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Any Android Qr app (preferably Open Source) that allows decoding via "open with" or share? in c/android@lemmy.ml

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

BinaryEye is another really good one: https://github.com/markusfisch/binaryeye

Is this a good laptop for Linux [Intel Core Ultra 7 155H]? in c/hardware@lemmy.ml

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

For real… My 2009 Dell Studio was a great Linux machine after Windows decided that 4Gi of RAM was not enough. My 2015 Dell XPS is still perfectly usable, even for moderately large software Dev tasks

I tested 49 open source health apps, so you don't have to in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have some experience with some of these apps:

open food/beauty facts: both have a long way to go IMO. The ui is very janky and lots of things don't work. Open food facts seems to be a bit better but not much
loop habit tracker: fantastic app, I use it every day, never saw a bug
gadgetbridge: the ui seems rudimentary, but it has everything you need and it works really well. YMMV depending on which gadget you have though
openscale: only used it for manual tracking. It's very very basic but somehow I didn't find a better alternative

Zen Browser: A New Privacy-Focused Browser(Firefox) in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Website is down?

Is there a better WebUI? in c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

There has actually been some progress on integrating GTFS data into OSM: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GTFS

I haven't yet seen much use of it in the wild though…

Statuses updated and a keyboard | F-Droid | TWIF in c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

If an app doesn't support reproducible builds, the version you can download from F-Droid was built and signed by F-Droid, not by the dev

Statuses updated and a keyboard | F-Droid | TWIF in c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

[…], from that point the app will be built by f-droid with their own digital signature.

This part of your comment is not quite true. One of the advantages of reproducible builds is that the app can be signed by the developer but fdroid can still verify that it has been built from the correct source code. You can check out the documentation here: https://f-droid.org/docs/Reproducible_Builds/

Building a browser using Servo as a web engine! - Servo, the embeddable, independent, memory-safe, modular, parallel web rendering engine in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Cool but seems very unrelated?

Russia reportedly readies submarine cable 'sabotage' in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Wouldn't that hurt Russia as much as any other country?

These repairable phones still aren't built to last in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Happy Fairphone 4 user here! 🙂

Though I've heared mixed things about the FP5...

TIDRONE, a threat actor linked to Chinese-speaking groups, targets military-related industry chains in Taiwan in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

linked to Chinese speaking groups

What is that even supposed to mean?

Organic maps: Experimental feed based public transport mapping in c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

[–] kosmoz@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Isn't one hurdle to integrate gtfs data into osm based apps the fact that there is no reliable way to link osm nodes with gtfs nodes? How did they get around that?

Does this mean that access to real time arrival data is on the horizon for osm based apps?

Edit: It appears that a lot has happened since I last checked, how cool!

Reference: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GTFS