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Re: Software sucks

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Post by mjd » Wed, May 02, 2018, 3:06 PM UTC

mjd wrote: post #59

passivepinetree wrote: post #10

The HN hug of death strikes again. Cached version from Google: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:E3wiNT...

Definitely not. My site hits the front page of Reddit a few times a year and handles it just fine. Today's HN hit was only about twice as much traffic as a typical day.

Case in point: my article about traffic control systems (https://blog.plover.com/tech/highway-stuff.html) is on the front page and has already received twice as much traffic as this one, and the West Coast hasn't even come to work yet.

Re: Software sucks

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Post by Doxin » Thu, May 03, 2018, 8:53 AM UTC

fjsolwmv wrote: post #88

bitwize wrote: post #45

Google Maps apparently thinks I'm Prompto from Final Fantasy XV, and will send me alerts of points of interest (usually restaurants) suggesting I take pictures of them. Uh, no. If I want to go somewhere, I'll ask you, Google Maps. It's shit like this that makes me glad I switched to OsmAnd (despite the latter lacking in features, such as finding an optimal foot/bus/train route).

You can turn off those adnotifications. They are kind of annoying, but one popup plus a button to block future popups is a small price for a powerful app.

For those unfamiliar. On android phones you can just long-press a notification to disable that notification category from that app. Granted most apps lump all their notifications in a single category, but google maps is not one of them.

Re: Software sucks

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Post by choward » Fri, May 04, 2018, 6:19 PM UTC

sampo wrote: post #51

choward wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That and for some reason the scale only shows up while your zooming and for a couple seconds after. I want to see it all the time, damn it!

Go to settings and select "Show scale on map" / "Always".

I swear I've looked for that setting before. Thanks!