2024-08-22 21:42 UTC
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@TechConnectify@mas.to 2024-08-22 21:49
So next time someone shares a YouTube video with you and you want to be a stick in the mud about that, remember that everyone has their own paths to knowledge *and* their own way to spread knowledge. "this could have been an article" Yeah it could be, and in fact it is! Anyone could look up door closers on Wikipedia and get the gist of my video's information. But many millions of people don't even know they're called door closers. Hell, I didn't! Not until I needed to install one.
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@MostlyBlindGamer@dragonscave.space 2024-08-22 21:44
@TechConnectify@mas.to nice!
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@the_art_of_giving_up@mastodon.social 2024-08-22 21:44
@TechConnectify@mas.to toot away!
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@gudenau@fosstodon.org 2024-08-22 21:44
@TechConnectify@mas.to Yeah that's definitely going into my pocket, it took a lot of convincing but my family is using the dishwasher slightly better now. (They still refuse to not rinse dishes and refuse to make the water hot though)
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@0xamit@infosec.exchange 2024-08-22 21:45
@TechConnectify@mas.to tooting your own horn while tooting on mastodon. Well played.
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@aburka@hachyderm.io 2024-08-22 21:47
@TechConnectify@mas.to I saw someone commenting about "an hour long video on door closers" and figured it had to be you
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@lizzubee@plush.city 2024-08-22 21:47
@TechConnectify@mas.to we are demonstrably pro-tooting here. Thank you Mr. Connections
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@alexglow@chaos.social 2024-08-22 21:48
@TechConnectify@mas.to Life goals :D
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@philpem@digipres.club 2024-08-22 21:48
@TechConnectify@mas.to Have to say, it was a pretty interesting video - and I learned something from it. I had no idea they could be adjusted. And now it's going to be really hard to resist the temptation to "fix" the door closers in every hotel I stay at!
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@chriskirknielsen@front-end.social 2024-08-22 21:50
@TechConnectify@mas.to I just watched your video, and having recently moved to an older building with a front door that *slams*, I think this will help, so very much thank you (well that, the dishwasher saga, the… ah, you get it: your content is helpful!)
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@quixoticgeek@social.v.st 2024-08-22 21:58
@TechConnectify@mas.to your dishwasher videos have been really useful when I finally bought a dishwasher recently. Thank you for them!
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@emery@sunny.garden 2024-08-22 22:07
@TechConnectify@mas.to As soon as we see that you've posted a new video, Husband and I put it in our "watch this together" playlist - sometimes one of us will go to add it to that playlist only to find that the other's already done it. :) Your style and content is fantastic.
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@cosvak@mastodon.world 2024-08-22 22:11
@TechConnectify@mas.to hey thanks for just being yourself, which is awesome
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@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange 2024-08-22 22:16
@TechConnectify@mas.to I too learned about Swing and Latch. All tuneable with an Allen Wrench.
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@FifiSch@mastodon.social 2024-08-22 22:19
@TechConnectify@mas.to F the haters. I'm a renter without a driver's licence, so like 80% of your videos have no practical use for me. But I love every single one of them. I love discovering how everyday home technologies work. I love the way you talk about them and I love the dad jokes. Social media (and YouTube especially) is filled with this overproduced algorithm-chasing crap. And I love your stuff for not chasing the trends and just doing your weird old-school tv show on seemingly mundane things
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@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange 2024-08-22 22:20
@TechConnectify@mas.to Though, the hardware will wear out over time, so you may have to replace it because it can not be tuned any longer. Think 30 years of heavy traffic.
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@pauld@mas.to 2024-08-22 22:29
@TechConnectify@mas.to I had no idea! Absolutely fascinating. Thank you!
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@fwaggle@moodoo.org 2024-08-22 22:34
@TechConnectify@mas.to I will pay a compliment too: you're awesome at what you do! You have some magic way of grabbing and holding my attention through something I didn't even think I was interested in. Your pacing is fantastic, I never once think "shut the hell up and get to the point". Your enthusiasm for a subject (even when dripping with annoyance) is infectious and your set is wonderful. YT would frankly be a better place if there was more content like yours, Veronica Explains, and CRD.
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@minego@birb.site 2024-08-22 23:05
@TechConnectify@mas.to I agree that videos instead of text based documentation has become a big problem... But I don't understand why anyone would complain about your videos in that context... I mean, you're not replacing or displacing any other documentation. You're not preventing the creation of other documentation, and you're not even responsible for it. You're just adding another form. That's useful!
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@GreatBigTable@mastodon.social 2024-08-22 23:40
@TechConnectify@mas.to that video should be in the onboarding training videos for hotel managers for every hotel chain in America.
