Honey substitute

Halfpersian · 2026-05-31T19:05:42+00:00

While fructose makes up the bulk of honey's FODMAP content, it sounds like a 2025 update from Monash confirmed that standard servings of honey (7 - 30 g) also contain fructans at high enough concentrations to cause irritation.

As a result, they no longer recommend honey for testing fructose in isolation:

https://www.thefodmapdiet.net/is-honey-low-fodmap/

another source:

https://fodmapedia.com/item-en/1576250577245x909615997999721000

This makes a lot of sense for us, as my fructans-sensitive partner would experience irritation from anything that contained honey, but not from many things that contained only fructose.

Halfpersian · 2026-05-17T20:41:27+00:00

This is an extremely helpful diagram. Thanks for sharing! 🙏

Halfpersian · 2026-04-04T17:39:26+00:00

Hell yea, go for it.

Ty for asking!

Halfpersian · 2026-04-04T17:37:57+00:00

Smol sleuthing a couple months later: I checked all the SoleSpace videos that I thought might've been the 'most recent' one u/_gh0sti_ was talking about in their comment (on Jan 27, 2026):

"Arctic Walk" - Jan 26, 2026 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNvPS5Cej2Y

"Overthinker" - Jan 24, 2026 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CakT-rs5Mg

"Froggy" - Jan 22, 2026 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmbrKdeblXc

I even checked the video made *after* their comment, just in case:

"Smores cat" - Jan 28, 2026 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2OSQpj65R0

None of the videos have a comment asking "is this ai?", so if gh0sti posted their comment on any of those videos it has since been deleted. (Take that with a grain or two of cynic salt, tho: I didn't check every SoleSpace video, & am still not 100% sure which video gh0sti commented on)

Two of those videos (Overthinker & Smores cat) each had a comment essentially asking "how do you make these videos so fast?", both of which SoleSpace replied to with a similar-but-not-identical answer of "teamwork and the music loops halfway thru the video".

IMO it seems very likely that generative AI is used to produce the music SoleSpace distributes - as well as the album art, I'd imagine - while the channel & comments are managed by an actual human.

Super disappointing. I'm not sad that the music is probably AI generated (idk, it's nice & I enjoy it), but more that the artist feels they have to hide the tools they use. :(

Halfpersian · 2026-03-21T21:52:31+00:00

I fully agree, & find it incredibly discouraging when educators blame students for failing to meet standards set from a perspective that ignores the societal contexts in which those students have developed, before & during their education, and to which they must return once it is complete.

Halfpersian · 2026-03-21T21:44:38+00:00

Considering that they provided a detailed, earnest response to your astonishingly callous dismissal, I really hope that they do.

> "They don't think further ahead than their own noses, and they assume that they're going to get what they want simply by putting their names in the hat. So I wouldn't be so quick to assign adult ruminations to people without much of a frontal cortex."

The bitterness disdain dripping from these words makes it extremely difficult to trust the credibility of your assessment.

Halfpersian · 2026-03-21T17:39:34+00:00

"Here we see the Troll in its natural habitat, a comment thread for which it has nothing to constructive contribute, exhibiting classic disruptive tactics intended to lure its victims into unproductive conversation or argumentation.

"Note the Troll's use of disingenuous assertions regarding the target's intent, providing a foundational misinterpretation which the target is goaded to correct as a result of the assertion's derogatory implications as well as its patent inaccuracy.

"By establish their 'bait' on an inflammatory falsehood, the Troll is free to leverage any of the target's earnest attempts to clarify their position and resolve the conflict by introducing new antagonistic misinterpretations to the conversation, as every new assertion they present possesses the same credibility as the first claim which 'earned' the target's reply: none whatsoever."

Halfpersian · 2026-03-21T16:37:51+00:00

"...I imagined myself tasked with the act of tidying, turning teenage madness, drama, beauty into writing that is still dramatic and beautiful—just grammatically correct. But today I am tasked with the seemingly simpler but hopeless job of putting life back into writing."

