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That is true, but it's mostly true of people sending using a straight key (basically a simple button) or a bug (semi-automated key). Most morse code operators these days use a keye…

My father in law passed away from it about a year and a half ago at age 64. Two of his kids have tested positive for the mutation. They don’t have symptoms yet (they’re in their 20…

It’s sometimes frustrating to try to explain that the gene mutation in the family (PSEN1 in our case) means it’s a 100% chance you get it. Most people have never heard of it, so yo…

There are multiple specific possible mutations that cause 100% penetrant dominantly inherited early onset Alzheimer’s. And there are three genes where mutations can cause it: PSEN1…

My wife’s family has PSEN1-mutation EAD (my wife didn’t inherit it). In that particular case it does seem that the mutated genes relate directly to Amyloid production and clearing,…

It's a figure of speech.

That is indeed part of the charm. The people who like swing lens panoramic cameras like the Widelux like that look. The alternative is something like the Hasselblad Xpan, or even j…

Right. The whole revival was his idea, according to the story told by the other founders. Also, presumably he has funded the whole effort so far.

Yeah, I've been waiting for it for years too. I thought it was going to be substantially more than $4400 (more like $6-7K). Under $1,000 is unfortunately simply impossible. Used Wi…

Eddie Rocket's is an Irish chain of American diners. I've eaten there in Dublin. Although at least that location is downtown, and in a bigger building, not a classic diner style bu…

Many of the film cameras that people 3D print essentially outsource that stuff to off-the-shelf focusing helicoids which are readily available, along with medium or large format le…

The animation was visible on Safari when I viewed it very early this morning (10 hours ago), and again about 3 hours ago.

Yeah, it’s really starting to depress me how much text published to the web is written using an LLM now. Things that seem interesting at first glance become much less appealing whe…

Spina Bifida is not primarily a genetic disease. It's caused by a failure of the neural tube in the developing embryo to close fully. No one knows the exact causes, but folic acid …

Thanks for sharing about your daughter. It's good to hear from other parents dealing with it. My daughter with spina bifida is only 18 months. It's early of course, but so far she'…

The main goal of physical repair of the defect in utero is actually to reduce the incidence of hydrocephalus and hindbrain herniation, which are very common in people with Spina Bi…

Not only is it possible, fetal surgery is more or less standard treatment for spina bifida at this point. The news here is about the stem cell patch being applied during the surger…

Seriously. My son and I are about 3/4ths through Fellowship of the Ring after he loved The Hobbit. We’ve read all of Narnia, Wildwood, and many other (long!) books and book series …

No. https://www.etymonline.com/word/chintzy

To be a little more precise, f is not a camera-specific constant. It's the focal length of the lens. It's a formula that tells you the diameter of the entrance pupil. So at a focal…

My experience with my Prius PHEV is the same. I don’t even have a level 2 charger. I just plug it in in the garage overnight, and most days I don’t use any gas. The only time the I…

Yeah, I didn’t realize we were calling hybrids “EV”s now. Also, the BYDs I’ve been in were chintzy garbage as far as fit and finish goes. Can’t speak to their reliability, or other…

For what it’s worth, Philo Farnsworth and John Logie Baird were friendly with each other. I was lucky to know Philo’s wife Pem very well in the last part of her life, and she spoke…

My understanding is that amyloid plaques can actually be seen with a specialized PET scan now, so it can be more definitively diagnosed in living people.