barefootstache @barefootstache@qoto.org

#DailyBloggingChallenge (115/200)

The three mushroom brews from _Super U_ (the company doesn't exist anymore) was a cheaper alternative to Four Sigmatic. After trying both brands the effects were quite similar.

The mushroom brew twist on existing brews like coffee, hot chocolate, or matcha, gives them a mild boost.

The main mistake that was done is buying in bulk and letting the powder go stale and/or rancid. Thus the best practice is to exchange powders that prone to this quickly into air tight containers to extend their shelflife.

In the future will be buying the ingredients separate and making my own mixtures.

References:

- https://www.elizabethskitchendiary.co.uk/mushroom-coffee/

#DailyBloggingChallenge (114/200)

The black pepper (Piper nigrum) tincture was created as a mild stimulant similar to the effects of cannabis. The idea was to bind to its terpenes to create a more potent sensation (https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/what-are-terpenes).

> Terpenes are highly aromatic compounds that determine the smell of many plants and herbs,

This is a reason why such plants are used in aroma therapeutics, among other use cases.

When looking at black pepper its terpenes are pinene and beta-caryophyllene or BCP (https://www.leafly.com/news/science-tech/caryophyllene-terpene). The BCP binds to one of the same receptor as THC, the CB2 receptor, which regulates pain and inflammation.

More resources:

- https://www.insider.com/science-behind-chewing-peppercorns-to-ease-cannabis-paranoia-2021-5
- https://secretnaturecbd.com/blogs/cbd/cb1-and-cb2-receptors-comparison-guide

#DailyBloggingChallenge (113/200)

How does one know if the brew has gone bad?

There is the taste test. If the brew taste weird, e.g. by coffee obnoxiously bitter, then the coffee has gone rancid.

There is the stomach pain test. Supposedly one has drank a bit too much of the brew, then the body will reply with unpleasant cramps. These can be so bad that one loses appetite for days, thus could be an option for forced fasting.

There is the food poisoning test. If the brew has achieved to be initially processed by the body, though the microflora of the gut doesn't agree with it, the toilet will be your new best friend for the next time period.

#DailyBloggingChallenge (112/200)

The #chai tincture uses a glycerine base. Here is how to make it:

https://bf5.eu/post/how-to-make-a-chai-tincture/

The nice thing with #glycerine base tinctures are that they are sweet, so if you add it to black/green #tea, no additional sugar is needed.

The downside of glycerine is that it expires quite quickly. Usually one will get 3-6 months, before it goes bad.

#wildcrafting #herbalism

#DailyBloggingChallenge (111/200)

The stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) tincture was created to help aid seasonal allergies (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ptr.2763).

> A nettle (Urtica dioica) extract shows in vitro inhibition of several key inflammatory events that cause the symptoms of seasonal allergies.

The tincture cannot be put on the same level of efficacy as an extract and one should question if the alcohol base had an indirect role of reducing symptoms. Since alcohol can reduce an immune response, thus the effects of seasonal allergies would be reduced.

For the couple of weeks that I tried it out, I barely noticed any relief over 30 minutes and when in comparison to modern antihistamines this is just a fraction of their potential.

In summary it was an interesting experiment, but in the long term its not worth the effort, especially if one has access to modern medicine.

#wildcrafting #hayfever #seasonalallergies

#DailyBloggingChallenge (110/200)

Today I cleaned up my apothecary somewhat. Quite shocked that I had a tincture since 2016 and most of the tinctures that were disposed haven't been used at least once in the past two years.

Although most of the tinctures are alcohol based and probably would have still been fine, didn't want to risk it. The others were either glycerin or vinegar based.

#wildcrafting

#DailyBloggingChallenge (109/200)

TIL of subjective blindness, which is when one's eyes can capture the medium but the brain cannot process the information.

One example is losing the ability to process motion, thereby one's world would be like a heavily lagged video game.

Or another example is losing the ability to interpret an object. This means, although the object exists in physical space the brain deletes it from existence.

#psychology #blind #eyesight

#DailyBloggingChallenge (108/200)

This post has a more in depth evaluation of day 105 (https://qoto.org/@barefootstache/111383577170399642) and 106.

Fixed the claim of 8-12 nodes click to 8-10 and explained how to achieve both of them.

#DailyBloggingChallenge (107/200)

While out and about there are two kinds of Bluetooth earphones that I use: rechargeable single ear inner headphones (R) and bone conducting connected headphones (B).

The benefit of B is that one has surround sound of the environment and can listen to the audio at a much lower volume. The downside is that if the environment is already loud, then the max volume still won't help with comprehension. Additionally, because of its connective nature, in colder months, when wearing a hat, it becomes very uncomfortable quite quickly.

On the other side R doesn't struggle with the hat problem. The loud environment is better manageable with inner ear headphones and the audio quality is better for the spoken word like by podcasts or audio books. Even if one uses the "wear one headphone at time" technique, one still loses some environmental sound and with this technique in total the battery last longer than by B, since the battery is larger. Though one will have the regular hassle of exchanging the headphone and listening ear.

#headphones

#DailyBloggingChallenge (106/200)

Since clicking along a curve is a mundane task, I reserve the task for #Vespucci while commuting. This way I still do something productive while not completely polluting the dataset.

Now if only Vespucci had the same tool as #JOSM with split object, one would be golden. Sadly, the current method consists of splitting the outline of the section in at least two spots and then appending from one of the way's endpoints and doing the same on the otherside.

#OpenStreetMap

#DailyBloggingChallenge (105/200)

The tool that I use the most when doing detailed natural and landuse mapping in #JOSM is [UtilsPlugin2](https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Help/Plugin/UtilsPlugin2), especially the _Split Object_ tool.

The reason being that one saves clicks. Let's say one has 4 famlands in a grid layout. Using the basic way of drawing each farmland separately one needs 16 clicks. Now using split object tool one needs 8-12 clicks, depending if one uses other tools as well.

In this simpel example there is already click count reduction. Now imagine instead of an area with 4 node one has one with 200 nodes and one wants to split it in half. Then in the worst case one is clicking through the nodes and adding $2*nodeCountSplitLine$. So if it's a straight which has at minimum 2 nodes, Thus making us click 204 nodes. Now instead of a 2 node line, one had a 50 node line, then one would have to click 300 times, whereas with the Split Object tool it would stay at 250.

#OpenStreetMap