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What are some old-timey names that you think should make a comeback? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Bartholomew

What's a technology that was cooler in its older iterations? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sam is a treasure. I wonder if I would ever afford to travel, but I’d sure love to visit his museum.

Google denies reports that it’s discontinuing Fitbit products in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Shit, I sure did. Sorry.

Google denies reports that it’s discontinuing Fitbit products in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

May I suggest Garmin? For a smartwatch they have decent battery life and tons of sport/fitness features.

Portable music player in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Rockbox can be installed to mitigate that. And the hard drive can be swapped for bigger flash storage, which also has the positive effect of leaving more room for extra battery.

I said let him cook in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Verily. I don’t even play FPS games that much, but Dusk and Amid Evil are where it’s at music-wise.

I said let him cook in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So basically it's Andrew Hulshult.

NSA Claims It Can’t Watch a Tape It Recorded in the 1980s in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I guess Foone could also have something.

Do you poweroff your server during night / unused times? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

UPS depends on usecase and on the stability of your electrical supply (which varies greatly from place to place). I just leave everything running and have it configured to restart automatically on power restore (if it fails, which it rarely does).

Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah. OsmAnd (at least for me) suffers from the rather typical opensource thing that it can do lots of things and can be configured in a myriad of specific ways, and to use it you have to dive into it to configure them; Organic Maps, on the other hand, does less, but much slicker and simpler.

Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The old maps.me is reborn and active as Organic Maps now.

Leaked Documents Reveal How Google Search Gatekeeps the Internet in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I see. Thanks for the details!