chempyre235
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Issues Loading the SM Website
I've been having problems loading pages on this site for the past three or four days and based on the short list of visitors in the last 24 hours, I
suspect I'm not alone in this. Do any of the mods know what the problem is?
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." -Winston Churchill
"I weep at the sight of flaming acetic anhydride." -@Madscientist
"...the elements shall melt with fervent heat..." -2 Peter 3:10
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Radiums Lab
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I am also facing similar issues from past few days.
Water is dangerous if you don't know how to handle it, elemental fluorine (F₂) on the other hand is pretty tame if you know what you are doing.
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DraconicAcid
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Same here (on mulltiple computers).
Please remember: "Filtrate" is not a verb.
Write up your lab reports the way your instructor wants them, not the way your ex-instructor wants them.
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RedDwarf
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I've been having the same issue for several months, the website becomes unavailable for a period time (greater than an hour, sometimes several).
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Admagistr
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Yes, it happens to me too. It's unpleasant...
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esquizete_electrolysis
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I’ve noticed as well. Usually the https portion of the site remains unloadable, but the http service remains up most of the time.
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chempyre235
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It seems at least for now, the loading issues have subsided over the weekend.
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." -Winston Churchill
"I weep at the sight of flaming acetic anhydride." -@Madscientist
"...the elements shall melt with fervent heat..." -2 Peter 3:10
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Sulaiman
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I have had problems with SM lately - something has changed recently.
Also, if I have more than one tab open with SM, things may go really slow.
(so, check for unused tabs)
I am using chrome on android.
CAUTION : Hobby Chemist, not Professional or even Amateur
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BromicAcid
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If I recall correctly this was brought up a few months ago, Polverone stepped in and said the issue is that the site is being constantly scraped for
AI learning/training and that is overwhelming the server.
It was mentioned in this thread:
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=16...
[Edited on 10/28/2025 by BromicAcid]
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chempyre235
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I'd forgotten about that until you brought it up (I even posted on that thread  ). I saw that someone had suggested using a CAPTCHA, but services like CloudFlare are designed to limit bot traffic and speed up websites and
networks without having to perform tasks. I've got no idea of pricing, though. However, it seems to be commonly used even on sites whose hosts I
wouldn't expect to have much funding, so maybe it's feasible.
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." -Winston Churchill
"I weep at the sight of flaming acetic anhydride." -@Madscientist
"...the elements shall melt with fervent heat..." -2 Peter 3:10
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