It's almost certainly hiding vents or pipes that needed to be routed there. As for the carpeting, somebody no doubt thought it would be cool, or else if for sound dampening.
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You can still have your new separate gmail account for the new device, and add the gmail account that purchased OSMAnd+ on your new device at the same time. Then, simply open the play store, change accounts in the top right corner, and install the paid for app.
Yup, that's the same one I use as well.
I think it simply makes sense to leave it up to users to block this if they don't like it. This approach allows for folks to achieve what they want without forcing this decision onto others.
Imagine I could only choose 5 sci fi books for a brand new sci fi reader – what would they be?
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
- Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
That should be a nice cross section, though I completely ignored cyberpunk, near future apocalyptic (unless you include Hitchhiker's Guide!), alternate history, and a few others!
A Russian commander with an apparent habit of posting his running routes on social media has been shot dead while jogging in the city of Krasnodar.
Excellent OpSec, those Russians have!
I like the increased proliferation of patios in bars and restaurants. It makes the streetscape much more social and lively. Much more interesting. However, of course there's a downside. There's always a downside. First, attention must be given to how to deal with pedestrians, especially in terms of accessibility for all, if the patios are taking up what is formerly the sidewalk area. Second, nobody wants to be seated next to tons of fast, loud and smelly traffic.
The solution many areas are adopting? Widen the sidewalk and narrow the traffic lanes, remove parking on the street, or remove the private vehicle traffic entirely in certain areas.
Once again, everything has a downside. If you remove private vehicle traffic and/or parking, then folks reliant on their vehicles (due to all manner of reasons from city design to distance to lack of other options for transportation) cannot get there to enjoy the patios, or, if they do, they can't find a place to park. Of course, there's plenty of potential and active solutions for this too, but we're not there yet. And yet, oddly enough, the 'if you build it, they will come' effect seems to be true in places where these various strategies have been attempted.
Do people value me posting this each time we upgrade?
Absolutely yes!
Somebody lied to get out of trouble?!? What a clever strategy!
I think this is a good idea. Hopefully enough people are interested to make a go of this.
What if the discussion is intended to be about the issues with that source, and the article is being linked as an example?
Because the unintended consequences of capitalism, due to human psychology, are the destruction of the substrate it relies upon and that humans require for survival (as is so very demonstrable right now), and (again, due to human psychology and our tribal and hierarchical nature) the increasing imbalance of wealth (and therefore power) to a select few (who are generally making the former issue far worse).