brogrammer_1

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   by brogrammer_1 9y ago

   Ford runs a "World car" strategy so I'd expect the same thing to work internationally. OBD-II is a worldwide standard AFAIK too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_car
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   by brogrammer_1 9y ago

   That's a joke right?
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   by brogrammer_1 9y ago

   Type erasure for generics...
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   by brogrammer_1 10y ago

   Exactly. The corollary is you demo a pretty UI with no backend and then have to watch the crushing disappointment when you say it can't be shipped tomorrow and you need another 6 months to build something behind it.
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   by brogrammer_1 10y ago

   Google is not public service though, it's a multi-billion dollar advertising corporation. They are totally at liberty to do whatever the hell they like, however much they want to portray themselves as non-evil and in the public interes
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   by brogrammer_1 10y ago

   Cars already have CANBUS as a standard thing so it shouldn't be difficult. I think the CarPlay/MirrorLink/Android Auto thing is probably a better model though. Make the console dumb and let me connect my upgraded-every-year