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Lower-stakes conversation. Still civil, still sourced when a claim is made, but the bar for relevance is lower.

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About the Off topic category
Anything adjacent and interesting. Not a rules-free zone, just a relaxed one. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its author and a…
BNOBNDCDJR+1 5 20k 21mo
About the Introductions category
Say hello. No question required. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its author and a note. If the scope described here has drifted…
KJMRZOBMD 4 2.3k 23mo
Revisiting: The best-written scientific paper you have read
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Revisiting: The best-written scientific paper you have read Everything below is what sits behind that. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if…
MFWSRMON+102 121 21k 1h
What other technical communities get right that we do not
What other technical communities get right that we do not — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if…
GRBBMTLJD+2 6 23k 5h
Joined after a search result and stayed
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Joined after a search result and stayed Everything below is what sits behind that. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim.…
VKHBPEAPFP+5 9 26k 7h
Follow-up: The most useful thing you learned here that was not the answer you came for
On the subject in the title: The most useful thing you learned here that was not the answer you came for Working notes rather than a conclusion. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if…
JFIBMEKSSK+30 34 9.7k 11h
Here for the analytics and not much else
Here for the analytics and not much else — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim. Something…
CAZCDMRLQZ+93 102 10k 16h
Spreadsheets: an appreciation — what changed since
Spreadsheets: an appreciation — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim.…
CAFLBSBWD+102 113 26k 17h
The most useful thing you learned here that was not the answer you came for
The most useful thing you learned here that was not the answer you came for Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still…
SCDHNCJWSM+54 61 57k 1d
Books and papers worth reading that are not about this at all — one year on
Books and papers worth reading that are not about this at all — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if…
VMNKASCNLS+3 7 424 1mo
The best-written scientific paper you have read
The best-written scientific paper you have read Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a…
WMDRDRVAB+69 74 1.1k 2mo
Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant
Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if…
IJRJSATCC+13 17 23k 2mo
[2026 update] Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides
Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a…
BWKKLA 2 49k 4mo
Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant — one year on
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule…
ITGJTCVNS+101 107 14k 4mo
[2026 update] Long-time reader, first-time poster
Long-time reader, first-time poster — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim. Something adjacent…
CAWFEGFSK+46 50 23k 5mo
Long-time reader, first-time poster
On the subject in the title: Long-time reader, first-time poster Working notes rather than a conclusion. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim. Something adjacent…
FPICPJHVN+15 19 2.5k 8mo
The most useful thing you learned here that was not the answer you came for — a second dataset
Posting this under the heading it deserves: The most useful thing you learned here that was not the answer you came for — a second dataset Everything below is what sits behind that. Lower-stakes topic, but…
ITFRJMNAN+111 121 6.6k 9mo
Follow-up: What other technical communities get right that we do not
What other technical communities get right that we do not I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if…
MASSSOSBGA+117 126 13k 14mo
Units, standards, and other things that quietly hold the world together
Units, standards, and other things that quietly hold the world together — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone…
LTSHLJSRF+33 38 31k 15mo
Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides
Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim.…
AKJMSSHDRM+2 6 10k 15mo
Units, standards, and other things that quietly hold the world together — one year on
On the subject in the title: Units, standards, and other things that quietly hold the world together — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still…
MEZLKK 2 91 18mo
Books and papers worth reading that are not about this at all
On the subject in the title: Books and papers worth reading that are not about this at all Working notes rather than a conclusion. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a…
RFAMTFCKDM+13 17 13k 19mo
Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides — does this still hold?
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides — does this still hold? Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a…
JPJCOVOI+1 5 35k 19mo
Here for the analytics and not much else — one year on
On the subject in the title: Here for the analytics and not much else — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim.…
SRSBCDALKD+6 10 10k 19mo
Revisiting: Joined after a search result and stayed
Revisiting: Joined after a search result and stayed Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a…
ZSFFHS 2 1.6k 22mo
Spreadsheets: an appreciation
On the subject in the title: Spreadsheets: an appreciation Working notes rather than a conclusion. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim. Something adjacent that I…
ONJAVFAACA+26 30 25k 2.1y