• deranger@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Why would you reprogram an e-scooter in Rust if the objective wasn’t to make it run faster and more efficiently?

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      3 days ago

      security against remote hacking, privacy to use randomized bluetooth MAC address and maybe even disable bluetooth, safety to turn off more gracefully when something malfunctions. some scooters keep the engine running if the throttle is pressed when the head unit reboots

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      3 days ago

      First of all, anything written in rust is automatically hacker-poof. You forgot to mention that part.