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Here is what I want to see when I click that link: a picture. Of a bacterium. Next to a ruler. Thank you. UPDATE: My bad, there are plenty of pictures in the

Here is what I want to see when I click that link: a picture. Of a bacterium. Next to a ruler. Thank you. UPDATE: My bad, there are plenty of pictures in the supplemental materials downloadable further down the page

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AnimalMuppet 4y ago
Hmm. I could swear that, when I first clicked on it, there was a picture of several of them, next to a dime. (Also, left-right reversed - you could tell by the writing on the dime.)
lxe 4y ago
Still annoying... have to download them and such.
xnx 4y ago
Dime for scale: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/science/giant-bacterium.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/science/giant-bacterium.h...
- ravenstine 4y ago
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  - samatman 4y ago
    It clearly states that each filament is one cell: a bacterium, not bacteria.
- shagie 4y ago
  Unlocked link for any who hit a paywall - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/science/giant-bacterium.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DLDmwZiP8eAoWG8EqKaqtqYcd21T2QWNJbMaIqAvxuy-sVd2pcdz6VmLrW0pIUP3dy7oupQmI925-KDOlg-jazMzL8cr4jnfjitRvZdWjsXfHA131yIF41oZthfVn8ymVIkvmeapN93dV73v4kBJtoF3xXNGTR4a6eW1gpM86Gbxrc9gAyR-pfPDjRltSa4L4KGx5AXROEFDgspDZht64PfY8fL639LBU_ecThgrh3C2VgLoqhA5xZVJGF24ForB6FglpIdh7OrNZW&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/science/giant-bacterium.h...
- O__________O 4y ago
  Here’s a GIF of the NYT video: https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/d2a49c29f981d0a8741a513d8c54e077 https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/d2a49c29f981d0a8... Image description: Filaments of a bacteria named Thiomargarita magnifica, placed next to a dime for scale. It is the largest bacteria ever observed, and each filament seen here is a single cell.
  - kwhitefoot 4y ago
    Despite having visited the US many times, I have not the slightest idea of how big a dime is (or what it is worth), so it isn't a useful indicator of scale to me and, I suspect, much of the rest of the world.
    - O__________O 4y ago
      Dime’s diameter is 17.91 mm (0.705 in) per Wikipedia; bacterium is one centimeter (cm) or 10 millimeters (mm). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(United_States_coin) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(United_States_coin)
- euroderf 4y ago
  Would it kill them to put a 0.10€ coin in the picture too ?
  - turing_complete 4y ago
    And a banana, please.
    - dzhiurgis 4y ago
      And a football field and a boeing 747
      - euroderf 4y ago
        So I guess it's true, the only real money is Murrcan money
mensetmanusman 4y ago
Build the software to make this possible: The trouble is that when writers are discussing scientific research, they could be sued if they use the images in the article without permission. There needs to be an easy way to revenue share with publishers when these copyrighted images are used. It would definitely be a win-win scenario.
- Mirioron 4y ago
  I see this being downvoted, but images are copyrighted. Using an image for illustrative purposes is not fair use, is it? Therefore the articles can't just share the same images.
  - thaumasiotes 4y ago
    > Using an image for illustrative purposes is not fair use, is it? Often it is; the paradigm would be commentary. If you're going to talk about the image, to some extent it's necessary to let people see what you're talking about. Reproducing the Mohammed cartoons ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_carto... ) in a discussion of them would obviously be fair use. As with most aspects of the legal system, there is no standard for what is or isn't fair use.
  - anigbrowl 4y ago
    Of course it's fair use, it meets the educational criterion. Might you have to defend it? Maybe. Would you win? Assuredly.
    - cykros 4y ago
      Would it be worth the legal costs? Probably not. Our courts don't operate based on who is on the right side of the law. They operate based on who has more cash to burn.
- taneq 4y ago
  Is this not precisely what fair use is about?
threads2 4y ago
Did they leave in MS Word tracked changes at the end of that supplemental materials pdf? Lots of weird highlighting.
heavyset_go 4y ago
Here's a preprint from biorxiv, not sure if it's the same study, but there are plenty of pictures: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.16.480423v1.full.pdf https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.16.480423v1....
tonnydourado 4y ago
I am curious, but really not sure whether I wanna actually click on any of the links in this thread.

