Welch’s Fruit Snacks. The Halloween packs are small and very snacky, only $0.10 each at costco.

It really is amazing what you can do with statistics and a large enough data set. I can’t wait for what this brings the community in a few years!

Interesting! Most of my yeast comes from White Labs. I haven’t tried it myself, but have seen some commercial beers treated to reduce gluten and would guess it’s the same enzyme. It would probably work for me though my wife is much more sensitive.

The Battle for Wesnoth is my all-time favorite FOSS. Can’t understate it.

I’m not sure about this particular paper, but usually you can compare the number of mutations in a common protein and use that to estimate how long ago a common ancestor existed. As an example here is a graph of the number of mutations in mitochondrial DNA for the protein Cytochrome C. The more mutations you accumulate in a genome the larger amount of time since they split from a common ancestor.

Neutral Mutations in Cytochrome C

I suppose it is the original recycling program haha

Ah yes, we have a necromancer in our midst 😎

One more for Bitwarden. You can even run your own local server and avoid using the cloud.

I joined mander.xyz because it has a central theme around the natural sciences. It could possibly include STEM content as well; there is an ongoing discussion about it. The admin(s) are present and very responsive.

For anyone with a love of science and/or nature I recommend it highly as a home instance of Lemmy.

That’s awesome! We had an Elderberry sprout in the backyard after a hurricane knocked down enough trees to increase the sunlight in that area.

Last year it finally fruited and we were so excited; the birds ate them all before we even had a taste. This year I bought a bird net cover 😎

Well said. I usually don’t get farther with my students than the 3D models of enzymes changing shape and the reactions involving Pi. That’s just the reality of non-grad level classes. But it’s one of those things you can follow down the rabbit hole very easily.

This may be the Cajun in me talking, but throwing some hot peppers in there makes for a great time.

It’s getting better! All the time! This was just posted yesterday.

I know this is an old post, but it’s extremely cool.

As expected, it’s pretty limited. I mainly use Briess Sorghum Extract Syrup as a base and add ingredients from there. As brew bases go it’s pretty mild, so it takes a bit of supplemental grain steeps to add color.

Our 3 hour drive to a spot in rural Tennessee the day before turned into a 10 hour drive back.

That’s exactly what I was worried about. We’re going to camp overnight in Hot Springs and enjoy ourselves.

It’s not quite the same, but this site has a map of light pollution which you can use to find the least polluted areas around you. https://www.lightpollutionmap.info

I’m planning a trip to see the solar eclipse next year from inside a national park. I hadn’t seen a light map like this for years, but when I looked it up the regions are a lot smaller than I remember.

The newsgroup server I’m on is actually called eternal-september.org in remembrance.

Welcome to Mander!

Ginger-Millet beer sounds amazing. I haven’t yet tried a lot of non-malt brews for beer. I personally love hops so we always add a few from our little planter outside for flavor. Originally we were trying to make GF clones of regular gluten beer, but as we progressed it became easier to work up unique combinations.

The holiday ale that’s pictured above is much heavier on spice than malt flavor. When combined with the naturally lighter gluten-free malts like sorghum you don’t get that heavy malt hit. It may be close to what you’re looking for. I’m traveling on vacation right now but can pull some recipes from my log book when I get back.

On a slightly different note, have you ever tried making mead? It’s the classic honey, spice, and herb beverage.

edit: I forgot to add that my standard brew is much heavier. Stouts and tripels are my go-to. I’ll pull up some of those recipes too.