Post #731124
2026-02-23 15:28 UTC
Replies (15)
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@nycki@critters.gay 2026-02-23 15:46
@mochabeau@infosec.exchange I agree, but I think when people say this, what they actually mean is "born too late to colonize land". Apparently the "american dream" is to be a landlord.
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@linear@nya.social 2026-02-23 16:38
@mochabeau@infosec.exchange it's very rewarding, too i love seeing maps in random apps or websites, and seeing the work that i personally put in to make my local area more accurate it also has verifiably helped both bicyclists and delivery drivers in my area!
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@dzamie@app.wafrn.net 2026-02-23 17:03
As someone who occasionally uses overpass turbo (web-based API caller for osm) to try and find stuff from photos, there's so many buildings, amenities, road features, and so on which are kind of on there but not actually categorized. I should get in the habit of marking stuff when I find it.
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@disorderlyf@todon.eu 2026-02-23 17:35
@mochabeau I've been contemplating seeing how to add a bunch of local business info to OSM, but I'm worried I'm going to do that only for one business I confirm to be shuttered a few days later
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@stephaniepixie@fandom.garden 2026-02-23 19:35
@mochabeau We did the world a disservice by giving the impression we have to be the first or only one to see something for it to be worth exploring. The world is gorgeous even if a billion people saw it before you.
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@HeyItsShaney@gamerstavern.online 2026-02-23 19:40
@mochabeau imagine sailing off from somewhere and genuinely coming across an unmarked island somewhere. I would love that…! Imagine the view of the stars at night 🤩🌌
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@privateger@plasmatrap.com 2026-02-23 20:17
@mochabeau@infosec.exchange use StreetComplete for this! It shows little quest markers above locations that lack info and make it very easy to enter it
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@arfy@fedi.catto.garden 2026-02-23 21:38
@mochabeau why would i waste my time on that
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@asbestos_chan@labyrinth.zone 2026-02-23 22:02
@mochabeau it's called "urban exploration" just don't get caught, silly
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@cubeofcheese@mstdn.social 2026-02-24 01:02
@mochabeau yes! I get to feel like a cartographer! (I guess because I am)
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@notyourfanboy@kolektiva.social 2026-02-24 03:12
@mochabeau Actually it's very complete, for me I'm down to just updating if the crosswalks are raised, curbs cut, and if the bus stop has a bench. All things which anyone who uses the space already knows.
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@sounddrill@infosec.exchange 2026-02-24 09:39
@mochabeau okay I'm finally downloading #streetcomplete I've been putting it off since #indiafoss 2025
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@burn2theground@mastodon.art 2026-02-25 04:47
@mochabeau im doing my part!
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@vanderZwan@vis.social 2026-03-03 09:48
@mochabeau Also, I think Iain McGilchrist pretty much nailed the general problem with the underlying attitude: "There's a fear that without novelty there is only banality; but the pay-off is that it is precisely the striving for novelty that leads to banality. We confuse novelty with newness. No one ever decided not to fall in love because it's been done before, or because its expressions are banal. They are both as old as the hills and completely fresh in every case of genuine love."
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@bandit@fedi.toxicbene.fit 2026-02-24 12:10
@mochabeau filling businesses in on OSM is such a pain when shit is outdated by a decade