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Comment Re:Wait til the kids start putting Telsa doors (Score 1) 323

Gullwing are one-piece doors which swing outwards, hitting nearby cars, poles, bikes and pedestrians. Parking requires planning.
The Tesla version has two hinges, so it swings up more than out, reducing the risk of hitting anything.

Obviously, they were designed by someone who has unlimited garage headroom, and doesn't regularly find a foot of snow on top of his car...

Comment That'll teach you... (Score 4, Insightful) 301

When Toyota had the audacity of becoming number 1, their CEO got dragged in front of the US congress about some acceleration issues.
VW just made the mistake of becoming number 1, and suddenly we discover they've been cheating at emissions. Expect a congress hearing and lots of demands for sanctions.

Was there a punishment when GM recently had a major oops?

Comment Re:iBore 6.0 (Score 1) 508

Sure. Let's say that your screen's pressure sensor has an MTBF of half a million hours. That's a number for some industrial ones, according to google, and one could assume that a higher-points commercial one would have a lot less, probably an order of magnitude, so let's got with over 50 years MTBF...

Now, you're shipping 50 millions pieces, with an expected 2-years average device lifespan. What's your pressure sensor failure rate? What's the additional failure rate compared to only having a capacitive sensor?
That's before you consider abuse of all kinds, like bendgate, and the failure rate of the extra support circuitry.

I don't want unnecessary gadgets in my phone, because FIT rates are additive

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