Salty Chemist
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Robert Topper, professor. Views are my own, not my employer’s (obvi) Computational & theoretical chemistry and physics. Really into aerosolized acid-base nanoparticles these days. DFT, ab initio, stat mech, Monte Carlo, MD, lots of salt (in a nice way)
Yep. Probably everyone who has ever published anything has been mined. I know that I don’t own the copyright on most of those works, but STILL. As Tolkien might have said, they could have some “…courtesy for living authors (at least)…” and acknowledge and thank us for our contribution to their work.
September 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Yep. Probably everyone who has ever published anything has been mined. I know that I don’t own the copyright on most of those works, but STILL. As Tolkien might have said, they could have some “…courtesy for living authors (at least)…” and acknowledge and thank us for our contribution to their work.
Also not seeing it. I count on it for my teaching since I train students on how to use it! Hope it’s just downtime.
September 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Also not seeing it. I count on it for my teaching since I train students on how to use it! Hope it’s just downtime.
On the bright side now I’m gonna read your paper. Small victories!
April 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
On the bright side now I’m gonna read your paper. Small victories!
Those three principles guide everything I try to do in my teaching. “(1) content-richness, (2) coherence, and (3) clarity.”
February 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Those three principles guide everything I try to do in my teaching. “(1) content-richness, (2) coherence, and (3) clarity.”
Really nice work, congratulations, I am reading with great interest.
February 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Really nice work, congratulations, I am reading with great interest.
Fantastic! Thank you.
February 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Fantastic! Thank you.
Can’t wait to try this!
January 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Can’t wait to try this!
Hey! This is really nice. Did you make this?
January 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Hey! This is really nice. Did you make this?
Ah, sorry to hear this. One of my academic grandparents, I admired his work greatly.
January 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Ah, sorry to hear this. One of my academic grandparents, I admired his work greatly.
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Me: Actually it’s the Gap. I got a nice employee discount.
Me: Actually it’s the Gap. I got a nice employee discount.
December 21, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Me: Actually it’s the Gap. I got a nice employee discount.
Me: Actually it’s the Gap. I got a nice employee discount.
Thanks man hope you’re well
November 21, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Thanks man hope you’re well