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Lack of depth? Wrong. Just go beyond the usual pop-sci stuff on YT.

You can go as deep as you want. Surely it won't be "as fun" or "tiktok sized" but if you want depth it's there


That is fair, I have checked out some The Great War videos. Not to mention podcast stuff like Hardcore History. They are very good an in depth.

There is also full MIT/Harvard courses on Youtube.

So yes it is all about what one looks up.


> IAM - the hideously complex auth and access rules system - this was invented by Lucifer sitting on his burning throne in the ninth level of Hell as the worst possible torment for those who have been sent below for using AWS.

Perfect explanation - no notes

I don't think I remember anything so over-engineered and confusing in recent times (probably SELinux now that I think of it).

And I understand - we kinda need the complexity for what they intend to do but they do need a Come To Jesus moment here to make the Insane Asylum Machine make a bit more sense for mortals

2nd most annoying thing? Boto3 lib, where conventions don't matter and Pythonic is just a suggestion and the thing works more like a REST wrapper than anything else over a not-great API (please why tell me there's an S3 API and an S3Obj API)


Are they a better solution? Yes

Do they work currently? Not really

Are they too complex for the avg joe to work out. Unfortunately yes. (Something about the smartest bears and the dumbest humans)


Joe can walk into an Apple store (or wherever they purchased the device) and ask them to enable parental controls on it. We have people whose job it is to service computers and phones, they have been around for more than half a century. I am pretty sure most Joes don't service their cars either, yet they keep them road legal by visiting trained mechanics.

As long as Joe has the right to vote, which is something more important and more complex, we cannot complain that parental control is too complex.

I wonder where are the Rust naysayers hiding now

C code is broken - period


"Bad consultants" you mean, that's the average consultant

> Audi Q4 e-tron, Volkswagen ID.3, ID.4, ID.5 and ID.7:

> "Dangerous error in popular electric cars: brakes can cease functioning" [2]

> It says that the ABS pump could drop off

Using a mechanical ABS in an electric car might be part of the problem


As opposed to thoughts and prayers-based ABS?

Some cars are going with entirely electrically actuated brakes, either inboard on on-hub, compared to the E-Tron which uses traditional hydraulically actuated brakes. One uses an electric motor to wind something to tighten the spring clip by pulling it that then pushes the pads to the rotor and the other uses pressure to overcome the spring by pushing the spring to compress it and push the pads to the rotor. I'm guessing Audi didn't go with entirely electric brakes because they have a reputation for being harsh and difficult to modulate with the pedal, and Audi is supposed to be both a luxury and sport brand where pedal feel is important.

Are talking about brake-by-wire? Where brakes are controlled by electric only, and if electrics die, no brakes?

These are dangerous. Cars are not maintained to aircraft standards and will never be.


With electrically actuated brakes the default power off state is fully engaged. Meaning if the power dies the brakes lock up. That causes it's own issues, obviously, but a sudden deceleration is better than no deceleration at most road speeds.

edit: as formerlyproven below states, the ones currently for sale also have a hydraulic backup.


Insane take. They will be vastly more reliable than hydraulics.

Brake by wire passenger car brake systems are still hydraulic... and all of them have a mechanical backup. There is not a single car on the market today using electromechanical brakes.

Unless you're talking about electric parking brakes in a thread about ABS.


Look up cybercab. Their new disassembled manufacturing method cannot support hydraulic lines.

Just remember to pack a bottle of spare magic smoke incase something leaks!

Which cars?

No, just any combination of electric regenerative braking combined with electrically controlled brakes.

It is an electric car after all


Easier mnemonic:

Lots of wines advertise their latitude of origin

Longitudes are meaningless for wines


> “brake rotor stud holes may crack and allow the stud to separate from the wheel hub.”

Possible

While mechanical failures can happen in all companies, that do sounds like an inexperienced design (maybe from Tesla, maybe from a partner?)


I can't find pictures online but I'm assuming since it only affects the 2wd and it says if the rotor cracks the stud might leave that the rotor is also the hub.

Doing a half baked job on a part for your super low volume "we only make this to advertise a low starting price" model is something just about any OEM would do.

I bet their supplier just took whatever Chevy Van rotor they had that was close and modified it to fit and as a result it got a little thin somewhere.

Edit: Nope, I couldn't find a picture but I found pictures of big brake kits for the 2wd and clearly it's not an old (read: cheap) integrated hub and rotor.


> best of luck if you're a car factory worker in France or Germany

You mean the ones who fought tooth and nail for comfy jobs within unions with barely no way to fire anyone? And now are wondering where the jobs and the money went?

Tesla workers rejected IG Metall as the union of choice for their factory because all they want to know is send faxes and keep companies wrapped around in red tape like a mummy


Actually most of the jobs went back to Germany, just ask US car workers. Where the company headquarters are mattered more than those unions. I guess that's why Trump is angry. German management are just not respecting the almighty god of capitalism.

(of course the US has been sabotaging all car sales with the only potential exception of Tesla and Trump has not changed)


I don't think a 17 yrs old company has that many long tenured people!

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