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That would be a pretty useful utility to build actually. I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work unless these wifi adapters don't have the ability to broadcast their own network. Would be fun to give it a try!

Can anyone explain the following trend to me? I've been seeing it alot lately: On the install page [0] the installation instructions tell people to run this command: curl https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | sudo bash This seems to me to be an extremely bad idea. Why would I want to pipe arbitrary commands into my shell? Even worse, the shell has to run with root priveleges? Does anyone actually do this? Am I overthinking it?

Of course, I can verify the contents of the script, but I still don't know that the script I've verified on their website is the script that's being run in my shell. Is it OK because the script is hosted over https, and therefore can't be modified on transmission?

[0]https://crates.io/install

Exactly, and the way I see it is that driverless cars will remove the parts of driving that people don't enjoy, things like commuting, dealing with traffic, and parking (and running over pedestrians). But people who enjoy driving, are still free to a leisurely drive up the coast, or to race on the local track.