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by gvurrdon 10y ago
This particular point was rather annoying, and involved working around it in this manner: Me: "OK Google, navigate home" Google: "You need to turn on web and app activity." Me: "OK Google, navigate to $NUMBER $STREE
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by gvurrdon 10y ago
Recommendations, algorithmic timelines and so on are indeed a bit of a nuisance. Similarly, Google Now is annoying me a lot at the moment but I can't use my watch fully without turning it on.
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by gvurrdon 10y ago
This application appears to do pretty much what you're suggesting: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pingapp.ap... Unfortunately, my colleagues insist upon using Skype instead of email, apart
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by gvurrdon 10y ago
Absolutely. Telephones are an enormous nuisance for exactly these reasons. I have found Cyanogenmod's built in call blocking to be essential; I have it set so all calls from withheld numbers and all that are not in my contacts are bloc
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by gvurrdon 10y ago
Alerts are my primary reason also; the only time I do any vigorous exercise I certainly won't wear a smartwatch due to the risk of damage, so that functionality isn't of much use. I don't want to wear a watch in bed or in the
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by gvurrdon 10y ago
Does anyone know how permissions would be handled? There are some Android apps I'd like to install on a Chromebook but I certainly don't want them to get access to my contacts.
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by gvurrdon 10y ago
Interesting. Do you have a reference for that? I'd be interested in more information about what search information (amongst other things) they keep.
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by gvurrdon 10y ago
I've switched to DuckDuckGo and "paused" various activities within my Google account settings. Still, I can't help wondering if records I've deleted there are simply my copies and they have their own backups stashed
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by gvurrdon 10y ago
Indeed; a common response I encounter if I complain about Facebook is along the lines of "I don't see why it matters that FB knows stuff about me, and I think I get more value from them than they possibly could get from me for the
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by gvurrdon 11y ago
Viz magazine ( http://viz.co.uk/ ) recently did a strip wherein a thinly-disguised Enterprise and crew are obliged to beam up Captain Thomas T. Cook and his landing party in the face of danger, but his messages requesting hel
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by gvurrdon 11y ago
I suspect that the reason they are so low paid is because it is a job that can be done with the minimum of training, and so it is easy to find replacements.
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by gvurrdon 11y ago
Same here. I have avoided Slack at work so far, but since colleagues are using Google Hangouts and Skype as well I end up using those. Usually the former, as I always have a Gmail window open and often forget to open Skype.
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by gvurrdon 11y ago
Can the various fitness monitoring functions be turned off on an Apple Watch? I always exercise without wearing a watch and so the health tracking features are not something I'd want to use.
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by gvurrdon 11y ago
I've long thought that "hand computer" was a good term for it, but that has rather a lot to do with nostalgia: https://app.box.com/s/i6tw2gc8avr9r1hevn0trf4w41nt9r1b
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by gvurrdon 11y ago
IIRC this only affects Cyanogen OS and not CyanogenMod. http://www.androidcentral.com/difference-between-cyanogen-os... So, you should be able to avoid Cortana by using CyanogenMod instead.
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Facebook bows to Belgian privacy ruling over cookies(bbc.co.uk)
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by gvurrdon 11y ago
Indeed, there's still a case for car ownership even if one doesn't enjoy driving. One reason for preferring a car over a bus or taxi is the ability to transport luggage. I frequently find that I have to undertake round trips of 20
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by gvurrdon 11y ago
Oxford is indeed pretty bad. I have to live ~20 miles from the centre, and even then it's not cheap.
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by gvurrdon 12y ago
I am also rather perplexed by it. Once, I had a similar call from a member of the public, an irate rant along the lines of "your software broke my computer and what are you going to do about it?" However, it wasn't software I