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< has not been browsing/posting on RPC much recently... What's up, any news to share?

< thinks we're in the calm before the Xmas storm, though < suspects it'll be fairly quiet as we all have gatherings and the like to contend with

< does assume others might be a little busy as well this time of year when it comes to trying to sort out Christmas presents etc. Though < expects this place to go crazy once it gets its ranks and decorations all the same.

< was really mad, livid even, regarding the football squad.

And then < received the news that an Ukrainian friend had the apartment two blocks over be attacked by a drone. What are we even complaining with our lives?

< knows we can tend to get mad or be unhappy about trivial things at times, and it could be a lot worse.

Steo wrote: Sat Nov 29, 2025 7:56 pm < does assume others might be a little busy as well this time of year when it comes to trying to sort out Christmas presents etc. Though < expects this place to go crazy once it gets its ranks and decorations all the same.

< is excited to see it for the first time and participate in it

Reese Riverson wrote: Sat Nov 29, 2025 3:01 am < Has ended up getting the Christmas tree and wrapping paper downstairs and ready.

< will also be working on organizing <'s computer space.

< has finished doing this for <'s vms!

Now, <'s actual computer, < needs to do some organizing as well and some cleaning too. <'s computer consistently has been claiming < has single-digit GB for storage left.

PluMGMK wrote: Fri Nov 28, 2025 9:58 pm

Master wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 6:08 pm < meanwhile is trying to limit <'s consumption of sweet stuffs...to middling success.

< has been limiting it since the summer, to surprising success. The worst is when < is using sugar in the lab, with its overpowering smell, and can't taste it

< realized this morning that < is doing a sort of anti-Santa thing: turning sugar into coal

Sugar has an overpowering smell? Perhaps ^ should run down that process for <...

Master wrote: Fri Nov 28, 2025 11:09 pm < admires ^'s power of will...meanwhile < was doing rather well this week but < ended up getting a doughnut today since < was having a bad craving xD
Maybe < should start turning those to coal...

< tends to do things slowly when < is trying to cut things out. < has now come to the point where < no longer binges at night when < is stressed and no longer drinks soda or even diet soda on a regular basis. Sweets, fast food, junk food, < will eventually phase those out as well (<'s already started limiting sweets). So these things will take time no matter how much willpower one has.

Even if there's a little mistake and < eats a whole day's worth of undesirable foods, it's ok. We all have those days sometimes, it's just a stepping stone of the journey, we'll get to the destination eventually.. < has taken it to heart to celebrate the small victories (like <'s small weight loss < learned a few days ago despite doing almost nothing other than take an injection).

< puts a litre of 0.25 molar sucrose solution in a high pressure hydrothermal reactor and runs it at 180 °C for four hours. Then what < gets out is some brown water that really does have an overpowering smell (caramelly), and some black goo that needs to be washed several times with water and alcohol, before being dried and then annealed in an inert atmosphere at 900 °C. The annealed product is then coal with an interesting nanostructure

PluMGMK wrote: Sat Nov 29, 2025 10:04 pm < puts a litre of 0.25 molar sucrose solution in a high pressure hydrothermal reactor and runs it at 180 °C for four hours. Then what < gets out is some brown water that really does have an overpowering smell (caramelly), and some black goo that needs to be washed several times with water and alcohol, before being dried and then annealed in an inert atmosphere at 900 °C. The annealed product is then coal with an interesting nanostructure

Makes < feel like Sheen listening to Jimmy Neutron .

< has been having weird internet problems tonight, with excessive latency issues. It's annoying.

< is pretty sure < used to know what molar meant at one point in <'s life. Those days are sadly passed however.

< wonders if the weather is bad where ^ is at. Could that be a potential factor for internet problems?

< has returned after a 2-day vacation, < was checking on what the others are doing while <'s gone.

Elite Piranha wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 1:24 am

PluMGMK wrote: Sat Nov 29, 2025 10:04 pm < puts a litre of 0.25 molar sucrose solution in a high pressure hydrothermal reactor and runs it at 180 °C for four hours. Then what < gets out is some brown water that really does have an overpowering smell (caramelly), and some black goo that needs to be washed several times with water and alcohol, before being dried and then annealed in an inert atmosphere at 900 °C. The annealed product is then coal with an interesting nanostructure

Makes < feel like Sheen listening to Jimmy Neutron .

< is glad to make you feel that way

Master wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 7:06 am < is pretty sure < used to know what molar meant at one point in <'s life. Those days are sadly passed however.

It's pretty simple, "molar" is shorthand for "moles per litre", and a "mole" is a quantity of substance that contains 6.022×1023 molecules of the substance. So in this case, <'s litre of solution contained a quarter of 6.022×1023 sucrose molecules (C12H22O11) dissolved in deionized water. In other words, that's 85.5 grams of sugar!

<'s dad went to a funeral up in Armagh this morning. < unfortunately couldn't accompany him due to choir practice, it would have been nice to see Northern Ireland even briefly

Ahh ok, that would make sense, < recalls a measure of molar mass, and it being related to the molecules within a substance feels appropriate.

Master wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 7:06 am < wonders if the weather is bad where ^ is at. Could that be a potential factor for internet problems?

Well, cold and windy at that point. Though < says the internet has been fine today, thankfully.

< Hasn't gotten the Christmas tree up yet either.

Ah yes, it's December now, no more debate. It is time.

< has been having very shit sleep lately...

< didn’t sleep much today either… less than 7 hours

< really can't sleep today either. It was the same yesterday. < doesn't know what's going on.

< notices it's December now, and the barangay <'s living in has a Christmas food bazaar that lasts till New Years Eve, nice.
Yet <'s worried about how ^ and ^^ are not sleeping well, including <.

For the first time in <'s life, < will not have an Adventskalendar this year, and < will not put the Christmas tree up.

It would be too much of a hassle to put away in two weeks anyway.