The cars are kinda meh. It's "IoT shitstorm of insecurity, fail-unsafe, and DRM meets lethal machinery". Anyone else could do EV so much better.
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Replying to @RichFelker
I don't know; a lot of people seem to like them, and there;'s some interesting tech there. And the rocket landings fill me with joy to watch. None of which changes whether or not he's deplorable in other ways.
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Replying to @mattblaze
Yes the rockets are impressive. The cars are a nightmare though.
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Replying to @RichFelker @mattblaze
No car should need firmware upgrades. An electric car shouldn't even need firmware. Whole point of ECU is complexity of efficient burning of fossil fuel. Electric is trivial.
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Replying to @RichFelker
I've always understood it as a nerd car for early-adopting enthusiasts rather than a real product, which is fine. I'm not in that niche myself for cars, but I am in other areas, so I don't begrudge it.
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Replying to @mattblaze @RichFelker
Even if it weren't it needs firmware. You can't manage the dangerous batteries without some kind of firmware, and then at that point, and since people want the same old the, firmware handles that: lane assist, cruise control, automatic breaking, abs, airbags, crash sensors.
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Replying to @envygeeks @mattblaze
Lane assist (or any way a computer can interfere with steering) is an extreme antifeature in my book. Auto braking and cruise control maybe nice but certainly not standard expectation. ABS is antifeature but mandatory now. Airbags certainly desirable.
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Replying to @RichFelker @mattblaze
I agree with lane assist, I've never liked it. As far as autobreaking and and cruise, they are pretty standard now on new cars, the former is particularly useful, I don't use the latter that much unless long distance. Depends on time of year for ABS when it's me.
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Replying to @envygeeks @mattblaze
The typo is very fitting for IoT cars. ;-)
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Autobraking is probably awesome if you're distracted and about to hit someone, but seems awful if it false+'s and gets you rear-ended or inhibits your ability to steer and accelerate out of a collision situation.
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I've been in a situation where I was about to hit one car if not for quick maneuvering *and* about to get hit bad by another if I'd stopped instead or moved too slowly.
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