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AnimalMuppet 4y ago

Hmm. I could swear that, when I first clicked on it, there was a picture of several of them, next to a dime. (Also, left-right reversed - you could tell by the writing on the dime.)

lxe 4y ago

Still annoying... have to download them and such.

xnx 4y ago

Dime for scale: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/science/giant-bacterium.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/science/giant-bacterium.h...

ravenstine 4y ago
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- samatman 4y ago
  It clearly states that each filament is one cell: a bacterium, not bacteria.
shagie 4y ago
Unlocked link for any who hit a paywall - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/science/giant-bacterium.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DLDmwZiP8eAoWG8EqKaqtqYcd21T2QWNJbMaIqAvxuy-sVd2pcdz6VmLrW0pIUP3dy7oupQmI925-KDOlg-jazMzL8cr4jnfjitRvZdWjsXfHA131yIF41oZthfVn8ymVIkvmeapN93dV73v4kBJtoF3xXNGTR4a6eW1gpM86Gbxrc9gAyR-pfPDjRltSa4L4KGx5AXROEFDgspDZht64PfY8fL639LBU_ecThgrh3C2VgLoqhA5xZVJGF24ForB6FglpIdh7OrNZW&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/science/giant-bacterium.h...
O__________O 4y ago
Here’s a GIF of the NYT video: https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/d2a49c29f981d0a8741a513d8c54e077 https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/d2a49c29f981d0a8... Image description: Filaments of a bacteria named Thiomargarita magnifica, placed next to a dime for scale. It is the largest bacteria ever observed, and each filament seen here is a single cell.
- kwhitefoot 4y ago
  Despite having visited the US many times, I have not the slightest idea of how big a dime is (or what it is worth), so it isn't a useful indicator of scale to me and, I suspect, much of the rest of the world.
  - O__________O 4y ago
    Dime’s diameter is 17.91 mm (0.705 in) per Wikipedia; bacterium is one centimeter (cm) or 10 millimeters (mm). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(United_States_coin) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(United_States_coin)
euroderf 4y ago
Would it kill them to put a 0.10€ coin in the picture too ?
- turing_complete 4y ago
  And a banana, please.
  - dzhiurgis 4y ago
    And a football field and a boeing 747
    - euroderf 4y ago
      So I guess it's true, the only real money is Murrcan money

mensetmanusman 4y ago

Build the software to make this possible: The trouble is that when writers are discussing scientific research, they could be sued if they use the images in the article without permission. There needs to be an easy way to revenue share with publishers when these copyrighted images are used. It would definitely be a win-win scenario.

Mirioron 4y ago
I see this being downvoted, but images are copyrighted. Using an image for illustrative purposes is not fair use, is it? Therefore the articles can't just share the same images.
- thaumasiotes 4y ago
  > Using an image for illustrative purposes is not fair use, is it? Often it is; the paradigm would be commentary. If you're going to talk about the image, to some extent it's necessary to let people see what you're talking about. Reproducing the Mohammed cartoons ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_carto... ) in a discussion of them would obviously be fair use. As with most aspects of the legal system, there is no standard for what is or isn't fair use.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  Of course it's fair use, it meets the educational criterion. Might you have to defend it? Maybe. Would you win? Assuredly.
  - cykros 4y ago
    Would it be worth the legal costs? Probably not. Our courts don't operate based on who is on the right side of the law. They operate based on who has more cash to burn.
taneq 4y ago
Is this not precisely what fair use is about?

threads2 4y ago

Did they leave in MS Word tracked changes at the end of that supplemental materials pdf? Lots of weird highlighting.

heavyset_go 4y ago

Here's a preprint from biorxiv, not sure if it's the same study, but there are plenty of pictures: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.16.480423v1.full.pdf https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.16.480423v1....

tonnydourado 4y ago

I am curious, but really not sure whether I wanna actually click on any of the links in this thread.