I BCCed a lot of people and got a lot of nontrivial suggestions. (Restaurateur) Mike Wang's rubber band suggestion was probably best. Just encircle the lid with a big one from a broccoli bunch. It's amazing if you've never tried it. But that's not trivial enough! (I forget where I stashed my rubber band.) Someone suggested that if I have a mountain handy, I could drive up it. Nobody suggested the dicey solution of sticking the jar back in the 𝜇wave. Really hot tapwater should work, but our water heater is set way low. C'mon people—*trivial*! SPOILER: In[532]:= StringReverse@"!no ti pals uoy sa dil eht rednu ria )looc ylevitaler( fo llufgnul kciuq a wolb tsuJ" —rwg On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 8:12 AM Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
I brew it in a 46oz pickle jar that easily tips over, and leaks if the lid isn't snug. But if I forget to momentarily loosen the lid within a few minutes, a powerful vacuum develops that makes it virtually impossible to unscrew. What is the trivial solution? —Bill