Computers are bad: a pedantic review of the Las Vegas loop

It's always difficult finding any objectivity when it comes to Musk. People get _so_ ideologically charged when it comes to him, be it pithy hero worship (his replies on X) or obsessive hate-stalking (/r/EnoughMuskSpam) - it seems rare for otherwise smart people to share their honest technical thoughts when it comes to any Musk endeavors.

As described, the author has some reasonable pedantic takes on the loop, but they're drowned out by what's otherwise pretty dull character critiques. I just... don't care how you feel about Elon as an individual. It's not interesting reading. It reminds me a bit of 2000s forum culture when it was difficult for people to explain their critiques on Windows without reaching for the satanic Bill Gates image.

"Teslas are bad cars and I realized this when Elon bought Twitter" has become a pretty table-stakes position amongst my more progressive peers. Am I incorrect in thinking this is a silly way to judge the quality of engineering?

>Like most detailed policies, the operations manual is an interesting read for the pedantic. Some parts are odd in a classically Elon Musk way, like the manual's use of "What's Elon like?" as the first example of a question that passengers might ask a driver.

>Drivers are strictly prohibited from using any assistive driving features.

Not the first time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernst_Worrell_Keely

Cheap sounds great honestly- you can build more cheap things! I like the idea of going all the way to club cars for everyone.