Recommended Links of the Week (No. 516)

The terrible fear of sleeping, 2019 cyberthreats, building on the built, and the intelligence of dolphins. The Recommended Links, the only place where you'll find such an eclectic and fun selection. Enjoy!

The five most dangerous new cyberthreats we will see in 2019: "While cybersecurity experts look for strategies to protect themselves from the most well-known types of attacks, hackers are developing new strategies to steal money and information from the world thanks to AI, the cloud, smart contracts, and quantum computers."

Somniphobia, the terrible fear of sleeping: "Somniphobia, hypnophobia, or oneirophobia is an irrational and excessive fear of sleeping. People who suffer from it feel panic because they think that while they are sleeping something terrible will happen to them, such as that they will stop breathing and die. Even knowing rationally that there is no threat, they stay awake. There are cases where the panic is triggered by the belief that the dreams they will have while sleeping will lead to falling into a state of permanent madness."

How to build on the built? Examples of pre-existing buildings in Buenos Aires: "The new and growing needs for change that cities demand in the face of demographic increase mean that, when designing, we face a highly heterogeneous and constantly transforming fabric. The increase in a city's density directly affects the free space available to develop new and independent constructions, giving rise to the juxtaposition of buildings where the simultaneity and coexistence of individual searches lead to a varied conformation of the fabric."

How to train your cat, four experiments to know how much it loves you or if it ignores you: "Kristy Vitale is a postdoctoral researcher at Oregon State University and her work focuses on studying the feline mind. In an article recently published on the Science website, she recounts that right in the middle of her research she adopted a kitten named Carl that she found on the roadside one ordinary day. It was a very beneficial encounter for both in more than one sense."

The intelligence of dolphins: "Despite advances in science, researchers say, much of dolphin cognition remains a mystery. Scientists study how to break the communication barrier between dolphins and humans."

The 51 most difficult video games in history: "Today video games, even updated versions of classics like the Crash trilogy, offer infinite lives and strategically distributed checkpoints, but we must remember that few classic titles played in one sitting exceeded an hour and a half of entertainment, something practically unthinkable today and even less with online gaming."

Organ decomposition and unbearable pain, such are the devastating effects of high radiation on the body: "We already know how radiation exposure affects cancer, but what about at levels as high as the first minutes of the explosion? Keep in mind that we're talking about the radiation of 400 Hiroshima bombs in the first hours. Those levels had not been seen before (nor have they been seen since), what does it mean for the body to withstand such extremely high doses of nuclear radiation?"

Junk food and antibiotic misuse, expanding health risks: "One of the great problems of food industrialization is that the rights of companies, free competition, and the constant pursuit of profit are placed above people's health, who cease to be citizens to become mere passive consumers of the products offered by large corporations. And this globalized, commercialized system, with little or no regulation, leads in the long run to a serious health risk for citizens. And as an example, a couple of recently published scientific news items."

The desperate message of the 'influencer' with 2.6 million followers who couldn't sell 36 t-shirts: "Is the influencer bubble bursting? While some had not yet gotten used to the fact that to sell, today, it's worth more for your brand to appear on the Instagram profile of someone with many followers than on television prime time, some are beginning to see cracks in this business model based on the fan phenomenon. The debate about the safety or not of the image market on social networks has erupted after the desperate message of an American influencer whose fashion brand had an unfortunate launch went viral."

What happened to Betamax - lawsuits, hardcore porn, and death match at the video store: "One of the great urban legends about the system's failure is that it was because Sony did not allow pornography to be distributed in Betamax format while VHS welcomed it with open arms. But that is false, in part. And it is true that it was by no means something definitive."

What are neural networks and why we will hear more and more about them: "Artificial neural networks are calculation systems or algorithms inspired by the functioning of the human brain. When we talk about 'neural network' we are therefore using a metaphor, because these computational models work like a neuron carrying information to another through synapses. It is basically about imitating what happens in the human brain but inside a computer."

Anxiety is not an option, stop telling me to relax: "It is arrogant to believe that these people are only pretending. Anxiety cannot be turned off. It's not something you choose to have every day; it affects you, and it affects you in ways you couldn't even imagine. Whoever suffers this, some days feels free of it, believes they have recovered, feels hope again; but suddenly, fear drags them once more, anxiety reappears in the darkest corners of their minds. Just when you start to feel comfortable, you fall again, life shakes you."

Videos: All the creatures from Star Wars movies, Ice Ice Baby - (Featuring Stephen Hawking), primitive recipe: Polynesian arrowroot flour, albino wallaby, blowing up a whale, how to make Godzilla angry, degrading neural networks, the terrible design of the human foot, Super Mario 2 music on two arcade machines, hidden message, Baldur's Gate 3, the best of May on the Guinness World Records channel, how does Shazam know what song is playing?, lights on the house, puppies versus kittens, puppy doesn't listen, painting in virtual reality, sounds of nostalgia, escape artist doing escapism, the beer balancing game, the first filmed solar eclipse, the great lizard war, dog playing Jenga and the short films: 4:3 (360) and Hell of a Week.

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Galleries: Dying by electrocution, Cable Porn, retro girls on motorcycles, insect sculptures, 3D street art, carefree puppies, little craziness of life, collection of downloadable maps, painting eyes on rocks, cosplay with movable wings, Ken Sarafin's nightmares, Soviet propaganda, toy cats, Getza's fantastic art, strange animals, paper birds, Vertedero Animado and Tiradero Visual de la Semana.

That's all! Smell you next week! Thanks!