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It's a bit odd to wake up and find nearly all the posts overnight have been about me. But hey... good morning Forest!

The most serene republicans wrote:

It is 06:30 AM.
I have spent the entire night trying to catch up in chemistry, the only subject I left highschool knowing basically nothing about.
I still don't understand what a mol is.
All I know is that there's a man named Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro and that I intend to kill him with my own bare hands in a very violent fashion.

I think it's just a way to relate the amount of particles of something to weight/mass. So for a simplified formula like HF you might want particles of H and exactly the same amount of particles of F. But you can't really count them out. What it is easy to do is weigh stuff. Since we know (simplified) each H has 1 mass, and each F has 19, just weigh them out in a 1:19, easy, like 1g and 19g. But then someone asks you how much H and F you have, you just say one mole of H and one mole of F. The mass number of something, but in grams. And then scientists with better technology worked out exactly how much a single proton was in grams etc, so now we can use the weight/mass of something to work out exactly the amount of protons electrons etc in it, and for 1 gram we get 6.022,140,76*10^23 mass units inside
https://youtu.be/Z_TjGRPPR9Q

And the kg/g was made up by random frenchmen I guess https://youtu.be/c_e1wITe_ig

Atsvea wrote:

I think it's just a way to relate the amount of particles of something to weight/mass. So for a simplified formula like HF you might want particles of H and exactly the same amount of particles of F. But you can't really count them out. What it is easy to do is weigh stuff. Since we know (simplified) each H has 1 mass, and each F has 19, just weigh them out in a 1:19, easy, like 1g and 19g. But then someone asks you how much H and F you have, you just say one mole of H and one mole of F. The mass number of something, but in grams. And then scientists with better technology worked out exactly how much a single proton was in grams etc, so now we can use the weight/mass of something to work out exactly the amount of protons electrons etc in it, and for 1 gram we get 6.022,140,76*10^23 mass units inside
https://youtu.be/Z_TjGRPPR9Q

And the kg/g was made up by random frenchmen I guess https://youtu.be/c_e1wITe_ig

Watch me forget this in the next five minutes.

On another note, I'm on brainly because explaining things to others is one of the most efficient ways to actually learn a subject, and someone asked "what is the diagram of a the cat" without any context at all and I haven't stopped laughing yet.

Uan aa Boa wrote:

It's a bit odd to wake up and find nearly all the posts overnight have been about me. But hey... good morning Forest!

That's the Forest equivalent of being a celebrity. Good morning to you too!

Uan aa Boa wrote:

It's a bit odd to wake up and find nearly all the posts overnight have been about me. But hey... good morning Forest!

XD

Simbolon wrote:

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I have a favourite lecturer who teaches Chemistry. He's a very friendly, very wise guy and always teach chemistry as sort of a life lesson thing. His anecdotes finely criss-cross between the line that separates cringe-worthy and genius. I can recall his first lecture regarding this.

...

While writing the first few sentences of the anecdote, I originally intended to paraphrase the anecdote he used. Midway, I realised that I could never execute it as good as he was via written text. So, I just erased the whole thing.. :(

Your post is incredibly intriguing. Like the best sort of mystery.

It was fun reading your thoughts on your teacher, though. It's nice to hear about times when they have such an impact on a student, and so often in unexpected ways. There's something affecting about how a teacher can impress upon the life of a youth, even just through telling stories.

Uan aa Boa wrote:

It's a bit odd to wake up and find nearly all the posts overnight have been about me. But hey... good morning Forest!

I was going to join the whole UanforKeeper thing, until I realized that you actually were one! That probably explains why you weren't running this time. (I still would have voted for you if you ran though)

Anyways, I give Terrabod full rights to use the jingle they came up with for Cypher's campaign. Im quite frankly too lazy and uncreative to come up with something better!

Tocan isle puppet 2 wrote:

Nope, they’re not my puppets (this is Tocan isle btw). I don’t have any puppets in this region besides this one which I just moved here

oh
:.|

The most serene republicans wrote:

I still don't understand what a mol is.

Think of a mole (mol) as being similar to a collective counting word like "dozen" - it refers not to a specific mass, or volume, or material type, but rather to a countable quantity. While dozen refers to a relatively easy to envision twelve of something, a mol refers to an incomprehensibly large number of something - 6.02214076x10^23 - 602,214,076,000,000,000,000,000 - that's 602 sextillion and change. Nobody wants to do math with numbers like that, so it's much easier to collectively call it "1 mol" and start your equation with numbers that are within human comprehension.

