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I do not enjoy looking at a golf course. (A minigolf course is a different kettle of fish.. of course.)

Thanks, this is a really fun way to view the data. I don't think the no-google/no-yelp filters will really accomplish this goal though. Most of the ones I examined were either vari…

Thanks for building and maintaining this lovely project. I'm an OSM mapper & enjoy linking mapped benches to their profiles on OpenBenches. It gets hairy, though, when a single ben…

This is a beautiful project but unfortunately the OSM data's out of date -- over a year old at this point. Based on https://github.com/StrandedKitty/streets-gl/issues/182 it seems …

Worth it, I reckon. You can't buy this kind of advertising: https://xkcd.com/548/

Decades ago, my partner used Google Voice for texting -- really handy, texts just showed up in the gmail inbox, and could be replied to from there. She didn't like cellphones, but …

I grew up with rotary phones, and dialing (on a physical dial) really was fun. Disassembling my first junk phone and playing with the rotary relay was even more fun. But the best w…

I guess it's time to stop searching from the url bar (sorry, "awesomebar") and create a local html file as the startup and new tab page, with search boxes for all your fav engines.…

I found that upgrading mine with a full keypad -- including the ABCD column on the right -- did wonders for my rep. And of course a switch to toggle oscillators, so I could send re…

Just to be clear, I find conversion of viable multifamily buildings into mansions generally repugnant. The opposite process also happens, though... not just a 3- and 4-story reside…

Brian Eno developed tape-delay audio tech, released a few mobile apps, is a founder of the Long Now Foundation... not a scientist but definitely a bit science-y.

Eventually, I imagine a new licensing concept will emerge, similar to the idea of music synchronization rights -- maybe call it "training rights." It won't matter whether the text …

Picture an analog clock and it can be 0.008 hours/hour... about one percent of an hourhand's movement.

Just to be clear: this is an individual user's "diary" (blog) hosted at openstreetmap.org, not in any way an official statement from the OpenStreetMap Foundation. And I agree with …

Use an app that permanently downloads maps -- I like Mapy.cz and Organic Maps. And bring a waterproof phone case, an external battery, and a charging cable. And also bring a waterp…

Currently only 2009 LinkNYCs, according to https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Social-Services/LinkNYC-Map/tg... My assumption is that these kiosks log all wifi and bluetooth traffic fro…

I've had good luck with poster-tack goo... just have to make sure not to leave any behind.

And Switzerland features the most drop-dead-gorgeous hiking maps of any land I've visited. It feels like each mountain was hand-drawn and shaded by someone who knows and loves it, …

Well maybe. I've literally grabbed handfuls of wild apples, about the size of ping-pong balls. (Maybe better described as feral apples? Old orchards with trees unpruned for decades…

To me (native English a la USA) apples are in a sort of uncanny valley between things that could in fact be measured by the physical handful, like peanuts, and things that couldn't…

> aggressively push out traditional veggie burgers on restaurant menus I've found a similar trend in the supermarket frozen aisles. I used to be able to reliably find "veggie crumb…

Warning, those urls are not y2.1k safe!

Lovely. I spent many an hour in DEBUG.EXE as a child. Finding extra space for adding code, like the welcome message, was always fun -- although it would be better form to have the …

Yes, I was disappointed that the "bus" routing option appears to be for driving a bus. The Valhalla pedestrian routing engine does include ferry routes, though it completely ignore…

And an excellent Finnish surf band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika_%26_the_Cosmonauts