[HN Gopher] Centuries-old paintings help researchers track food ...
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       Centuries-old paintings help researchers track food evolution
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2020-07-26 04:14 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.smithsonianmag.com)
        
       | causality0 wrote:
       | I was pleasantly surprised that the article didn't trot out the
       | now-debunked watermelon painting which so often headlines the
       | more pop-sci articles on this subject.
        
         | Retric wrote:
         | The watermelon is less debunked than you might think, due to
         | black seeds in the painting.
         | https://www.vox.com/2015/7/28/9050469/watermelon-breeding-pa...
        
       | wjn0 wrote:
       | Very neat. It sounds like they're curating a dataset ripe for
       | machine learning.
        
         | interestica wrote:
         | > ripe for machine learning.
         | 
         | Yes, that might be the fruit of their labour.
        
       | interestica wrote:
       | > Initially, the scientist theorized that Snyders, who
       | specialized in still-life paintings featuring fruit, vegetables
       | and animals, lacked talent.
       | 
       | Ha. Harsh first hypothesis.
        
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