February 2012
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“What Miner and Google gambled on, and it seems bizarre in retrospect, was that...”
– Nothing in Android makes sense except in the light of its original vision by Dustin Curtis
This is one of those things that’s hard to explain to the idiots who comment on message boards.
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“Apple sold a record 5.2 million Macs in the quarter ending in December, up 26%...”
– Apple to Bring iPhone, iPad Features to Mac - WSJ.com
This is some weirdly negative writing. Apple has both increased its share of global PC shipments (a trend which has been going on for a while now) and shipped a record number of Macs, so what’s that “but” doing in the second...
Right hand in a trench coat: Science™ →
No. You need a solvent (water) to get the extraction to work well –- there’s more surface contact with a solvent extraction than a dry grind, which is essentially what would happen in a citrus + sugar grind.
If “dry grind” is a specific term I’m unfamiliar with it, but having made oleo-saccharum I can say that the result of muddling the citrus peel and sugar is indeed quite...
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tbridge:
dennymayo replied to your post: What would the A-B test look like? I have more limes…
As I read it, the oil won’t go into water/booze without sugar - hence the need for the simple syrup. Simple syrup is less polar than booze, making a better solvent for the oils.
This man should know - he is a Professional Chemist.
So, does that mean we should muddle the citrus with sugar before...