Very early on, Tesla used lidar radar in addition to optical sensors. However, they only use optical sensors today and have for a while. Like many of the poor decisions at that company, the change to optical-only was made at Musk’s demand.

Edit: misremembered, it was radar not lidar as pointed out below

Thanks for clarifying, I thought the comment above was asking why it needed file access in the first place, not all file access.

At least the HHR had a functional rear-view mirror

How do you think torrents work? They basically just download a file, but from multiple people instead of a single server. It needs access to the file system so it can save the files.

Edit: my bad, misunderstood. I thought the comment above was asking why it needed file access in general, not all file access.

Lock that fucker in the burnout oven and see how long they exist at 800°F (~426°C)

This is kind of niche, but my work/study playlist is mostly Mick Gordon (probably best known for his work on the Bethesda reboots of the Doom and Wolfenstein games). It’s hard to tie down to a specific genre, but could be described as somewhere between metal and electronica.

That’s fair, I really enjoy my rereads. While I do remember the main story beats and characters across the series, there’s just so much to remember! The depth of the world is easily on par with, if not surpassing, Tolkien’s work.

The Malazan Book of the Fallen saga is so long that I tend to forget most of the plot of the earlier books by the time I finish.