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jdjkckfkrrnon Why does every advert look the same? Corporate Memphis

This style is also called in a derogative way "humans of flat".

It's quite controversial in the design world. Critique of it can also be a bad career move, so people are a bit hush about it.

jdjkckfkrrnon Why are modern 50mm lenses so damned complicated?

I had an old metal very well regarded 50 mm prime, 1.4 f.

I also had a modern plastic 18-55 mm kit lens, high f (starting at 3.5).

But the colors on the modern zoom lens were so much better. Hard to explain, but they just looked better, kind of like a DSLR photo has "better" colors than a phone photo.

It was very confusing, I was expecting differences in sharpness maybe, but not in colors.

jdjkckfkrrnon Evidence supports claim that SARS-CoV-2 genes can integrate with human DNA

The scientists from This Week in Virology admitted when asked that in principle it's possible for both the virus and the mRNA vaccine to be integrated into the genome, if you have reverse transcriptase and integrase in a cell, which can happen if it's infected by another virus for example.

jdjkckfkrrnon Scientists OK plan to release one million tonnes of waste water from Fukushima

Uranium and plutonium are also naturally found in the environment. So you are saying they are therefore safe...

jdjkckfkrrnon Scientists OK plan to release one million tonnes of waste water from Fukushima

Remember when the Monsanto lobbyist/scientist said that their glyphosate pesticide Roundup is so safe you can drink it? To his surprise, he was offered a glass of it, and refused it, saying "I'm not stupid", and "I'm not an idiot", while insisting it's harmless to humans:

https://youtu.be/QWM_PgnoAtA

How about we release this waste water in Japan's rivers, upstream of their purification plants, if it's so safe. Surely it will be thoroughly diluted by the time it ends in the tap water, below the radioactivity of a banana.