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Old man yells at cloud

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Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Where's the "objective" part here? It's not impossible to do -- start with a straightforward definition of "good" (we need an axiom) and then show the data that these things have drifted away from that direction.

Re: Old man yells at cloud

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The first example is because the game had a patch, I'm pretty sure that you can skip that on Switch, but even if you can't, games that couldn't be patched were objectively worse than ones that can.

The second example is social media and has been discussed to death. No arguments there.

The third example, Tesla's UI, could be said to be worse than manual buttons, but the technology in a Tesla is not objectively worse overall than old cars. Electric cars are amazing tech.

Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Man vehicles are a big one. All of the infotainment crap, the 200 control computers, electronic wastegate turbos, etc. etc. are going to age so poorly. There is a reason why cars with mininal BS are fetching such a premium on the used market.

Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Man vehicles are a big one. All of the infotainment crap, the 200 control computers, electronic wastegate turbos, etc. etc. are going to age so poorly. There is a reason why cars with mininal BS are fetching such a premium on the used market.

peak toyota/lexus was around 2006. After that all downhill.

Re: Old man yells at cloud

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“In truth, the evolution of vehicle technology has not been a good one over-all.”

Safety-wise, nothing has scored higher than new EVs like the Tesla, so there is some progress.

Infotainment-wise, that’s a different story…

Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Man vehicles are a big one. All of the infotainment crap, the 200 control computers, electronic wastegate turbos, etc. etc. are going to age so poorly. There is a reason why cars with mininal BS are fetching such a premium on the used market.

So just how does one escape from a car through the window if the electrical mechanism is broken?

Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Man vehicles are a big one. All of the infotainment crap, the 200 control computers, electronic wastegate turbos, etc. etc. are going to age so poorly. There is a reason why cars with mininal BS are fetching such a premium on the used market.

So just how does one escape from a car through the window if the electrical mechanism is broken?

Kick the front window out with your feet.
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