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What you describe already happens in the extremely-closed-source world of today. For most cars you can buy an ECU remap that can be switched from tuned to stand
by semi-extrinsic 9y ago
What you describe already happens in the extremely-closed-source world of today. For most cars you can buy an ECU remap that can be switched from tuned to standard by the flick of a switch.
An ECU is not actually that complicated. It reads a few tens of inputs (temperatures, air mass flow, lambda sensors, crank position, etc.), and controls a few tens of actuators (throttle body, fuel injectors, spark plugs, maybe variable valve timing), with time resolution measured in tens of microseconds. An Arduino doesn't break a sweat - see the Speeduino project.
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- unityByFreedom 9y agoCrap. There will be more programmers in the future who will write defeat code for fun while learning, or pursue it as a business. That's obviously not great for the environment. Does anyone else feel our current government is not prepared to handle the changes pervasive software will create in the future?
- semi-extrinsic 9y agoIf you think defeat code/devices are the worst of it, you've obviously not seen the people on YouTube "rolling coal"...
- unityByFreedom 9y agoHaha, you're right that I am out of touch with American youth. Just this last year I realized I've aged and I'm only 35. I won't attempt to understand people who are staunchly anti-environment. I will continue to believe they are on the fringe until I'm convinced otherwise. I do wonder though if our way of achieving civilization will require significant change in the near future, since regulating code and encrypted code is going to be damned near impossible.