The number is ludicrously large, because we use it to talk about things that are ludicrously small - atoms, electrons, etc. You might talk about needing three dozen chairs for a classroom, but if you're talking about visible quantities of things that are so tiny that humans didn't even know they existed until recently, you need a much bigger collective. Three mols of carbon atoms, for example, is a lot easier to work with than 1.8 septillion!

Stuff like molarity is just saying how many mols are in a given volume of liquid. It's still largely more advanced than I ever deal with, but hopefully that's at least a little bit helpful!

The most serene republicans wrote:

It is 06:30 AM.
I have spent the entire night trying to catch up in chemistry, the only subject I left highschool knowing basically nothing about.
I still don't understand what a mol is.
All I know is that there's a man named Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro and that I intend to kill him with my own bare hands in a very violent fashion.

I'm about to get my bachelor's in mathematics, and I've still never taken chemistry! Maybe I'll take the time to run through it, but I can only imagine I'll be "too busy" to learn it.

Hey!
Matchday 1 announced! Check who will face who in the first day. Don't forget to check it tomorrow because there Will be a live-score updates!
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Happy Passover everyone! חג פסח שמח!

Middle Barael wrote:

Happy Passover everyone! חג פסח שמח!

Just about to have our seder.

Middle Barael wrote:

Happy Passover everyone! חג פסח שמח!

Is Passover tied to the lunar cycle?

I know that Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox (with additional requirements in branches of Orthodox Christianity to account for the Passover happening first), but I'm not sure how the Passover is determined.

In any event, Happy Passover! :-)

The Cypher Nine wrote:

I’m actually immune to being zombified as I am already a drone of the american capitalist system.

Well, you got us. Was it [coughs]. Worth it?

*dies*

Envirm wrote:

*SCREAMS IN SR PELO*

:D

Jutsa wrote:

I bet you Chan't even come up with a good reason, Chan you?

Yes I Chan! Jutsa you wait!

Outer Bele Levy Epies wrote:

Because free trees

Yeah, but if the trees aren't strangling people with their branches or tripping people up with their roots, is it really worth it?

Exactly. Reject tree, embrace evil monster tree.

Simbolon wrote:

I think I should ask some questions to our candidates! I expect answers coming from The Cypher Nine, Roless, Atsvea, Jutsa, Chan island, Lord Dominator, Hommeres, and Outer Bele Levy Epies.
My topic: International Involvement

1. A nation's involvement in the World Assembly is generally welcomed in NationStates. One of those involvements is participating in the passage of a resolution by voting. An active voter is good for the game, but an informed and active voter is better. What are your thoughts on improving resolution awareness amongst Forestians, especially those "follow the majority" and "follow the delegate" nations, assuming its existence?

2. Forest currently has established relationships with no less than 36 regions, with the start of some dated around a decade ago. Do you have any plans for the region's international relations, including but not limited to embassy closure proposal, relationship's formalisation via any means, and embassy opening proposal?

3. The ambassador program is a great way to increase Forestians' participation in the region. At its current state, one could argue that Forest's ambassador program isn't at its finest. What are your plans for the existing ambassador program? Do you have any improvement that's worth proposing to increase participation in this area?

4. International participation and excitement towards Forest's events and agendas is something this region will accept to an extend. As far as I know (I'd love to be corrected), the region's annual Photo Contest is our only international event that is known to attract foreign nations' attention. Do you have any plans to increase international excitement towards Forest's events and agendas? Do you plan to introduce new events for Forestians to participate? If so, please elaborate!

I hope I haven't duplicated any other residents' questions. Thank you <3

P.S. Chan island, will your supporters receive free lifetime bone subscription program?

1) Ah, a real issue. Ignorant voting is indeed an extremely problematic issue on NS, and sometimes even the esteemed folk of Forest fall prey to it. To combat it, I will enslave every single undead creature (which, as I have mentioned, is my primary goal) to my will, and then they will vote exactly how I vote on every resolution. Not only will this mean that only I need to do any research, but it also means that I will have exponentially more voting power in the WA than I currently enjoy, which is great for me. And I'm sure great for Forest's now undead residents too.

2) The new Forest undead empire will maintain good relations with our embassies. If they choose to join us in the curse of undeath however, they will be welcomed with open arms.

