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  1. Comment on Quentin Tarantino and Sylvester Stallone are teaming for a 1930s-set series filming in black and white with “1930s cameras” in ~tv

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    I think the amount of foot stuff has gone up in his films, but I haven't revisited some of his earlier films. On a funny note, my partner saw one of his movies for the first time (Once Upon A Time...

    I think the amount of foot stuff has gone up in his films, but I haven't revisited some of his earlier films.

    On a funny note, my partner saw one of his movies for the first time (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood), and without knowing his thing for feet, unprompted asked me, "Does the director really like feet or something?"

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  2. Comment on Sekiro: No Defeat | Official trailer 2 in ~anime

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    Thanks - I know I can beat him if I got that far in the game. I think part of the issue was the 2nd phase playstyle was so different and it was tough for me to nail the parry down. Another reason...

    Thanks - I know I can beat him if I got that far in the game. I think part of the issue was the 2nd phase playstyle was so different and it was tough for me to nail the parry down. Another reason I put it down was because my computer died so I had to get a new motherboard and just never reinstalled the game. I'll definitely come back to it at some point, but thank you for the words of encouragement.

  3. Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental

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    I can't speak for espresso, but drip coffee typically has more caffeine than tea.

    I can't speak for espresso, but drip coffee typically has more caffeine than tea.

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  4. Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental

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    Not totally out there! Ibuprofen also constricts blood vessels and there has been a link between chronic, low-dosage use and decreased risk for Alzheimer's. Also not a very strong effect if I...

    Not totally out there! Ibuprofen also constricts blood vessels and there has been a link between chronic, low-dosage use and decreased risk for Alzheimer's. Also not a very strong effect if I remember correctly.

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  5. Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental

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    Thanks for sharing. I posted this to the ~science group and did my due diligence there, but the taggers (thank you for your work) moved it to this group. I guess I should've just searched across...

    Thanks for sharing. I posted this to the ~science group and did my due diligence there, but the taggers (thank you for your work) moved it to this group. I guess I should've just searched across the site and not a specific group.

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  6. Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental

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    So caffeine on it's own is a vasoconstrictor and thus reduces blood flow to the brain, but I was doing some reading and found this study supporting your hypothesis but kind of in the opposite...

    So caffeine on it's own is a vasoconstrictor and thus reduces blood flow to the brain, but I was doing some reading and found this study supporting your hypothesis but kind of in the opposite direction whereas when chronic caffeine consumers don't have any caffeine in their system they actually have increased blood flow to the brain - so maybe?

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  7. Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental

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    Yeah I had the exact same thought. I'm wondering if it might be a survey artifact or if there is some sort of synergistic effect with compounds in tea leaves.

    Yeah I had the exact same thought. I'm wondering if it might be a survey artifact or if there is some sort of synergistic effect with compounds in tea leaves.

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  8. Comment on Factory farming is a blight in ~enviro

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    And really, meat was only ever cheap because it's heavily subsidized. There are certain cases of pasture farming where the land use doesn't really make sense for produce and so rearing livestock...

    And really, meat was only ever cheap because it's heavily subsidized. There are certain cases of pasture farming where the land use doesn't really make sense for produce and so rearing livestock makes economic sense, but in most cases it's always going to be cheaper to eat the produce directly as opposed to having another animal eat it for you and then eating that.

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  9. Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental

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    It certainly seems like it wouldn't hurt unless you have crazy hypertension (like me whoops!) or if you have caffeine sensitivity syndrome.

    It certainly seems like it wouldn't hurt unless you have crazy hypertension (like me whoops!) or if you have caffeine sensitivity syndrome.

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  10. Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental

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    I was surprised at the distinction between 2-3 cups of coffee and 1-2 cups of tea, since tea typically has less caffeine than coffee. This might be the way of how they binned amount of coffee...

    I was surprised at the distinction between 2-3 cups of coffee and 1-2 cups of tea, since tea typically has less caffeine than coffee. This might be the way of how they binned amount of coffee drinking, or I wonder if there are other plant compounds present in tea that promote a synergistic effect.

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  11. Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental

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    Disclosure: I like coffee and feel vindicated by these findings. This a pretty small effect size, but from the studies I've read it seems like caffeine is leaning more towards the bin of "good for...

    Disclosure: I like coffee and feel vindicated by these findings. This a pretty small effect size, but from the studies I've read it seems like caffeine is leaning more towards the bin of "good for us".

