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eppur_se_muova

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4. Whatever happened to KISS ?

Reply to KY_EnviroGuy (Original post)

Fri Feb 5, 2021, 01:02 PM

Feb 2021

WHY does any vehicle need 100 microprocessors ? Let me guess -- lazy designers more concerned with rapid model turnover and consumer appeal than with actual functioning of the vehicle.

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BBC: How will 'chipageddon' affect you? [View all] KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 OP

I prefer "The Great Chip Dip" myself n/t Silent3 Feb 2021 #1

Huh? :) I'd have to ask our grandchildren, or their purchasing agents Hortensis Feb 2021 #2

Maybe they could make toasters and refrigerators... ret5hd Feb 2021 #3

Whatever happened to KISS ? eppur_se_muova Feb 2021 #4

Many of them support frills like fancy seats and crap. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #6

We did a fancy PC build late summer/early fall; just made it ahead of the shortages. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #5

Cue the "well they don't make them like they used to" guy BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #7