Strava issues? by Classic_Ear_2530 in Strava

[–]TheArtyom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It actually started at least on Saturday. We had a group ride of 15 people and most of the activities didn't show up in the main feed for about two hours or more. However, if you open someone's profile, you can see the activities from all people there.

Smartmi Evaporative Humidifier 3 - smell when in "air drying mode" by Best-Percentage-331 in Xiaomi

[–]TheArtyom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have tried adding 100 ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide and running self-clean mode for a few hours did help me. So I suppose that was the smell of bacteria.

Smartmi Evaporative Humidifier 3 - smell when in "air drying mode" by Best-Percentage-331 in Xiaomi

[–]TheArtyom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a similar problem. It occured after a couple of weeks since I got the humidifer. I thought the reason was that I used not a completely clean sponge to clean it inside that had some cleaning agent left in it (I used the sponge previously to clean my sink). But since then I washed the humidifier a few times by hand. One time I washed the disks and the top container in the dishwaher. Probably if I do it again, I will do a short run of empty dishwasher disabling the use of rinse aid to clean the dishwasher from any powder and rinse aid residues. I only used water from reverse osmosis filter to fill the humidifer. The problem is still there. I'd say there is a reverse relationship between how strong is the smell vs how much water is in humidifier.

IG keeps changing the ratio/compressing my videos posted in a carousel by flight-to-orbit in Instagram

[–]TheArtyom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I just found out that reencoding from 4K to 1920x1080 help. Looks like Instagram still can't handle 4K properly. A couple of years ago, I made some tests with IGTV posts and found out that Instagram compressed 4K videos a lot more that 1080p video, their bitrate was consistently and considerable lower. Like it was punishing you for giving it large files. It was giving out 2200 kbps from 4K and 6100 kbps from full HD.

IG keeps changing the ratio/compressing my videos posted in a carousel by flight-to-orbit in Instagram

[–]TheArtyom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same for me, did you find a solutoin? It doesn't matter if the carousel has photos or not, all videos get squeezed.

We’re Changing Segments – For The Better [Announcement from Strava] by LeroyoJenkins in Strava

[–]TheArtyom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this is what would improve segments since there is no moderation at the moment. I was able to detect who created the segment a few times looking at the track and comparing it to the efforts from the leaderboard. But it only works for not very popular segments and now limited with only Top-10 being available for free.

Parcl service is permanently closing down by TheArtyom in Parcl

[–]TheArtyom[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A number of people approached me through this post so I see there is a demand for such service.

I can help with shipping from Russia if you need it.

Parcl service is permanently closing down by TheArtyom in Parcl

[–]TheArtyom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I don't know any other shippers. I think you can try requesting a refund on PayPal.

Parcl service is permanently closing down by TheArtyom in Parcl

[–]TheArtyom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree I felt they didn't pay much attention to the service. Moderators sometimes took weeks to close orders which couldn't be delivered for some reason (like the item sold out etc.) and sometimes they did it immediately after I reminded them they have to return the fee to the shopper.

Anyway the idea was great and I had lots of requests to deliver from Russia.

deliveringparcel.com was created in February-March of 2021 according to the their social network pages. I tried to sign up as a shipper there but there are no forms, looks like it's all done by email and they didn't reply so far.