Oh, I think it's just because it's going to be midnight in Ontario at that time (if I did my figuring right, based on my own local time.) Indefinite stuff might reset at midnight?
However the bridge next door is marked as “Closed” until 10AM tomorrow, and then there are other parts of the city, nearby, that say “Closed until 5th of Feb”…
It’s odd. Like they’re getting updates from somewhere, for each area…
Perhaps it’s what the RCMP think the plan is??
Dunno. This is pure speculation on my part. But your explanation would make sense, yes.
It’s just that I’ve seen the opposite elsewhere, i.e. it generally tells you when it’s indefinite.
Who knows, really? It wouldn’t surprise me if they are just making people think it will all end today, for political reasons, honestly…
Oh, perhaps. Not sure how the feeding of such info would go, though. I could imagine some desk cop being annoyed at some Apple nerd bugging him for definite time frames, and giving him the usual garbage cop estimates to shut them up.
If it’s like Google Maps, though, I’m pretty sure it’s mainly based on “customer feedback”, i.e. weirdos in the area reporting on their own Maps that the street is closed…
That’s (largely) how Google does it, supposedly. Except for “official” road closures and the like (which this may be)…
No idea if they then go and “verify” it, which is where your desk cop would come in… But that would be my guess.
This is also how the traffic warnings, “busyness” ratings of roads, and public transport “fullness” ratings (mostly post-pandemic, for the hypochondriacs who don’t want to sit near others) on those apps work, I believe…
I got sick of fucking Google asking me to tell them how busy my bus was, last time I used an Android. Eventually they stopped asking, lololol…
Huh. I don't think I've ever had Google "ask" me anything. I have seen the "busy or not" graphs on stores when I'm checking to see if they're open, but I always thought that was just some average based on something the owner of the store might provide himself when responding to the "Is this your business?" thingy in the reviews. Generally, they tend to be busy at the times I'd expect them to be busy, anyway.
And now that I do think about it ... can phones sense other phones around them?
I just realised, the fact that Maps knew I was on a bus, at the time, even without me telling it, is something that should freak me out more than it does… 😳
Unfortunately that is no longer really legally possible, in Australia, and very much not as simple as it sounds, if I want to catch public transport, enter literally any building/establishment, travel anywhere, go to the doctor, etc, etc...
In the before times? Sure. But currently, that is not really legally an option, in my country, unless you a) grow all your own food, or b) apply and pay for your own personal QR code "ID card" (not making this up), which you are then required to take, everywhere, to track your every move anyway, essentially, so...
At the moment, you are legally required to at least pretend to allow your every move to be tracked. :-/
I know that sounds insane. But that is currently how fucked things are, in Australia...
Oh, I think it's just because it's going to be midnight in Ontario at that time (if I did my figuring right, based on my own local time.) Indefinite stuff might reset at midnight?
Ah, yeh, that makes sense…
However the bridge next door is marked as “Closed” until 10AM tomorrow, and then there are other parts of the city, nearby, that say “Closed until 5th of Feb”…
It’s odd. Like they’re getting updates from somewhere, for each area…
Perhaps it’s what the RCMP think the plan is??
Dunno. This is pure speculation on my part. But your explanation would make sense, yes.
It’s just that I’ve seen the opposite elsewhere, i.e. it generally tells you when it’s indefinite.
Who knows, really? It wouldn’t surprise me if they are just making people think it will all end today, for political reasons, honestly…
Oh, perhaps. Not sure how the feeding of such info would go, though. I could imagine some desk cop being annoyed at some Apple nerd bugging him for definite time frames, and giving him the usual garbage cop estimates to shut them up.
Haha I do like this interpretation!
If it’s like Google Maps, though, I’m pretty sure it’s mainly based on “customer feedback”, i.e. weirdos in the area reporting on their own Maps that the street is closed…
That’s (largely) how Google does it, supposedly. Except for “official” road closures and the like (which this may be)…
No idea if they then go and “verify” it, which is where your desk cop would come in… But that would be my guess.
This is also how the traffic warnings, “busyness” ratings of roads, and public transport “fullness” ratings (mostly post-pandemic, for the hypochondriacs who don’t want to sit near others) on those apps work, I believe…
I got sick of fucking Google asking me to tell them how busy my bus was, last time I used an Android. Eventually they stopped asking, lololol…
Huh. I don't think I've ever had Google "ask" me anything. I have seen the "busy or not" graphs on stores when I'm checking to see if they're open, but I always thought that was just some average based on something the owner of the store might provide himself when responding to the "Is this your business?" thingy in the reviews. Generally, they tend to be busy at the times I'd expect them to be busy, anyway.
And now that I do think about it ... can phones sense other phones around them?
I just realised, the fact that Maps knew I was on a bus, at the time, even without me telling it, is something that should freak me out more than it does… 😳
Fuck, they really do know everything…
Lose the tracking device.
Unfortunately that is no longer really legally possible, in Australia, and very much not as simple as it sounds, if I want to catch public transport, enter literally any building/establishment, travel anywhere, go to the doctor, etc, etc...
In the before times? Sure. But currently, that is not really legally an option, in my country, unless you a) grow all your own food, or b) apply and pay for your own personal QR code "ID card" (not making this up), which you are then required to take, everywhere, to track your every move anyway, essentially, so...
At the moment, you are legally required to at least pretend to allow your every move to be tracked. :-/
I know that sounds insane. But that is currently how fucked things are, in Australia...
Pity that you gave up your guns.