armedpacifist

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by armedpacifist 5mo ago
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 painting. Aparently Picasso was still so outraged after
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by armedpacifist 7mo ago
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 that are most beneficial to us. You need to get out...
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by armedpacifist 9mo ago
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 time in software development and not the conspiracy theor
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by armedpacifist 9mo ago
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 on trying to reduce my plastic usage, but I gave up on it bec
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by armedpacifist 1y ago
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 supplements because of the extreme variabili
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by armedpacifist 4y ago
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 suspecting it has something to do with lowering bl
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by armedpacifist 5y ago
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 impossible, but it does require sa
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by armedpacifist 5y ago
They're made of silicone/rubber/... and as far as I know never of plastic. However, the top part sometimes can be plastic.
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by armedpacifist 5y ago
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 satellites). One night laying there, out of the blue, I heard so
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by armedpacifist 5y ago
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 that has can elaborate?
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by armedpacifist 5y ago
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 rock art. There's a bear drawing that could be stra
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by armedpacifist 5y ago
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 aware about the junk oil they sometimes use. Intere
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by armedpacifist 5y ago
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 counterpart even if they are already converted to epa&#
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by armedpacifist 6y ago
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 regular email address. I started doing this for the exact same re
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Vampire power of 6 phone chargers less than a dollar a year (2017)(howtogeek.com)
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by armedpacifist 6y ago
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 only something that can be revered. Works of art are
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by armedpacifist 6y ago
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 pollinators of which they contrive only a small perce
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by armedpacifist 6y ago
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 bee population is weakened, clearing the way for parasit
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by armedpacifist 6y ago
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 release microscopic airborne needles that w
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by armedpacifist 6y ago
It seems to me that beekeeping results in direct competition with solitary bees and other pollinating insects as well.