same but that also just brings up another rant about modern cars.
mine has surround view cameras -so you can see a birds eye view when parking. it’s really nice. but then why do I have to suction cup a dash cam right next to the built in camera and run a USB cable around my car? please just let us plug in a USB storage device and use the built in cameras as a dash cam.
On the other hand I can see why allowing arbitrary USB devices to be plugged into a safety-critical system wouldn’t be a good idea, particularly one that doesn’t get easy security patches.
You’re not wrong, but in my case and presumably others there already are USB ports and relevant drivers for both playback of media files, and funny enough for applying security patches or other updates.
In practice I think the concern becomes most USB storage devices are not intended to be constantly written to, while vibrating from the car, and it would definitely destroy data and cause support complaints. But it’s still annoying all the hardware and most of the software I want is there and wouldn’t take that much more to do what i want… but instead if they ever do decide to let us use the built in cameras as a dashcam, I expect it will require replacing my entire car with a new model
My 2019 Kia seems to give the best of both worlds. I’ve got a small I think 10" display for reversing camera and Android Auto/Apple Carplay/radio and physical buttons and knobs for climate controls, volume, etc. the display is just big enough to be useful for maps, and Kia’s UI for the screen on the display is really nice with almost entirely white on black so it’s not distracting nor too bright at night and it really blends in when you aren’t looking at it while being there and ready for you when you are
My 2014 GTI has a touchscreen but everything on the screen can be controlled with knobs and buttons, and all it does is music and navigation. Everything else is knobs.
I’d like to keep the Reverse Cam alongside the knobs personally.
In these heady days of internet porn, this sounds like such an innuendo
There’s an easy way to make everything sound dirty.
Just add a place name to any noun. Wheelbarrow isn’t much, but an Arkansas wheelbarrow? Sounds filthy.
The Auchtermuchty Stepladder will change your life
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auchtermuchty
I was surprised to find out that it wasn’t something you came up with by random keystrokes.
Whaur the fuck did ye think The Proclaimers came fae?
I had to check and see who they were.
I had heard the ‘500 Miles’ song before, but I always thought it was a musical gag from ‘The Simpsons,’ like ‘Baby On Board’ or ‘Dr. Zaius.’
St. Louis bagel…
Yeah, it works.
St. Louis everything bagel. With a schmear.
same but that also just brings up another rant about modern cars. mine has surround view cameras -so you can see a birds eye view when parking. it’s really nice. but then why do I have to suction cup a dash cam right next to the built in camera and run a USB cable around my car? please just let us plug in a USB storage device and use the built in cameras as a dash cam.
On the other hand I can see why allowing arbitrary USB devices to be plugged into a safety-critical system wouldn’t be a good idea, particularly one that doesn’t get easy security patches.
You’re not wrong, but in my case and presumably others there already are USB ports and relevant drivers for both playback of media files, and funny enough for applying security patches or other updates.
In practice I think the concern becomes most USB storage devices are not intended to be constantly written to, while vibrating from the car, and it would definitely destroy data and cause support complaints. But it’s still annoying all the hardware and most of the software I want is there and wouldn’t take that much more to do what i want… but instead if they ever do decide to let us use the built in cameras as a dashcam, I expect it will require replacing my entire car with a new model
USB video class is far from arbitrary
My 2019 Kia seems to give the best of both worlds. I’ve got a small I think 10" display for reversing camera and Android Auto/Apple Carplay/radio and physical buttons and knobs for climate controls, volume, etc. the display is just big enough to be useful for maps, and Kia’s UI for the screen on the display is really nice with almost entirely white on black so it’s not distracting nor too bright at night and it really blends in when you aren’t looking at it while being there and ready for you when you are
My 2014 GTI has a touchscreen but everything on the screen can be controlled with knobs and buttons, and all it does is music and navigation. Everything else is knobs.
No backup camera, though.