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And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.
I agree with much of what other commentators have been saying. Discouraged I’m on board with, I think having a strict rule is premature in a new community that’s small in scale - we can afford to wait and see how conversations play out and reevaluate later. Civility is the principle that’s important.
I had a feeling that the silence over the last few days was a sign that a huge amount of work was happening behind the scenes. I also think you’re doing an excellent job of communicating with us. Thank you for all your effort that’s allowed this community to grow.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Discovery is difficult right now, advertising in places that are genuinely relevant is a real service.
Yes. The content of various common minerals can vary by orders of magnitude across different sources. Though I pay attention to this less on its own and more in the context of brewing tea, since the water you use affects the outcome quite a lot.
I’d try a rhubarb sauce drink. For savory - aged balsamic vinegar.
That’s definitely a better graph visually. (The image capability is cool, the graph I got on the earlier model was in text form). But I think it is wrong - “prepare (tinder, kindling, and fuel wood)” are all redundant to each other. Plus there’s a direct link from “prepare tinder wood” to “maintain fire” - if this is a causal diagram indicating the sequence of actions a person needs to take, "prepare wood " should link to “light fire”. I don’t have a record of the exact prompts I was using, but I was working more with the fact that oxygen. fuel, and heat are all necessary but independent preconditions for a fire to start.
It’s just one method to make tea. Some teas taste quite different from cup to cup (wuyi oolongs, for example), some are more consistent, in my experience. What I like is that it’s easy to adjust depending on the outcome - one infusion is too weak or too strong? Brew the next one more or less.