I also cannot help myself but look down at people that don't use it, shoelace normies.

What are some good practices these days to ensure a good crawl/scrape? Invest in proxies, preferably residential?

I didn’t have time to make much use of it, but I’m still quite sad to see it go. It was nice to be able to glance at the current range, tire pressure, and overall status right from home.

The same stats will be available in the application but, with this gone, we are again, an internet that is even more closed and fenced.

I know, mostly that's my pet peeve as well and I guess I got trained to see through the noise. It is the last Google product that I am struggling to get rid off.

> I guess that's country-specific. Over here,

Where is that?

I am slowly trying to get move to OSM backed apps and hoping to put in the effort as a mapper/contributor as well.

For example if I am out riding some trails and then I want to pop out of the wilderness to grab a bite only Google has been able to provide good information of whats nearby (reviews help a lot as well).

Other than that I've been switching between OsmAnd and Gaia GPS (and Garmin built in device maps).

I also love their template gallery of pre-existing projects, managed to setup auxiliary stuff like Plausible and Ghost which I wouldn't have done if it wasn't for the one-click install.

Now I have everything automated, I use Plex as the player, then I have a simple script that listens to when I add a movie to the watch list, in the background it searches for that title and puts it in the download queue, then usually in 1-5 seconds I can hit play.

Biggest problem I encounter is with subtitles, they can be hit or miss, no problem for english shows but can be annoying for non-english ones.

And again, no difference between this and something like Netflix (other than the subs ofc), I can stream 4K, all my family members have access to it, I can stream on my phone, I can download things for offline use, yet I would still pay for this if there was a viable alternative out there.

Unfortunately, that excitement didn't last long. Shows started disappearing from Netflix, so we signed up for another service, then another, and so on. Prices kept going up, and I eventually realized I was paying a lot of money for very little in return.

At the start of the year, I cancelled everything. With the help of a few scripts, I've essentially replaced Netflix and the rest, without any downsides and at virtually no cost. I now have 4K streaming, instant playback, no device limits, offline viewing, and access to what's essentially the world’s entire media library.

The moment a company offers all that at a fair price (I’d even pay $50+ per month), I’ll gladly switch back.

10/10 would do again, if I were 14. Now I am way older, 3 macbooks around and wish my job would let me use Linux.

2. My Camera(s) (Fuji XT2/X-E4) - With my favorite prime lenses. I usually always carry one with me wherever I go, capturing moments with them beats any phone camera, and not just in terms of quality, but in terms of intent, it feels that there's a stronger connection with the photo.

3. My keyboard (HHKB Professional Hybrid (type-s)) - It is just so nice to type on (I've tried and have a bunch of other mechanical keyboards but I've always came back to it, 10+ years now)

4. Neovim/vim (+ tmux)- So fast and smooth and customizable (Although I think I finally stopped changing my config), I've been using it for more than 15 years now, still cannot let it go.

5. Airpods Pro - It took me a long time to press the buy button, initially I felt that they looked stupid and it was just another overpriced Apple product, but I bit the bullet and I've _always_ had them in my pocket. Just being able to pop them in when doing random chores, on quick walks, it has become a must have.

6. Sennheiser HD650 - for when I am in front of my computer, had them for so many years I don't even remember what I used before.

I'll be keeping a closed eye to you guys, it's pretty much what I wanted when I started my project.

I just wish Fira Code had an Extra Light option, sometimes, depending on the terminal/OS I find Fira Code too chunky.