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> Told me to make a turn at an intersection that did not allow turns.

That's an OpenStreetMap bug, the intersection likely isn't marked as not allowing turns. If you put a note (OSMAnd calls them OSM Notes) on the map someone will fix it when they can.


Personally I'd look through the brands listed in the Home Assistant integrations, either Local Push or Local Polling :

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/?cat=camera&iot_c...

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/?cat=camera&iot_c...

The documentation for setting up the integrations should also indicate whether there's any cloud involved.


> Also a great honeypot to query out all the users of this app and schedule them for a visit.

In other threads people have noted that the Dev's decision to be iOS only means Apple has a complete list of users but the Dev does not.


I'm using Glider on Android: https://github.com/Mosc/Glider

It's pretty nice and handles network issues well


There's also OpenLibrary by the Internet Archive:

https://openlibrary.org/


> > Onboarding is a lot of random environment setup hitches > > Learning how to navigate these hitches is a really important process

To add to this, a barrier to contribution can reduce low quality/spam contributions. The downside is that a barrier to contribution that's too high reduces all contributions.


My understanding is that most of those issues stem from Xorg's core design not really being compatible with modern hardware and the only way to fix it requires breaking all clients.


> not really being compatible with modern hardware

Yes. That's correct. You are correct. It is no longer fit for purpose and hasn't been for a long time. But inertia.

> the only way to fix it requires breaking all clients

Do it.

Rip the OpenVMS, SVR4, and HP/UX roots out of the ground and throw them in the trash, next to telnet and SysV filesystem support in the kernel.


>> the only way to fix it requires breaking all clients

>

>Do it.

You get Wayland that way. (Wayland actually started out as X12)


> Most new phones are trackable even if they are off, even.

For anyone wondering how this works: the cellular modem is a separate general-purpose computer that runs code from the manufacturer and the service provider, the only thing needed to allow tracking a phone that's off is circuitry to allow the modem to draw power independent of the rest of the phone.


Another good reason to prefer phones with physical switches to cut off the radios. Or removable batteries. Or both.

I guess a faraday pouch might be helpful, but I recall reading these aren't really as effective as many people believe.


I’ve had an iPhone receive a call inside a locked steel 50 cal ammo can. No clue how that is possible, but it happened.

I guess the gasket let enough EM through?

Amusingly, crumpled aluminum foil seems to have a better track record.


Planar surfaces do not attenuate as well as irregular surfaces.

Same principle applies in the visual spectrum.


What's the purpose of such contraptions?


Find my phone (as a benign example!) doesn’t work very well if you can’t find it if it’s off.


> What's the Real Science™ then?

Monopolies and intense corporate consolidation are bad for everyone except shareholders and CEOs?


Works for me on Firefox Mobile w/ Ublock origin: https://i.imgur.com/8UAuXiu.jpeg


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