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Cake day: March 12th, 2025

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  • Be careful, depending on how underage you are. I’d assume that this isn’t the case for you, but really young children have very underdevelopes livers that cannot handle any ethanol. From what I’ve read, for school-age children (something like 5-7 years), a few glasses is completely harmless. But depending on how strong your sima is, while a bit more should still be harmless, it might be good to stay on the safe side. For anyone older, I think it should be OK, as long as you don’t chug down a barrel of the stuff.

    I don’t know if there are any good recipes in english, but IIRC firefox should be able to translate finnish now. I could also translate a recipe for you if you want.


  • The practically non-alcoholic mead is called sima here and as it’s traditionally drunk around may day, it’s pretty much in season now.

    I don’t know how it compares to real mead, but from what I remeber, it shouldn’t be too troublesome to make.

    If I remember correctly, you let lemon slices sit in hot water & honey for a while, then put the solution in a large, empty soda bottle with some raisins & a bit of yeast. Put the bottles in the fridge. It’s ready when the raisins float to the surface. Though I’d recommend following an actual recipe.

    I don’t know how much alcohol homemade sima usually has, but commercial simas range from 0-0.8% from what I’ve seen, so the same as alcohol-free beers.

    Of course, it can have a lot more if you add enough yeast and allow it to ferment, or less if you drink it the next day.

    In the end, it depends on why you avoid alcohol. You won’t get drunk no matter how much sima you drink, as long as you use a reasonable amount of yeast. But, if you have a bad liver or are on medictions, you should probably abstain.







  • I agree, and it could work like that here. (your driver’s license is only valid for a certain time) But as far as I know, you only need to retake the tests when applying for renewal if your license expired multiple years ago. Otherwise, you only have to fill out some forms.

    At least old people & those who’ve had their license taken away need to redo their tests, which is better than nothing, but not enough in my opinion.


  • It’s not reasonable to assume that everyone has that much control in any situation. Removing yourself from a situation is not always possible. What can you do if it’s caused by your environment, like family, school, etc.?

    Life does have challenges & there always exists someone who can be miserable in a given situation. That doesn’t mean that everything should be normal.

    You can definitely affect some things & you might be able to choose how you see some other things. Still, some things are outside your control or “as they should be”.








  • Using Vim on other people’s computers may not always work. I know someone who remapped ‘next match’ from ‘n’ to something else, though --clean helps with such configurations.

    Also, nano may not always be installed.

    The safest way to edit a file on someone else’s machine for a emacs “user” might be something like emacs -q || nano || vim --clean || vi --clean || vi, assuming a sane shell. (the || vi --clean step is probably unnecessary, becuse if it’s supported, it’s just vim, which would then also be available)