    Food for thought: let's say that there was a discovery that showed a given food or drink was unequivocally good for your health, especially as it pertains to healthy aging, but you hated the taste of it. Would you make any effort to try and "acquire" a taste, or just say screw it and take your chances with your current diet/approach?

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  12. Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental

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    Article summary:

    Article summary:

    Your morning coffee or tea could be quietly supporting your brain health. A long-term study found that moderate consumption of caffeinated coffee or tea was linked to an 18% lower risk of dementia and better cognitive performance over time. The benefits appeared strongest at 2–3 cups of coffee or 1–2 cups of tea daily—and even held true for people genetically predisposed to dementia.

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  14. Comment on Sekiro: No Defeat | Official trailer 2 in ~anime

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    I can't tell you for sure seeing as how I haven't watched the anime yet. I can see some major plot points in the trailer that occurred in the game, so I am guessing it's a reimagining/adaptation....

    I can't tell you for sure seeing as how I haven't watched the anime yet. I can see some major plot points in the trailer that occurred in the game, so I am guessing it's a reimagining/adaptation. It does not appear to be a sequel as far as I can tell.

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  15. Comment on Dune: Part Three | Teaser trailer in ~movies

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    They really transformed Robert Pattinson with makeup, although a lot of it is probably due to the fact that they removed his eyebrows. I thought at first that the actor was Paul Bettany.

    They really transformed Robert Pattinson with makeup, although a lot of it is probably due to the fact that they removed his eyebrows. I thought at first that the actor was Paul Bettany.

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  16. Comment on Genetically modified bacteria convert plastic waste into Parkinson's drug in ~health

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    Overall this sounds exciting - I love the idea of integrating recycling and upcycling across different domains. Regarding the idea of repurposing the polyethylene terephthalate waste from...

    Overall this sounds exciting - I love the idea of integrating recycling and upcycling across different domains.

    Regarding the idea of repurposing the polyethylene terephthalate waste from landfills/plastic pollution, is it feasible to source the plastic waste? I have no idea about the processes involved here, but I'm wondering if there are any cleaning/purifying procedures that would have to be done that this article glosses over which might make this much more costly than anticipated. Not that it wouldn't be worth it - often it seems doing the sustainable thing is more costly than doing the easy approach.

    Another question I have is what about any by-products from the conversion of polyethylene terephthalate into the substrate for the initial reaction, terephthalic acid, as well as the intermediary steps along the way to creating L-DOPA. I checked out the primary source and saw that they don't have a clear solution for that yet, so this probably has some time before we could start handing out L-DOPA made from plastic to Parkinson's patients, but it is a great proof of concept.

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  17. Comment on Sekiro: No Defeat | Official trailer 2 in ~anime

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    Whoo boy this looks really good. I admittedly had to drop the video game because I was not in the mood to beat my head against the wall regarding the Guardian Ape (I think I had tried him like 10...

    Whoo boy this looks really good. I admittedly had to drop the video game because I was not in the mood to beat my head against the wall regarding the Guardian Ape (I think I had tried him like 10 times with no real progress), but I loved the story the game was building. I'm very excited to catch this when it releases.

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  19. Comment on Dune: Part Three | Teaser trailer in ~movies

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    Given how much I enjoyed the parts 1 and 2 I'm pumped for this last one. I wonder what the run time is going to be. I'm quite frankly impressed they packed so much story into 2h35 minutes for part...

    Given how much I enjoyed the parts 1 and 2 I'm pumped for this last one. I wonder what the run time is going to be. I'm quite frankly impressed they packed so much story into 2h35 minutes for part 2, although I wish it had gone a little bit slower.

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  20. Comment on A writing professor’s new task in the age of AI: Teaching students when to struggle in ~life

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    Oh yeah I wholeheartedly agree that many students have no issues with the credit-load, but I think usually they are either well-prepared for it or may not have to worry about balancing a job and a...

    Oh yeah I wholeheartedly agree that many students have no issues with the credit-load, but I think usually they are either well-prepared for it or may not have to worry about balancing a job and a personal life. Totally see where you're coming from with that.

    I appreciate that you're keeping the perspective on what's good for the student may not be good for the university. These academic institutions some fight really hard to maintain certain reputations about retention and graduation rates and some people may not benefit from the rigid way universities are structured, at least not at that point in their lives. I dropped out for a couple of years because I just was not taking school seriously and did not feel ready for it, and when I came back I felt much more prepared.