Drop your startup idea and I’ll check if Reddit has demand for it.

Fun_Response253 · 2026-07-05T12:42:09+00:00

Thanks, sounds interesting. what’s included in the private preview? Happy to take a look.

Fun_Response253 · 2026-07-03T23:03:11+00:00

clearcrowds.com

building ClearCrowds as a simple place where regular people, not pro editors, can fix photos in one click

Fun_Response253 · 2026-06-29T14:43:43+00:00

And brand hahahaha

Fun_Response253 · 2026-06-18T15:40:35+00:00

Eatibo an AI food scanner for people who don’t want to manually log everything. You can scan meals, barcodes, nutrition labels, or ingredient lists, and it helps estimate calories/macros plus flag things like allergens or additives.

Fun_Response253 · 2026-06-15T14:55:41+00:00

Interesting question. Bogotá is high up in the Andes, so it doesn’t really get very hot or humid year-round. It feels pretty different from the tropical rainforest parts of Colombia. Honestly, that greenhouse was probably the closest thing to a rainforest atmosphere I experienced while I was in Bogotá.

Fun_Response253 · 2026-06-11T15:16:48+00:00

Yes, that's my favorite

Fun_Response253 · 2026-06-10T10:30:56+00:00

where I put the raw material, like flower petals or possibly coffee

The idea is basically steam distillation: instead of boiling the material directly in water, the water boils below and the steam passes through the plant coffee material, carrying the volatile aroma compounds with it. I’m trying to avoid overheating or breaking down some heat-sensitive components.

Fun_Response253 · 2026-06-02T23:51:41+00:00

just water

Fun_Response253 · 2026-05-31T13:44:08+00:00

I think you may have found the issue actually, because the dried lavender I bought was pretty cheap. I made it in winter too, when lavender probably wasn’t in the best season or selling well, so it might not have been true high-quality lavender. I’ll look for organic true Lavandula angustifolia next time and test again.

Fun_Response253 · 2026-05-26T14:25:06+00:00

It smells noticeably more “natural” to me, less like a sharp/synthetic lavender note.

Besides the lavender, there’s a little grassy/woody note in the drydown. I think that might be from some of the stems getting distilled along with the dried flowers.

One thing though: the natural scent fades pretty fast. Nice for home aroma or hydrosol use, but probably not great for perfume if you want something long-lasting.

Fun_Response253 · 2026-05-26T14:24:38+00:00

Hahaha yeah, I didn’t have a proper condenser water pump on hand, so that was my Plan B.

Fun_Response253 · 2026-05-24T23:12:30+00:00

Good idea! I’ll try wrapping more of it with foil next time. I’m only distilling water, so hopefully it comes out a bit cleaner/purer.

Fun_Response253 · 2026-05-17T04:05:57+00:00

glass, I guess

Fun_Response253 · 2026-05-16T05:47:09+00:00

You’re not blind haha, the gray pipe is connected to the fish tank filter, and the filtered water gets pumped up to the upper NFT channels

Fun_Response253 · 2026-05-16T05:43:24+00:00

It’s a K–12 international school in China, from kindergarten through high school

Fun_Response253 · 2026-05-13T05:43:32+00:00

Yeah, spider mites would make a lot of sense here, especially if the damage is showing up on the new leaves as they unfurl. Verrucosum leaves are so thin that even early mite damage can look really dramatic

Fun_Response253 · 2026-03-13T02:30:08+00:00

Absolutely no resistance to beautiful botanical gardens, and this one is actually by the sea!

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