its way down it will emit the energy difference as light.

2.1 X-Rays rn are produced by accelerating electrons onto a metal plate with high voltage. The impact of the electron “rips” out an electron in the close vicinity of the nucleus. Another electron will take the place of that electron, the energy gap associated with that process is large, which is why it produces X-Rays.

3. If we want to produce LEDs that emit in the far UV range we have to find large energy gaps in materials which is difficult. We still have to have a way to get the electron across the energy gap using electricity.

4. X-Ray LEDs are probably not realistic, as the energy of x-rays is so large that we have to rip out electrons from the close vicinity of the nucleus… which is already what we’re doing with X-ray tubes.

Sorry for awkward sentences

Don’t be sorry, you’re communicating quite clearly.

And, just for the record, I do agree that the term “organic” is daft when referring to food. The term is entirely arbitrary and I wish we had a food certificate that was actually based on scientific factors (like impact on environment etc.)…

They need to have orbital hybridization

This one is often cited as a factor (because it excludes carbides like e.g. WC, TiC, TaC) but afaik it’s not true. Carbon in graphite is sp2 hybridised, in diamond it’s sp3 hybridised, both are explicitly excluded from the definition of organic.

Side note: I am unsure whether graphene falls under the definition of organic. Depending on how you look at it, it’s just a huge aromatic molecule. Don’t get me started on nanoribbons which are synthesized from organic precursors…
But I know people doing research on graphene, and I don’t think they would care about that definition. It simply doesn’t matter.

Side note^2: While CO_2 is also explicitly excluded from being organic, it can be used as an educt in organic reactions (e.g. Preparing Phenylacetic Acid from Benzyl chloride and CO_2)

MSc in chemistry here

Just because chemistry utilizes words and defines them with specific criteria it doesn’t mean these words can not be used in other contexts with different meanings (e.g. vinyl)

Oh and you probably know, but diamond, graphite, CO₂ and all sorts of carbonates are excluded from being organic.

Why do y’all have to write in such a condescending/rude way?

My point was Bluetooth is not better in every way and I stand by that (you seem to too).

Personally, I have 2 pairs of headphones 1 pair of in-ears and 1 pair of over-ears, I use my over-ears for everything except band practice and gigs (where I use in-ears). Buying more headphones just so I can use them with my phone seems ridiculous to me.

I am happy that you find joy in wireless headphones, and I’ll stop talking now in fear of summoning that Candybar Jerk again.

I know people don’t really value it these days, but to me there is great value in (stupidly) simple technology.

The more complicated a system is, the more prone it is to breakage. We have lots of areas in our life where we already rely on complicated circuits. I don’t need to add headphones to that list.

Have you seen anyone in a music recording studio or a stage wearing Bluetooth headphones?

My point is not that everybody needs headphones for studio sessions or gigs etc. My point is simply that Bluetooth is not just better as you seem to imply.

Different technologies have different usecases, wired headphones won’t die for a very long time, and there are good reasons for it.

I don’t intend on turning this into some sort of fight but to me your comment has big

“I don’t see the problem why can’t other people just have enough money”

vibes (Also I checked and an adapter costs me 12$ on Amazon). I don’t think you intended it this way, so I’ll shut up now.

As to my actual answer:

• Leaving it on headphones is not an option to me (I explained it above)
• Buying one for every jacket might work, but what do I do in summer?
• Please correct me on this but afaik it’s not standardized
  • USB output is usually digital, while headphone obviously require an analog signal. I assume the vendors just use certain pins in the USB jack for transmitting the analog signal while keeping the rest grounded.
  • I know for certain that Samsung adapters don’t work on OnePlus phones for example.

I could go on, but there’s honestly no point. We’re different people with different uses for our phones/headphones. I won’t buy a phone without a headphone jack as long as I still have wired headphones.

I have 2 main problems with that:

• My headphone cable is long and sometimes it gets tangled in all sorts of places. The adapters are small and flimsy, if I leave them on the cable I assume they’ll break soon. I have no problems with a broken headphone cable as it is an easy and cheap fix. I don’t think the adapters are seriously fixable tho.
• Everything else uses a headphone jack everywhere. I have yet to see a use for USB-C to audio jack anywhere else. Which makes sense as USB is digital and audio is analog. I assume many people have no use for headphones outside of their phones, I am not one of those people.

Honestly I’d probably buy a phone without a camera before I’d buy a phone without a headphone jack.

I was sold on the idea of a fairphone but that’s a dealbreaker to me. I very briefly owned a phone without a headphone jack (borrowed from a friend while my current one was in repair), having to think of that stupid adapter all the time was hell.

Haven’t we already confirmed ignition?

Not that I know of. You can obviously just neglect most energy costs when considering “ignition” and the proclaim you’ve achieved ignition. These may legitimately be significant advances but it doesn’t mean we’re ready to start thinking about actually sustaining fusion energy at scale.

Archaeology -> people, Paleontology -> non people

Both are about digging old stuff out of the ground (sometimes)

Source: not an archaeologist, but I was told so by other people who are also not archaeologists

I’ve definitely had to handle 30gb plain text files before so I am inclined to believe twice as much should be just as possible

I assume different people have different needs, but I feel so much more content with life when I get up early and drive my bike to work/Uni. Having some structure forced onto me is just way easier than living from day to day. But I have also struggled with depression in the past, I may require it more than others do.

I know people enjoy being snooty about audio quality and I used to as well. But at some point I just stopped caring and openly admitted that I couldn’t hear a difference. I can wholeheartedly recommend!

I don’t know why anyone would give Spotify money when…

Frankly, I do because I share a family account with a bunch of people I haven’t spoken to since high school my family. The amount of money I pay is absolutely negligible for me, it’s less than what I give to homeless people on the street.

I tried quitting Spotify because I really do hate it for a number of reasons. Apple Music was pretty shite on Android (and Linux). I also tried living without a streaming service, but ironically a lot of smaller bands don’t release their music through anything but the popular streaming services. Piracy also sucks when you can only download popular music at best.