3) Unfortunately, Forest will have to cancel ambassadors in the wake of being murdered and resurrected. The sunlight that our still-living embassy friends will choose to be bathed in is anathema to the new undead forms we will be. However, we will look into whether it is possible to send ambassadors out covered in winter coats, sun hats and sunglasses.

4) Apart from showing the world that we can, if we all really believe, beat death, we can do a whole range of new events in the region. Biting head football, vampiric baseball, zombie mobbing. That should be fun enough.

5) That is such an offensive question. Would you ask the living candidates if they would give all the voters free lifetime liver subscriptions?

Exactly.

The answer is obviously yes, of course I believe in UBI, universal bone income.

The Cypher Nine wrote:

How do you know so much about me?!

Because I told them.

Now as to how I know...

Shalotte wrote:

And to think, you were my front runner...

*clutches sand, laments at the injustice of the world*

Shalotte wrote:

To the Illuoch-taer, we ask - what else should we expect from a Forest Keeper?

Zombies. You should expect zombies from a Forest Keeper. :D

Uan aa Boa wrote:

It's a bit odd to wake up and find nearly all the posts overnight have been about me. But hey... good morning Forest!

Good morning! Well, night at this point considering you wrote that 11 hours ago.

Middle Barael wrote:

Happy Passover everyone! חג פסח שמח!

All jokes aside, happy passover to you too :)

Ruinenlust wrote:

Is Passover tied to the lunar cycle?

I know that Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox (with additional requirements in branches of Orthodox Christianity to account for the Passover happening first), but I'm not sure how the Passover is determined.

In any event, Happy Passover! :-)

Passover is always on the 15th of the Nisan (Hebrew Calender) as stated in the Tanach. The Hebrew calendar however is tied to the lunar calendar so you are right.

Ruinenlust wrote:

Is Passover tied to the lunar cycle?

I know that Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox (with additional requirements in branches of Orthodox Christianity to account for the Passover happening first), but I'm not sure how the Passover is determined.

In any event, Happy Passover! :-)

Yes, the Hebrew calendar is Lunisolar (essentially just a Lunar Calendar with Leap Months), just like the Chinese Calendar.

New ladavia wrote:

Just about to have our seder.

As am I. חג שמח!

Verdant Haven wrote:

Think of a mole (mol) as being similar to a collective counting word like "dozen" - it refers not to a specific mass, or volume, or material type, but rather to a countable quantity. While dozen refers to a relatively easy to envision twelve of something, a mol refers to an incomprehensibly large number of something - 6.02214076x10^23 - 602,214,076,000,000,000,000,000 - that's 602 sextillion and change. Nobody wants to do math with numbers like that, so it's much easier to collectively call it "1 mol" and start your equation with numbers that are within human comprehension.

The number is ludicrously large, because we use it to talk about things that are ludicrously small - atoms, electrons, etc. You might talk about needing three dozen chairs for a classroom, but if you're talking about visible quantities of things that are so tiny that humans didn't even know they existed until recently, you need a much bigger collective. Three mols of carbon atoms, for example, is a lot easier to work with than 1.8 septillion!

Stuff like molarity is just saying how many mols are in a given volume of liquid. It's still largely more advanced than I ever deal with, but hopefully that's at least a little bit helpful!

That's... Actually a very nice explanation. Thank you!

Envirm wrote:

I will turn into a convertible

and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo-0iARNt6M

For Passover seder, we of course got out all the wine glasses... but then I stole half of them to turn into a glass harmonica. Managed to set up a full octave F major scale. Turns out "Dayenu" sounds pretty good on the wine glasses! ^_^

Mount Seymour wrote:

For Passover seder, we of course got out all the wine glasses... but then I stole half of them to turn into a glass harmonica. Managed to set up a full octave F major scale. Turns out "Dayenu" sounds pretty good on the wine glasses! ^_^

Haha, I’m impressed. Though of course nothing can beat The Prince of Egypt, not even a wine glass rendition of Dayenu. I’m probably gonna watch it tomorrow. If any of you haven’t seen it, it’s really a great film, with stunning animation, a great voice-cast, wonderful music, and it manages to both be pretty true to the original story and also an engaging plot.

I meant to answer these sooner, but rl got away from me for a day or so >_>

Terrabod wrote:

Firstly, name one real-world issue which is important to you that you want to raise awareness of during your tenure as Forest Keeper. How will you do so?

Secondly, how do you intend to increase participation in the regional events you intend to hold over the next six months?

And finally, what separates you from the other candidates? What do you bring to the table that the others cannot?

