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LastInLine posted:Weather Timeline These are really good, Weather Timelime has such a good design
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Also, get the paid version of your preferred podcast app.
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# ? Jan 21, 2016 13:56 |
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:Also, get the paid version of your preferred podcast app. He said that the only thing he'd bought was Pocket Casts but this is good advice. I bought the paid version of every app I have that has one, even utilities I almost never use like Ampere and GPS Tools.
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# ? Jan 21, 2016 16:18 |
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Speaking of alarm clocks, Microsoft just released one for Android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.mimickeralarm http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/21/10806410/microsoft-mimicker-alarm-android-app-features
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Uthor posted:Speaking of alarm clocks, Microsoft just released one for Android. Deep learning techniques are amazing and the next few years are going to be amazing in what AI does for us...we're just seeing the tip of the iceberg with stuff like Google Photos and this app.
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Daztek posted:These are really good, Weather Timelime has such a good design It's also notoriously bad at predicting weather. Like the 3 times already this winter that it's predicted 10in+ (19in once) of snow but through the entire winter we've gotten about 2. I still put up with it cause basically all I want from it is the temperature on my notification bar, but if you want actual weather forecasts just go to NOAA.
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Taffer posted:It's also notoriously bad at predicting weather. Like the 3 times already this winter that it's predicted 10in+ (19in once) of snow but through the entire winter we've gotten about 2. It has multiple data sources for you to choose from. The best one for me is Forecast.io which is freakishly good.
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Taffer posted:It's also notoriously bad at predicting weather. Like the 3 times already this winter that it's predicted 10in+ (19in once) of snow but through the entire winter we've gotten about 2. You can change the weather source.
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# ? Jan 21, 2016 23:58 |
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I tried Timely for a week and I'm back to Gentle Alarm. You can't change the volume of the pre-alarm to differ from the normal alarm and can't change the time of the next alarm without messing with your standard alarms. As Lastinline said everyone has a different use case when it comes to alarm apps.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 00:25 |
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Thermopyle posted:It has multiple data sources for you to choose from. The best one for me is Forecast.io which is freakishly good. I did not realize this. Unfortunately it doesn't have the NWS. I was on forecast.io which has been shockingly inaccurate, especially with any kind of precipitation. Before anyone asks, yes my location is accurate. I'll give weather underground a try but I'm pretty disappointed that it doesn't support the NWS.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 00:41 |
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I've been using Apex Launcher Pro for ages. Is it worth me switching to something else? I mostly just like having the option to apply different icon themes, I don't use many other functions.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 01:14 |
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I'm I the only one that vastly prefers the Google Now launcher over Nova and Launcher Pro? It felt like both offered way, way too much customization options that I would have to endlessly dick with to get it to my liking where Google Now is basically featureless but clean and easy to use.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 01:17 |
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Three Olives posted:I'm I the only one that vastly prefers the Google Now launcher over Nova and Launcher Pro? It felt like both offered way, way too much customization options that I would have to endlessly dick with to get it to my liking where Google Now is basically featureless but clean and easy to use. I'm into Google Now. To be fair though it has been ages since I've used others.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 01:32 |
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I've never needed anything than stock as far as launchers go, but I can see the appeal
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Montalvo posted:I've been using Apex Launcher Pro for ages. Is it worth me switching to something else? I mostly just like having the option to apply different icon themes, I don't use many other functions. I switched from Apex to Nova almost completely because Apex hasn't had any updates in months. I also had issues with OK Google detection not working on the homepage. Nova seems easier to modify, but Apex has a few visual flairs that I miss. Three Olives posted:I'm I the only one that vastly prefers the Google Now launcher over Nova and Launcher Pro? It felt like both offered way, way too much customization options that I would have to endlessly dick with to get it to my liking where Google Now is basically featureless but clean and easy to use. I don't really use Google Now, so swiping left to get to it was just annoying. I also dislike how little "density" it has in how many icons you can get on the screen. I like using the alternate launchers solely to add another row of icons. Uthor fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Jan 22, 2016 |
