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> "An alligator's body heat depends on its environment," said Kent Vliet, coordinator of laboratories at the University of Florida's Department of Biology. "Therefore, we noticed when it was cooler and the alligators are trying to warm up, our thermal imaging showed big hot spots in these holes in the roof of their skull, indicating a rise in temperature. Yet, later in the day when it's warmer, the holes appear dark,…
> "An alligator's body heat depends on its environment," said Kent Vliet, coordinator of laboratories at the University of Florida's Department of Biology. "Therefore, we noticed when it was cooler and the alligators are trying to warm up, our thermal imaging showed big hot spots in these holes in the roof of their skull, indicating a rise in temperature. Yet, later in the day when it's warmer, the holes appear dark,…
I think I understand what's being said, but taken literally it seems backwards? Body temperature probably was not regulated by dumping heat when the ambient temperature was cold. In those conditions heat should be conserved. Rather, heat is dumped (as much as possible) when the ambient temperature is warm. Also, alligators are not usually considered homeothermic.
In the morning when it wanted to heat up after the night it pumped blood. In the afternoon when it was already warm enough and the ambient temperature was too warm, it stopped pumping blood.
Bad, journalism. No biscuit.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
More like "let's just test in Prod"
That is life's way of doing it. Evolve, let natural selection take its course, rinse and repeat.
Which begs the question: If that’s true, why didn’t nature use TDD? If it doesn’t, maybe it is not the right design?
"Air conditioner". Reading, it's blood vessels. So, really, a radiator. Nothing to do with cooling air, and everything to do with transferring heat from blood to air, resulting in warmer air and cooler blood. Bad, journalism. No biscuit.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is life's way of doing it. Evolve, let natural selection take its course, rinse and repeat.
After a million years of testing software in prod, after collapsing banks, exploding spacecrafts, huge bugs and other software collapse, the systems that will have naturally survived might be those designed in TDD. Which begs the question: If that’s true, why didn’t nature use TDD? If it doesn’t, maybe it is not the right design?
I wish I had an air conditioner in my head right now.
I wish I had an air conditioner in my head right now.
You do, 7-10% of your body heat escapes through your head (although most claim its 50%), but your ears, nose and cheeks also contain special blood vessels to assist with cooling the body.
Edited to add this effect is likely due to the amount of blood flow to the brain and the short path (relatively) between the brain and the heart.
[1] https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.012...
I'm posting this because I'd like to be proven wrong.