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Re: My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”

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Post by _carbyau_ »

kylecazar wrote: post #154
NoDodgeQuestion wrote: post #29

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At risk of summoning an army of vibe coders, I wish map apps were more configurable and let you set "I'm happy to walk 20 min" or "someone can drive me a few miles and drop me off"

While we're asking for navigation features, I desperately want a "chill" toggle. I drive around the NY metropolitan area a lot. No, I don't want to take the route that saves a few minutes if it involves merging onto I95 at rush hour with 300 feet to cross 4 lanes of traffic for the next exit.

I vote for a "lock it in" feature for motorbike riding.

I set up the route, clip the phone onto the quadlock mount, ride down the street and it auto changes the route because of something motorbikes don't care about.

Or it rains and that counts as pressing buttons.

And now I am riding and with gloves on so I can't fix it.

Just "do what I told you" and don't mess with it.

Re: My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”

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Post by Spooky23 »

rsynnott wrote: post #21

Adding “running” to the list of things that Google engineers apparently don’t do. Where it joins “walking”. Google Maps will suggest almost arbitrarily bonkers public transport directions to avoid walking. Personal favourite: the sensible way to get from my house to work, unless the weather is terrible, is six minutes on a train and a 15 min walk. Google Maps would, generally, prefer that I spend 15 mins on the train…

Maps used to be a map with place information. Now it’s Yelp with a map. For most of my journeys, Apple Maps is more reliable.

Re: My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”

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Post by lsllc »

freetime2 wrote: post #122

In a somewhat similar vein, I find that when I use my Apple Watch to track a hike, it will frequently auto pause or ask me if I've finished when I'm climbing slowly up a steep ascent. It annoys the heck out of me because that's often when I'm working hardest. My watch is also tracking my heart rate - and I think it's pretty safe to assume that if my HR is holding steady at 150 BPM then I have not stopped for a break.…

I got an Apple Watch just before the pandemic. In the winter I love to XC Ski, but it wasn't in there as an activity -- I guess not much snow in Cupertino.

After a year or two of daily charging I went back to my trusty Garmin 935 that lasts ~2 weeks on a charge (used to be more like a month, but you know what I can install a replacement battery!) -- the Garmin does have an XC Ski activity.

Re: My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”

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Post by bofadeez »

inigyou wrote: post #137
rsynnott wrote: post #81

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They have big offices in San Francisco, and also in New York, Dublin, Zurich, London, and various other cities where this stuff matters, though, these days (their Dublin office is right beside the train station that it insists I shouldn't go to, because walking!). You'd think it would've gotten fixed at some point.

Do they develop any products in any of those offices?

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Re: My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”

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Post by hluska »

clort wrote: post #32
Waterluvian wrote: post #5

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Thanks! Given this was CBC, my jaw hit the floor when I saw London. I live 20 mins from London, Ontario and 70k thefts in a year would be _insane_. Then I realized it was about London, U.K. and my jaw only hit the table. 70k is still insane, though.

Is it really insane? That is less than 200 per day, in a city of 15 million people.. a single gang of 20 thieves could likely manage that! The real question is, how does this compare to other cities of this size and demographics?

What exactly are you arguing and why? 70,000 is a lot of stolen phones. The number of thieves is irrelevant.

Re: My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”

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Post by bofadeez »

marssaxman wrote: post #168
inigyou wrote: post #137

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Do they develop any products in any of those offices?

All five of the ones named, yes - in fact Zürich is the biggest engineering center outside the US. The majority of Google sites do engineering work.

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Re: My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”

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Post by jerlam »

autoexec wrote: post #159
m463 wrote: post #139

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"Sexual Activity Tracked By Fitbit Shows Up In Google Search Results" https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/03/sexual-activity-tracked-by...

> So why are Fitbit users’ profiles able to be searchable in Google? It’s not really Fitbit’s fault. When you create a profile, the default privacy setting allows profiles to be found in search results (Google, Bing, etc). That sounds like it's Fitbit’s fault to me, although I guess some blame has to go to people who bug themselves with a device that tells a third party about every moment they're having sex in the fi…

Well this was 15 years ago, all companies were trying to jump on the social media bandwagon (Google Plus launched in 2011), and both companies and users had to re-learn what privacy meant.
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