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I’m not an expert at this but I’m pretty annoyed that I now have to think about something as simple as door handles on a car? I thought this was a solved probl

I’m not an expert at this but I’m pretty annoyed that I now have to think about something as simple as door handles on a car? I thought this was a solved problem.

jalapenos 1y ago
As a tech person I've been in enough meetings where some tech nerd was aggressively driving forward a dementedly overcomplicated and perspective lacking solution to know that the last thing these types want is a solved problem. To them, a wheel is detestable -because it's simple and easy to use, and they've got some idea of a superior complex polyhedron that's of course better and everyone else is dumb for not using it. It would be good if we could trace whatever technical dog shit killed these poor little kids back to whoever was involved, and... "offer them a non-technical solution to the causal factors".
- politelemon 1y ago
  I'm now imagining a developer telling a room of product managers that the car needs to run react on kubernetes and everyone just nodding along because they've heard those words before.
  - ahartmetz 1y ago
    I wouldn't be surprised if there were a bunch of Docker containers running in some current cars.
  - jalapenos 1y ago
    I guess your imagination isn't as dark as mine. I imagine the nerd confidently standing up in meeting room, his eyes wide with a psychotic look of conviction, stating with vehement certainly: "they wouldn't be dead if we'd written it in Rust!". But yeah, the 50 something checked out MBAs - just waiting for the end to the farce that was their "career" - would be nodding along.
    - franktankbank 1y ago
      This sounds like an idea forced on dev by some dumb shit who had to "make impact".
Mistletoe 1y ago
Elon like to think he innovates when he just changes stuff for no reason that carmakers figured out a century ago. Anyone that has used the turn signals or wipers in a Tesla understands how stupid it is.
anonymars 1y ago
Guaranteed every Tesla owner (Model 3/Y at least, I haven't seen the others) has had to explain to new passengers how to properly open the door and to use the button to exit and NOT the obvious handle. Meanwhile how many times in one's life as a non-Tesla-owner have you had to explain to someone how to open a car door? They do say they're a tech company and not a car company, eh?
tolerance 1y ago
There’s a Neil Postman talk from the late 90s where he voiced his disdain for and resistance against automatic windows while purchasing a new car. He was on to something.
rchaud 1y ago
The age old advice of "just buy Toyota or Honda" still applies.
- floydnoel 1y ago
  Unfortunately not, I used that advice for three brand-new purchased Honda’s: a Fit, a Cr-V, and an Odyssey Touring Elite Minivan. The CRV was the last Honda I will ever buy. Honda stuffed too many computers into the car and it would kill the battery after one day. This is when I was traveling for work, making the vehicle useless. Honda dealer said “that’s how they all are now, because of the electronics the battery dies every few days” and they even claimed that they go around charging up all the vehicles on the lot with a portable battery charger every day because of it! Absolutely a lemon brand now. These companies just have a huge disrespect for software and quality in technology.
- colpabar 1y ago
  or subaru!

I’m not an expert at this but I’m pretty annoyed that I now have to think about something as simple as door handles on a car? I thought this was a solved problem.

jalapenos 1y ago

As a tech person I've been in enough meetings where some tech nerd was aggressively driving forward a dementedly overcomplicated and perspective lacking solution to know that the last thing these types want is a solved problem. To them, a wheel is detestable -because it's simple and easy to use, and they've got some idea of a superior complex polyhedron that's of course better and everyone else is dumb for not using it. It would be good if we could trace whatever technical dog shit killed these poor little kids back to whoever was involved, and... "offer them a non-technical solution to the causal factors".

politelemon 1y ago
I'm now imagining a developer telling a room of product managers that the car needs to run react on kubernetes and everyone just nodding along because they've heard those words before.
- ahartmetz 1y ago
  I wouldn't be surprised if there were a bunch of Docker containers running in some current cars.
- jalapenos 1y ago
  I guess your imagination isn't as dark as mine. I imagine the nerd confidently standing up in meeting room, his eyes wide with a psychotic look of conviction, stating with vehement certainly: "they wouldn't be dead if we'd written it in Rust!". But yeah, the 50 something checked out MBAs - just waiting for the end to the farce that was their "career" - would be nodding along.
  - franktankbank 1y ago
    This sounds like an idea forced on dev by some dumb shit who had to "make impact".

Mistletoe 1y ago

Elon like to think he innovates when he just changes stuff for no reason that carmakers figured out a century ago. Anyone that has used the turn signals or wipers in a Tesla understands how stupid it is.

anonymars 1y ago

Guaranteed every Tesla owner (Model 3/Y at least, I haven't seen the others) has had to explain to new passengers how to properly open the door and to use the button to exit and NOT the obvious handle. Meanwhile how many times in one's life as a non-Tesla-owner have you had to explain to someone how to open a car door? They do say they're a tech company and not a car company, eh?

tolerance 1y ago

There’s a Neil Postman talk from the late 90s where he voiced his disdain for and resistance against automatic windows while purchasing a new car. He was on to something.

rchaud 1y ago

The age old advice of "just buy Toyota or Honda" still applies.

floydnoel 1y ago
Unfortunately not, I used that advice for three brand-new purchased Honda’s: a Fit, a Cr-V, and an Odyssey Touring Elite Minivan. The CRV was the last Honda I will ever buy. Honda stuffed too many computers into the car and it would kill the battery after one day. This is when I was traveling for work, making the vehicle useless. Honda dealer said “that’s how they all are now, because of the electronics the battery dies every few days” and they even claimed that they go around charging up all the vehicles on the lot with a portable battery charger every day because of it! Absolutely a lemon brand now. These companies just have a huge disrespect for software and quality in technology.
colpabar 1y ago
or subaru!