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Hyundai Is Bringing Back Buttons Because Touchscreens Are ‘Annoying’ (insideevs.com)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Hyundai is slowly backing away from the all-screen approach to interior design.
  • Hyundai Design North America Vice President Ha Hak-soo said that people "get stressed, annoyed and steamed when they want to control something in a pinch but are unable to do so."
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The “Firman” generators you buy at Costco are honestly fantastic. They have saved my bacon for years on end on a budget since I live in Northern California where we pay literally the highest electricity prices in the entire planet for the privilege of having 1-2 outages per month.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

????? i was talking about car engines? Hyundai's Theta engine series has been cursed with design flaws and horrible machining quality for so many years now that I don't really trust any of their vehicles enough to even consider switching to one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

“Firman” and “Hyundai” are the same engine manufacturer. Maybe they suck at scaling up, the small engines I have purchased from them have stood up to a lot of abuse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I live in Northern California where we pay literally the highest electricity prices in the entire planet

~~Bullshit...you're not even the most expensive in the US. And for "planet reference" the average price ATM where i live (not US) is 40¢/kWh, and we're not even the most expensive...~~

Edit: misread California as Carolina...my bad

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

California, not Carolina. PG&E areas in NorCal can get up to 70¢/kWh during certain times of the day on certain rate plans. https://www.pge.com/assets/pge/docs/account/rate-plans/residential-electric-rate-plan-pricing.pdf

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

To reinforce this comment, the “certain times” that we pay 70¢/kWh here are literally all the times you need power, and those rates are scheduled to literally double within the next few years.

Also, gas appliances are now illegal so all cooking and water heating and home heating are at that electricity rate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Aw shit i misread that...we have >1$/kWh in peak (which is between 5-9pm) too often here during winter.