Um, can you let the engineers know that?
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wischi@programming.dev 3 weeks agoIs 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.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
In humans, the teeth are also used heavily for communication - both visual displays and making noises.
blitzen@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
What other functions do the eyes do than seeing?
asbestos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
hurt
cattywampas@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Eyes have a huge role in communication.
blitzen@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I don’t think I’d count that as explicitly a physical bodily function.
cattywampas@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
But a function nonetheless, and it’s been one for millions of years and since before we were human.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Crying to release endorphins. That count?
blitzen@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Tear ducts, sure. But eyeballs?
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Close enough? As the eyeball lubrication system, I’d call tear ducts part of the eyeball unit. 🤷🏻 Hell, everything is ultimately part of the same unit, even the bacteria that’s not “us”.
cynar@piefed.social 3 weeks 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.
Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Squeezing multiple features into single components? Sounds exactly like what engineers do.