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| Scott and Scurvy: How the cure for scurvy was lost (idlewords.com) | ||
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evmar Oct 11, 2015 | on: Scott and Scurvy (2010) | context
This has been posted on HN 9(!) times, but I still enjoy rereading it. For more discussion, this posting had the most comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1174912 |
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cb321 Dec 4, 2023 | on: D Programming Language | context
A well written and absolutely gripping & interesting tale, also discussed here at the time (including by the blog author) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1174912 and re-posted many times without as much ( https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... ). Particularly striking was how concurrent innovations like copper tools, steam boats, and milk pasteurization derailed only partially developed scurvy theory. One wonders if this story partly inspired Woody Allen's joke in _Sleeper_ about steak being found to be good for you.[1] { Probably more the constant thrashing about of recommendations that has infected nutrition science since forever, though. } |
Knock yourself out, submit articles about those things.
One of the most interesting articles I've read from HN was about citrus fruit and polar exploration. Real enlightening stuff. If you've got good kite-surfing articles, submit them.
(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1174912)