The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XLIII

[warpus]

Gulf of America only appears on Apple and Google maps if you are in the US. Map names are typically driven by the location of your device settings.

That's what I mean, in neutral places (like Canada) it shows up as Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America), whereas in the U.S. or Mexico it defaults to the name used in each country and excludes the brackets.

My question is.. What happens if 3 countries have their own name for a geographical location and you're viewing it from another i.e. neutral location? If Cuba calls this bay the Gulf of Cuba, and you're looking at the map from Canada, do they show 2 things in brackets? I can't think of a good existing example of this sort of thing so I can check it. You'd think it exists somewhere.

 

[Birdjaguar]

If you change the location setting on your phone to another country, it should then open the maps to show how it is reflected in that location.

 

[Arwon]

I can't think of a good existing example of this sort of thing so I can check it. You'd think it exists somewhere.

The South China Sea is, so far, only labelled as that, even in the parts where the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia have renamed their own claimed parts of it.

 

[Arwon]

Gulf of America only appears on Apple and Google maps if you are in the US. Map names are typically driven by the location of your device settings.

Daring Fireball, by John Gruber

Commentary on Apple, technology, design, politics, and more.

daringfireball.net

This isn't true, they've started putting it in brackets here too, like they do with "Arabian Gulf" for the Persian Gulf.

It sets an incredibly low bar for a genuine naming dispute to be just acquiescing to this sort of thing in a global facing application just because one guy made something up.

 

[Birdjaguar]

This isn't true, they've started putting it in brackets here too, like they do with "Arabian Gulf" for the Persian Gulf.

It sets an incredibly low bar for a genuine naming dispute to be just acquiescing to this sort of thing in a global facing application just because one guy made something up.

The link is an opinion piece that focuses mostly on Apple an Google. I expect the subject is still a dynamic one.

 

[Samson]

Gulf of America only appears on Apple and Google maps if you are in the US. Map names are typically driven by the location of your device settings.

Daring Fireball, by John Gruber

Commentary on Apple, technology, design, politics, and more.

daringfireball.net

I would like to see the evidence he has for that. I think you can change it by changing your IP address.

The link is an opinion piece that focuses mostly on Apple an Google. I expect the subject is still a dynamic one.

[EDIT] Ah, I was talking about google.

 

[Samson]

What is the best alternative to skype?

The primary features I am interested in:

- Free online only family video chats
- Calling landlines from my computer as a last resort

This prompted the question:

Microsoft is shutting down Skype after over two decades

 

[Kyriakos]

What is the best alternative to skype?

The primary features I am interested in:

- Free online only family video chats
- Calling landlines from my computer as a last resort

This prompted the question:

Microsoft is shutting down Skype after over two decades

Isn't Zoom still alive? At least technically.
It's what I always used in my job for video discussion.

 

[Samson]

Isn't Zoom still alive? At least technically.
It's what I always used in my job for video discussion.

Zoom cuts you off after 40 mins if you do not give them money.

 

[Kyriakos]

Zoom cuts you off after 40 mins if you do not give them money.

Hm, I didn't know that... The company always hosted the meetings - which typically run for 90 minutes.

 

[Birdjaguar]

What is the best alternative to skype?

The primary features I am interested in:

- Free online only family video chats
- Calling landlines from my computer as a last resort

This prompted the question:

Microsoft is shutting down Skype after over two decades

WhatsApp calling or zoom or Facetime

Zoom cuts you off after 40 mins if you do not give them money.

Just wait 10 minutes and restart.

Does discord have video calling? I know they have voice calling.

 

[Samson]

WhatsApp calling or Facetime

I do not like giving personal info to Zuckerberg.

Zoom: Just wait 10 minutes and restart.

It would be better to not have 10 minute breaks in conversation.

From a google these look like options, I would love to hear from anyone that has used something like these:

https://jami.net/

Jami is a free/libre, end-to-end encrypted and private communication platform that requires no central authority.

Jami’s features include: text chats, voice and video calls, screen sharing, file sharing, conference calls, and group chats. Jami can also function as a regular SIP client.

Jami works on GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. Multiple devices can be linked to a Jami account, and no personal information is required to create an account.

Apache OpenMeetings Project – Home

Openmeetings provides video conferencing, instant messaging, white board, collaborative document editing and other groupware tools. It uses API functions of Media Server for Remoting and Streaming Kurento.

 

[Birdjaguar]

I do not like giving personal info to Zuckerberg.

Whatsapp is encrypted end to end, but that does not mean Zucker does not have some of your information.

 

[Samson]

Whatsapp is encrypted end to end, but that does not mean Zucker does not have some of your information.

Yeah, the metadata is valuable. Especially after what happened with Khashoggi I really do not like the idea of that. It also do not run on linux natively I think.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Jami looks interesting.

FAQ — Jami documentation

docs.jami.net

 

[The_J]

What is the best alternative to skype?

The primary features I am interested in:

- Free online only family video chats
- Calling landlines from my computer as a last resort

I do not like giving personal info to Zuckerberg.

For the first feature, the 2 following tools can be used, although I've not tried them myself, and I don't know if they require custom hosting:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitsi
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BigBlueButton

 

[Broken_Erika]

Do we need a dedicated AI video/music thread?
Or should we avoid that?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Do we need a dedicated AI video/music thread?
Or should we avoid that?

Worth considering.

 

[Arwon]

Do we need a dedicated AI video/music thread?
Or should we avoid that?

Is there an archive of deleted posts? Closest thing to a garbage bin on the website, so that seems the most appropriate place to put AI slop.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Is there an archive of deleted posts? Closest thing to a garbage bin on the website, so that seems the most appropriate place to put AI slop.

That's why i asked if we should avoid it.