Notices by Rihards Olups (richlv@mastodon.social)

@rysiek @midgephoto Oh, I recognise that account - a ru troll, all the questions were in bad faith.

There's an interesting study on allowing cyclists to cross at red light.

"A new French study confirms that conditionally allowing cyclists to cross red lights improves the fluidity of cycling traffic without compromising road safety."

https://ecf.com/news-and-events/news/traffic-light-exemption-cyclists-new-study-lyon

#cycling #traffic

Talking about jokes that involve Latvians, this might be the best one.

It also demonstrates a data visualisation mistake for an added bonus.

#Latvia

@kariboka @antifarben @dbattistella @chris
But... Ukraine is Europe.

@kariboka @antifarben @dbattistella @chris
Who is "the west"?

Still this so much.

#COVID19 #COVID

Ping @lastguru :)

Got asked today about navigating someplace with Google Maps.

First image - OpenStreetMap.
Second - GMaps of the same region.

First, there's a massive difference in the amount of available information.
Second is one housename... in two different locations.

Thank you to all the OSM contributors for creating such a wonderful, worldwide map.

#OpenStreetMap #GoogleMaps

Mapped some shops and other entities in a marketplace on #OpenStreetMap.
Some sellers might be still missing, which is a bit of a concern for the pedantic me.
Wondering whether #GoogleMaps has them all...

HAHA, no :D
It's hilariously bad. Barely any entities present. The ones that are, have incorrect positioning.

OpenStreetMap is a wonderful dataset, and one that we all can make better every day.

Hehe, frančiem arī apnika Google Maps :)

Interesanti, kas ir pārtulkots kā "is taking on water on all sides"

https://mastodon.social/@Teratogenese@mamot.fr/112265185702008711

@ariadne @annaymone @virtulis
Also pushed for transferring control of Avahi in https://github.com/avahi/avahi/issues/388 .

As posted there, "Neustradamus. If you are not a bad actor, you need to chill."

@AndresFreundTec @dgilman
From the same thread:

"Fascinating. Just yesterday the author added a `SECURITY.md` file to the `xz-java` project.

> If you discover a security vulnerability in this project please report it privately. *Do not disclose it as a public issue.* This gives us time to work with you to fix the issue before public exposure, reducing the chance that the exploit will be used before a patch is released."

@AndresFreundTec @dgilman
This is insane. I expect full-fledged articles out soon, but another interesting bit in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39866275 :

"the apparent author of the backdoor was in communication with me over several weeks trying to get xz 5.6.x added to Fedora 40 & 41 because of it's "great new features""

This is CVE-2024-3094 for easier tracking.

#JiaT75 #CVE20243094

Previously I compared #AppleMaps to #OpenStreetMap in Latvia.
https://mastodon.social/@richlv/111402843227612917

Ended up on #GoogleMaps from a website, and it didn't seem to depict reality. Had to compare it with OSM.

Missing major buildings, roads. Incorrect roads (NE one is a mostly a path). And that's ignoring all the detail, available in OSM.

Oh, and that "bar" on the left in Google Maps? That's a spam entry, advertising bar services for events.

Now I understand why delivery services have a hard time finding things. Or why people often get lost when using #GoogleMaps on foot.

Whenever I catch a glimpse of GoogleMaps, I take a closer look and go "THAT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE".

If you haven't tried anything but Google Maps, go ahead and check out Organic Maps, OsmAnd. Anything amiss, you are not powerless - the map can be updated by anybody.

#OpenStreetMap

Even places that do not seem completely bare in #GoogleMaps look... very much lacking after checking in #OpenStreetMap.

Show your friends the beautiful data of OSM via all the mobile applications and other solutions.

I hadn't really looked at #GoogleMaps for years.

This makes me so much more proud about what we have at #OpenStreetMap :)

@sukiletxe @simon I’ve had support request a screenshot when I reported a blank page being served.
We as a subculture should revive goatse so that people are less inclined to stubbornly go “screenshotsscreenshotsscrrrrrrrr…”.

@tellyworth @sukiletxe @simon
Not sure crashed browser could be equated with a blank page ever. What would a screenshot show then?

I described to them right away in the initial message what the page source was (whatever it was, don't recall the detail) - gave HTTP response code and all other detail.

What extra context could a white rectangle provide in that case?

@bencurthoys @tellyworth @sukiletxe @simon
Haha, now THAT is a good reason :D
Still, there have been times when I send "dig" output reporting some DNS problem (to tech support, not some generic contact), and they come back with "screeenshottttt".
In such a case, just checking the DNS response would be the most reasonable option.