misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoCars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down13cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1external-linkCars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europewww.theverge.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square135fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareJLock17@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·1 day agoDigital is fine for things that don’t need to be touched. Arguably, it’s better.
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoSeparate analog odometers are better, because it’s a single point of failure otherwise. If one breaks, I can still read all other instruments (fuel, engine temp, speed and/or rpm, whichever failed)
minus-squarenoobdoomguy8658@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·35 minutes agoThis. You work in software just a couple of years, you learn to appreciate the mechanical solutions on a whole other level. Especially in cars.
minus-squarePyr_Pressure@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·56 minutes agoI think the whole cluster can also fail all at once as well as the individual components, so it’s actually more points of failure.
Digital is fine for things that don’t need to be touched. Arguably, it’s better.
Separate analog odometers are better, because it’s a single point of failure otherwise. If one breaks, I can still read all other instruments (fuel, engine temp, speed and/or rpm, whichever failed)
This.
You work in software just a couple of years, you learn to appreciate the mechanical solutions on a whole other level. Especially in cars.
I think the whole cluster can also fail all at once as well as the individual components, so it’s actually more points of failure.