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Three Olives posted:I'm I the only one that vastly prefers the Google Now launcher over Nova and Launcher Pro? It felt like both offered way, way too much customization options that I would have to endlessly dick with to get it to my liking where Google Now is basically featureless but clean and easy to use. I don't know if I'd call it a vast preference, but at some point yeah messing with folders and margins and animations and stuff gets real old (I used Nova for two years), and you realize that Google's actually kinda sorta got a hang of this.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 01:35 |
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Thermopyle posted:Deep learning techniques are amazing and the next few years are going to be amazing in what AI does for us...we're just seeing the tip of the iceberg with stuff like Google Photos and this app. Perhaps but to me this seems like way, way, way more annoying than just finding the willpower to force yourself out of bed. And I get it, I am not a morning person at all, my alarm clock has a 20 minute snooze and goes off an hour before I have to get up for work but by the third alarm but it seems like at some point as an adult you have to be able to say to yourself that I have, have, have, absolutely get my rear end out of bed when the alarm goes off, no games, no taking cute photos, this is real life. It just seems a bit childish, by the time I was in high school my parents stopped coddling me out of bed and said here is the alarm clock, you are up and ready by school time or you suffer the consequences from the school when you don't show up. Saturday detention was way less fun than just throwing myself in the shower for 15 minutes to wake up.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 01:57 |
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Three Olives posted:Perhaps but to me this seems like way, way, way more annoying than just finding the willpower to force yourself out of bed. And I get it, I am not a morning person at all, my alarm clock has a 20 minute snooze and goes off an hour before I have to get up for work but by the third alarm but it seems like at some point as an adult you have to be able to say to yourself that I have, have, have, absolutely get my rear end out of bed when the alarm goes off, no games, no taking cute photos, this is real life. Yes, it's a dumb alarm clock. I wasn't saying it was good. I don't even use an alarm, I always just wake up when it's time.
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Three Olives posted:Perhaps but to me this seems like way, way, way more annoying than just finding the willpower to force yourself out of bed. And I get it, I am not a morning person at all, my alarm clock has a 20 minute snooze and goes off an hour before I have to get up for work but by the third alarm but it seems like at some point as an adult you have to be able to say to yourself that I have, have, have, absolutely get my rear end out of bed when the alarm goes off, no games, no taking cute photos, this is real life. If you're going to will yourself out of bed, shouldn't you just do it after the first snooze so you can get an extra 40 minutes of sleep?
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Thermopyle posted:Yes, it's a dumb alarm clock. I wasn't saying it was good. Honestly as a completely non-morning person whenever my alarm clock has failed I get up on time. In fact, I'm honestly awake before it goes off every morning, look at it and think I have three minutes to cuddle the one dog that likes to be cuddled under the covers with my eyes closed and I get to go back to sleep for 20 minutes. Vykk.Draygo posted:If you're going to will yourself out of bed, shouldn't you just do it after the first snooze so you can get an extra 40 minutes of sleep? Honestly? Because I get to fall asleep in a warm bed with a cuddly dog and the pillows and blankets arranged just so and I usually have at least one lucid dream in those 20 minute snoozes. Three Olives fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Jan 22, 2016 |
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I use Action Launcher because swiping on an app to see the folder, while tapping opens the app, is genius (Covers)
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 02:18 |
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ilifinicus posted:I use Action Launcher because swiping on an app to see the folder, while tapping opens the app, is genius (Covers) Nova does this, with the additional feature of allowing you to customize the swipe action OR tap action. A swipe on a folder can: open the folder, open any other app, or launch a shortcut. For example, swiping up on my maps folder launches a shortcut to automatically navigate me home via Google Maps.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 02:31 |
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^ e:fbilifinicus posted:I use Action Launcher because swiping on an app to see the folder, while tapping opens the app, is genius (Covers) To be fair, you can do this with Nova (and probably Apex too) too. I kind of prefer how Nova does it, in that you don't have to have the "tap to open" app in the folder, unlike Action. That said, I love Action's slide out app drawer so much more than the traditional app drawer.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 02:31 |
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lowcrabdiet posted:Nova does this, with the additional feature of allowing you to customize the swipe action OR tap action. A swipe on a folder can: open the folder, open any other app, or launch a shortcut. For example, swiping up on my maps folder launches a shortcut to automatically navigate me home via Google Maps.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 02:43 |
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With Nova, whats an alternative to Teslaunread? It seems to keep my phone wakelocked but at the same time, I'm very dependant on the numbers beside the icon.
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Aenslaed posted:With Nova, whats an alternative to Teslaunread? It seems to keep my phone wakelocked but at the same time, I'm very dependant on the numbers beside the icon. Zooper, Tasker, and this tutorial, maybe?
