@guerrillarain @Stellar To be fair (I watched the video),...

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@guerrillarain @Stellar To be fair (I watched the video), while it is of course completely unacceptable and absolutely insane that it was shipped with the sensors being pointless like that, the firmware update DID fix all three sensors and solved it.

So ig, return it, or install that firmware update and CHECK (with a plushie) if they now work.

But it's still ridiculous that it ever shipped like that. Which absolutely idiot programmed that sensor behaviour???????????

Like 10 Sep 2024 at 16:37 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social

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jaseg

@UkeBLCatboy @guerrillarain @Stellar@mk.absturztau.be Software can never be relied on for safety-critical functions. There should have been several hardware failsafes for exactly this case where the software does something stupid. They did not actually fix this in firmware, they just kicked the can down the road, eliminating one particular software failure mode, but without doubt leaving dozens of other software failure modes open.

10 Sep 2024 at 21:14 | Open on chaos.social

ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool:

@jaseg @UkeBLCatboy @guerrillarain yeah.. the video also covered how the opening not being a single piece of plastic permanently attached to the base but separate top and bottom pieces that just rest together would have made this failure mode non-lethal. The overall design is just fucked because of the opening being a single piece fixed to the base. Even with the fixed firmware that still makes a sensor failure mean death.

10 Sep 2024 at 22:25 | Open on oldbytes.space