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  • This might nicely augment the usual keyboard + mouse UI.
    by snarky-comments
  • Baby can be ALLERGIC to the mother’s breast milk

    Baby can have unfixable latching problems (as commented elsewhere)

    Breasts may not produce enough milk even with pumping

    Nipples and Breasts can get infected and seriously endanger the mother

    by tezza
  • Intuitive does not necessarily mean easy to use.
    by tzs
  • As a dad, I think nipple detection is hardwired, but latching might take some work. Two additional considerations are user interface scaling and whether or not the backend is online.

    Breast Tech (Boob Tech? Breast-Computer Interface?) is amazing. We now have wireless, heated, smart breast pumps (https://www.eufy.com/collections/breast-pump), which women from days of yore (aka 25 years ago) could have only dreamed.

    by waterheater
  • What's "intuitive" really just boils down to "what you're used to".

    An intuitive user interface is one that leverages patterns the user has already internalized. That's why there is no single user interface that is intuitive for everybody.

    by JohnFen
  • One past thread - I dare not look for others:

    Is it true that “the only ”intuitive“ interface is the nipple”? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4412372 - Aug 2012 (23 comments)

    by dang
  • Yeah, this is one of those quotes that is cute/clever... until you have kids and learn or experience how common 'latching' problems are.

    It's pretty distressing to watch the desperation and the struggle of a baby screaming and a mom trying but unable to feed her baby.

    Then the quote sort of turns from clever into a sign of a bit of real-life ignorance.

    by gregw2
  • I remember hearing this quote from a HCI prof in the late 90's. I repeated this to a person who was in nursing, and they replied that helping babies figure out nipples (i.e. "latching") is actually a common problem for new mothers[1].

    It's worth considering that survivor bias plays a role in the perceived intuitiveness of nipples.

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    [1]https://breastfeeding.support/when-baby-wont-breastfeed/

    by beloch

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