james_ash

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by james_ash 13y ago
Feynman talked about an "extra" kind of integrity, where one bends over backwards to show how one might be wrong. In my field (organic chemistry), this is de rigeur, and it is enforced by the fact that you can release a paper on one day an
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Show HN: My site for teaching organic chemistry(masterorganicchemistry.com)
1 points by james_ash 14y ago|0 comments
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by james_ash 14y ago
The line "I did not ignore their advice" seems particularly ambiguous. An example of not telling the whole truth.
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by james_ash 14y ago
Like I alluded to in a previous comment, in this particular field the experimental feedback loop is short (often <24h). This type of peer-replication has led to the retraction of at least one paper in a highly prominent journal (JACS):
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by james_ash 14y ago
Ring shaped molecules containing nitrogen and oxygen (as well as sulfur) are called "heterocycles" and they are an extremely common building block of pharmaceuticals. They are found in 8 of the top 10 best selling drugs in the USA: Lipito
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by james_ash 14y ago
This is one of the distinctive features of organic chemistry as a science - that once a procedure is published, the barrier for any competent chemist in a well-stocked academic or industrial lab to attempt to replicate it is very low. It ca
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British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance since the jet(uk.reuters.com)
212 points by james_ash 14y ago|104 comments
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by james_ash 15y ago
that's not a serious answer.
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by james_ash 15y ago
I challenge you to find a better place to go online for specific, actionable advice on the many facets of building an internet business.
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The Old Days At AOL: "F--- 'em, that was our mantra" (2003)(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by james_ash 15y ago|0 comments
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by james_ash 15y ago
One suggestion: support online tutoring. There's more to tutoring than finding someone in your zip code. I tutor organic chemistry and haven't met a single person in person. Skype tutoring is just ridiculously convenient for all parties co
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Ask HN: How to "fire" an app co-developer?
1 points by james_ash 15y ago|2 comments
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by james_ash 15y ago
I found Jason Fried's analogy in "Rework" useful. Paraphrasing: "Going to work" is like going to sleep. If someone keeps interrupting you every few minutes, you're never going to fall asleep. It takes uninterrupted time to get there. I've
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by james_ash 16y ago
My advice would be the following: look at the common questions students have and give 2-3 specific examples (with screenshots) of how they'd use your product. For instance SN1/SN2/E1/E2, figuring out nomenclature, reactions of alkenes, etc
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by james_ash 16y ago
You hear a lot of "I should never have spent 5+ years on my Ph.D." from chemists and biologists in today's job market, trust me.
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by james_ash 16y ago
Trying to build the best resource out there for learning organic chemistry. And tutoring online through Skype. Having a blast. http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com
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by james_ash 16y ago
Spam and viruses. Two days ago I awoke to find my status had been changed to "penis" overnight. I have no idea how this happened, since I don't share my account details with anyone or use it on a shared computer. It had an interesting effec