dgriffith

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[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But it's definitely not perfect and tends to add unnecessary changes, I constantly have to review and add new rules.

This is the bit that bugs me. I spend a bit of time to create a relatively simple application in C# with it, and it's constantly tacking on new features and four extra command line arguments and it's frothing at the mouth to add Cool Feature X, "just say the word and I'll do it".

Just do what I asked. No more. That's enough. There's enough mangled code and logic errors lurking in there already, I don't need any more "features" clouding the water.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

And newer versions of Android have notification categories for each app.

So if the developer does their homework I can turn off particular notification types and let others through, and that way you can -gasp!- actually have a messaging app that only notifies you of actual messages, instead of constantly begging for your attention for a bunch of superfluous crap.

A long list of stuff that I don't care about in Messenger

And if I go to the notification settings for that app and it doesn't have a category I can easily drop, it either gets completely silenced, or it gets uninstalled.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Oh lawdy, a budget phone shipping with an OS SEVEN WHOLE MONTHS out of date at time of publication. Will the horrors ever end!?

Quick, someone bring me my fainting chair!

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 72 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I've worked in mines in the desert in South Australia where temps semi regularly hit 46-47 degrees.

It's OK (ish) because the humidity is low. But you can drink a litre an hour all day (11+ hours) and not need to pee. All that water goes somewhere.

The underground workings are often more dangerous, with lower temperatures but higher humidity. Once wet bulb temps get above 34 degrees underground personnel need to retreat from the area and the only work that can be done there then is work to fix the ventilation.

There's heat stress meters that measure wet and dry bulb temperatures and airflow, and can basically compute cooling power in watts. Not enough cooling power -> everyone out.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Podcast Addict works well with Android Auto.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Revert to a version of nova launcher from a few years back.

All the features I needed from it were finalised years ago, so why update?

The usual nebulous comments like "bug fixes and performance improvements" in the changelogs isn't really a strong reason for me.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 93 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Considering that some extra trackers were just added in this company's first release, it doesn't seem like it's going to be great.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

8.1.6 apk from uptodown.com.

And then find the app in your installed app list in Google Play and untick "install updates automatically" in the three dot menu.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Maxbotix make robust ultrasonic sensors that range out to 6m, they have a 3/4" pipe fitting on the back for mounting them.

So with that you can get a few lengths of 3/4" pipe and an elbow and have an easy way of mounting it a little ways into your well.

A little on the expensive side but simple to use and easy to weatherproof.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, I had a surface laptop that had 60GB in there. Real handy when it's only got 128GB of storage.

I used PatchCleaner and it did the job.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Having a need for a "valid travel document" to cover for your perceived ethnicity stinks of "papers, please" and I am alarmed that you cannot see that connection.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It is a valid travel document for land and sea travel within North America and the Caribbean.

The way you've phrased it sounds quite dystopian.

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