not having door handles in an obvious location is such a subjective "feature" that people have been killed in fires because of the door handle placement.
I've lost count of the number of times i've seen tesla drivers "defrosting" their door handles. You may live in a sunny desert but many people do not.
There's often been a few cases of "disappeared" people who went missing and it turns out they actually crashed off the road somewhere and weren't found for a week or two.
That's extreme of course but there are probably a lot of accidents that happen in low-density rural country areas or late at night when there aren't many people around. The automatic e-call from the car gives exact GPS coordinates and severity of the accident, even if you are unconscious or if your phone that was neatly in the cup holder before the crash was flung somewhere else (potentially even flew out of the car etc) and you're trying to find it while someone might be dying in the seat next to you etc.
People didn't survive before all this. It's a mandatory feature now because it's so effective at saving lives. 2 to 10% reduction in fatalities and serious injuries apparently. Would you also question why we have mandatory airbags and traction control?!
right, but airbags, seatbelts, etc. are not internet connected. That's the critical distinction. I do not want the risks that come with my car connecting to the internet.
A much more reasonable ask would be for your car's systems to use your phone to place a call to emergency services. I absolutely do not want yet another internet connected device in my life, especially one like a car, where examples exist of hackers being able to disable the electronics remotely.
Funnily enough, I mostly hear about it from hyper-individualistic types. It's probably a facet of some American conservative-traditionalist belief cluster invented in the last 40 years, but it's hard to say for sure, because the people who say this tend to be bad at introspection, so can't answer my questions about it (even when they're curiously cooperating with my investigation).
It depends on your definition. Tesla Model 3 has a dedicated low-current connection to the high-voltage battery that bypasses the main contactors, specifically to power the 12V system.
Cameras wired into an internet connected car is the #1 reason why I will never buy a car like a Tesla.
Anecdotes like yours are often from the point of view of someone in California - sunny, clear weather most of the year. In monsoon rain, fog, snow, or unusual markings on the road, all these systems break down.
> Cameras wired into an internet connected car is the #1 reason why I will never buy a car like a Tesla.
Well then, this isn't the car for you. For many other people the safety features are important. I wouldn't mind if every car had a camera that made sure the driver was paying attention and didn't fall asleep.
That’s completely valid but the problem for me is the fact that you do not control the internet connection in these cars. A camera does not need an internet connection to monitor the driver.
this is a problem with all indian "education". I work in renewable energy and regularly chat with other Indians at IEEE conferences who are looking for work in the West.
These supposed electrical "engineers" have an IEEE "paper" to their name but regularly confuse power and energy. They have no curiosity, no interest in their work, atrocious communication skills (not language, communication) and swarm you like piranhas once word spreads.
All this combines to devalue Indian degrees and the reputation of Indian STEM talent. The genuinely good people are drowned under this avalanche and there's not much you can do to help them or to find them.
IEEE might as well be a predatory publisher. None of their journals are serious anymore.
Hell, CVPR is now the top conference/journal in the world, beating out every medical journal, Nature, etc. NeurIPS I think is also beating out every medical journal ever.
If you're not targeting a top 20 listed conference/journal in your field as ranked by google scholar (i.e shows up on the leaderboards at all), you might as well not even publish, as those papers at worse venues act as a black stain on your academic career.
These folks should instead target workshops at prestigious venues.
> These supposed electrical "engineers" have an IEEE "paper" to their name
"publication" is encouraged or in some cases "mandated" in certain institutions for course points. It's a lecherous system to game certain metrics which leads to pretend-play and not an ounce of productive work.
> there's not much you can do to help them or to find them.
In CS, If you want to find talented Indian folk, you can hang out in IRCs, hobbyist forums etc.. I have few friends who were Linux enthusiasts, compiler experts etc... who used to. Genuine interest is a pretty good initial filter.
This is a bit like claiming that a flat head screwdriver can sort of work with a Philips head screw… until it strips the head, you can’t see it and you don’t know how to fix it.
It proves or disproves as much as the op which said:
> MacBooks tend to last a long time. I used my 2012 Macbook Air for 7-8 years easily. It's still working today.
There are multiple things that are valuable, without that being a proof or durability.
Note that I am not saying Apple products "are" or "are not" durable. But if we talk about anecdotes then there are both ways. I would have liked to find some neutral, longer term analysis, but a fast internet search did not turn up anything that seemed relevant (only anecdotes and opinions).
I've lost count of the number of times i've seen tesla drivers "defrosting" their door handles. You may live in a sunny desert but many people do not.
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