Interesting Links for 03-01-2021

[andrewducker]

Dogger Bank's giant turbines herald a wind of change in UK industry

(tags:windpower UK )

A South-East English Accent from the 14th to the 21st Centuries

(tags:accents language UK video England history viaNeilRodger )

The EU's Digital Markets Act: There Is A Lot To Like, but Room for Improvement

(tags:Europe internet regulation )

A vaccinologist on whether it's reasonable to extend the time between doses

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1344949258483621888.html
(tags:vaccine )

I do not believe this is a good way to teach a nice-year-old (if nothing else I'd hope that by 9 Sophia would Google for an answer)

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1345508384011816960.html
(tags:children WTF parenting )

75% of Manaus have had Covid. It's still going strong

(tags:pandemic brazil doom )

Comments

The EU's Digital Markets Act: There Is A Lot To Like, but Room for Improvement

[jack]

That really sounds pretty good. I guess lots of things have been around for more than 10 years before anyone got serious about regulating them, so we're not very slow off the mark here. (And I am going to spend the next thirty years saying "Oh this EU thing sounds pretty good. I wonder if the UK should join?")

Re: The EU's Digital Markets Act: There Is A Lot To Like, but Room for Improvement

[andrewducker]

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Re: The EU's Digital Markets Act: There Is A Lot To Like, but Room for Improvement

[jack]

At some point I should try to get thoughts lined up in a row so that could happen :) Your links are a good inspiration :)

Re: The EU's Digital Markets Act: There Is A Lot To Like, but Room for Improvement

[andrewducker]

I do enjoy your thoughts when they're written down. Which you manage in capsule form fairly regularly!

And thank you!

[simont]

The only problem is now she wants to open every fucking can in the house!

... is it just me who thinks "Serves you bloody well right" at this point?

[andrewducker]

I think he deserves a lot worse!

[simont]

The only problem is now she wants to open MY SKULL!

[rmc28]

She's not the only one ...

[lilysea]

my favourite tweet so far about this was:

AITA for emptying a can of baked beans over my dad’s jigsaw puzzle?

https://twitter.com/MelanieIStefan/status/1345671670275710976

[simont]

Extra points if the puzzle was this one, of course.

[calimac]

You are right, that's an absolutely terrible way to teach a child. It's another manifestation of the "teach her to swim by throwing her into the water, then she'll have to figure it out."

You're also right that there are tutorial videos on YouTube to explain how to do it; there's even at least one for weird vintage can openers. But most of the videos are either comparative reviews of different brands, or can opener sound effects.

(The proper way to teach a task like can opening is: 1. demonstrate it; 2. explain it; 3. guide their hands; 4. let them do it by themselves.)

[andrewducker]

That sounds right. And I do try to do things like that for Sophia. Although I am regularly interrupted by the cry of "I DO BY SELF!"

[movingfinger]

I bought a new can opener a few years back and could. not. figure. out. how to get it to clamp. Could. not. I would take it out and fool with it once in a while to see if I could get that to happen. I am an Old with many years of can opener experience.

This man is a jerk.

[andrewducker]

Totally

[ninetydegrees]

As a teacher, I've seen many parents who don't know how to teach their children to be autonomous in many areas of life when they're around that age. After years of guidance and teaching them by example and repetition, they kind of go cold turkey and think children should be 'old' enough to do things on their own or figure things out on their own. Just like that. It never works.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, going from "here's everything on a plate" to "figure it all out for yourself" is not great. Doing that aged 9 is just ridiculous.

[soon_lee]

During my night it looks like Bean Dad really struck a chord. FWIW I think making your child, who is already hungry, work out how to use a can opener before she gets to eat, is a dick move. That she didn't get to eat beans for another 6 hours? That's abuse.

[soon_lee]

And... looks like the account has been deleted after some old anti-Semitic & misogynistic tweets were exposed.

[andrewducker]

Glad I got the thread!

(I've been enjoying the discourse. There's a couple of response threads queued up for tomorrow.)