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A German professor of mine worked at BMW before grad school. He worked on the firmware of the tachometer. The behavior of the tachometer needle was dictated by

A German professor of mine worked at BMW before grad school. He worked on the firmware of the tachometer. The behavior of the tachometer needle was dictated by the marketing department. A BMW engine accelerates smoothly and confidently. The tachometer needle never shakes, it rises smoothly and confidently.

don-code 3y ago
This is wholly unsurprising to me - the tachometer on my BMW is audibly out of sync with the engine.
- mrpippy 3y ago
  Is that the actual sound of the engine, or fake engine noise being generated through the speakers?