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After suffering one too many times from bad jet lag, I read a bunch of circadian rhythm papers and developed a simple app to help fight jet lag. I knew that avoiding devices at nig…

Having just spent a few months reading circadian entrainment papers for a circadian rhythm app I just finished,[1] I wonder if this effect might be about circadian amplitude[2] (ra…

You might find some benefit from an app like Wavekength[1] that uses iPhone camera to coach your light exposure, based on current+desired circadian rhythms. Disclaimer: I made the …

After years of juggling imprecise grilling recipes and temperatures, I've made a grilling calculator that derives perfect meat results from thermal models, Fick's law of diffusion,…

Thanks a lot!

I made them again this morning and took a new photo that's not overcontrasted from iPhone's built-in photo contrast. I'll get my fancier camera out like a real food blogger next ti…

Thanks - I used to have this but decided checkboxes were less useful for properties that don't require dynamic recomputation, so I added this as options. In the writeup I mention t…

Added!

Ah, I know about these big tall pancakes! I've had something like that in the Netherlands and grew up eating something like it too. I'll soon add a fluffiness slider back in so tha…

Love it, thanks! I used to have a "fluffiness" slider that I could bring back to power this. I haven't researched Swedish pancakes yet but are they leavened at all?

Hilarious, thanks for pointing me to that!

Haha, just for you - check out the new checkbox at the bottom of the form: https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/pancakes/?have=&eg... I'll leave the rounding of the absurdly p…

Thanks a lot! Good idea re bread - can you link me to your favorite more general recipes that show all the extremes/variables? I've skimmed some bread textbooks re enriched doughs …

Thanks! The layout was inspired by the way my mother recopied her recipes. When I first saw how most recipe books wrote recipes, I was so confused! As for baseline ingredients, it'…

Thanks, I'm working on this next - stay tuned or join the mailing list (will send a very occasional message about new recipes)!

Haha, already researched the thermometer but haven't pulled the trigger yet! https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/cooking/ir-thermometer/

Good to know - I used to have a crispness slider but I removed it since I loved the pancakes at the current crispness. Contrary to the overcontrasted photo, they actually have just…

Hahaha, glad you're enjoying it as much as I did! I will have to add a crispness slider and then validate it with expensive audio equipment.

I feel your pain - dealt with a lot of those calculations so the calculator could avoid powders!

Added! Let me know how it turns out! https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/pancakes/?have=lab...

Good idea, added! If you have only vegan dairy checked, it'll go for vegan butter too. :) https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/pancakes/?have=soy...

Done, let me know how it turns out! https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/pancakes/?have=pla...

For sure - if you check "milk" and "lemon" and select maximum tang, you'll get nice tangy pancakes. I opted away from vinegar due to taste but would be curious to hear if someone t…

Thanks! It's entire chunks of fat from a Berkshire pig. Lard works too and is what you get when you render pork fat, but the rendering removes some flavor. I'll update the recipe.