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Post by ctkhn »

PaulHoule wrote: post #301
alistairSH wrote: post #279

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Apple Watch is definitely fashion accessory first and fitness device second. I can't use it running in the colder seasons - a sweaty sleeve triggers the lap count (tap the screen - no ability to reassign to a button). It's one of the most annoying and fixable (if they cared) issues on an Apple device I've encountered. Not even the ultra-premium, ulta-outdoorsy Ultra version lets you map "lap count" to the extra b…

Unlike a Garmin Watch it will actually take a charge.

Does your garmin watch not charge? If you call them and are nice they'll probably give you a heavily discounted replacement. Mine died on me randomly and they gave me a new 900 series forerunner for $125

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Post by imchillyb »

Leszek wrote: post #281
artisinal wrote: post #274

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Don’t forget the lifelong trauma you get from a robbery. I know people who stopped using public transport after getting their bag violently snatched from them.

Whereas killing someone for stealing your phone will come with no trauma whatsoever?

Violence begets violence. A theft of a thousand plus dollar item is grand theft in the US. Ending a continual threat to society should be lauded not threatened.

How many thefts, by a single individual, is tolerable before society is allowed to remove the threat with permanence? Ten? A hundred? A thousand?

Some would answer one, single instance is enough for a weapons discharge. I would ask. How many times is allowable?

The criminal has no care for society, or its lives, so why should society care about that life?

Every life is sacred? Why?

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Post by rhplus »

gucci-on-fleek wrote: post #236

I have a Pixel 7a on the latest version (Android 17, July 2026 build), and I'm able to turn this off. If you want to find it the long way, then tap through the following screens: Settings > Security & Privacy > Lost device protection > Theft protection > Theft Detection Lock > (Off) Or if you want to find it the fast way, open the Settings app, search for "theft", and then tap the first result and turn it off.

For iPhone users, you can set up a Shortcut that achieves similar results because many snatchers will instinctively try to turn off cellular:

+ When airplane mode is enabled + Lock the screen and require password

Locking the phone is the most important thing. Losing the physical device is a bummer but it can be replaced and restored. Allowing access to any apps or message history is the worst case scenario.

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Post by QuantumNoodle »

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.…

If you are serious about health tracking, get a device that specializes in that and knows what they are doing -- get a polar. They publish papers on the science behind their technology. Many professional athletes do heart tracking with polar devices. Even Garmin isn't as good being it is a GPS company first. If you want mediocre, by all means get an apple device. Their goal is to sell you stuff and keep you hooked in the ecosystem with a veil of convenience.

Fwiw, polar let's you tune the parameters of when to start and stop recording.

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Post by PaulHoule »

ctkhn wrote: post #311
PaulHoule wrote: post #301

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unlike a Garmin Watch it will actually take a charge.

Does your garmin watch not charge? If you call them and are nice they'll probably give you a heavily discounted replacement. Mine died on me randomly and they gave me a new 900 series forerunner for $125

It charges if and only when it wants to. And I've been a Garmin enthusiast for a while and been through a few devices already though I am getting sick of the charging unreliability.

Like if I am really careful I can plug my watch into the computer and it might start charging in a few minutes. Or like last night I made two tries and neither of them worked. I want to be able to plug it in to charge and completely take it for granted that I will come back later and it will be charged. I might wind up attempting to charge the watch for four whole hours in a day as it is now.

Personally I am very traumatized by USB connections that don't work and when I hear the sound of a USB device dropping out on my Windows computer I feel like a veteran who thinks a misfiring car is a gunshot. I want a charging connector which is 100% reliable and I want Garmin to pay me $10,000 if I ever hear that sound because of their poorly designed connector.

So I want a replacement watch that charges reliably, I don't want a cheap newer watch that has the same improperly designed connector. Next week I am going to be off grid at an event where I'm expected to have a reliable watch and hoping I can charge it successfully off a power bank at least once.

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Post by stevesimmons »

robot_jesus wrote: post #282
RamblingCTO wrote: post #280

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It's just both (or more for the casual jogger than serious ultra runner for example). If you need a proper, dedicated sports device get a coros, garmin or suunto. Apple Watch is more leaning towards day to day, while these things are for sports and just for sports. But suck at day to day stuff if you want the fancy apple watch things. Pick your poison.

Pretty much. I have an Apple Watch, my wife has a Garmin. I’m jealous of the advanced metrics and data she has on all of our workouts and the accuracy. And that battery life. She’s jealous of all the slick bells and whistles (unlocking my laptop automatically, deep app ecosystem, managing grocery lists etc). Neither is perfect but both have their uses. You have to pick a side (or spend twice as much and pick both sid…

why do you want your watch to manage a grocery list? seriously

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Post by fennecfoxy »

devmor wrote: post #308
fennecfoxy wrote: post #263

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I always agree with your statement when people discuss it from a purely theoretical philosophical/moral standpoint. But when it actually happens to you, as I have been violently mugged several times. Oh, would I push that button - pull that trigger and I'd rewind time so I can do it a few times over. Cathartic. These little fuckers hide out in alleyways late at night and they've made a career of it. They do it so oft…

So your stance is that it’s wrong, but you should be allowed to do it because it makes you very angry? What exactly would you think of anyone else applying that reasoning to anything in society? Would you think that they belong in society?

No, I'm saying it's only human to retroactively want to do extreme fantastical violence against people who have physically harmed you when you live in a society that a: does not care that you were hurt because you're a man and b: pressures men into fending for themselves, sorting out their own problems and "manning up".

I'm not the type, myself. But damn, no wonder downtrodden men end up snapping - because they most often have nobody to turn to and are forced to exist within a bubble that analyses their weakness and victimhood as much as women are for beauty standards, etc.

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Post by alistairSH »

chedabob wrote: post #287
alistairSH wrote: post #279

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Apple Watch is definitely fashion accessory first and fitness device second. I can't use it running in the colder seasons - a sweaty sleeve triggers the lap count (tap the screen - no ability to reassign to a button). It's one of the most annoying and fixable (if they cared) issues on an Apple device I've encountered. Not even the ultra-premium, ulta-outdoorsy Ultra version lets you map "lap count" to the extra b…

I use the water lock which is a bit annoying when I need to actually swipe on the screen.

Yeah, if you don't need to track laps at all, that works.

But if I'm doing an interval set on the road in January, it's a terrible UX.

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Post by jandrese »

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…

The directions tend to be conservative in their assumptions. Like you won't walk/bike through a business parking lot to save 10 minutes of walking around the block.
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