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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by hschenker on Thursday March 12, 2009 @02:39AM (#513119)
After coming back to the light background of the Hacker News web site, I have a mutation of my eye sockets.

I know this is completely irrelevant to the linked article, but using white text on a dark background is such a significant violation of readability and visual comfort (unless you're reading several such articles in a row) that I can't help but be completely distracted from the article at hand.

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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by jacoblyles on Thursday March 12, 2009 @04:43AM (#513196)
The alternative school of thought is that staring at a white screen is like staring into a light bulb.
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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by ObieJazz on Thursday March 12, 2009 @08:32AM (#513338)
Unlike most light bulbs, a monitor has a brightness setting that can be set to a comfortable level.

Also the metaphor of ink on paper is still with us in a big way. Dark text on a light background is the norm, light on dark is the exception.

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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by jacoblyles on Thursday March 12, 2009 @12:02PM (#513598)
On the other hand, many people have their terminals and editors in a light on dark scheme because they got used to it from the legacy days when they had no choice. However, I agree that most people probably aren't used to it.
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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by jfornear on Thursday March 12, 2009 @03:31AM (#513160)
I agree, the dark background is a huge distraction. I think I can see through walls now, though.
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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by dejb on Thursday March 12, 2009 @06:20AM (#513260)
So you had a problem when coming back to Hacker News and you choose to blame that on the site with the dark background? If that is the case then you should be saying 'Wow I never realised how hard it is on the eyes to be viewing light backgrounds all the time. More sites should have a dark background.'.

Personally I find a dark background better on the eyes.

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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by anuraggoel on Thursday March 12, 2009 @03:15AM (#513148)
Previously: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=308623
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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by fgimenez on Thursday March 12, 2009 @05:06PM (#514095)
Was there a specific reason this story got reposted to the front page?
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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by uuilly on Thursday March 12, 2009 @02:59AM (#513141)
Wow. I personally would not want to know. But... If I had the means to fire-hose money at researching this problem the way he does, I would want to know. Something really good could come of this. I wish him luck...
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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by huhtenberg on Thursday March 12, 2009 @03:22AM (#513155)
I am seriously considering giving 23andMe a try. But since it's purely out of curiosity, I am not sure if I really want to know that I have an elevated risk of Xxx and how exactly this knowledge is going to affect me in a long run.

Has anyone gone through this sort of testing ? Care to share the thoughts ?

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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by jfornear on Thursday March 12, 2009 @03:30AM (#513158)
I'm in the same boat. Would definitely be interested to hear others' experiences with 23andMe.
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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by rms on Thursday March 12, 2009 @03:33AM (#513162)
http://www.thinkgene.com/media-induced-confusion-about-lrrk2...
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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by tlrobinson on Thursday March 12, 2009 @05:13AM (#513214)
Sounds like someone is trying to drum up business for their spouse's company...
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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by jacobian on Thursday March 12, 2009 @02:04PM (#513790)
Man, that's a terribly nasty thing to say.

Try to have some compassion: the man just discovered that he has a substantially higher than average risk of developing Parkinson's. He's dealing with that knowledge by blogging about it, just as millions of others have blogged about their personal lives as a sort of public diary.

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Re:Sergey Brin has a mutation of the LRRK2 gene. by gord on Thursday March 12, 2009 @06:08AM (#513247)
Before its replaced, can we guarantee it was not responsible for page-rank?
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