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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

S-r-configuration Memes

Posts tagged with S-r-configuration

Exam Revision Is Rotting My Brain

Chemistry Academia Lab-life
21 hours ago 17.0K views 0 shares
Exam Revision Is Rotting My Brain
When you've been cramming stereochemistry for so long that your brain automatically defaults to the most dramatic hand gesture known to organic chemistry. Those hands are showing S (sinister/left) and R (rectus/right) configurations—the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog priority rules for naming chiral centers. You know you've hit peak exam delirium when you can't look at your own hands without mentally assigning priority to your fingers based on atomic number. Sir, this is a Wendy's, not a Fischer projection. The thousand-yard stare really sells the "I've drawn so many wedge-and-dash diagrams I've forgotten what three-dimensional space actually looks like" energy.

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My mini PC costs $3 a month. The VPS math for 2026

Two months of smart-plug data from my home mini PC: 22 kWh and CA$3.08 in August, priced against DigitalOcean, Hetzner and Oracle's free tier ... Read article →

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