Interesting Links for 09-04-2018

[andrewducker]

8 tips to help you become more resilient

(tags: emotion advice )

Best Breast Pumps 2018 (mostly saved for later for me)

(tags: breastfeeding Technology review )

The Oral History Of The Poop Emoji

(tags: faeces emoji history )

The Racist and Sexist History of Keeping Birth Control Side Effects Secret

(tags: contraception racism sexism OhForFucksSake history usa )

Why did fans leave LiveJournal, and where will they go after Tumblr?

(tags: fandom socialmedia community )

Dark Souls speed run in 55 minutes with no glitches

By comparison it took me a few dozen hours.
(tags: games video impressive )

Publishers Haven't Realized Just How Big a Deal GDPR Is

(tags: privacy europe advertising surveillance )

GDPR Requirements in Plain English

(tags: privacy Europe law surveillance )

Star Wars turns out to still be popular, despite loud whining on the internet about ruined childhoods

(tags: StarWars )

Brexit: Nearly 20 banks have committed to Frankfurt since vote to leave EU

(tags: Germany banking europe )

Childbirth stories are the stuff of life. We should share them

(tags: childbirth birth stories )

The "Solo: A Star Wars Story" trailer actually looks pretty good

(tags: StarWars trailer )

An introduction to cat behaviour for dog owners

(tags: cats dogs behaviour )

I simply don't believe that security on the iPhone works this badly. I assume it's a hoax of some kind.

(tags: security iphone apple wtf )

Content aware scaled cats are delightfully odd

(tags: cats photoshop weird ViaDrCross )

Fear mongering about cell phones and cancer

(tags: phones cancer fraud OhForFucksSake )

The handwriting of Bowie, Cobain, Lennon and more are now downloadable typefaces

Both cool and creepy
(tags: font music viaElfy )

Gut microbes are vulnerable to wide range of drugs

(tags: microbiome drugs )

Does the “Article 50 Challenge” have any merit?

(tags: uk europe law )

Myth busting: Why didn't the Skripals die on the spot?

(tags: poison russia )

Why fat piles on when the body’s daily cycles are in disarray

(tags: fat sleep time hormones stress )

Too many toys stifles toddler creativity

(tags: toys creativity )

GTA 5 Is The Most Profitable Entertainment Title Of All Time, Over 90 Million Units Sold, $6Billion made

(tags: money media games entertainment )

Bacteria found in the small intestines of mice and humans can travel to other organs and trigger an autoimmune response

(tags: immune_system bacteria microbiome )

Comments

[momentsmusicaux]

Haha, as opposed to dog body language which AFAICT has only:

1. I am ignoring you.
2. I AM JUMPING IN YOUR FACE TO SLOBBER ON YOU OR BITE YOU AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH

[andrewducker]

[momentsmusicaux]

Where is the 'jumping in your face' in that chart?

I'll make an exception for dalmatians. Years ago I was in Regent's Park feeding the ducks and a dalmatian trotted up to me, looked at me, had a quick sniff and then trotted off. I can handle that sort of dog interaction.

[cyprinella]

It's kinda under the "greeting stretch". But it also falls under "rude puppy behavior that should be trained out in adult dogs."

[momentsmusicaux]

Clearly all the dog owners I know are just rubbish dog owners. They all jump in my face.

[cyprinella]

Yeah, that's crap that should be firmly discouraged in general. The problem is that it can be self reinforcing by the dog taking your swats of "get off!" as playing and thus reward (when it's not actually reinforced by owners or people who don't mind the behavior giving pets when it happens). If you're standing when it happens, turning your back and not interacting at all until all four paws are on the floor can be a deterrent. However, I know that's not most people's first instinct especially when a dog hits you fast and the owners really should be managing a dog that does that.

[momentsmusicaux]

I think I've been told before about turning around. The times I've tried it, it's not worked. I now have a dog jumping up my back, which is even more alarming and hard to control.

I don't think dog owners and dog people in general grasp just how unpleasant and threatening some people find dogs.

[cyprinella]

Yeah, that's so not okay. I don't get these owners either, but I also tend to have dogs that are breeds with bad reputations or have behavioral stuff that I'm working on so I'm probably more sensitive to bad behavior than the average owner. My neighborhood is filled with aggressive toy dogs that display behavior that would be absolutely unacceptable in a larger dog and they just do nothing about it. It's infuriating.

[momentsmusicaux]

Though it could be some of them are 'hello I love you'.
I'm not entirely thinking clearly when that happens. I don't want a dog putting its paws on my legs, at all, ever.

[mountainkiss]

Interesting. I'd rather never go on the Internet again than have to use Tumblr, if those were my only two options. People's brains work in very different ways.

[danieldwilliam]

I also find Tumblr doesn't work for me.

The App is worse for me than looking at it on a browser to the point that I'm thinking of deleting the app and just going back to remembering to look at the two Tumblr accounts I regularly visit.

[cyprinella]

You can run them through RSS if you still have a reader. I used to do that before I just gave in and got a tumblr.

[danieldwilliam]

That is a handy hint - thanks.

[danieldwilliam]

I am given to understand that the Information Commissioner has pretty much doubled their staff with all the new staff being Enforcement Officers and that they are just itching for some nice big fat lazy non-compliant media firms to make an example of and fine.

Maximum fine for a serious breech of the GDPR is the *higher* of €20 million or 4% of world wide turnover of your entire group.

Talk Talk who were fined 80% of the maximum fine under the Data Protection Act would be looking at a fine of £87 million for the same breech.

Facebooks annual turnover $12 billion, 4% fine is $480 million.

Google annual turnover $110 billion, 4% is $4.4 billion.

Nice big fat juicy targets for a quasi-tax.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I am *really* looking forward to the outcome of this.

I expect that various businesses which make their money through privacy invasion will go bust. And good riddance!

[danieldwilliam]

Amen to all of that.

[gominokouhai]

> Childbirth stories are the stuff of life. We should share them

Eugh. Please don't.

[andrewducker]

Why not?

[gominokouhai]

Things can be beautiful and also personal. Fucking is a part of life too. Have some decorum.

[andrewducker]

I completely disagree, and think that it's both awesome and useful that people share this kind of story:
http://www.lazyparenting.lizziecassmaran.com/birth-story/

[andrewducker]

I also think that personal stories are the ones that allow us to learn the most about what it is to be human, and to understand humanity best.

I've read plenty of fascinating stories by sex bloggers and taken part in discussions which helped me be a better partner myself.

Being prudish helps nobody, in my experience.

Edit: Prudish is too strong. But placing a subject off-limits when it's going to affect 80% of women seems counterproductive to me. Jane has got an awful lot out of reading people's stories about their births, and I'm really glad those were there for her.

[gominokouhai]

Nobody (to my knowledge) is disputing the value of anecdotal information as a tool for greater understanding. But there are appropriate venues for this, just as there are appropriate venues for porn.

> Edit: Prudish is too strong

Thank you. I was going to say.