Thanks that's one of the beautifully crafted magic eye images, bring me back memories about 20 years ago when it was a craze.
Wasn't it a craze around 1992?
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armandhammer commented on Google Maps has become an eyesore fastcompany.com/90930810/... · Posted by u/nkurz
One of my biggest peeves with Google Maps is its lack of respect for my zoom level. When I tap the centering button, NO, I don't want to zoom in. If I wanted to zoom in, I'd zoom in!
Couple that with the roughly decade-old removal of the +/- zoom buttons, and I basically don't bother with Google Maps any more except for turn-by-turn navigation.
Why do you need +/- zoom buttons? You can just double-tap the screen but hold down the second tap, then slide your finger up or down to zoom in/out as an alternative to pinch-zooming.
armandhammer commented on Google Maps has become an eyesore fastcompany.com/90930810/... · Posted by u/nkurz
Google Maps often misses paths in parks that OSM has. I don't mean obscure trails deep in national forests, I mean paved paths in city parks. Google maps seems optimized for directing people to businesses that might advertise with Google, anything else languishes.
Worse, Google makes it really difficult for government GIS admins to upload the correct data. Last time I looked, if you ever want to update the bike/ped paths (like when a new one is constructed) they want you to upload ONLY the new part. This is really time consuming to extract only the new data, especially if you have multiple paths to update at the same time which are not connected. The sensible thing would be to just upload the entire path network for a city anytime there is an update, but apparently Google does not want you to do this.
Apple Maps is even worse, I don't think they even offer a way to update incorrect data -- not that I've been able to find. And it's super frustrating to use, because Apple Maps does not have a "Bicycle" layer that you can turn on and off to find pathways. They only appear if you plan a route. Totally idiotic.
armandhammer commented on If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity streets.mn/2023/07/19/if-... · Posted by u/PaulHoule
> Our transit authority reminds riders to arrive at the stop 5 minutes early.
For reference, In the Netherlands you only strictly need to be at the stop 30 seconds before departure, as that is when the doors close in preparation for departure.
> Now, other motorists see a train stopped at a station and they think one thing. They see a train stopped and waiting for a red light and they know that it will proceed through on green.
Why in the hell would drivers need to know that? Leave the train with the doors open at the station to allow any late comers to board. When the track clears start the traffic light cycle to stop car traffic, close the train doors and depart. The drivers see a red light and hopefully know to stop, whether or not they can see a train waiting.
That's nothing compared to Tokyo and Osaka. The train arrives within 20 seconds of its scheduled time, the doors open for about 10 seconds, and 3 seconds after the doors close the train starts moving again.
armandhammer commented on If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity streets.mn/2023/07/19/if-... · Posted by u/PaulHoule
> Of course Boston predates the automobile, so I understand why.
New York City's grid plan far predates the automobile: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioners%27_Plan_of_181...
Grids are sometimes but not always caused by cities being designed for cars.
It's the opposite, no? Cities / suburbs that were built after 1950 often don't have a grid system.
armandhammer commented on Our self imposed scarcity of nice places strongtowns.org/journal/2... · Posted by u/Fricken
And SF is way better than most other cities in america. The muni is "okay" but worlds ahead of transit in any other west coast city. Most of SF is way more walkable than most other US cities (outide of the North-East).
I take it you’ve never been to Portland and used Tri-Met? It’s the second best public transit system I’ve used in the US, NYC being #1. And I’ve used transit in Boston, Chicago, SF, Seattle, Philly, Denver, and a handful of other big cities.
armandhammer commented on Apple apps on Big Sur bypass some firewalls and VPNs thenextweb.com/plugged/20... · Posted by u/esolyt
If you're serious about using a VPN, I strongly recommend getting an OpenWRT capable router and setting up your VPN there. Some benefits:
- It's physically impossible for your devices to bypass the VPN.
- It also works with devices that have poor or non existent VPN support (e.g. Roku, smart TV, etc.).
- You only have to configure it once vs having to configure it on all your devices.
- You can easily and quickly toggle the VPN by switching to a Wifi that doesn't have VPN setup.
I've been using GL.iNet's travel routers for many years and can't recommend enough (no affiliation other than being a customer). Just ordered their new Beryl router[0].
It's better to go with something like a $150 Intel NUC running pfsense (free) to connect to the VPN because the vast majority of Wi-Fi routers don't have enough CPU to decipher 256bit AES encryption in real-time. Once you fire up the VPN on even a top-tier router, you're likely to see your overall connection speed drop to 15 mbit/sec or less. A cheap NUC has no problem doing 256bit AES at 200+ mbit/sec.
Huge miss to not have touch id in a era of a raging pandemic. I literally have not used the face-id once outside my house since March, because I always use a mask, so I have to type in my password. Which I had to revert to an unsafe 6 digit one from my 12char alphanumeric that I had until March.
Weird, fully masked Face ID has worked fine for me since the iOS 13.5 update (more than 95% of the time). Before that it never worked with a mask on. And I wear the L size huge standard disposable white mask which covers nearly my entire face from the bottom of my eyelids, fully side to side, all the way over my chin.
armandhammer commented on 91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) nationalgeographic.com/ne... · Posted by u/adrian_mrd
As I have said before the solution is compostable plastic. It solves the problem with the smallest net change in behavior of the affected parties.
As we have regrettably seen with the coronavirus changing the behavior of large populations is incredibly difficult even if there are dire repercussions for failure to change.
The cost of compostable plastic is slightly higher than the usual plastic, so the governments will have to enforce its use, but it will be a small price to pay for removing the externalities of dealing with actual plastic waste.
A lot of "compostable" plastic isn't compostable, at least not under the circumstances that most people consider to be composting... e.g. you can't put it in your backyard scrap pile and expect it to be gone in a few months. It'll still be there years later. One industry rep told me that they estimate their products take 30 years to completely breakdown and that's under perfectly ideal conditions -- bury it in a landfill with no oxygen, who knows how long it'll take. I guess that's better than 1,000 years... but still, it's basically another industry lie.