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Re:Google Maps Gets a New Look on Thursday November 16, 2017 @01:16PM (#15715038)
There was an excellent article on how the designs of Google Maps has dramatically changed from 2016 to 2017. Screenshots were gathered every month, and the trend across months was pretty telling of a shifting emphasis from roads to places. The same was done for Apple Maps, which, for the most part, hadn't changed.

https://www.justinobeirne.com/a-year-of-google-maps-and-appl...

Re:An alternative to burial and cremation gains popularity on Saturday October 21, 2017 @11:45AM (#15522205)
There's an eco-friendly cremation process that was developed within the past two decades, where the body is flash-frozen using liquid nitrogen, and then pulverized into powder with vibration. Whatever happened to that? I'm finding articles on it from 1997, but it looks like it never gained much popularity.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-burial-machine-that-...

Re:Is Sugar Killing Us? on Monday December 12, 2016 @05:52AM (#13157180)
I've been told my whole life that wheat (or whole-grained and fibrous foods in general) is healthy -- can you elaborate some more?
Re:Is Sugar Killing Us? on Monday December 12, 2016 @05:46AM (#13157155)
I'm interested, what is the relevance of sleep apnea in this context?