At my old workplace, there was numerous XP machines still going. They were running old machine equipment, and basically served as a controller for the entire machine.

As it turns out, it was cheaper to keep these XP stations, instead of buying a completely new Hydrolic press, or whatever it was running, which cost several hundred of thousands of dollars.

One day one of these computers stopped working, and we immediately tried to get the software to work on a brand new W10 replacement. Took us a week of drivers hell, until we eventually went to the basement, found an exact replica, and swapped the HDD over.

The company, making these heavy machineries, went bankrupt in the early 2000s, and there was literally no way of getting the software to run on anything besides that original box.

If you find contributing to OSM a chore, you might wanna look into "StreetComplete". They have managed to "gamify" contributing to the database.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/

It's also available on PlayStore.

The OsmAnd~ app, from fdroid, is the premium (and paid) version og OsmAnd, also known as OsmAnd+.

If you use the fdroid version, and enjoy the app, consider donating to the developers through other means.

Hold kæft hvor hader jeg bare at de her løbehjul og elcykler er blevet fuldstændig overtaget af små børn på 12-13 år.

Jeg er en fuldvoksen mand, og jeg købte en Engwe cykel for 3 år siden - lang tid før at nogen overhovedet anede hvad det var for en cykel.

Det er, hands down, den bedste cykel jeg nogensinde har haft, og hver eneste dag har jeg cyklet på den, og hver eneste dag har jeg haft det største smil på læben når jeg gjorde det.

Men nu hvor alverdens snotunger suser forbi gamle Oda på 90, og rækker fuck til politiet samtidig, så bliver jeg sat i bås med dem som "endnu en af de der banditter", på trods af at intet kunne være mere sandt!

Jeg kører konsekvent kun 19 km/t, jeg sætter altid farten ned når jeg overhaler en gående, og holder tilbage for biler og rækker pænt armen ud når jeg skal dreje, bare fordi jeg gerne vil vise hensyn.

Men lige meget hvad, så vil jeg altid blive set som en fartbølle, og jeg tør fandme snart ikke køre forbi politiet længere, af frygt for at få en bøde på over 10.000 kr.

Jeg er bare så træt af det :(

Just don't try to install Steam...

OsmAnd has never let med down. It was my go-to map for hiking, even before the carrot king deckded to fuck up relations with Europe.

You can get the premium app from F-Droid. Just remember to donate to the developers if you like it.

OsmAnd is the Swiss army knife of Open Street Map frontends, but as I'm sure you'll agree on (if you've used it), it can be a bit of a headache setting it up, as well as getting familiar with it.

Organic Maps caters more to people seeking a pure alternative to Google/Apple Maps. It's the layman's alternative.

If you're a poweruser, and already familiar with OsmAnd, there's no point in switching. But in terms of getting other, non tech savvy, people to switch, it's a great recommendation!

This is actually incredible. Thanks for sharing!

I bought a lifetime sub some years ago, and has used it for a couple of my projects.

While I would usually just set up the domain in my Proton/Tuta (or even just Cloudflare forwards), it's nice to have a place where I can allow my team members to login, for the slightly bigger projects.

Only downside is that the owner can seem to lose his cool sometimes.

You show see the feed on TikTok now... Half of it is just pure CCP propaganda, showcasing how "glorious China is".

Thank you for finally providing a sane take, here on Lemmy.

Maybe there's a correlation