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[–] Auk@kbin.social 3 points 5 months ago

I still retain a Windows install for games, and eventually things stop working easily. I kept running Windows 7 up until around when I built my current PC (2020) and that upgrade was due to some compatibility issue - I can't remember whether it was hardware compatibility with the new setup or a game/launcher requiring Windows 10 before I upgraded. I expect that I will eventually get something that wants 11 to work.

Mind you I spend a lot less time on games these days and I will probably get a few more years out of that computer - it might be a good while before compatibility/security becomes an issue and I'm required to consider moving on.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

The main reason I didn't move to Windows 11 when it was new was it being picky and refusing to install on a processor that was only released two years before the OS (my setup itself being only a year old at the time). Since most things I've read about it since then act as a deterrent to upgrading instead of an incentive I now have no real inclination to try and update from 10 until I'm forced to by software requirements.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 27 points 5 months ago

Looks to be shallow enough to (at least mostly) avoid getting wet feet and the bottom looks firm, I'd give it a go without worrying too much. Could be awkward with the skinny tyres of a road bike but I'm assuming from the lead in and out being dirt that this is a track where one has at least brought a gravel bike.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Kangaroos are the clear winner in my experience, but we've also got possums and various parrots (e.g. sulphur crested cockatoos). Wombats too but they're less common to see.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

Canberra actually - it's an old dairy building that's part of Duntroon (one of the original homesteads of the region but more well known for being where RMC/ADFA is). It pre dates Canberra by a good bit though since development of the city only really began to gain traction in the 1920s.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

The oldest extant building is circa 1832, so ~192 years old - not much compared to some places but doing well for an Australian building.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago

Unfortunately yes. They do put some models on sale occasionally so if you want one it can be worth waiting - I got mine at close on half RRP which made the cost somewhat more palatable.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I ended up getting a Fenix 6s about a year and a half ago and I think it's about as close to a Pebble successor as things get these days. I get a comfortable week out of the battery, and a responsive e-ink screen with the basics covered plus a few more fitness related things (and a party trick of topo maps) the Pebble didn't have. I don't feel like it has quite the community support that Pebble had in terms of software (or the enabling thereof from Garmin), so it's not 100% the same but it's been working well for me so far.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 18 points 6 months ago (16 children)

Fossil didn't particularly impress me with their smartwatches, so a sales decrease doesn't surprise me. I had a Skagen Falster 2 (a Fossil by another name) for a bit and it was annoyingly slow with not enough battery to leave the screen on, and eventually did the Fossil thing of the time where the back falls off the watch. I replaced that with a Fossil hybrid HR as I was chasing something more like the Pebble Time Round I liked before its battery lost usable capacity. I liked the concept and battery life of the hybrid but it had a horribly slow interface (galling to me since Pebble had shown you could do much better with e-ink), the e-ink screen ended up fading, it kept getting moisture inside the face, and as a last straw Fossil decided to be a dick and remove the left handed button mode.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

And they all perfectly understand why those strict controls are necessary.

Coming from a country where no ID is required but everything still goes smoothly, I'm not sure strict ID controls actually are necessary.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 11 points 6 months ago

I read that as saying what people saw on their screens while playing the games was most truthful, not as a reference specifically to the TV show.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Adaptions are a thing. However paying someone to do it costs a lot of money (even doing it yourself is not cheap) and it's not much more - possibly even less - of a stretch to one's budget to get a whole new car built from the ground up as an EV, so commercial conversions tend to be a niche market focused on more interesting vehicles (e.g. what this Melbourne based conversion company converts).

 
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Auk@kbin.social to c/android@lemmy.world
 

Does anyone know of a good Android app which lets you view GeoPDF files and see your location on said files? I have a lot of GeoPDFs containing good quality topographic maps (courtesy of my state government) and would like to be able to use them better.

Avenza Maps is basically the sort of thing I'm after but it won't let me see location on more than three of my own maps at a time, and while there are free topo maps available on their store I find these maps (produced by GetLost) are less readable than the NSW gov maps. Avenza do have a pro version which allows full usage of more than three GeoPDFs but I'm rather against the idea of paying a subsciption of $60 p/a (AUD) for the privilege.

I'm ok with suggestions for paid apps that might suit if it's a one off payment rather than a subscription.

Edit: What I've been doing so far is using an old version of Avenza Maps from when it was still called PDF Maps and didn't have the restriction on number of non-store maps, but since that obviously has issues with long term viability it'd be nice to find a current alternative.

 

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