I don't have a Roomba (or have used their app) but when something annoyingly insists on my location to setup/install, I just hit "Allow Once" with "Precise: Off" just to get past that screen. Then you can turn off the Location Services to "Never" for that app in Settings straight after. Not perfect but good enough?

This can be fixed by an app update as they may check each time you open the app whether they have the required permissions or not.

Didn't Android have a feature at some point where you could opt to supply it with a fake location? Maybe that was 'hacked' Android phones.

Either way, Android (and iOS) should be stricter about these things; apps should work without any permissions. I mean a navigation app without location access won't work very well and permission can be denied by accident, but that can be resolved.

Pair the roomba with home assistant and you wont need the app at least for day to day activities. Home Assistant is more responsible because its talking direct to the device IP address instead of using cloud retrocombulators.

Turning off “Precise location” can help with those apps, they’ll just get a vague location

I was talking about the parent comment's workaround to disallowing the location access permission after allowing it the first time.

Wadsworth Constant, I believe.

From memory, I believe that the software from Palm lives on powering "smart" TVs.

Which model is considered by photographers as the last "best" compact camera?

The Sony RX100 series would be in most top lists. Though personally I'm not sure why they went with a slower lens from the mark 6 onwards. The ZV1 continues with the a similar lens from earlier models. I have the RX100 mark iii, that's still quite good.

I second the RX100 series. As a step up, there is RX1 with a full frame and fixed lens. And HX99 the other way with a smaller sensor, but goes all the way up to 720mm.

Same, RX100-M3 is my webcam now. (X-T30 for anything else)

The fuji x100 lineup is real nice: https://jonasraskphotography.com/2020/02/04/fujifilm-x100v-f...

Seconding Ricoh GR III & IIIx. Absolute pleasure to use.

They might release an updated version (called GRV given Japanese superstition around number 4?) in 2023 or 2024.

If you do street photography, Ricoh grIII and grIIIx are the most beloved, afaik, because of being actually pocketable (while fuji x100v is not) and having the snap focus and snap distance priority. If not focusing on street, either Ricohs and Fujis are great

Sigma DP2M. As slow as a film camera. Bad screen. Battery lasts for just 100 photographs. Limited dynamic range. But a great combination of a sharp and tiny lens and unique Foveon sensor. If you get it right, it produces film-like images with amazing colors.

Also the Ricoh GR. Great size and weight, great ootics, not laggy, not a 'system'.

Ricoh's GR III and IIIx are really good.

Fuji X100 models (APSC), and Sony RX1R (fullframe). Fixed lens, obviously.

Canon Powershot G7 X Mark III is pretty decent.

Having the functionality restricted behind a missing button etc isn't new. For example, it's the same with engines where the same block is used across different performance variants when used with the uprated parts... The new bit is being charged monthly for access. If you don't pay, they remotely disable the functionality.

Just think how many health and safety forms that a college facilities team would have to go through to cut a mystery (possibly live) cable these days.

Isn't that what those AC-detecting pens are for?

If only those pens could remove the bureaucracy.

Does their response to that FAQ really answer the question? It has me slightly baffled.

AB5 seems similar to IR35 in the UK.

I have very fond memories of competitions with friends to see who could get the most free pens at careers fairs.

Lots of Fred’s fantastic TV shows can be easily found on YouTube.

Is there a modern equivalent of those shows? Nothing comparable comes to mind.

In a sense something like 3Blue1Brown or a good DIY channel is almost a modern equivalent in terms of content but the thing these old documentaries (not to be overly patriotic but often British ones) have that most (almost all, really) YouTube videos have is the expertise and creative bottleneck of being made by a proper TV studio.

Bottleneck I say? From limitation and oversight comes restraint and clever tricks, and that is a good way of making good media.

There's a wonderful culture of tradesmen posting YouTube videos of their work.

My most recent binge has been Perkins Builder Brothers, but also check out Essential Craftsman or Samson Boat Co. They lack some of the gravitas of the old guys, just because of their modern tone. But they're great.

Guilty of Treeson is good.

There’s also a few plumbers unsticking drains (both sewer and storm) which is oddly fascinating.

oh man, i went down the storm drain unplugging rabbit hole the other night. that was when i knew i had had too much youtube.