Sven Kochmann 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇦🇹
@indianalytics.bsky.social
he/him. German Researcher from Canada to Austria. Analytical Chemistry and Data Stuff. Professor at University of Applied Science, Vienna.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7423-4609
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7423-4609
Blanking is very important
American scientists use it to calibrate their instruments
Trump keeps getting MRIs because he has the smoothest brain they've ever seen. It's like a marble. Incredible. They say you can see your reflection in it
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Blanking is very important
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In computer simulations, as an object slides along the surface of ice, a structureless, "amorphous" layer forms. Materials scientists at Saarland University in Germany argue that this process may be the cause of ice’s slipperiness. www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In computer simulations, as an object slides along the surface of ice, a structureless, "amorphous" layer forms. Materials scientists at Saarland University in Germany argue that this process may be the cause of ice’s slipperiness. www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
Maybe we should switch to German... bromieren, Silikat, ... 🤔
-ate is such a weird suffix in chemistry. Brominate is a verb but silicate is a noun. And oxygen is element eight. #chemchat
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Maybe we should switch to German... bromieren, Silikat, ... 🤔
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"back in my day i paid a single time for a piece of software that actually did the thing it said"
you are just a luddite afraid of RELENTLESS innovation
you are just a luddite afraid of RELENTLESS innovation
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"back in my day i paid a single time for a piece of software that actually did the thing it said"
you are just a luddite afraid of RELENTLESS innovation
you are just a luddite afraid of RELENTLESS innovation
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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
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Today I learned that NASA has a collection of free ebooks that can be downloaded as pdfs or ebub format.
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
Science e-Books - NASA Science
From Earth and the other planets in our solar system, to supermassive black holes and the distant galaxies that contain them, explore NASA science and imagery through our library of e-books.
science.nasa.gov
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Today I learned that NASA has a collection of free ebooks that can be downloaded as pdfs or ebub format.
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
Would definitely watch a CSI crime scene-like show called "PI Back in Lab"
Today on "PI Back In The Lab After A Year", Lindsay tries to change the trap on a Neo Vanquish. Step 1: slack mass spec team and sheepishly confirm that this part is somehow the trap
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Would definitely watch a CSI crime scene-like show called "PI Back in Lab"
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
*sigh*
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
*sigh*
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all academic applications should have consolation prizes.
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
all academic applications should have consolation prizes.
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
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For folks who do pharma/biotech consulting work: how did you get started?
December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
For folks who do pharma/biotech consulting work: how did you get started?
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starting my sci fi novel like “the synthetic carbohydrate farmers trek through the electrolyte mine to reach the amino acid excavation site…”
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
starting my sci fi novel like “the synthetic carbohydrate farmers trek through the electrolyte mine to reach the amino acid excavation site…”
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SciReps: "a quasi-experimental field study on the Milan metro, [...] Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present "
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
SciReps: "a quasi-experimental field study on the Milan metro, [...] Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present "
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
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This is by far the dumbest thing I've done with computers. Lately.
github.com/Wack0/entii-...
github.com/Wack0/entii-...
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
This is by far the dumbest thing I've done with computers. Lately.
github.com/Wack0/entii-...
github.com/Wack0/entii-...
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I need suggestions for a journal that will publish some careful work we have that shows how difficult it is to collect specific data carefully and how to it properly. It accidentally shows key papers in the field are likely wrong. Currently getting referees telling us there is no **impact**…
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I need suggestions for a journal that will publish some careful work we have that shows how difficult it is to collect specific data carefully and how to it properly. It accidentally shows key papers in the field are likely wrong. Currently getting referees telling us there is no **impact**…
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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From @gabrielarana.bsky.social in 2021: This Thanksgiving, tell your racist aunt she is a racist. Call your sexist uncle a misogynist. Inform your transphobic cousin that kids don’t deserve to suffer because of his fragile masculinity.
This Thanksgiving, Call Your Racist Uncle a “Racist”
Avoiding political conflict at the dinner table is overrated.
www.texasobserver.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
From @gabrielarana.bsky.social in 2021: This Thanksgiving, tell your racist aunt she is a racist. Call your sexist uncle a misogynist. Inform your transphobic cousin that kids don’t deserve to suffer because of his fragile masculinity.
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“Your conception of gender is like the Bohr model atom where genders exist and move between fixed energy level shells, whereas Chris’s conception of gender is like the quantum model atom where genders probabilistically cluster into orbital clouds”
@turn3coco.bsky.social, 2025
@turn3coco.bsky.social, 2025
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Your conception of gender is like the Bohr model atom where genders exist and move between fixed energy level shells, whereas Chris’s conception of gender is like the quantum model atom where genders probabilistically cluster into orbital clouds”
@turn3coco.bsky.social, 2025
@turn3coco.bsky.social, 2025
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“The EU’s highest court has ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.”
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The EU’s highest court has ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.”
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
I am appreciating the pun they did
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I am appreciating the pun they did