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So what's the goto podcast client these days? I'd like something with PC support (web client would be fine, but I don't have a Mac), which seems to limit me to Overcast or Pocket Casts, correct?
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Sep 30, 2015 18:32
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Mahoning posted:I have background app refresh off for the Facebook app. I also use my work computer for Facebook between 9am and about 4 or 5pm. And mostly use my iPad once I get home. Definitely don’t do anything crazy like propose that people should delete Facebook and use the website, both because the website has less of this battery-usage bullshit built in, and because you can send messages. People will rail against you like idiots for it.
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Sep 30, 2015 18:33
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Maneki Neko posted:So what's the goto podcast client these days? I'd like something with PC support (web client would be fine, but I don't have a Mac), which seems to limit me to Overcast or Pocket Casts, correct?
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Sep 30, 2015 18:38
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bobfather posted:Definitely don’t do anything crazy like propose that people should delete Facebook and use the website, both because the website has less of this battery-usage bullshit built in, and because you can send messages. People will rail against you like idiots for it. Or like, don't stare at Facebook all day every day? Read a book or get an rss reader for your news. Your friends are idiots anyway.
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Sep 30, 2015 19:04
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Maneki Neko posted:So what's the goto podcast client these days? I'd like something with PC support (web client would be fine, but I don't have a Mac), which seems to limit me to Overcast or Pocket Casts, correct? Both are fine in fact. I've used both and love them, but I love Overcast a bit more because of Smart Speed. It's a useful feature.
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Sep 30, 2015 19:10
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Is Swift Key 4 mostly functional on iOS? I just switched from a Nexus 5 and the stock keyboard is starting to get on my nerves a bit. Also, is there anything wrong with the default Podcasts app? I used to use it with my iPhone 4 when it was integrated, but when I have used it in the interim with an iPod touch, something got desynced and like nuked half of my feeds. I'm open to using something that isn't a dumpster fire.
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Sep 30, 2015 19:30
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Both are fine in fact. I've used both and love them, but I love Overcast a bit more because of Smart Speed. It's a useful feature. Note that Overcast's smart speed isn't available in the webplayer, which always makes me default to either using my phone or not listening at all. Getting used to the convenience has a cost.
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Sep 30, 2015 19:44
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Phone posted:Is Swift Key 4 mostly functional on iOS? I just switched from a Nexus 5 and the stock keyboard is starting to get on my nerves a bit.
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Sep 30, 2015 20:28
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tuyop posted:Or like, don't stare at Facebook all day every day? Read a book or get an rss reader for your news. Your friends are idiots anyway. I don’t look at Facebook but a couple times a day. The problem is the Facebook app acts like a voip application and stays active even when you aren’t looking at it. Hence the complaints about its egregious battery usage.
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Sep 30, 2015 22:54
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My biggest battery usage by a country mile is the Awful app. I mean, I use I the most so it makes some sense, but I am still always so shocked when I see the breakdowns.
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Sep 30, 2015 23:04
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I have a stupid question, I admit that But how do you guys use to do apps? Do you just check the app occasionally to see what you had scheduled yourself to do? I made a notation to call someone today but I wouldn't have known about it unless I opened the app and that time, I already remembered *why* I was opening the app and what was in it.
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Sep 30, 2015 23:19
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bobfather posted:I don’t look at Facebook but a couple times a day. The problem is the Facebook app acts like a voip application and stays active even when you aren’t looking at it. Hence the complaints about its egregious battery usage. Or the complaints about its recent penchant for ducking your audio if you don't explicitly force-quit it. The Facebook app is dreamy.
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Sep 30, 2015 23:27
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Molten Llama posted:Or the complaints about its recent penchant for ducking your audio if you don't explicitly force-quit it. Can verify this one. Was road tripping over the weekend, using Apple Music and surfing on my phone. I opened the Facebook app and the audio volume lowered to maybe half what it was. It didn't go back to regular volume until I force quit the Facebook app.
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Sep 30, 2015 23:35
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I've been happy with Downcast for a while but what exactly is Overcast's Smart speed and how much time do you save?
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Oct 1, 2015 00:25
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hadji murad posted:I've been happy with Downcast for a while but what exactly is Overcast's Smart speed and how much time do you save? It removes silences and pauses in podcasts automatically. It has saved me 7 hours of listening time in hundreds of hours of podcasts.
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Oct 1, 2015 00:28
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bobfather posted:It removes silences and pauses in podcasts automatically. It has saved me 7 hours of listening time in hundreds of hours of podcasts. I've been using Overcast since release and it has saved me 184 hours so far. That's also listening in double speed.
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Oct 1, 2015 00:36
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My password manager has saved me 138 hours of rain.
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Oct 1, 2015 00:37
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CaptainPsyko posted:My password manager has saved me 138 hours of rain. 
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Oct 1, 2015 00:49
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No one ever mentions Pocket Casts but it works very well and I've been using it for a long time.
