▲ 309 ▼ A Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster’s Wheel to Upload to Strava. It Runs Surprisingly Far Every Night (www.runnersworld.com) submitted 3 months ago by inari@piefed.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (5 children) Apparently, some kind of runner's tracking service? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] UltraBlack@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (2 children) Isn't it the one that recently revealed a French military ship's location lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago It also gave up the location is a US military base somewhere I believe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] squozenode@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Yup permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dultas@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago I think the cycling community is much heavier adopters than the running one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago I tried it a few years ago. It was expensive compared to popular alternatives, and it didn't directly integrate with my mainstream chest strap anymore. You still had to run multiple apps to collect your data, then go upload it to Strava separately. And that was it's new policy at the time; previously, it did support heart rate monitors directly, and I guess they decided "nah, that's not what we're here for." No idea what it does now because switching to a much cheaper app gave me more functionality. I think its shtick was the training feedback. So that tells you what it was trying to be, at least back then--a personal coaching app, not a comprehensive workout tracker. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UltraBlack@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (2 children) Isn't it the one that recently revealed a French military ship's location lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago It also gave up the location is a US military base somewhere I believe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] squozenode@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Yup permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago It also gave up the location is a US military base somewhere I believe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago I think the cycling community is much heavier adopters than the running one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago I tried it a few years ago. It was expensive compared to popular alternatives, and it didn't directly integrate with my mainstream chest strap anymore. You still had to run multiple apps to collect your data, then go upload it to Strava separately. And that was it's new policy at the time; previously, it did support heart rate monitors directly, and I guess they decided "nah, that's not what we're here for." No idea what it does now because switching to a much cheaper app gave me more functionality. I think its shtick was the training feedback. So that tells you what it was trying to be, at least back then--a personal coaching app, not a comprehensive workout tracker. permalink fedilink source parent