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 16:04 |
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Three Olives posted:I'm I the only one that vastly prefers the Google Now launcher over Nova and Launcher Pro? It felt like both offered way, way too much customization options that I would have to endlessly dick with to get it to my liking where Google Now is basically featureless but clean and easy to use. Google now launcher does a lot of things right but I can't give up swipe actions, I like vertical app draws and the icon size is too big by default. Those things keep me using nova/action launcher.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 16:33 |
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Google Now Launcher actually switched back to vertical app drawer recently, too. I've even gotten some use out of the favorite apps at the top of the app drawer even though I initially saw no purpose in it and had it disabled. Sure, its the same apps I have in folders on my home screen but I've launched apps from it enough times to say I guess I kinda get it. Google Now Launcher became my go to when I decided I was done loving with margins and home screen grids literally all goddamn day. I decided to go all in with Google and let them do all the futzing for me and I'm .24% less trapped in my phone because of it.
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E.T. NO HOMO posted:Sure, its the same apps I have in folders on my home screen but I've launched apps from it enough times to say I guess I kinda get it. Oh, yeah, the other thing I like about custom launchers is hiding apps in the app drawer. I hide everything that's on my home screen and apps I don't use (system apps, apps for things that run in the background that you don't interact with). Makes the app drawer more like a scrolling folder to catch all the infrequently used apps without having to scroll through everything.
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LastInLine posted:He said that the only thing he'd bought was Pocket Casts but this is good advice. I bought the paid version of every app I have that has one, even utilities I almost never use like Ampere and GPS Tools. Well maybe he can use his Google Bux to buy Podcast Addict, the one true podcasting app.
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E.T. NO HOMO posted:
This is pretty much the same for me, its one less thing to care about. Its the same reason I dislike having an easy to see battery percentage, cos you end up obsessing about it
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 19:32 |
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I liked the app drawer on action launcher 3 a lot, I ended up going back to Google Now Launcher though because I end up spending way too much time looking at icon packs and obsessing over my phone when I have the ability to change little things like that. I also like to use Google Now so swipping left to right to bring that up is pretty great for me. To recommend stuff to spend your google money on I'd say Weather Timeline and Wunderlist are both worth using, Mightytext is pretty great too if you spend a lot of time on a PC and dont want to pick up your phone. I normally just blow my rewards money on renting movies because I already have the paid version of most of the apps I want.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 19:49 |
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Is there a way to retrieve the music I uploaded too Google Play Music? Or am I SOL?
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# ? Jan 24, 2016 06:03 |
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IuniusBrutus posted:Is there a way to retrieve the music I uploaded too Google Play Music? Or am I SOL? You can download your entire catalog
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# ? Jan 24, 2016 06:07 |
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Does anyone here use an app and an On Board Diagnostic (OBD) tool on their car? Looking for suggestions.
Instruction Manuel fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Jan 24, 2016 |
# ? Jan 24, 2016 08:53 |
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I know a lot of people like Automatic.
DemonMage fucked around with this message at 10:21 on Jan 24, 2016 |
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IuniusBrutus posted:Is there a way to retrieve the music I uploaded too Google Play Music? Or am I SOL? There's no entry for Play Music (yet?) in their 'download your data' deely. However, if you've got the Chrome extension installed you can download single tracks or albums as often as you'd like. You can also download your whole music library in one go, if you take a look at the Account Settings page in Play Music: [e] ... of course this is all from a desktop machine, not a mobile device.
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Wamdoodle posted:Does anyone here use an app and an On Board Diagnostic (OBD) tool on their car? Looking for suggestions. Dash is pretty okay.
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spincube posted:There's no entry for Play Music (yet?) in their 'download your data' deely. However, if you've got the Chrome extension installed you can download single tracks or albums as often as you'd like. It used to be only 2 downloads of a track through the browser and unlimited downloads of your library through the Windows program.
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Wamdoodle posted:Does anyone here use an app and an On Board Diagnostic (OBD) tool on their car? Looking for suggestions. Torque and one of these. It's what everyone on AI recommends. BAFX Products 34t5 Bluetooth OBDII Scan Tool for Android Devices https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005NLQAHS/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_TDnPwb4C9XCH5 It's solely for diagnostics. Reads/resets codes and gives you live data from the sensors. If you want a connected app that keeps data about your driving habits, that's something else.
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