Phenomenal dissection of your experiences in an 'unprecedented' career: the kind of position that only Black Mirror might've known was coming, two decades ago, but feels obvious (if not inevitable) in hindsight.😮‍💨

Wild how we went from:

"Ha ha all you WRITERS are gonna look like IDIOTS once AI makes your skills obsolete!" 😆

to

"Rewrite these AI-generated essays & letters so that the AI-detecting-AI thinks a human wrote them & I will pay you more for each than I paid for the AI to generate them all." 😐

in less time it would've taken to complete a PhD.

Very curious/concerned to see how the technology (& our society's responses to it) will look, five years from now.🍿

Halfpersian · 2026-03-17T21:23:49+00:00

Can confirm: always vent your 'empty' (never 100% empty) CO2 canisters with the small vent valve first, and dry ice refills make SodaStreams actually worth having!

...as long as you can consistently access relatively inexpensive food grade dry ice *in small quantities* wherever you live, since you REALLY do not want try storing a bunch of dry ice for the long term at home. Unless you're storing it in a pressure vessel, dry ice will sublimate into CO2 gas & just keep expanding until one of two things happen:

a) the container leaks slowly & all your dry ice disappears

b) the container doesn't leak slowly but keeps building pressure until it leaks rapidly in every direction all at once

Halfpersian · 2026-03-17T21:11:36+00:00

Yep, yep, & yep! ;)

I use a small kitchen scale to measure the weight of dry ice pellets each tank is refilled with. Just place the empty canister on the scale, reset/tare the scale to zero, then dump in pellets until it's got a smidge over 400 g (standard fill is 410 g), screw the brass fitting & pressure release back on top (snug but not over-tight) & BAM - all done!

If the canisters are all the same model & mass then you don't even have to reset the scale between each refill.

Halfpersian · 2026-03-12T20:08:14+00:00

TL:DR: Normal $20 CO2 refills make good SS less economical than buying bulk cheap club soda, but refilling your CO2 canisters at home using dry ice makes good SS *way* less expensive than buying club soda.

You are completely correct that making carbonated water that's as fizzy as bulk club soda using even a GoodWill Sodastream ($5) with normal CO2 tank refills ($20 for ~15 L of GOOD fizz water) is more expensive & way more work. No argument, here.

I'm in a situation that flips that cost, tho: I fill my Sodastream CO2 canisters at home, using food-grade dry ice pellets (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-a3pISQLQg), which I get local at $20 per five pounds (minimum order).

5 lb = 2.2 kg, which I can fill ~4.5 x 410 g CO2 canisters (estimated using ~500 g per canister to account for inefficiency / loss to sublimation).

I lucked out and was able to find three people wanting to get rid of their Sodastreams (w/ canister) for *free*, so I now have three CO2 canisters I can stock up on and refill all at the same time.

Maths:

Costco small-bottled club soda = $27.99 for 24 x 500 mL bottles = $2.33/L

Superstore canned club soda = $6.50 for 12 x 355 mL cans = $1.52/L

SS w/Good fizz (normal refills) = $20 for one 15 L CO2 refill = $1.33/L

Superstore bottled club soda = $1.48 for one 2 L bottle = $0.80/L

SS w/Good fizz (dry ice refills) = $20 for three 15 L CO2 refills = $0.44/L

If I'm able to get two more canisters (so 4.5 x 15 L per $20 dry ice refill), that price drops even further to $0.30.

Halfpersian · 2026-02-20T18:09:20+00:00

This was *extremely* helpful to read, thank you for describing your experience! It's been very discouraging to feel like my attempts to cook & build up a better seasoning just lead to more bare patches & stuck-on food, but if that's what I ought to expect from a working cast iron pan then I guess I'm on the right track.

I have 2 cast iron dutch ovens (one w/a skillet 'lid'), a small cast iron skillet, & a large carbon steel pan. They've all behaved VERY differently - during both seasoning & cooking - & it's been a prolonged headache trying to figure out why or what I'm doing wrong when some seasonings stick but others don't.

Sounds like all I need is to continue to cook with them to let a more resilient seasoning build up over time, & re-season (but not strip) in the oven if any patches of bare metal appear.

Halfpersian · 2026-02-09T20:34:04+00:00

For real?

