Welcome / open talk

I signed up for Upside, because I wanted to get a 30 cent/gal gas discount blah blah blah here in PA.

But it also had restaurant and supermarket discounts of 5% and 6%, plus another $10 bonus.

What a miserable task....filing my 2022 federal & state Income taxes! Today, I figured was the day to stop putting off the task as the deadline will be upon us before we know it. It took me about fours hours of abject misery but I slogged through it and finished by e-filing. Whew! If it wasn't so early in the day, I would reward myself with a cold 16 oz. Coors Light beer.

If a driverless electric vehicle gets pulled over by the police, who gets the ticket? Interesting read:

https://www.quora.com/If-a-driverless-car-gets-pulled-over-b....

For that matter, how do they pull it over in the first place?

The POI Factory website was unreachable for about 1.5 hours due to an outage at our web hosing company. The outage started at about 9:40 pm Eastern and ended at about 11:10 pm Eastern.

The web hosting company indicated a number of their customers were affected but did not provide any additional details about the outage.

-- Jonathan (aka JM)

This week we're recognizing, Dbusguy!

Dbusguy has been a member of POI Factory for over 12 years!

This week we appreciate his post notifying our community that IOS 16.4 Now Released

Thanks for all you do for our POI Factory community, Dbusguy!

~Angela

To my 9 y.o.

He knows a lot of tunes and surprises me, so why not?

I think this is not a popular thing for kids his age and likely many think it's not a worthwhile way to spend one's time in 2023 (why learn an instrument when an iPad sounds better, or World of Warcraft has a new module coming out).

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.

~Angela

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.

Please read all the forum rules before posting, and keep in mind...

"POI Factory is not a forum for politically charged debate.
Let's avoid topics that already have a long list of Democrat or Republican talking points or that name specific politicians."

This thread will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

Perhaps you can post on a new book you're reading, a new hobby you're taking up or about random finds as you finally get around to cleaning out the..., or your most recent adventure?

Anything to keep your windmill alive.

Please keep comments polite.

This thread will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

BurgerKing Closures:

EYM King of Michigan is closing all of the company's locations in Michigan by Apr 15. Closings are due to "unforeseen business circumstances" and failure to reach an agreement with Burger King Corp.

I have included a listing of these locations along with the number of
employees that are being affected.

Dearborn Heights: 20401 W. Warren (16)

This week we're recognizing, John from PA!

John from PA has been with POI Factory for nearly 9 years!

This week we're appreciating the time he took to help another community member in the forum discussion Garmin Drive Smart 76 Power Supply Fuse

Thanks for all you do for our POI Factory community, John from PA!

~Angela

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.

~Angela

I have a transponder that stopped working.

I know they have batteries but thought hmmmm this is a new tag.

Did a little digging and come to find it's about 10 years old lol

I know last time around they claimed I didn't return one and charged me, and I simply said what can I do it's like fighting City Hall.

Iowa senate has passed a bill forbidding communications on a cell phone (voice or text)unless hands free. However nothing I saw in the bill SF547 seems to forbid the use of a GPS device.

Logged in today and my account says
Member for 12 years

This week we're recognizing, Mahoney!

Mahoney has been a member of POI Factory for over 16 years!

I've estimated that, last week alone, Mahoney made over 2500 changes to multiple POI files.

Thanks for all you do for our community, Mahoney!

~Angela

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.

~Angela

Most of us are aware of atomic clocks that get a signal from WWVB on 60 kHz. Many of us are also aware of clocks that get NTP (Network Time Protocol) to display current, accurate time.

Does anybody here have any clocks that get the GPS signals to display the current time? If so, which one(s) do you have?

https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-bill-would-allow-re...

Thoughts?

I see lots of things wrong with a digital license.

* App will have various permissions when installed. What's to say it won't be reporting other things back to the mothership

I always remark to my wife when TD Banks' parking lots are full--what are people doing inside?