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Re: Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org

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Post by ProllyInfamous »

nadermx wrote: post #47
ProllyInfamous wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like that you've chosen to use an actual element for the example / explainer. To streamline the UI, might I suggest replacing example element (copper) with just the explainers , next to hydrogen [2]... using that elements information (without adding a free-floating copper). If that doesn't make sense, let me know. Thanks for being a responsive educator. [2] perhaps use Beryllium for your example/explainer -- becaus…

check now. And thanks, appreciate the praise, was fun making this thing.

Bruhhh this came out so nice for'real:

>> https://i.imgur.com/hswLkAt.png>

Beryllium finally has a use (as explanatory element)! The American Chemical Society rejoices...

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Text to add:

>Electron configuration

>Density (with units)

>State of matter @STP (cannot remember?! something like 27°C at one atmosphere — embarassed to not remember, I used to teach this stuff!)

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Lastly, your current webpage title/header is:

>>Interactive Table | Periodic Table of Elements

When I go to bookmark I reduce this to

>Periodic Table of Elements .org (quick reference)

Be the Referenced namesake to which you've already expressed desire.

Re: Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org

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Post by Timwi »

nadermx wrote: post #35
amadeuspagel wrote: post #25

Beautiful. Another approach to visualizing the discovery of elements would be a "time travel" feature, where you see a timeline with just years below the table and can click on a year to see how the table looked that year.

added

You've added something that dims elements in years before they were officially discovered; but this is not “what the periodic table looked like at the time”. When I was a child, the periodic table had element names hahnium and kurchatovium on it. This is probably not easy to implement because many elements had multiple names between the US and USSR and they were not internationally standardized until 1997 (long after the fall of the USSR).

Re: Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org

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Post by Timwi »

aeternum wrote: post #46
whackernews wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You had to change the end because following it through actually made total sense. You kinda pulled a trick, no doubt to convince yourself if I’m being fair to you.

It actually would have been better if I kept the end. You don't write your code, a compiler does. You simply described what you wanted in more abstract far less specific language. Before we were at least 2 compilation/translation steps removed from machine code, now we are 3.

I'm not sure I agree with “far less specific language”. I became interested in programming precisely because it's far more specific than human language, and yet this didn't lead to me preferring assembly code over high-level abstractions.

Re: Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org

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Post by nadermx »

ProllyInfamous wrote: post #51
nadermx wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

check now. And thanks, appreciate the praise, was fun making this thing.

Bruhhh this came out so nice for'real: >> https://i.imgur.com/hswLkAt.png > Beryllium finally has a use (as explanatory element)! The American Chemical Society rejoices ... ---- Text to add: >Electron configuration > Density (with units) >State of matter @STP (cannot remember?! something like 27°C at one atmosphere — embarassed to not remember, I used to teach this stuff!) ---- Lastly, your current webpage title/head…

I tried playing with making the elements a bit more full but then it feels too cluttered. So I think the tool tip is good for now till maybe I figure out a way to add other stuff into it but not feel to cluttered.

I updated the Title to show the .org, but also in the mean time picked up https://periodictableofelements.com so working on that as well to make one the educational and the other to support any costs it might ever have and for any traffic leak I guess.

Re: Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org

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Post by [deleted] »

ProllyInfamous wrote: post #51
nadermx wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

check now. And thanks, appreciate the praise, was fun making this thing.

Bruhhh this came out so nice for'real: >> https://i.imgur.com/hswLkAt.png > Beryllium finally has a use (as explanatory element)! The American Chemical Society rejoices ... ---- Text to add: >Electron configuration > Density (with units) >State of matter @STP (cannot remember?! something like 27°C at one atmosphere — embarassed to not remember, I used to teach this stuff!) ---- Lastly, your current webpage title/head…

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