Post 9tZfc7APsRdeF0gVwe by mdszy@mastodon.technology
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(DIR) Post #9tZdH8PVrJbk6lc8zQ by mdszy@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T17:48:58Z
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are you fucking kidding mefuck you applefuck youhttps://blog.darksky.net/dark-sky-has-a-new-home/
(DIR) Post #9tZdHACpBSe9fzh2US by shadowfacts@social.shadowfacts.net
2020-03-31T17:53:02.030953Z
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@mdszy I'm surprised they killed the android appthey're so big on services now, why not just leave the android app up and keep making money off it
(DIR) Post #9tZdLv8Qe1PkNmuC5w by shadowfacts@social.shadowfacts.net
2020-03-31T17:53:54.635974Z
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@mdszy they also bought shazam and their android app is still around
(DIR) Post #9tZdMgxmotQEigINAe by mdszy@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T17:53:35Z
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@shadowfacts im not entirely sure if the website is dying either, it makes it sound like it is, but mentions it more in the context of embedding? i'm really not sure
(DIR) Post #9tZfc6jTUc5UtS4zx2 by mdszy@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T17:49:24Z
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god fuck this actually makes me so fucking angryi have been constantly hunting for weather apps that aren't complete dogshit and aren't constantly full of adsfirst intellicast died, and now darkskyfuck sakesfuck off
(DIR) Post #9tZfc7APsRdeF0gVwe by mdszy@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T17:51:51Z
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fucking bullshit
(DIR) Post #9tZfc7R4sUxx4gToum by bclindner@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T18:06:10Z
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@mdszy I'm stuck with OpenWeatherMap for API now. Not that I hate them but it's just not compared to DarkSky. fuck this so hard
(DIR) Post #9tZfc80WkhK2qd48Aa by mdszy@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T18:08:02Z
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@bclindner gues owm is gonna be my new pinned weather tab thenlove too pay for a service (even when they payment was $2.99 a year because apparently some dipshits at darksky think that's enough to charge? i would've gladly paid that a month for the service, no question) and then have it just yeeted
(DIR) Post #9tZfc8bOXcoSgyJZdQ by padraic_padraic@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T18:13:47Z
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@mdszy @bclindner Lol someone at work spent a bunch of time making a nice script to import weather data into our platform for all locations using DarkSky.Guess I better break them the bad news
(DIR) Post #9tZfcAIKFUkPwPPNBo by mdszy@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T18:16:16Z
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@padraic_padraic @bclindner guess all these guys are just FUCKED then too huh?
(DIR) Post #9tZfcBtEJlrUt9gMLo by padraic_padraic@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T18:16:46Z
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@mdszy @bclindner Lol the fucking JPL use DarkSky?Couldn't get that NOAA hookup guys?
(DIR) Post #9tZfcCE940alw1T3x2 by bclindner@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T18:17:43Z
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@padraic_padraic @mdszy I'd be willing to bet Dark Sky's crazy ML bullshit had better predictions than most other sources
(DIR) Post #9tZfcCdfX70bDBPRjc by toast@toast.cafe
2020-03-31T18:19:12.018126Z
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@bclindner @padraic_padraic @mdszy IME dark sky's ML is actually really bad outside of the US (like in Canada and the UK) - wrong almost all the timeI just use it as a really nice UI for *CURRENT* weather
(DIR) Post #9tZfn6wr1y1SkRaJUW by bclindner@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T18:18:44Z
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@padraic_padraic @mdszy Like OWM and these other APIs are cool but... dude that shit predicted rain down to mm with SCARY accuracy, i loved it so much
(DIR) Post #9tZfn7MjTkis2hgypM by padraic_padraic@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T18:19:32Z
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@bclindner @mdszy Hmm. Here we actually have had confused comments from some clients that it wasn't super accurate but then we are based in Yurop
(DIR) Post #9tZfn7gwGcsz3N97K4 by bclindner@mastodon.technology
2020-03-31T18:20:30Z
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@padraic_padraic @mdszy @toast I guess it didn't work super well across the pond? But like here on east coast US it is just INSANE
(DIR) Post #9tZfn8B4SazMYpFBI0 by toast@toast.cafe
2020-03-31T18:21:13.559174Z
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@bclindner @padraic_padraic @mdszy I mean, thing is, I'm not all that from from east coast US lolidk what's up with it tbh