Master wrote: Fri Sep 19, 2025 7:36 pm
< does find it strange how ^'s been around even longer than < and yet took up the role after <'d had. < Is glad to have ^ about though, ^'s background knowledge is always nice to hear.
< applied in 2009 and was rejected for being an immature arrogant you-know-what

(though the rejection letter put it more politely than that

) Then in 2011 and 2013 < had drifted away from the Rayman community, so <'s first opportunity to join the team was in 2017!
< read about the
production of acetic acid today, and confirmed <'s suspicions that the bottle of it < uses in the lab is derived from fossil fuels.

< was bemused by this sentence:
Wikipedia wrote:The biological route accounts for only about 10% of world production, but it remains important for the production of vinegar because many food purity laws require vinegar used in foods to be of biological origin.
< has thought before about the concept of fossil-fuel-derived food ingredients. Of course such things shouldn't be allowed, since eating such ingredients would mean even your breathing is contributing to global warming. But on the other hand, < had an idea before that the production of such ingredients could be a useful contingency in the event of a nuclear winter
