Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy

Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by derwiki on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @08:51AM (#24480632)

I’ve been using an app that converts AQI to equivalent cigarettes smoked per day. It’s not perfect but it’s something I can wrap my head around as a meaningfully bad number.

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by sershe on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @01:23PM (#24483937)

These apps really put this into perspective for someone who used to smoke a pack a day 15 years ago :) So I guess spending all day outdoors is not THAT bad?

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by tenkabuto on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @10:09AM (#24481340)

Here's one such app, for people that are interested: https://shootismoke.app

It's currently giving me 2.3 cigarettes per day, and I live a decent distance away from any of the fires (Sacramento, CA).

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by cactus2093 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:59PM (#24483567)

Why in the world would this be a native app and not a web page?

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by toper-centage on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:30PM (#24484867)

Data collection, of course.

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by patothon on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @03:54PM (#24485981)

Or maybe the developer only knows mobile engineering? Not everything has to be seen from an uncharitable angle.

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by heavyset_go on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:43PM (#24485068)

iOS encourages developers to make apps for their services because Safari's features and compatibility lag behind other browsers, and it doesn't implement PWA functionality.

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by buzzert on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:55PM (#24487669)

And one of these "features" is arithmetic and displaying a number?

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by krustyburger on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @03:05PM (#24485386)

And what a strange name. Why is “shoot” treated like an expletive? I’m actually not even sure I’m parsing the name correctly.

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by drusepth on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:02PM (#24487260)

Shoot! is a common substitute for other, more abrasive expletives (Shit! Fuck!). I'd much rather have the former in a business/service name!

Interestingly, the Android package name is indeed com.shitismoke.app

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by krustyburger on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:20PM (#24500489)

Right, but the point of using it is not to have to blank it out in form like this brand does. It would be like putting heck as hk.

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by ivalm on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @03:27PM (#24485664)

The latest update it is giving me is 5 months ago (I'm in San Diego, CA), that seems hardly relevant.

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by drusepth on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:10PM (#24487320)

I'd really rather not download a whole app for this so my apologies if this answer is readily available in the app, but...

I keep seeing these kinds of conversions (AQI to equivalent cigarettes per day) but I never see numbers on how long you need to be outside for that to be the case. Is it based on assuming someone on the coast (where AC is rare) having to keep their windows open all day? Is it based on 1-2 trips outside per day? How does it incorporate exposure time into the conversion rate?

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by derwiki on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:17PM (#24487378)

I presumed it was 24h of outdoor exposure (aka camping), and based on the founder's response on ProductHunt[0] that seems to be the case.

[0] https://www.producthunt.com/posts/sh-t-i-smoke

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by dls2016 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @09:13AM (#24480812)

What sort of numbers are you seeing?

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by derwiki on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @10:18AM (#24481428)

Yesterday it said 6 cigarettes in East Bay for AQI ~175

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Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy by BurningFrog on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @01:23PM (#24483930)

And you don't even get the nicotine kick.

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