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In the autobiography of Man Ray, who was a good friend of Picasso, it's mentioned that the sketchbooks are not preliminary studies, but sketches that came _after_ he finished the p…

fwiw, getting sunlight from behind a modern window is almost the same as getting it from a led or lightbulb, vastly insufficient. The glass filters out the specific frequencies tha…

This was in 2020. Brendan Eich addressed this in a blogpost iirc, with a perfectly plausible explanation. It seemed like a bad/unfortunate design decision, which happens all the ti…

Just adding to the conversation: I can strongly recommend the documentary The Story Of Plastic to get an insight on recycling in general. Reduce, reuse, recycle. I used to be big o…

On a sidenote, for everyone looking into vit d, this talk with Stasha Gominak was very informative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74F22bjBmqE As for the criticism against vit d s…

You might be referring to a quote from Paul Stamets. I am not an expert, so here's my anecdotal take on it: when I drink alcohol, my mild tinitus completely fades away. I'm highly …

Bea Johnson's book Zero Waste Home (and talks) is the go to on how to start. My gf works towards a 'zero-waste' household, but you'd have to cut back on a lot of products. It's not…

They're made of silicone/rubber/... and as far as I know never of plastic. However, the top part sometimes can be plastic.

When I was a little kid I used to lay on my back in the garden when there was a clear night sky. I would watch numerous shooting stars and slowly moving dots (turned out to be sate…

This reminds me of a book on my to-read: In Search of Stardust by Jon Larsen. From what I remember it's actually not that hard to find, but maybe I should read it first. Anyone tha…

I love everything Werner Herzog does, but I wasn't aware of this gem. What a great tip. The level of artistry of the Chauvet Cave is mind boggling and unlike anything I knew from r…

I realized what I wrote and edited before you could finish your reply. Indeed, they're all organic, I meant to say the difference between vegan and non-vegan. Either way, wasn't aw…

I've heard some people (Rhonda Patrick from the top of my mind) say that the omega 3 coming from vegan sources (nuts, seeds, algae...) would not be as efficient as their non-vegan …

Gmail has this feature baked in. Append a + sign to the username and then append any string you want, ie. username+ycombinator@gmail.com. It will forward these mails to your regula…

If something like this would occur, it would be comparable to the burning of the library of Alexandria. That's why digitizing the collection is such an important feat. Art isn't on…

This isn't about neonics specifically, it's about a range of pesticides that are being used. Again, it doesn't affect only honey bees. Honey bees exist in an ecosystem of pollinato…

CCD doesn't have one single cause. Due to a plethora of factors (monocultures, neonics and other -icides, irresponsible use of antibiotics, ignorant beekeeping methods, ... ) the b…

As stated somewhere above, the problem with old eternit or asbestos containing products isn't that it 'leaks'. It's only problematic when you start processing it. It will then rele…

It seems to me that beekeeping results in direct competition with solitary bees and other pollinating insects as well.