Comment on DoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doors

DannyMac@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Only because you can’t outsource door closing to the Philippines

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• Matty_r@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I imagine there would be a gigantic list of safety concerns for self-closing doors.

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  • real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They already exist though? There are a bunch of EVs with servos in their doors. You can still overpower it just like you can an auto closing trunk

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  • Krzd@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Eh, we already have self closing trunks. As long as they are programmed correctly (not by Tesla) they sense resistance and stop.

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    • real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t think programming is a problem, auto closing trunks and doors aren’t strong enough. You can test that on any self closing trunk door, it will sound and feel awful but they’re not strong at all.

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      • Krzd@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They absolutely are strong enough to break fingers. The Tesla dumpster is famous for cutting into fingers with the self closing trunk

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve seen cars with self-closing doors though. Also I’m not sure where the safety consideration would come in since we have so closing building doors right now and no one seems to get cut in half by those.

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  • b_tr3e@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nothing a slipping clutch won’t fix. There already are self-closing doors everywhere. Maybe not in cars but in all sorts of vehicles and everywhere in buildings.

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  • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Minivans have had self-closing doors for decades bro

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  • DannyMac@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re right! Tech companies need to stick to the easier problem to solve, self-driving cars! 😆

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