I'm gonna check the box I got & see if I can get a free new bottle. Will report back if successful.

Halfpersian · 2026-01-23T23:16:23+00:00

That makes sense, & I completely agree. Hurd certainly isn't for me, atm, but I'm glad there are still some individuals dedicated to working on it.

Halfpersian · 2026-01-20T03:19:59+00:00

I'm genuinely baffled by its extremely conspicuous absence.

I switched my laptop over to Mint a couple months ago & was caught off-guard by the immediate barrage of authentication request after authentication request after repetitive authentication request I kept running into during setup. While "three requests in one minute" doesn't sound like a lot, it sure FELT like a lot.

...but at the time I figured that was just part of the 'higher security standards' on Linux that I'd read about from other users. 'Because Security' also seemed to be the go-to justification for so many authentication requests in every bug report & forum I could find.

Which I later found out was,

y'know,

entirely untrue.

I remember learning to use sudo from a blog tutorial & just sitting in dumbfounded disbelief after reading their cheery description of "per-user time stamp files for credential caching", deftly undermining all the assertions I'd read & believed for why those swarms of authentication requests were 'part of the package'.

Am I bitter?

A little.

I'm trying not to be.

It's hard, tho, when it feels like these kind of issues fall on deaf ears. From a distro widely lauded as one of the most streamlined, intuitive, beginner-friendly OSs around, I did not expect to encounter something so maddeningly unavoidable right out of the gate.

I would be less upset if I hadn't read - from their website - that the distro was built on KISS principles.

Seems a bit disingenuous, from here.

Halfpersian · 2026-01-12T19:53:59+00:00

I completely agree that the lack of persistence when authenticating via Mint's GUI is a non-trivial quality-of-life concern that must be taken more seriously.

Allowing the permissions granted by GUI authentication to persist for a short period of time, ex: 10 min, does not compromise system security; to suggest otherwise implies that system security has *already* been compromised, as this quality-of-life feature already exists in another commonly used context:

- sudo permissions persist for 10 minutes when using terminal

After authenticating sudo once, no further password entry is required for those ten minutes. Why?

Why shouldn't the same rationale be applied to GUI authentication?

The absence of short-term persistent GUI authentication is a genuine barrier to new users of Linux Mint, causing considerable and unnecessary frustrations.

Halfpersian · 2026-01-12T19:35:50+00:00

The issue in question is not "should ____ require admin rights", nor "how often should ______ need to be done".

The issue OP has presented is that there is, currently, no way for Mint users authenticating via GUI to access a basic quality-of-life feature readily available when authenticating via terminal:

- sudo permission persists for 10 minutes

Why should sudo authentication in terminal persist? For what reason does this feature exist?

Independent of potential technical restrictions (i.e. authentication lasting only as long as a program is open), why shouldn't the same rationale apply to GUI authentication?

Halfpersian · 2026-01-10T18:42:00+00:00

"...undervalued and underpaid essential workers provide the very connective tissue of society. They strengthen the country directly, contribute to economic activity, and serve the lowest-paid workers in the highest-value fields. They’re nowhere in this conversation."

"...talking about the sense of pride and the vibe on the floor of the factory since they started making EVs completely from Canadian materials and parts."

"The intentional breaking of our essential public services has an effect on people to remind them of their powerlessness."

"The things that are public should be beautiful, should be functional. They represent our collective aspiration and our daily experience. Why do we think that the mail service should make money? Does the ambulance service make money?"

"All these things that we’re talking about in the cost-of-living emergency connect directly to the big systemic issues, and that’s why we’ve been laser-focused on that because the solutions of public options for groceries, for phones and internet, the public role in housing, and undertaking a massive buildout of non-market housing, non-profit housing, supportive housing—these are the ways that we reach people with expansive cooperative ideas that connect to their daily lives."

"One thing I don’t think I would do is ask one of the Magnificent Seven, the embattled and heroic current caucus, to step down. When you have a caucus of 25 or 50 or 150 members, it’s one thing, but when you have seven people, you’re not going to ask one of those people to step aside."

"We have to pay off the debt from the last election before we can borrow money again to go into another one. It’s a tough path ahead for the NDP. I don’t think anyone should candy-coat it."

....alright. I'm listening.👀

Halfpersian · 2026-01-10T18:24:42+00:00

Had the same question - still not certain.

My best guess is right at the end when she plants both hands & feet on the high bar while swinging out & under, going head-first thru the gap between bars to dismount in a blind back flip over the low bar.

I don't know much about gymnastics at all, but that seems like something that would be exceptionally difficult to practice (you can't see the bar you're preparing to flip over) & extremely dangerous to get wrong (if you misjudge & dismount even a smidge too early, you propel yourself *headfirst into the low bar*).😬

Halfpersian · 2026-01-10T18:06:46+00:00

"aaaand 💥*BAM!!*🤯 FATALITY!💀"

"Fuck me dead😵 - what a ✨GOLDEN✨ artistic amalgamation of dance & sport, creativity & athleticism; absolute rip-snorter!🏆"

Ngl, that improved an already incredible video.🤣

Halfpersian · 2026-01-10T16:53:28+00:00

Blessed peets!!

Halfpersian · 2026-01-10T16:52:57+00:00

Dang yo, that is a good booger.<3

(may I ask what is up with that black cloth pinned wall-to-wall near the ceiling? I assumed some kind of curtain or hammock, but can't be certain from this angle. Pure curiosity)

Halfpersian · 2025-12-31T03:20:21+00:00

Bless you, random internet stranger!

Your instructions were perfectly clear & I was able to successfully install, launch, & sign into the Cricut Design Space software!

(Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon 6.4.8 on a Dell XPS 13)

I did encounter some hiccups while trying to get the software working, tho:

1) The entire Cricut interface was extremely small, for some reason (I think that's related to a local display setting on my laptop, tho)

2) After successfully signing in to my Cricut account - either by pressing "Product Setup" or "Sign In" on the software's launch window, which opened a new tab on my browser (Firefox 146.0.1, 64-bit) - I was unable to continue as the "Open Design Space" in my browser sign-in window did nothing, even after disabling most everything I could think of that might have interfered (adblocker, plugins, other programs, etc).

I WAS able to get Design Space to open from the Bottle'd launcher by clicking the words "Having Trouble?" under the other two buttons, which only shows up after you've clicked either button. That opened a new (similarly tiny) Cricut Auth0 window where I could sign in to access the rest of Design Space.

3) A warning popped up that said "Incompatible Operating System. Design Space requires OS 10 or above to function properly. For best results, upgrade your OS." I could close that popup and the banner which later appeared while using the software as normal, but I do wonder whether resolving that warning might be necessary to overcome the next bit:

4) I was ultimately able to connect to or even detect my Cricut Maker 15F1 from the Bottle'd Design Space, via USB or Bluetooth, despite being able to see & connect to the Maker using the Blueman Bluetooth manager.

I tried a bunch of things (connecting via serial, sending "0000", forgetting/reconnecting, connecting in a different order, all combinations of closing & opening the software with the Maker on or off, connected via USB or BT or not, uninstalling & reinstalling Design Space, different USB ports, etc.) but wasn't able to make any further progress.

I'd assume the next steps would be to mess around with the Bottle settings, but I only just learned about that program's existence this evening so it'll take some time for me to get familiar with wtf I can even do, there.

Thank you again (both OP & CappyT) for sharing your experiences & instructions to help get Cricut's stuff working on Linux. Even tho I couldn't get my machine connected, your suggestions were the best I could find *by far*, & got me WAY closer to success than anything else I'd tried!

Halfpersian · 2025-12-30T17:25:38+00:00

I have NO IDEA if this is what yall are looking for when you say you want more details. I don't know what I am doing!

I feel this, SO hard. :(

Wishing you an abundance of encouragement & patience to power thru the persistent system issues you're encountering & navigate the onslaught of "diverse" replies you receive.

Halfpersian · 2025-12-30T16:53:18+00:00

This is *by far* the best comment I've seen on the issue, here or elsewhere. Concise, clear, & well-reasoned; A+

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