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Post by II2II »

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…

My favourite, while being stranded on a trail with a broken bike: teleport across a lake, drive fifteen minutes, then hop on a bus. Apparently you are SOL if you don't have a car.

There are definitely better apps out there, unfortunately my area requires Maps for transit data.

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Post by ulyssys »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Apple Maps suggests “your preferred route” as an option when you frequently travel an alternative path. In addition, all maps apps I know of have options to configure use of toll roads and highways.

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Post by gavinsyancey »

wat10000 wrote: post #187
annzabelle wrote: post #130

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This is especially bad in Northern Virginia, where there is a $4 toll road that saves 20 minutes pretty reliably, and also variable priced express lanes that will save time, but can cost up to $50. I want tolls on so it directs me on the Dulles toll road, but I also want tolls off for the $50 express lanes. I wish I could set a dollar threshold.

And some of the roads have a toll only at certain times of day, but they're treated as tolled 24/7. Some are free if you have 3+ people in the car, but there's no way to say "I have N people in the car, adjust consideration of tolls accordingly."

I believe Waze has the second of those.

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Post by Elucalidavah »

NoDodgeQuestion wrote: post #29
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…

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"

You probably don't even need any vibe coding for this, only vibe configuring some OSRM profiles.

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Post by charonn0 »

m463 wrote: post #62

I thought there was an article a while back where devices could also log when sex was going on.

I believe in that case it was smart vibrator that phoned home info like device temperature and vibration intensity.

[0]: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/14/520123490...

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Post by Elucalidavah »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

All maps need to have an extra time penalty for turns, merging, etc. Even if the data is taken with an average driver, average driver probably isn't there for the first time, and for someone unfamiliar with the area any extra turn adds an extra chance to take a wrong turn.

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Post by kombookcha »

delichon wrote: post #151
m463 wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Four hours and 15 minutes of "vigorous" sexual activity!? Impetuous! Homeric! -- Michaeleen Flynn, The Quiet Man, 1952

Good for them!

Are we sure this was actually leaked and not deliberately 'leaked' as a form of bragging?

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Post by _carbyau_ »

mc3301 wrote: post #182
_carbyau_ wrote: post #171

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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.

Yeah, I used to ride with a little speaker on one side of my helmet on the inside... nothing infuriated quite like a leisurely fun ride with the audio constantly telling me to make a u-turn or whatever because it found a route that was 57 minutes instead of 59. I'd love a "I saw your suggestions, I selected one of them, don't give me any more suggestions" feature. This was on google maps. As for detecting rain, that'…

> As for detecting rain, that'd be a whole other algorithm.

I'd be happy with a "phone is locked, maps is on display still, register no screen input" so nothing changes until I unlock it.

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Post by ninalanyon »

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…

Osmand~ is better than Google Maps for walking and public transit where I am at the moment (Tyne and Wear, UK). Based on Open Street Map.
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