When I saw Avengers on opening day, there was a toddler behind me shouting “Eye-On Maaaaaaan!!!” every three minutes. That kind of thing will really take you out of the immersive cinematic experience, even if it makes for an amusing anecdote years later.

But are there downsides? Like for instance, my phone is taken... will Find my phone still work (Lol within a RADIUS though). Is it really worth $5-10 a month to look like you are somewhere else? I don’t mind targeted ads because my brain has tuned them out, but I guess I wonder what the other upsides/downsides are? I…

I’m not talking about overclocking GPUs in this article; I’m talking about benchmarking your graphics card so you can get a sense of how well your system performs on various settings and how well it performs, by default, compared to other graphics cards. I’ve stuck with synthetic benchmarks, since they’re easiest for…

Waze won’t be the “ultimate” navigation app until it implements predictive traffic. It’s maddening when I leave the house at 7am and I just know the way it’s taking me is fine now but will be a traffic clusterfuck by the time I hit the highway at 7:30. It happens every day so why can’t Waze model that Highway X…

YES!!! Thank you, turns out I was just dumb all along!!! I’ll check this out next time I use it. :D

Yeah, I figured it would be good to use in those large metro areas with lots of potential options for getting to your destination. As much as I hate my commute, I'm very lucky compared to, say, the NYC area, Chicago, LA, and Atlanta. But for anyone on the road, as soon as traffic comes to a complete halt, you realize…

Until this, I didn’t think there could be any confusion over how to say it. It also helps that it’s spelled like daze, but with a w.

Traffic is hard — I can cut them some slack for not getting that right.

absolutely: give us a toggle for “avoid nasty lefts”

In that seventh minute you skipped you would have find out you can turn that off.

I think that’s a good idea, in theory, but the problem is basically making a program that’s smart enough to know the difference. I believe that Waze’s routing algorithm attempts to “weight” roads based on a classification like “major highway, minor highway” etc. Which values the classification a bit higher than the…

So most high-traffic areas don’t have many cars on the shoulder? A routine sight that generally has no effect on traffic flow yet causes useless notification after useless notification every single day?

No, what I’m saying is that anytime Waze is running it is keeping track of your speed and records when you slow down or stop — indicating heavy traffic — even if you don’t manually report a traffic jam. In other words, it’s working all the time to keep the traffic conditions updated, so keeping it running whenever…

If this is your reaction when you see any vehicle on the side of the road then you are a terrible driver and should take public transportation.

At the distance you can see other wazers a cop would have already ticketed you. So non issue or you know don't break the law?

The problem is that noobs use it to rack up points. Just do away with the whole points system altogether.

funny story. one day i reported a cop as i passed him, and saw another wazer close by. i sent a message (talking to phone, not texting) to let wazer know about the cop. message comes back.. “thanks buddy, I’m the cop.. why are you texting and driving?”