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blargpls··on StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta
The name probably just references the street in OpenStreetMap (OSM) as StreetComplete doesn't only collect street data as the sibling comment already noted.
blargpls··on Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)
I think you made a typo. Your source says it's 70-80%.

> So liegt der Anteil von jodiertem und fluoridiertem Salz in Haushaltsgebinden seit Jahren zwischen 70 und 80 %

blargpls··on 2024: The year of the OpenStreetMap vector maps
Seems like they are not available for all regions or countries. E.g. the pages for Europe, Germany and UK don't have such a link. I guess this is related to data and file size.
blargpls··on I hacked Magic the Gathering: Arena for a 100% win rate
There is mtgatool, an open source app to read the logs and generate a history of played games and some statistics: https://github.com/mtgatool/mtgatool-desktop
blargpls··on Discord is making all users pick a new username
This was also discussed with the original Discord blog post as link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35805987
blargpls··on Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant – customer data not compromised
See Crypto AG (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG) for a company in the cryptography / privacy industry that was owned by intelligence services.
blargpls··on .NET 7 is Available Today
Pretty sure they are asking for a citation on the usage and not on the LTS schedule.
blargpls··on TomTom’s new mapping platform and ecosystem
If you have a problem with specific quest types, you can disable them in the settings.

If you feel like the question / answer should be improved, check the StreetComplete issue tracker for existing issues / discussions and if there isn't any matching, create a new one.

blargpls··on Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
Looks like he will stay (for now):

> Bobby Kotick will continue to serve as CEO of Activision Blizzard, and he and his team will maintain their focus on driving efforts to further strengthen the company’s culture and accelerate business growth.

blargpls··on New German government calls for European ban on biometric mass surveillance
In Germany you can also just show the Europäischer Impfausweis (official yellow booklet containing all your vaccinations) that doesn't contain any QR codes.
blargpls··on Updates to our issue status icons and colors
Overall this is a step in the right direction. But it felt like a bug the first time I noticed the change. Also, at the moment it seems like there is no way to close an issue with another status than resolved. And issues that were marked as duplicate by a contributor with a comment ' Duplicate of #x' still show as resolved.
blargpls··on StreetComplete: Easy to use editor of OpenStreetMap data
> For instance, I have a link bookmarked around here that takes me to a heatmap produced using the phones of people who have a particular biking app installed and have enabled public logging

Could you post this link, please?

> Does anyone have any non-Android OSM map editor recommendations?

JOSM. It's no beautiful and the UX is clunky, but it's java based and therefor works on a lot of operating systems.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editors

blargpls··on StreetComplete: Easy to use editor of OpenStreetMap data
The project is looking for help porting it to iOS: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/1892

Some preparations and refactorings were already done in anticipation, but there's still a lot left to do.

blargpls··on StreetComplete: Easy to use editor of OpenStreetMap data
Amazon uses it for deliveries and also contributes to OSM.
blargpls··on The value of downvoting, or, how Hacker News gets it wrong (2009)
Downvotes on questions are free, downvotes on answers cost 1 reputation (see https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7237/how-does-reput...).
blargpls··on Signal community: Reminder: Please be nice
There's something similar to what you're proposing: https://idownvotedbecau.se/. It's tailored to Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network, but a lot of it overlaps with your proposal.