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Learning about the directory architecture opened the gates of writing custom partials.

I previous knew of their existence depending on the specific theme and usually could avoid them by injecting custom .

Now that I have been hired to work on a professional site, especially after propagating why to use over , I shall use the framework to its standards and fullest capabilities.

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One will learn that one will need to copy (usually) the whole file from the themes directory and mirror its directory structure onto the root level.

This can be quite a nuisance if one wants to change just one value.

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The nice thing about is how quickly one can get a site up and running.

The tricky part of it is understanding its directory architecture. This can become more difficult if using a user predefined theme, especially if one wants to one's custom spin on nonexistent parameters.

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When comparing the scraping method between Goruck's and Sandlot's page they differ quite significant.

On one can use a simple parser and extract the data from a reusable class name.

On one has access to the response data as and needs to create a pattern/dictionary matcher.

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Implementing ICS was quite easy after finding a functional library on .

The difficulty was creating a parsing function that takes the already existing data format and put it into the one. This means the new property `duration` was introduced using the same schema as provided from the ics library.

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The original approach was to have a text field and reuse the list of clubs. This means one would have to use the `computed` functionality of .

The downside of this option is that in the long run the UX would decline, since the list has the potential to be very long and thereby creating increased scrolling time.

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Not just the amount of information should be considered, though also the style of .

In the past, I wrote many AARs (After Action Reports). This is quite a simple task, since one is naturally looking back and writing in the past.

To challenge myself this time around, I chose the IAR (In Action Report) approach. The difficulty is that one is writing in the present tense while looking back onto the past. This makes the grammar so much more fun to deal with.

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An interesting observation I am noticing while working on a long form article. The article in on an endurance event that lasted for 9 hours. Currently, I have spent at least 9 hours to get the first draft.

The fascinating part is that I will be spending more time about the event than actually participating. This highlights how much information was introduced in those nine hours that it needs more hours to process it.

@derloris it is interesting that both approaches exist on the same highway segment. I would say that that is false and one should move the data to the more detailed approach (as a line). Whereas on the other side, I don't want to disturb the practices of the city too much.

In kind of returns to the question "are you mapping for the router or mapping as the actual state of the world."

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The logistics are poorly constructive at the Kelenföld station, especially at the head of the tram lines 19 and 49, since there is no visual ticket vending machine.

The closest one is about 150m north on the east side of the tracks, which I would have seen on the map if I would have used it. Though instead I asked a fellow citizen that happily helped me out with purchasing the ticket at the vending machine by the suburban rails.

Although the first impression was poor, the friendliness of the fellow human evened it out.

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This issue would have been fine if the bus station actually had which feels like a lacking feature throughout the city. Neither Kelenföld nor Népliget bus station have it.

The good thing is that across the street of Kelenföld is a shopping mall Etele Plaza which has free WiFi.

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First impressions of and extended onto is that my mobile roaming data is not working.

Eventually the network will register the account and only the one account on Android. As soon as one switches the account the network is gone as well.

This issue is independent of the network provider one chooses.

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One thing that feels like it's lacking is up-to-date data e.g. construction sites.

This might be one hint of a vibrant mapper/community in the area.

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Further in Wien, someone had a mapping frenzy and mapped almost every tree that typically would be part of a `tree_row`.

Additionally, building values vary in quality. Lots of `detached` are tagged as `house`, also `apartment` is tagged as `residential`.

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The data varies in with some sectors quite well detailed and other sector lacking in information.

One thing that jumps out, at least in sector 13, is that there is no real system how sidewalks should be mapped. Some highways are so bad that they use both systems. Meaning putting the sidewalk details onto the highway and mapping it separately.

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pedestrian routing is quite well in and they typically use on highway binding for sidewalks.

Two things popped out while in Budapest:

1. The cleanliness is really good, especially very little vandalism like stickers on poles or graffiti on buildings, at least in the inner city.
2. The quality of POIs is quite high. All benches that I passed were already mapped.

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Another aspect is seeing a cherry tree in the wild.

One can understand not knowing the typical rind pattern or the leaf shape, but not being able to identify the fruit on the tree is mind boggling. It should be mentioned that many of them are not fully ripe and the shades range from green/white to red, there are some that are deep cherry red moving more towards the brown spectrum.

Also understand the hesitancy of trying them, which I would haven't done also in their shoes if one is not familiar with the vegetation.

In general, only eating a small dose of an unknown plant usually doesn't have an adverse effect.

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Another example is that while shooting a water reflection scene, it was realized that one could not do it efficiently from the shore, since the camera would always be in the shot. Thus, I suggested that one of us could go into the water and do it.

The immediate feedback is that one didn't bring extra clothes or a towel.

I am just imaging how complex do people imagine the task?

I just took off my shoes and socks, rolled up my pants, and got in.

It wasn't too bad. The water temperature was similar to the air temperature, around 12°C.

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After reading the book [The Comfort Crisis](bookrastinating.com/book/54862) by I am questioning how comfortable I have constructed my life, though it is not as bad as the comfort as many city dwellers live on a daily basis.

The most prominent is the complaining of basic inconveniences like the weather.

> "It is too cold/hot/windy/wet"

This is probably one of the easiest to plan for especially if it is only a couple of hours and one isn't changing the location too drastically.

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This is a new series where the hardships of developing are explained.

This is a lessons learn type of approach which can help others in similar situations.

There might be reference to a specific to highlight the result.

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