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1. Robin Hood (robinhood@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jun-2022 05:28:41 UTC Robin Hood

   At the risk of being an old man shaking my fist at a cloud, cars should have big chunky knobs and switches that you can operate without looking and while wearing thick gloves

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   • 🦀🦍≢ (carcinopithecus@x0r.be)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jun-2022 05:28:39 UTC 🦀🦍≢

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     @RobinHood anyway i learned from this thread that new cars have touch screen interfaces and the nuclear escalation with russia caused by our own inexorable decline into absolute stupidity can't come fast enough

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   • 🦀🦍≢ (carcinopithecus@x0r.be)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jun-2022 05:28:40 UTC 🦀🦍≢

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     @RobinHood this just seems like a basic safety thing

     let you keep your eyes on the road

     let you drive in the cold

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jun-2022 05:30:04 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     @carcinopithecus @RobinHood It was bad enough when our microwaves got touch interfaces. Our ton of steel death machines should definitely be operable without taking our eyes off the road too much.
   • Tribbick (trebach@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jun-2022 05:30:21 UTC Tribbick

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     @RobinHood
     I intentionally avoided getting a car where everything had to be done via touch screen. The car I ended up with still had a touch screen for GPS and the backup camera, but I could still operate the radio by turning knobs

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   • 🦀🦍≢ (carcinopithecus@x0r.be)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jun-2022 05:33:54 UTC 🦀🦍≢

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     • Tribbick

     @trebach @RobinHood
     > where everything had to be done via touch screen

     holy shit why

     have they learned nothing, how is this even legal after what happened to Anton Yelchin https://www.core77.com/posts/54026/When-Bad-UI-Design-Kills-Is-Poor-Shift-Lever-Design-to-Blame-for-Death-of-Star-Trek-Actor

     (redrafted to clarify what exactly i was responding to)