@qurlyjoe floor pedal to engage starter, tubed radios with vibrating tube to convert DC to AC, wing windows, bumper jacks, points and rotor, ..., even older cars (early 1950s) had mixture control on dashboard, and even older, very early cars had adjustment for timing on dashboard.
Early airplane engines: they did not have throttles. Instead, the relied on intermittently cutting out the magneto spark, or adjusting timing, as the Wright brothers did.
@qurlyjoe@SecularJeffrey@timo21 Well, if white wall tires make a comeback, curb feelers will be close behind, though they would likely be laser powered.
@kroltanz
Pretty soon we’ll be hearing about recalls because the laser powered curb feelers were starting too many fires in the trash and leaves by the curb.
@kroltanz
It’ll be fine. Just a tweak to the laser power module until the number of fires ignited drops below the threshold of public fuck-giving. Maybe a couple rounds to get there. @mikemccaffrey@SecularJeffrey@timo21
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