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@ferrix@mastodon.online 2024-08-22 23:41
@TechConnectify@mas.to you are an international treasure
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@GreatBigTable@mastodon.social 2024-08-22 23:48
@TechConnectify@mas.to you and Aging Wheels are two of my favorite YouTube creators for similar willingness to deep dive on a single topic.
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@michaelgemar@mstdn.ca 2024-08-23 00:26
@TechConnectify@mas.to @catsalad@infosec.exchange Should have been a telegram. 😉
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@slapdasher@mastodon.social 2024-08-23 01:46
@TechConnectify@mas.to absolute legend
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@nitpicking@mstdn.party 2024-08-23 01:57
@TechConnectify@mas.to I watch every one of your videos, including your second channel, TC*. I like them a lot. I just don't think video is the right medium for tutorials in particular. In a tutorial, I want to be able to skim and find the one thing I don't remember, to jump back and forth, to pause just by not moving my eyes instead of complex, coordinated finger gestures. That's just usability. Not being a stick in the mud. *I'm calling you "TC" because you don't give us a name to use.
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@andy@social.dvsn.net 2024-08-23 02:02
@TechConnectify@mas.to Thank. Goodness. My personal door obsession immortalised in video at last! 🎉
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@rjschutten@hachyderm.io 2024-08-23 02:20
@TechConnectify@mas.to Making lives better! (TM)
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@remi@urbanists.social 2024-08-23 02:23
@TechConnectify@mas.to I have yet to properly sit down and watch your latest video, but given your recent toots, I just want to publicly thank you for all the videos you've put out. They're informative with a wry sense of humor the Parisian I am really appreciates. So, again: thanks. I look forward to your new video. Cheers from 🇫🇷
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@earthmothering9@aus.social 2024-08-23 04:27
@TechConnectify@mas.to Kindness for free! Good work
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@LeonOmelan@fosstodon.org 2024-08-23 05:14
@TechConnectify@mas.to hell yeah. I want to be one of those that thank you for this video. My apartment building door has been annoying me for a long time, and now I know that I can do something about this. Before watching your video I just thought that's how all door closers work. So once again, thank you!
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@Dany@hsnl.social 2024-08-23 06:03
@TechConnectify@mas.to I'm gonna apply my newly acquired door closer knowledge on that heavy door of my apartment building that I've been fighting daily for 13 years getting my bicycle in and out.
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@OverclockedAndy@mastodon.social 2024-08-23 07:23
@TechConnectify@mas.to cool. I’m glad you got some appreciation for once. My first thought seeing that’s your new video topic was “awesome, I’ve always wondered about those things”. Can’t wait to watch.
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@akafester@mastodon.social 2024-08-23 07:27
@TechConnectify@mas.to keep up the good work! Your videos are always excellent even though they’re maybe not applicable to everyone. Always a good watch.
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@pdrbstmnt@mastodon.social 2024-08-23 07:34
@TechConnectify@mas.to Yeah. Here’s hoping that my neighbors find your video…
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@cargon@det.social 2024-08-23 10:57
@TechConnectify@mas.to Yeah, thanks for the video, I’ve always wondered how the work. Funnily enough, the one at work that bothered me for months was finally fixed this week.
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@jmb@mastodon.me.uk 2024-08-23 11:05
@TechConnectify@mas.to 5 years of battling with an overly aggressive fire door between a playroom and a garage and now it’s fixed! Thank you!
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@mishamouse@hachyderm.io 2024-08-23 11:13
@TechConnectify@mas.to i haven’t seen your new video yet, but can attest to the fact that your content is always so enlightening and practical! i always come away feeling like i’ve learned something i can apply to my life.
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@RandomHost@tech.lgbt 2024-08-23 11:24
@TechConnectify@mas.to I've adjusted door closers both in the office and at home long before you made that video. I probably broke some "safety regulations " and "insurance policies" by doing that myself instead of waiting for my employer or my landlord respectively to eventually call an over-priced "professional" to adjust a few screws. But I was sick of me and everyone else getting startled every time someone came through these dang doors so I just did it. Only problem over here in Germany is that we usually don't have AC in private homes and the temperature differences between summer and winter seem to require adjustment of the door closer. At least the ancient one we have at my place seems to have that problem where it sometimes doesn't have enough momentum for the lock to latch properly.
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@dbart@fosstodon.org 2024-08-23 13:17
@TechConnectify@mas.to I am one of those who found the video useful and interesting. Thank you so much!
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@grant@grants.cafe 2024-08-23 16:40
@TechConnectify@mas.to it was a really cool video! I didn’t know those were even customizable lmao