These are all based on particular perturbations of mine. The first relates to the promotion of Forest's environmental agenda, which is for me an important part of Forest but has stagnated over the last few months due to our Founder issues. The second relates to decreased regional activity and a lack of events to bring us together as a region, which again is a result of the issues we've had of late. The final question is (I hope) a way of differentiating the candidates some more - the specific thing you choose should tell me as much about you as your actual answer does.

Fair enough on the part I snipped - I didn't come into this expecting to not have potentially controversial suggestions, so I just hope for the chance to have something of a regional discussion on those points (no matter which way it goes).

To your questions:
1. Personally, I don't presently have particular environmental causes I'm attached to outside the generalities - but with our attempts to promote such, I do think it would be nice to bring those back, though I think we should perhaps move to a timescale longer than weekly, in order to both have some time to put effort in, but also so we aren't scrounging the bottom of the barrel on causes inside a year.

2. Honestly, I think we're doing pretty good on participation anyways - the only ways I can think of to potentially increase it are the really annoying ones that are liable to get people to not participate out of spite or something.

3. My background in NS regional security (granted, on the side of breaking it down) and general legal matters - I spend a fair amount of time thinking of how to break regional security systems, and consequently how to make them better. As we are newly founderless, I'd like to try and apply this experience to making us more secure in our new reality.

Simbolon wrote:

1. A nation's involvement in the World Assembly is generally welcomed in NationStates. One of those involvements is participating in the passage of a resolution by voting. An active voter is good for the game, but an informed and active voter is better. What are your thoughts on improving resolution awareness amongst Forestians, especially those "follow the majority" and "follow the delegate" nations, assuming its existence?

2. Forest currently has established relationships with no less than 36 regions, with the start of some dated around a decade ago. Do you have any plans for the region's international relations, including but not limited to embassy closure proposal, relationship's formalisation via any means, and embassy opening proposal?

3. The ambassador program is a great way to increase Forestians' participation in the region. At its current state, one could argue that Forest's ambassador program isn't at its finest. What are your plans for the existing ambassador program? Do you have any improvement that's worth proposing to increase participation in this area?

4. International participation and excitement towards Forest's events and agendas is something this region will accept to an extend. As far as I know (I'd love to be corrected), the region's annual Photo Contest is our only international event that is known to attract foreign nations' attention. Do you have any plans to increase international excitement towards Forest's events and agendas? Do you plan to introduce new events for Forestians to participate? If so, please elaborate!

I hope I haven't duplicated any other residents' questions. Thank you <3

1. No, I don't have a particular desire to increase resolution awareness - at most, encourage more RMB debate.

2. Not in particular - I don't know of any regions I'd really like to try and connect with (unless the region wishes to try and join a WA bloc), and rather like it when they come to us first, rather than the other way around.

3. None that I can think of.

4. One of my stated goals is to balance out the calendar of events we have (as it is presently very biased to the end of the year). While I don't yet have specific plans for new events, I hope we will all be able to come up with some together.

The most serene republicans wrote:

It is 06:30 AM.
I have spent the entire night trying to catch up in chemistry, the only subject I left highschool knowing basically nothing about.
I still don't understand what a mol is.
All I know is that there's a man named Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro and that I intend to kill him with my own bare hands in a very violent fashion.

A mol is a "whole lotta" atoms. Or a ****load. Roughly 6.022x10^23.

Why did they pick such a weird number?

Because that's the number of atoms of carbon in 12 grams of carbon-12.

But why make our unit the number of atoms of carbon in 12 grams of carbon-12?

Answer: Because they wanted to. They just wanted a big number. First off they based it off hydrogen, then oxygen, then finally decided "we're gonna use carbon, okay", and schoolkids have been struggling with this entirely arbitrary number since then.

As a doctor, I encounter the unit mmol/L on a daily basis, as most blood electrolyte results are measured in this way. Ultimately to us it doesn't matter in the slightest how many atoms are in a mol, rather it is just useful to have a scale where the reference ranges are between double and triple figures, as our puny human brains work well in those ranges.

Basically we just know that this many milli****loads is a good mount of potassium to have in a litre of blood in the body, and that this drug will tend to raise or lower it by this many milli****loads. And as to how many atoms are in a ****load, it turns out it doesn't ****ing matter.

If the unit feels entirely arbitrary, that's fine. All units are entirely arbitrary. Accepting that is step one to understanding a lot of science.

:)