_maelstrom

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   by _maelstrom 3y ago

   It's buried in the article, but: "Coates was moving when the photo was taken, so when the shutter was pressed, many differing images were captured in that instant as the camera swept over the scene, since it was a panoramic photo
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   by _maelstrom 3y ago

   The article says it was a panorama photo, which makes it much less interesting than live/hdr creating the same effect.
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   by _maelstrom 3y ago

   An interesting contrast in this whole debate is Japan, where homes actually depreciate slowly over 20-30 years while the underlying land much more moderately appreciates vs homes in the West [0]. This makes apartments quite cheap, even in p
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   by _maelstrom 3y ago

   It's buried in the wikipedia article, but these stories of tulips being a giant society collapsing bubble "come from propaganda pamphlets published by Dutch Calvinists worried that the tulip-propelled consumerism boom would lead t
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   by _maelstrom 3y ago

   This would make sense if Alzheimer's turns out to be an autoimmune disorder. Women have higher rates of these types of diseases because the largest number of immune related genes are found on the X-chromosome, giving them a broader var
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   by _maelstrom 3y ago

   When I was seeing doctors for stomach issues years ago, I remember being told to avoid spicy food among other things. However, population studies don't show a higher rate of GERD/stomach ulcers for groups who report eating spicie