What are the potential applications? I read the article, it was pretty interesting but I only saw things that would be odd to an expert (which I am not). Sure it’s a cool shape, but what does it do?

It seems that it was evidence for theoretical approaches to predict molecule bond behavior. The author mentions DFT, which I assume stands for Density Functional Theory.

Yes

Not sure about practical applications, its an advancement in basic science since its never been made before (and its hard to make) and there were interesting theoretical predictions made regarding the bonding configuration that were verified with measurements upon the successful synthesis.

I should think that after all these centuries we had learned to listen to the cranky physicists.

$150 does seem very steep… given these numbers, I would feel a lot better simply buying films to donate to my library.

Be aware that very little you donate to the library ends up on the shelves. Most of the time they sell whatever you donate (e.g. "Friends of Library sales")

This would be what I term “green hat”, gray with a flavor of robbing the rich to feed the poor.

I just signed up for Kagi and installed the Orion browser to take it for a spin.

First search query, the third result was a particular brand of fish tank that I had forgotten, then forgot I had forgotten, months ago while planning out my home office build.

Thanks to you, I will have a great office with a cool fish tank, and a great browser/search to go with it!

In all seriousness, really great work.

Hmm, I’m pretty sure the most general definition of art is exactly the opposite: subjective, immediate, and representing a private communication between the artist and their context/environment.

If anyone external to that communication gets some value from it as well, that’s a nice side benefit!

I don't know about the immediate part. Some works of art I saw didn't trigger anything, until I realized the next day that I kept thinking about them (films or contemporary art usually). It also seems like these specific works tend to have had a more profound effect on me than the immediate ones.

In the end, they maybe triggered some kind of immediate subconscious reaction, but the actual communication was delayed.

Still, I like your definition very much.

That’s unfortunate… variations in American accents can differ as much or more than that, so it’s a little surprising she struggled. I hope you don’t judge all Americans by that experience :)

From my experience, even people used to variation still struggle when it is the wrong kind of variation. It's a bit difficult to explain but I have seen it happening regularly, including once when I tried to say something about Vancouver and it took a writing down to get it across. The other person was used to one southern American accent, Estuary English and European Globish at least.

I know I shouldn't but I still do find it surprising how someone speaking English can't understand a well spoken English person!

Definitely something strange going on haha… at the moment, en-us, I see “frontal wig human hair”

What was your school and program?

I'd rather not share the school (I'm writing under a pseudonym and don't want to leave more hints than I already have), but it was a Computer Science degree.

Wow, I thought I was the only one with the TV thing! I remember it as young as 4-5, but no one knew what I was talking about. I’ve had constant minor tinnitus since then, so I can’t help but feeling like there’s a CRT near my head that has been running since the early nineties.

I used to be able to hear whether the TV was in sync or not as well. Probably still can oh, but I don't know I don't really have one handy.

Some of those television sets were super loud!

Some of the minor tinnitus I have, as in those frequency ranges. And it doesn't really bother me, because I grew up with CRTs.

I also could hear CRT when on (probably high voltage PSU) as a kid. Recently, I thought my tinnitus got worse until I found that one of my smart power supplies started making high pitch sound (ceramic capacitors in power supplies cause it).