aembleton's comments

On: Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program

[aembleton]

\bai\b

On: The people holding up the internet

[aembleton]

If you use Reader View in your browser, its much easier to read.

On: Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability

[aembleton]

Coolant - at least in the Hyundai Kona ev

On: PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock

[aembleton]

I've been using Tubular which was a NewPipe fork that implemented SponsorBlock. Works really well, and I was going to see what the differences are. Just noticed, now that Tubular is no longer maintained.

I'll move over to PipePipe now.

[flexagoon → aembleton]

> Just noticed, now that Tubular is no longer maintained

How have you just noticed that when Tubular reliably broke every single month when YouTube changes something and you had to wait for weeks for it to be fixed? It was barely maintained for a long time now

[aembleton → flexagoon]

I just accepted that in exchange for it working some of the time. Also, I found that it didn't break for everything, just some videos.

Most of my YouTube viewing is done with SmartTube on my TV. My phone is mostly used for watching a DIY video when I'm trying to fix something.

On: F-Droid 2.0

[aembleton]

Pretty bright. So long as you can wait at least 24 hours from making yourself a developer.

On: F-Droid 2.0

[aembleton]

I use the Google Play reviews, and yes they can be manipulated but that is even less likely on F-Droid where there is less money involved.

On: I'm not addicted to the internet or my smartphone. I'm addicted to information

[aembleton]

Just use reader view in your browser.

[Markoff → aembleton]

It's a good tip, but if author can't be bothered to provide normally readable website, I am not interested in reading whatever he writes.

On: Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout

[aembleton]

> I think they actively do trial sessions with public running groups?

Probably, they certainly do in the UK

On: Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?

[aembleton]

Yes. This is where most of Googles and Metas revenue comes from.

On: Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap

[aembleton]

I've read through these comments, and one useful app that has not been mentioned is Vespucci: https://vespucci.io/

It's not got the best UX, but it does let me edit anything from my phone. This means that I can easily check and/or edit the tags for a path or a track. For example, recently I was on a track that had steps. These weren't on OSM, but I could modify the track on Vespucci to add them. Easier to do on my laptop, but I'd forget to do them by the time I got home.

The other OSM apps, I can recommend but have been mentioned are CoMaps (https://www.comaps.app/) for viewing and route finding and Street Complete for easily updating data. Street Complete (https://streetcomplete.app/) has got a bit more powerful recently as you can now add things like toilets, bins, and benches