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There's an ancient history here which is both amusing and worth noting. For most of a century, starting way back, the US patent office would receive constant ap
by Nomentatus 4y ago
There's an ancient history here which is both amusing and worth noting. For most of a century, starting way back, the US patent office would receive constant applications describing simple automatic dimmers from inventors who had never considered what would happen if two cars equipped with such dimmers approached each other at night. A whole lotta flickering is what would have happened. This literally became the paradigm for the patent office of what a trash invention that shouldn't be given a patent looked like.
- jve 4y agoDoes that dimmer needs to have high light beam to start working? If sensitivity is adjusted so that low lights are enough, I don't see an issue.
- Nomentatus 4y agoThere weren't high and low beams back when. If you can have the car detect the difference between low and high beams (even with a hilly road) that'd be a help, yup.
- xani_ 4y ago> A whole lotta flickering is what would have happened. This literally became the paradigm for the patent office of what a trash invention that shouldn't be given a patent looked like. and they started issuing patents for dumb shit regardless of that