Re:Software is eating the car
by tyingq on Thursday June 10, 2021 @02:44PM
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I really miss "real buttons", meaning not just something tactile. Things like a power button that actually opens a circuit. Or a volume dial that doesn't lag because it's actually a potentiometer and not a rotary encoder. Too late for all that, I suppose.
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Re:Software is eating the car
by garaetjjte on Thursday June 10, 2021 @04:31PM
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Though there's nothing preventing electronically controlled buttons working with imperceptible delay except crap software.
Well, and sometimes "deliberately crap". Like power buttons. I don't want to have to count to 10 while holding a button to "really turn it off".
Ha, as much as I want simplicity, I don't miss switches and potentiometers with burned contacts that cause intermittent failure. I'd be happy with reliable optical encoders and properly embedded digital systems. The kind that can hum along for decades without maintenance...