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by mutatio 856 days ago
Satirical post I assume?

The demo shows the person stearing couldn't apply urgency in directing the wheel, sounds dangerous. Onus should be on the driver being capable of making the steering angle appropriate for the conditions, defending eventually consistent steering is comical, now drivers must account for where and by what speed the wheel angle reaches the desired position?

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> defending eventually consistent steering is comical

That's how things work though. Momentum and material strain mean that nothing reacts instantly, and that changes with your speed, steering angle, and rate of change in speed and steering angle. So yes, all drivers must account for the where and by what speed the wheel angle reaches the desired position.

I'd honestly class that as reductio ad absurdum, quantum mechanics dictates it is a probability my car might spontaneous become a pink elephant.

I'm all for evidence showing the latency shown on the video is comparable to competing implementations, but I'm not interested in lazy arguments that all momentum is eventually consistent as a defence.

> I'm all for evidence showing the latency shown on the video is comparable to competing implementations...

It's a vehicle you can buy right now, and this clip comes from a review (thanks rainbowzootsuit).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeqE1kOO3dE&t=709s