Again, part of the relentless hostility that is directed against the BBC comes from its origin as an institution that was meant to function in a sphere of autonomy that is outside the market.
To disrupt it, they helped initiate The List, an annual industry survey of new plays by female and trans playwrights that's meant to function as a tool for producers committed to achieving gender parity in their industry.
To that end, Adidas has developed what it calls the first asymmetrical track spikes, creating shoes that are meant to perform different functions for each foot.
The company has taken that code and wrapped it in a metal bundle, adding servers, storage units and networking to make a so-called appliance, which is data-center speak for a system that's meant to perform a single function well.
"The basic issue is that most IoT devices are 'Things' that are meant to do a very specific function," says Deepindher Singh, founder and CEO of IoT manufacturer 75F.
Another cool aspect of Joint's platform is that it's meant to function as an off-the-record conversation medium for Twitter users, meaning that if I'm having a conversation with someone and a third person joins the chat room, they won't be able to see the ongoing conversation.
The scientists conclude that this is probably an example of exaptation when a structure that was meant for one function is co-opted for another.
"Any device with medical claims that it's meant to affect our biological function should be appropriately regulated.
This is a community that functions like we are meant to.
Remember that holiday parties and social functions are meant to be times to get together with loved ones.
But all that's meant is that Facebook's products function as coded even at enormous scale, not that they're built any slower or with more caution for how they could be weaponized.
