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Re:Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shor... by smitty1e on Saturday November 06, 2021 @08:17PM (#29135162)
Perhaps those regulations bear revision.
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Re:Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shor... by FDSGSG on Sunday November 07, 2021 @04:32PM (#29143702)
They are actively being revised in the right direction (which involves more chips).

It would be idiotic to worry about EMPs over emissions and crash safety.

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Re:Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shor... by Scroedingershat on Monday November 08, 2021 @03:05AM (#29147023)
The arms race of complexity, size and regulatory lockin is the idiotic part when making them smaller, lighter and redesigning roads for 20mph solves this problem and many much worse ones.
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Re:Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shor... by smitty1e on Sunday November 07, 2021 @05:57PM (#29144393)
Very arguably idiotic, until the EMP occurs.

Maybe better engineering captures the emissions and crash concerns in simpler, sturdier designs.

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Re:Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shor... by FDSGSG on Monday November 08, 2021 @07:51AM (#29148760)
>Maybe better engineering captures the emissions and crash concerns in simpler, sturdier designs.

This is very unlikely, given that everything points towards sturdier designs being less safe.

Emissions can not be reasonably solved without chips, there really isn't any feasible alternative.

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