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Contributors Of The Week 2017-11-20
This week we’re recognizing Ajasaro!
He’s been a member of POI Factory for over 10 years and continues to build and update many POI files.
One is example is the recent update to the Lumber Liquidators file, where he add 234 locations and deleted 45.
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Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of November 27, 2017
This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.
This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.
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 17 years
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Any Good Holiday Deals Out There?
Here are a few I found:
Garmin VivoActive Smart Watch - 50% off:
https://www.amazon.com/Garmin-v%C3%ADvoactive-Smart-Watch-Re...
Nuvi 2589LMT - 46% off:
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15 years
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GPS FAN
As anyone here ever play American or European Truck Simulator.
Real GPS display, make delivery, purchase Trucks, Garage build your own company.
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15 years
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Self-driving cars programmed to decide who dies in a crash
WASHINGTON — Consider this hypothetical:
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15 years
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The FCC's Proposal To Nuke Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its proposal to end Obama-era net neutrality protections today, the day before Thanksgiving, with plans to vote on December 14.
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15 years
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More than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments were Likely Faked
NY Attorney General Schneiderman estimated that hundreds of thousands of Americans’ identities were stolen and used in spam campaigns that support repealing net neutrality. My research found at least 1.3 million fake pro-repeal comments, with suspicions about many more. In fact, the sum of fake pro-repeal comments in the proceeding may number in the millions.
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9 years
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Thanksgiving!
I hope everyone will have a happy Thanksgiving and hopefully snag some of these amazing Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals!
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15 years
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No, you’re not being paranoid. Sites really are watching your every move
Sites log your keystrokes and mouse movements in real time, before you click submit.
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19 years
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Contributors Of The Week 2017-11-13
This week we're recognizing three members: metricman, Timantide, and alandb.
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 19 years
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Favorite Side Dish
Just because we don't have enough Off Topic and wandering threads. Give us a quick post with your favorite Holiday Side Dish.
Mine is an Oyster soufflé.
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14 years
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Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of November 20, 2017
This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.
This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.
Sorry it's up so late. Still recovering. Have plastic splints in my nose until tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get a full nights sleep after they're removed. It's not easy being a mouth breather. 
Thanks for all the well wishes!
~Angela
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18 years
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Former GM Vice Chairman predicts future of self driving vehicles
Here is a perspective from a former GM executive.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/07/former-gm-vice-chairman-bob-...
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17 years
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We've come a long way since Robby the Robot
Robotics are making great advancements. Watch how human-like the movements are. Even the minor foot and arm adjustments to stay balanced must require major programming to accomplish.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/11/17/nightmare-inducing-ro...
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17 years
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AAA Study Reveals Which Cars Are Most Distracting
This should come as no big surprise to anyone with a new car. As technology continues to invade automobile dashboards, the rate of distracted driving accidents increases. I'm not exactly sure why but apparently, some vehicles are less safe than others.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/10/05/aaa-dis...
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18 years
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Fitbit Forces Location Services
I got a new phone with Android 6 and I loaded Fitbit app.
I was forced to turn on location services. I have a Fitbit Zip which does not have GPS connectivity.
Does anyone have idea why Fitbit forced this?
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14 years
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Contributors Of The Week 2017-11-06
This week’s Contributor of the Week is, Ralphy1!
Ralphy1 maintains the ever popular North American Breweries file!
I don’t know about the Eastern US, but local breweries are popping up everywhere across the Pacific Northwest.
I believe we’ve had 3 more open just in my area in the last year.
Thanks for the work you put into this file Ralphy1!
~Angela
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Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of November 13, 2017
This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.
This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.
Side note: I will be going in for sinus surgery today, so behave yourselves! Jonathan will be keeping an eye on things.
Hope everyone here enjoys a less painful week! 
~Angela
Comcast Eyes Paid Prioritization After Neutrality Rules Killed
Comcast and other large ISPs have spent countless millions of dollars trying to kill both broadband privacy rules and net neutrality protections.
Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!