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

I still retain a Windows install for games, and eventually things stop working easily. I kept running Windows 7 up until around when I built my current PC (2020) and that upgrade was due to some compatibility issue - I can't remember whether it was hardware compatibility with the new setup or a game/launcher requiring Windows 10 before I upgraded. I expect that I will eventually get something that wants 11 to work.

Mind you I spend a lot less time on games these days and I will probably get a few more years out of that computer - it might be a good while before compatibility/security becomes an issue and I'm required to consider moving on.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

The main reason I didn't move to Windows 11 when it was new was it being picky and refusing to install on a processor that was only released two years before the OS (my setup itself being only a year old at the time). Since most things I've read about it since then act as a deterrent to upgrading instead of an incentive I now have no real inclination to try and update from 10 until I'm forced to by software requirements.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago

Looks to be shallow enough to (at least mostly) avoid getting wet feet and the bottom looks firm, I'd give it a go without worrying too much. Could be awkward with the skinny tyres of a road bike but I'm assuming from the lead in and out being dirt that this is a track where one has at least brought a gravel bike.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Unfortunately yes. They do put some models on sale occasionally so if you want one it can be worth waiting - I got mine at close on half RRP which made the cost somewhat more palatable.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I ended up getting a Fenix 6s about a year and a half ago and I think it's about as close to a Pebble successor as things get these days. I get a comfortable week out of the battery, and a responsive e-ink screen with the basics covered plus a few more fitness related things (and a party trick of topo maps) the Pebble didn't have. I don't feel like it has quite the community support that Pebble had in terms of software (or the enabling thereof from Garmin), so it's not 100% the same but it's been working well for me so far.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (16 children)

Fossil didn't particularly impress me with their smartwatches, so a sales decrease doesn't surprise me. I had a Skagen Falster 2 (a Fossil by another name) for a bit and it was annoyingly slow with not enough battery to leave the screen on, and eventually did the Fossil thing of the time where the back falls off the watch. I replaced that with a Fossil hybrid HR as I was chasing something more like the Pebble Time Round I liked before its battery lost usable capacity. I liked the concept and battery life of the hybrid but it had a horribly slow interface (galling to me since Pebble had shown you could do much better with e-ink), the e-ink screen ended up fading, it kept getting moisture inside the face, and as a last straw Fossil decided to be a dick and remove the left handed button mode.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

And they all perfectly understand why those strict controls are necessary.

Coming from a country where no ID is required but everything still goes smoothly, I'm not sure strict ID controls actually are necessary.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

I read that as saying what people saw on their screens while playing the games was most truthful, not as a reference specifically to the TV show.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

except there is no ‘#’ operator in C or C++, so any interesting self-referential pattern breaks down here

# is two layers of ++, so the pattern is there. Whether that was originally intended or coincidence is another matter, but it works well enough that I suspect it was considered when picking names.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

For the last while I've been randomising the dictionary of 3 or 4 character words and running down the list until I find something I like the sound of and is available. If it's a well populated username base I might need to drop back to a list of all permutations of a-z in that length and do the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Maybe I should try and convince someone to make a slip on thumb extension for use with modern phones

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

ZenFone 10, because it's one of the now rare phones where you can still reach the whole screen with one hand.

 
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Does anyone know of a good Android app which lets you view GeoPDF files and see your location on said files? I have a lot of GeoPDFs containing good quality topographic maps (courtesy of my state government) and would like to be able to use them better.

Avenza Maps is basically the sort of thing I'm after but it won't let me see location on more than three of my own maps at a time, and while there are free topo maps available on their store I find these maps (produced by GetLost) are less readable than the NSW gov maps. Avenza do have a pro version which allows full usage of more than three GeoPDFs but I'm rather against the idea of paying a subsciption of $60 p/a (AUD) for the privilege.

I'm ok with suggestions for paid apps that might suit if it's a one off payment rather than a subscription.

Edit: What I've been doing so far is using an old version of Avenza Maps from when it was still called PDF Maps and didn't have the restriction on number of non-store maps, but since that obviously has issues with long term viability it'd be nice to find a current alternative.

 

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