MattDemers

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by MattDemers 4y ago
Happy to see this, mostly because HomeAssistant stuff is nowhere near consumer-ready. I barely have the Docker knowledge to get it working in the first place on my NAS, and even just doing basic automations assumes you know much more coding
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by MattDemers 4y ago
We figured out pretty quick how to use Windows' internal network messenger, and that was pretty cool (in terms of being able to chat with peers without the teachers knowing). It still blows my mind that kids are using Chromebooks and I
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by MattDemers 4y ago
Mm, okay. I tried signing up (I'm a marketing/community guy) and didn't use the Github sign-up. When I click the verification email link it just hangs on your logo.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
Some feedback (not sure if this is on purpose): I'm using Brave, and I couldn't right-click to "Suggest a Strong Password" in your signup field. I've never had that happen with any other site before. No adblock or S
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by MattDemers 4y ago
I've launched a Substack about two topics, and I currently have no paid subscribers, but a sick URL. https://mattd.substack.com I have two sections: "Linked" is about our relationship with the Internet. I found th
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by MattDemers 4y ago
Then it just becomes a cat-and-mouse game for someone to make a tool that "de-GPTs the copy" and then so on and so on.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
>Telling customers they're wrong for not buying from you is quite a look. Can't wait until they find some moralistic reasoning that not buying smart = worse environmental choice. Then the true fun will begin.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
The best lootbox sim I found is the CSGO Case Simulator [1] mostly because it keeps tabs on how much it'd cost to buy the case, buy the key, and how much you'd be able to sell your won item for. Obviously it isn't the exact s
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by MattDemers 4y ago
There's probably a discussion to be had here about the change from self-hosted servers and self-selecting your community, vs "party finder"/matchmaking becoming the prevalent way to play. Previously you could go to &quot
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by MattDemers 4y ago
And apparently changed their CEO to someone whose primary experience was in mobile gaming.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
Metatext on IOS is good. https://elk.zone/ https://pinafore.social/
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by MattDemers 4y ago
But unfortunately (unlike before) you can't default to "Following." You're defaulted to the "For You" tab on every hard-load, or app open (following a close) and you have to click or swipe over. At least before
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by MattDemers 4y ago
Yeah, I really like them too! Is it just a second column?
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by MattDemers 4y ago
I write about manga, video games, and odd tutorials for things like HomeAssistant: https://mattdemers.com
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by MattDemers 4y ago
This article reads like they ran that thread through ChatGPT.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
I feel like if the post repeats its premise or headline too many times within too close a margin, it instantly goes into my "written by an AI" box.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
This seems ripe for replaceable bearings or some kind of maintenance thing.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
I have an instant revulsion for any name that uses "z" instead of a "s".
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by MattDemers 4y ago
A bit of a long-shot to put marketing/community management here, but I figure I'll throw my hat in. Location: Hamilton, Ontario Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Adobe Suite, fandom/community management, Disco
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by MattDemers 4y ago
Oddly enough, this is a similar dynamic with certain video games. Either the game is so chaotic that skill doesn't feel rewarded, or skill is so rewarded that unless you have the exact same skill, and you're only learning/p
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by MattDemers 4y ago
>Now it's an endless wave of samey overproduced trash that intends to generate "IP." Can't wait for the movie adaptations and shipping.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
I've been debating moving from TTRSS to FreshRSS, but I have a question: can you get a "group by feed" view when I'm viewing a whole category/folder? Also, is there any kind of auto-tag system? I like to be able to
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by MattDemers 4y ago
I've been using a TinyTinyRSS instance on Docker. I've also been playing with FreshRSS but there's some things that I don't like as much.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
If you'd like some good science fiction about this issue and Kessler Syndrome, Makoto Yukimura's Planetes is just an amazing read.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
>I agree that the "sprinkle a little money towards the sites you used in the month" remains pointless. This was kind of the idea between Brave Browser's "earn BAT, auto-contribute to sites you use automatically"
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by MattDemers 4y ago
If you (or someone in this thread) like self-hosted Docker stuff, I've been using FreshRSS [0] and TinyTinyRSS [1] (former is more visually modern, latter is a bit more deeper in functionality). [0] https://github.com/F
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by MattDemers 4y ago
You could probably run a Plex server with something like TubeSync that would download offline copies automatically; pair this with a metadata agent and you'd still get all the playlist/thumbnail/description stuff.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
It depends on the site; I've actually had good rapport with Pocket's team on bringing up sites that don't work, and getting them fixed.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
Would be easier to commit for me if there was a free option or a one-time fee. I know that's a dinosaur, but I can't justify the cost when I can put up with a little friction with Pocket + Joplin + FreshRSS.
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by MattDemers 4y ago
Substack is nice because it handles email distribution, has free podcast hosting and RSS feeds for separate "sections" of your newsletter/podcast, and handles payment stuff. I could do the same things for Wordpress, but each

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