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Oct 1, 2015 00:50
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Endless Mike posted:I've been using Overcast since release and it has saved me 184 hours so far. That's also listening in double speed. Does it track the Smart Speed? Is it on by default? I just upgraded it so going to give it a shot.
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Oct 1, 2015 01:03
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noirstronaut posted:I have a stupid question, I admit that Pretty much that. It feels weird when you start doing it, but it's more about getting an overview of your immediate goals into your routine than some magic that suddenly makes you organized. These days I keep a paper planner for personal things that has cursory references to work items, and then work items on the phone with cursory references to personal things (I.e. Grocery list on paper, need to buy groceries listed on phone).
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Oct 1, 2015 01:11
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Anyone else finding Weblock really slow on iOS 9? Twitch streams take forever to load, as an example. Turning off Weblock makes it fast again.
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Oct 1, 2015 01:56
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Is there any way to manually add ad-URLs with these mobile adblockers? I often see ads get throough both Crystal and Purify.
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Oct 1, 2015 11:30
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hadji murad posted:Does it track the Smart Speed? Is it on by default? I just upgraded it so going to give it a shot. It's in the Effects menu  It's really loving good 
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Oct 1, 2015 12:00
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What's worth clarifying about Overcast's Smart Speed is that it doesn't remove all silence. It's more like it shortens silence. It removes enough to make a noticeable difference without sounding unnatural.
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Oct 1, 2015 12:50
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So it's been decided that 1Blocker is the best?
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Oct 1, 2015 12:52
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Dashlane is better.
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Oct 1, 2015 13:12
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Is there an example of Smart Speed like on YouTube or something?noirstronaut posted:So it's been decided that 1Blocker is the best? This is what that guy recommended with a 4 part in depth look at content blockers. I've been using it since I got the 6s but I noticed as of like 2-3 days ago Safari is CONSTANTLY loading blank pages no matter what I do until I hit refresh. Google search: blank page. Hit refresh and tap first result: blank page. Refresh always fixes it but it's annoying as gently caress. Since last night I've turned off 1Blocker and the blank pages have completely disappeared. I can't find anyone else with this problem though in recent searches so maybe it was a local problem with me but I dunno. It did this on both wifi and LTE, both from different providers obviously. I tried clearing cache, delete all internet saved things etc. I'm gonna give it another day without 1Bloker before turning it on again to see if the problems come back and maybe try something different. Pissflaps posted:Dashlane is better. What pedometer can explain this meme to me? (No seriously where did this meme come from).
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Oct 1, 2015 13:26
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Xabi posted:Is there any way to manually add ad-URLs with these mobile adblockers? I often see ads get throough both Crystal and Purify. You can with some of them but not others. 1blocker is the most customizable, and you can manually add your own urls with it.
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Oct 1, 2015 13:35
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Thank you. I might try that then if the other two won't unblock ads on sites I visit regularly. Also, are there any decent apps that will let me download Youtube videos these days?
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Oct 1, 2015 13:41
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Boris Galerkin posted:Is there an example of Smart Speed like on YouTube or something? The app lets you preview it for 5 minutes at a time or something before you IAP.
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Oct 1, 2015 13:53
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Boris Galerkin posted:What pedometer can explain this meme to me? (No seriously where did this meme come from). It started in the old Apps megathread. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3522474&pagenumber=51&perpage=40#post41618776 Basically, all at once a bunch of people were asking about password manager "Dashlane" without having read the 1-5 posts before them that also were asking about "Dashlane." This thread only talks about password managers, podcast clients, and weather apps with orange icons anyway. I guess content blockers are joining that pantheon now.
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Oct 1, 2015 16:16
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Tweetbot 4 is out, $5 for upgrade, or $5 rising to $10 after a launch period for new users.
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Oct 1, 2015 17:20
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My weather app has a blue icon. I wish it had an orange icon, though. 
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Oct 1, 2015 17:20
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drat, that dude wrote a New Yorker novella about an iPhone app.
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Oct 1, 2015 17:21
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Neurophonic posted:Tweetbot 4 is out, $5 for upgrade, or $5 rising to $10 after a launch period for new users.
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Oct 1, 2015 17:23
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Michael Scott posted:drat, that dude wrote a New Yorker novella about an iPhone app. yes, that's kind of his thing
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Oct 1, 2015 17:32
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:What does it change/improve? New activity thing with a chart and listing faves, follows, retweets and stuff. New tweet composer with a photo uploader that's a lot like messages. Lots of little details have been improved, like profile pages letting you follow and unfollow without opening a menu. That's just on the iPhone, it's a bigger update for iPad but I haven't checked that out yet. I'm real happy with it but I'm easy to please. I'm glad they didn't change anything that didn't need changing.
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Oct 1, 2015 18:06
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Dual column on ipad sounds handy. Can you have one column just watching hashtags or something?
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Oct 1, 2015 18:09
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I upgraded anyway because it's probably one of my most-used apps. Tweetbot 4 is real pretty and the Activity page is going to be super useful. That was kind of a glaring omission in Tweetbot 3.
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