Alyx Woodward (obsolete) @Alyx@computerfairi.es

if there's any one general pervasive thing I detest about contemporary graphical interfaces, it's the ease with which it's possible to execute irreversible (or difficultly reversible) actions with a single accidental mouse click

trying to work out color-reaction methods for calcium and magnesium would be cool because then that gets me an easy way to estimate water hardness. I did find a mention about using rhodizonic acid for estimation of calcium, and there's gotta be others

found an _indirect_ method based on precipitating calcium as oxalate, then gauging its oxidation by potassium permanganate. cute, but not exactly simple

getting my new toy is pretty exciting, though. it's just a student instrument but still, it opens some doors. trying to decide what might be some good easy stuff to try out first

might need to get some supporting equipment first, come to think of it. but I can at least try the machine out with some stuff I already have

I once did spectrophotometric determination of iron(III) as the reddish salicylate complex because salicylic acid was easy to obtain

ugh. can't sleep cos Kara's got some neuralgia thing going on

so, I got a new toy in the mail! a visible light spectrometer

el cheapo instrument. single beam, takes those square cuvettes. I ought to order up a box of the cheap plastic ones. it did come with some glass ones

oh for FUCK'S SAKE

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/01/japan-resumes-commercial-whaling-for-first-time-in-30-years

phew, maybe you shouldn't pretend like you can administer a community if you can't even explain decisions properly. that was almost comical

oh well, probably good to be freer of Discord anyway, honestly. there's no future in Discord

so, serious question

(so I'm not expecting answers haha)

what others protocols are out there, that people are using to distribute structured information

like, there's gopher

but there must be other things too, huh?

it can't ALL be The Web[tm]

whew, well, that got a bit of adrenaline going I suppose

haha it wouldn't be a Linux laptop if it didn't crash the moment you opened the lid

I put too much salt in this batch

I wonder what would happen if you used monosodium glutamate instead of salt in a pickle brine, would that taste great or weird

switched to Zi-O

*grumbles, lays idle on couch with mlp rolling*

so, it's another day apparently