Comment on Cable management is an art form

hopesdead@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• wischi@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is it though? There isn’t one part in the human body that has exactly one specific purpose. Everything is something mushy with basically one main purpose and a ton of side-quests. Almost the exact opposite of what engineers prefer.

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  • Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Squeezing multiple features into single components? Sounds exactly like what engineers do.

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  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Um, can you let the engineers know that?

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  • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I dunno, eyeballs are pretty much unitaskers. Vision gets used to help reinforce balance, reflexes, and proprioception, but that’s all in the brain.

    Teeth might be debatable. Arguably they’re only for masticating food. The debate opens up whether other functions are physiological and so compulsory, social constructs, or neurological things we do instinctively.

    With everything else, I 100% agree. It’s all an engineering nightmare to service and troubleshoot.

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    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In humans, the teeth are also used heavily for communication - both visual displays and making noises.

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  • blitzen@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What other functions do the eyes do than seeing?

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    • asbestos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      hurt

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    • cattywampas@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Eyes have a huge role in communication.

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      • blitzen@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don’t think I’d count that as explicitly a physical bodily function.

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Crying to release endorphins. That count?

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      • blitzen@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Tear ducts, sure. But eyeballs?

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    • cynar@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Circadian rhythm maintenance.

      Melatonin is broken down in the eye by blueish light. When this stops, the melatonin levels begin to climb, leading to tiredness.

      This is also why phones etc keep you awake.

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• samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Commander Riker has dramatically demonstrated to this court that Lieutenant Commander Data is a machine. Do we deny that? No. Because it is not relevant. We too are machines, just machines of a different type.”

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