Richard’s Blog, Blogging Since 1996
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Strava and the Fallacy of Quick Edit
Reading Time: 2 minutes Two days ago Strava came out with their "Quick edit" feature that is actually nothing new. They claim that it will simplify renaming activities to get more likes but that’s not what the "simple edit" is about. It’s about renaming activities to train AI. Some apps will call a run Morges…
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The Post Cold Run
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some people will see that it’s running, and that they are still recovering and think "I’m not running in that. I did and my "short run" project was changed to a full run. I had planned to run two to three kilometres but ran five instead. The Apple watch wasn’t happy,…
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Thoughts on a Rainy Day
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today it’s raining, which may imply that I will not go out for a walk, or a run, and definitely not a bike ride. It also implies that I am wearing the Apple watch for no reason today. My step count will be low, as will my calories burned count, and…
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Threads and Chirping
Reading Time: 2 minutes For less than a week I have been using Threads heavily. In that time I have commented on plenty of posts without senseing any hostility or unpleasantness so I thought that Threads may be troll free. I realise that this is not the case after posting that I would not get…
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Threads Thoughts
Reading Time: 2 minutes For several days I have replaced Facebook with Threads and the experience has been good. I have found that the community, so far, is ordinary, rather than geeky, and friendly rather than trolling or flamey. I have been posting and commenting for a few days now and although four or five…
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YouTube and Power Without Responsability
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s easy to say "You get awful recommendations because of the content you watch on Youtube". I could say that very easily, but I don’t accept that premise because I took a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies and I learned to think about deeper topics. I thought about media ownership,…
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The Missed Hike
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I could have been coughing and spluttering on the train like someone did last week, except that I would have worn a mask. Yesterday I had a fever and when I was sitting at the desk in the morning I felt awful so I went for a siesta that lasted…
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I Regret Not Masking
Reading Time: < 1 minute I should have masked a few days ago, Now I feel worse than before but I slept well. I will write when I feel better.
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Silly Not to Mask
Reading Time: 2 minutes On Sunday, less than a week ago I was on a train. I could hear someone coughing, and coughing. She sat in the seats a set of seats in front of the group of people I was with. I could hear the bronchial cough and I considered masking but didn’t and…