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today I wanted to use google maps to get bicycle navigation to a particular café. Searching in google maps, it gave me the right café in the top, I obviously expected the address/location/navigation, but all I got was info on how many times google meant I had been there before, other users photos, phone number, menu, website.

They aggregated so much infotmation that the map option itself drowned.

If google continue this way with their other services, it is not just people who wish to degoogle who will look for alternatives, it will also be people looking for better functionallity.

In the end, those services that are not open may be aquired. But I do think nonprofits also have a chance. (wikipedia seem to have found a strong brand, and signal is also getting traction)

Especially now a-days where games can have concealed elements of gambling as well as using other tricks to keep engagement.

I used to sync my old 910 via ANT+ to my former Samsung Galaxy which has ANT+.

Using a third party transfer app. and then viewing it with another third party app, directly on my phone. no battery complaints, but those ANT transfers were pretty flakey.

I dont think you can browse files on the watch through bluetooth, but an OTG cable would do the trick.

I never really liked the fact that I need an internet connection to sync the fit files from my activities from my watch via my smartphone to a database, in order to then download it from the web to see it.

Fortunately the watch appears as a usb device when connecting with a charging cable. So it is possible to get data out without relying on accounts and social features.

I use barrier on my raspberry pi, and have a keyboard shortcut to pick wich machine receives the keystrokes and mouse movement. Additionally to this keyboard shortcut, I also need to click a button on my monitor since it can receive hdmi from multiple machines.

It works great, If I could get it done with only a keyboard shortcut, I would only pick this solution if it does not induce additional lag.

Debian on a simple laptop.

ubuntu Mate/Manjaro on laptop with a graphics card (what I would put on a desktop if I had one)

Debian/ubuntu server if in need of server.

Debian has quick and easy keyboard shortcuts to easily move/resize windows from desktop to desktop. This is something I am used to do while multitasking.

Mate/Manjaro has integrated NVIDIA support, and more software sources.

If I set up a server, I just like to save time by already knowing commands and programs.

My experience in Continental Europe with DAB is that when you receive the signal it is fine, but when the signal is flaky it is useless. For FM signals, the quality drop at bad reception is much more linear, and not a binary type of reception where it drops, but rather just gets grainy.

Since internet coverage is so wide, I can always receive digital radio online, should I wish to.

In the case I am somewhere with bad data reception, I would probably preffer FM.

I wonder if chess is actually the first ever online game.

My granddad used to play chess over his rotary land line.

Some enthusiasts must have tried a game over telegram/morse or other technology.

I think they mean "on demand" is that the Cas9 proteins is activated upon activation of the light source. As the CRISPR/Cas9 complex is already in place due to the chemically boxed guide RNA, the way I understand it from briefly skimming this abstract is literally that you turn on the light when you want DNA cleavage, so I don't see anything weird about it, but maybe someone with more insight can correct me if I am wrong.

I heard of a few, but havent tried them:

disaster.radio

serval mesh

meshtastic

a different and cool project worth mentioning, more for distibuting teaching materials as I understand:

othernet.is

I made exactly the same mistake initially :)

Just Eat was originally Danish.

Takeaway was originally Dutch.

Just Eat Takeaway is a Dutch company listed on London Stock Exchange since February 2020.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Eat_Takeaway

Ahh, the name of the company flew over my head completely.

I read it as "Just Eat, takeaway" not as a concatenated company name which apparently is "JET" on the LSE

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/JET/just-eat-takea...

I am a bit confused by the legal structure of this business: Article states that just eat is dutch, but it is not based in the Netherlands. It is a UK company that used to be based in Denmark. According to Wikipedia it recently merged with Takeaway but is still operating as a subsidary with its own brand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Eat

You can also look into receiving weather forecast from the sky: https://forums.othernet.is/t/wiki-pages-for-the-othernet-dre...

I think I remember reading or hearing Malcolm Gladwell reccomend to visit less fortunate/developed parts of the globe, and understand what really matters for humans, as well as realising how small things even can help.

For an extreme case to seek inspiration from someone who has everything, and genuenly seems content with his life is Bill Gates.

Best of luck, and congrats on achieving what you have!

Assuming the two options are equally secure: Depending on your setup, it could add a level of convenience.

Potentially, sending just keystrokes as opposed to a full graphical interface might be less prone to lag (just hypothesizing here)

For me it replaces the unplugging and plugging of a usb cable, so when I discovered the barrier github repo a few days ago I just realized it was a solution to a problem I didn't realize I was having.

It is apparently a fork from a program called synergy which at some version turned into a paid software. I guess the devs priority was to make the open source version up to date.

I just installed barrier server on my raspberry pi and set up hotkeys to switch between 3 machines to send the input to, there is also an option to have the mouse continue out of the screen into the next screen monitor on a different computer which could be clever if using multiple monitors.

couldn't edit, but want to add that there are now more alternatives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7LFPw9Z2aM

Sailfish is pretty great and I wish them all the best, I did find myself in need of a few features while using it, one thing being their web browsers lack of usb access for devices like yubikeys: https://together.jolla.com/question/213458/usb-2fa-support-i...

Although you sometimes have to manually copy the RSS feed in, SoundWaves is not bad at all: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.bottiger.podcast/

I am actually curious if any of you have other recommended apps from F-droid

Trailrouter is well done! It almost finds my local 5k, but picks a traffic light that requires crossing 3 times instead of one.

when I run, I sometimes pick an entirely different route midway, just to avoid waiting at a light regulated intersection.

being able to filter those out would be a real winner for me, I dont know if traffic lights are indexed anywhere though.

looks like it hit the mainstream media: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/business/amazon-tim-bray-...

Does this mean I can expand my thinkpad with one or more raspberry pi boards?

looks very useful, but not adding a wired usb support throught the integrated USB port seems a bit short sighted.

Great and useful review!

I am tempted to get their new lemur pro as my next machine, but I don't have enough impression of the build quality.

I am used to mac and thinkpads, and one thing I used to enjoy was the x200 keyboard along with the trackpoint and 3 mousebuttons in reach from the thumb, does lenovo hold a patent for this, or is there any reason this type of cursor input is so rarely seen?

I'd gladly pay a premium for the option to get a more ergonomic keyboard.

Interesting, twitter correctly guessed my gender, but incorrectly what languages I speak.

Well done by the author and thanks for sharing, especilly because of the immense mental pressure. I think it is great that the journal was cooporative for this. It would be interesting to see a single journal implement a very easy undo-button for peer reviewed research and see how that reflects over a series of years compared to the current model. Although very ridgid, the scientiffic ecosystem is very robust, and we now see friction being removed with efficient pre-print servers. I remember some early covid papers were redrawn from bioRxiv by authors request.