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Thu Apr 13 09:34:42 EDT 2017 Slept from ten-thirty to three. Fell back to sleep after five. Woke up a little late. No time for coffee. Rain. High of fifty-six. Work: - Think about vpn redundancy Done. Mostly figured out what how I want it to work, but still need to test. Twenty minute walk at lunch. Overcast and cool, but I dodged the rain. Saw a pair of crows, and half a dozen turkey vultures. Home: - Golang study Done. I have a better handle on interfaces now. - Go to bed early Done. Nine. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/science/ocellated-lizards-scales-cellular-automata.html?_r=0 > Studying ocellated lizards, Michel Milinkovitch, a professor of genetics and evolution at the University of Geneva, noticed the animals’ scales seemed to behave like a cellular automaton, a rule-based model often used in computer science. The general rule was that green scales tended to have four black neighbors, and black scales tended to have three green neighbors. > To look for a cellular automaton in ocellated lizards, Dr. Milinkovitch, with Liana Manukyan and Sophie Montandon, then graduate students, collected high-resolution scans of three lizards’ bodies from hatchling stages to adulthood. From this, the researchers inferred a set of rules — a cellular automaton — for how the scales changed color. If a green scale had many green neighbors, there was a high probability it would turn black. If it had no green neighbors, it would stay green. Breakfast: carrots, spinach, almonds, cheese Lunch: nuts, coffee Dinner: Chinese

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