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		elteto on Feb 14, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unofficial documentation of the Tesla Model S REST... > non-deterministic fashion. Wait, perhaps I am understanding it wrong, but if I were to consider a lock sensor as non-deterministic, wouldn't that imply that I always have to send the unlock signal, regardless of lock state, because you don't trust the sensor?

joezydeco on Feb 14, 2013 [–]

You consider the mechanical state of the lock mechanism to be non-deterministic. The sensor has no state, it's an observer.

You do not trust that because your boolean in RAM says "locked" that the door is locked.

Now whether you trust the sensor to be functional or not is another story.

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