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Why is this post marked as being from 2017? Wasn't it released yesterday (20th according to https://n-o-d-e.net/rss/rss.xml)


I have no idea! I had set the following title while submitting this story:

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It appears that a moderator has edited the title and added the year 2017 to it while updating it. But it is a mystery where they picked "2017" from. It occurs nowhere on the page.


An update on this thread: Emailed the moderators today about the incorrect year in the title. After that, @dang fixed the title by removing " (2017)" from it.


I'm not even sure n-o-d-e was even a thing in 2017!


I came here to say the same thing. This was definitely released recently according to the feed, youtube video, and personal experience


Are we sure this isn't an April fools? I like the idea of having a guided install in addition to the standard one, but it doesn't seem quite in the spirit of the Arch Way.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Way


Apparently not, there's a proper github repo for it that does not date from April 1st!


Ah yes, you are right. Looks like it's scriptable as well. This looks pretty great then, especially having it baked into the installation image.


I've lost many hours to OpenTTD, so great to see more people might find out about it now it's on Steam. To anyone who has only played single-player, I would recommend trying out one of the many servers - the massive networks some players make can be crazy.


Any tips to find a server that has just started yet has players, short of convincing friends to start a game with you?


Some servers restart automatically as soon as it gets to the year 2050, so by figuring out how long a game usually lasts and when the current game started you can make a guess as to when the next one will start.

The servers run by the OpenTTD reddit even have an online status website with game logs (https://ttdredd.it/). I tended to play there as whenever a game started, there were always a half-dozen players online.


I'd join!


Yeah, it's great. I'm using a Moto G3 from 2015 that continues to get weekly updates (although still on 17.1 at the moment) and I have no complaints. Only app with any issues is Firefox for Mobile - sometimes a single webpage will use up all the RAM and crash repeatedly - so I've changed to the stock browser.


Reddit status [1] just updated to say they're investigating elevated error rates.

[1] https://www.redditstatus.com


> Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. > Jan 10, 10:51 PST

Yeah, seems to work. I guess they maybe broke the service for desktop browser users everywhere?


Computerphile has a video showing a nice visual explanation of this technique, albeit for inserting values into a linked list rather than deleting them.

https://youtu.be/0ZEX_l0DFK0


Apologies, I've edited it now. I did consider this initially, but the guidelines ask that the original title is used, and I wasn't sure if this fell under misleading.


Thanks.

I'd say it's "confusing" rather than "misleading"; this is because of lack of context. Reading "KDE Community Edition released" when you're on a Pinephone website is more meaningful than reading "KDE Community Edition released" on Hacker News, with only the pine64.org domain being available next to the link.


Because most of the routes have not been tested yet - all of them have been put together by volunteers during quarantine. And, from experience, even though they've been constructed from public footpaths, that's no guarantee of their quality. Paths can be fenced off by landowners, go through cattle fields or be outright missing.

Making all the routes available without at least a brief check could lead to less-experienced walkers getting lost or injured.


Waiting for volunteers can take forever. Better to gamify/crowdsource it.

1. Create navigation app using OpenStreetMaps

2. Add the new routes as red

3. Let user choose a route to walk (warn if he chooses a red one)

4. At the end ask user a few questions (how hard, how pretty, are there shops on the road, how dangerous)

5. Update the route metadata in the App

6. When there's enough data change the color to green and remove warnings

You could even add average speed and sell ads to local pubs/museums/etc.


So put a disclaimer to that effect. And allow walkers to add info, status over time. Use the network effect and make it easy for people to contribute.


If the path goes through a farmer's field, I think they are entitled to put cows in there if they need to.


From experience they will and it’ll also be a foot deep in cow shit (I do a lot of walking in U.K.). That needs to be listed on the routes.

Common hazards and inconveniences such as flooding need to be listed. I had to Wade knee deep in slurry once where a river had flooded into a muck pile. I considered throwing my legs away with my shoes after that.


Cows yes, bulls no. There are exceptions but generally it's not legal to leave bulls alone without cows in fields that have public rights of way. We walk through fields with cows all the time, it can sometimes be uncomfortable if they come close but I've never felt in danger except when there was a bull. Two walkers have been killed by cows this year, although that's not typical.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-5...


Yes, but as the article says it's normally dog walkers that get attacked, rather than walkers.


So a group of individuals are going to go and walk them all first?


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