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My girlfriend and me have bought the very same electric kick scooter, the Segway Kickscooter Ninebot ES-2. We have done the very same trip at the same time. Both scooters are brand new. This showcase very nicely the importance of weight regarding electric kick-scooter autonomy. Beware: This electric kick-scooter requires you to install an application on your phone. On Android, the application is available on Aptoide and works without Google services. However this application is 100% proprietary, poor quality, and clearly from China. It will publish the distance you travel somewhere without asking you first. ...

Git supports various protocols. One of them is called the “dumb” protocol. This dumb protocol is based on HTTP+Webdav. There is also a smart protocol, but this one is not really HTTP compliant (it starts as HTTP for an handshake, but then switches to a custom protocol). The dumb protocol is really handy in scenarios where you can only expose a Git repository through standard HTTP+WebDav. For instance, if you have a firewall in front of your webserver. Or if you want to implement a “fake” Git repository using a standard web framework (Django for instance). ...

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