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I don't want to come off a loving Tesla too much, they're not perfect, but this is another big area where they are transforming the status quo. So much of the FUD being thrown at them is by this lobby, they still can't sell cars direct to consumer in Texas! Car dealers, especially used cars, in the US are one of the most hated consumer experiences. Pricing is unclear, consumers are talked into buying things they don'…

Getting repair parts can be impossible though, because they’d rather put the limited number of parts they have into new cars. I’ve had friends with broken windows and seats that took more than a year to fix. A whole year with a trash bag taped over the window in a luxury-priced car!

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#253

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flood and fire are only getting more and more common.

Cuneiform as a Service

GIVEN a customer is filing a complaint against a copper merchant THEN the text of the complaint is written to media with a read guarantee for minimum 4000 years

Re: Car dealerships revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider

#254

I'm reminded of the opening line of the second Mistborn novel: > I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted. The digital world feels increasingly dangerous and ephemeral. If I have something written with ink on paper I have certain guarantees: I know that it's accessible even if the power is completely out. I know that it won't randomly get deleted if my hard drive suddenly dies. I…

But I still thing balance is important. Balancing the use of digital and physical documents can leverage the strengths of both

Re: Car dealerships revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider

#255

I'm reminded of the opening line of the second Mistborn novel: > I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted. The digital world feels increasingly dangerous and ephemeral. If I have something written with ink on paper I have certain guarantees: I know that it's accessible even if the power is completely out. I know that it won't randomly get deleted if my hard drive suddenly dies. I…

thats why i always print my airlines tickets instead of trusting eTickets on my phone

Re: Car dealerships revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider

#256
post #221

I'm reminded of the opening line of the second Mistborn novel: > I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted. The digital world feels increasingly dangerous and ephemeral. If I have something written with ink on paper I have certain guarantees: I know that it's accessible even if the power is completely out. I know that it won't randomly get deleted if my hard drive suddenly dies. I…

I was recently looking at a 15 year old manual for an appliance. It had a sales recepit attached. Despite being put inside some papers, in a plastic case and then in a binder (kept in the closet)... the recepit just evaporated. The print is nearly invisible. Is that done on purpose?

The fading of receipt is a common issue with thermal paper and I do not believe that it is done on purpose

Re: Car dealerships revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider

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post #164

I worked at one of these companies catering to a large network of dealerships. Quit after 1 month. The one company I worked at was outsourcing all or most of the development work with an onshore mostly as management and a couple of devs in the US. It was a massive shit show. - Tests? Useless and garbage. Only used to pump their code coverage reports to show to management - Design? Non existent and a hacked together c…

I've worked in many different companies (healthcare, real estate, investment research, payroll, semi-conductor, streaming media, and more). I am currently in FAANG. All of your points pretty much apply across the board. Especially the one about tests, that is nearly universal. Outsourcing is a recipe for amplifying all of those negatives though and always has been. It won't be long before they start bringing those jobs back here again for that reason. Happens every time.

Re: Car dealerships revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider

#258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flood and fire are only getting more and more common.

Yeah, but the prevention measures for loss due to those are well understood by every adult and easy to take into your own hands as either a business or a regular person. The prevention measures for digital catastrophes are not widely understood by those outside the industry and most people would have to outsource them to someone else without any way of knowing for sure that what they have set up will actually work if…

Arguably, the prevention measures for digital catastrophes are not widely understood by those INside the industry.

Re: Car dealerships revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider

#259

I'm reminded of the opening line of the second Mistborn novel: > I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted. The digital world feels increasingly dangerous and ephemeral. If I have something written with ink on paper I have certain guarantees: I know that it's accessible even if the power is completely out. I know that it won't randomly get deleted if my hard drive suddenly dies. I…

thats why i always print my airlines tickets instead of trusting eTickets on my phone

Me too. Paper-printed tickets have an amazingly long battery life.

Re: Car dealerships revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider

#260

I don't want to come off a loving Tesla too much, they're not perfect, but this is another big area where they are transforming the status quo. So much of the FUD being thrown at them is by this lobby, they still can't sell cars direct to consumer in Texas! Car dealers, especially used cars, in the US are one of the most hated consumer experiences. Pricing is unclear, consumers are talked into buying things they don'…

Getting repair parts can be impossible though, because they’d rather put the limited number of parts they have into new cars. I’ve had friends with broken windows and seats that took more than a year to fix. A whole year with a trash bag taped over the window in a luxury-priced car!

Is that still an issue? I know it happened in the past, but I don't believe it's the case anymore. The flip side is a dealer might have better parts availability, but often at a 2-3x mark up. I think it's a growing pain for Tesla than a profit strategy for dealers.
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