2024-08-22 21:52 UTC
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@funky7monkey@social.treehouse.systems 2024-08-22 21:58
@TechConnectify@mas.to you do good work, and I learn stuff, tho mostly just like watching people share whatever nerd sniped them
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@starrwulfe@social.vivaldi.net 2024-08-22 22:06
@TechConnectify@mas.to thank you sir; I always thought those things were either stop/go and weren’t adjustable
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@benji_w@aus.social 2024-08-22 22:07
@TechConnectify@mas.to Some things just work better in video form. For things outside my knowledge domain, having someone willing to step through how a thing works, with a sprinkling of interesting history, commentary, and analysis of why this particular thing is good or bad is a good use of my time. Thanks for your time and effort in putting out your videos, I enjoy them.
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@cefiar@social.chinwag.org 2024-08-22 22:08
@TechConnectify@mas.to Definitely appreciate your videos & the work that goes into them. Gotta say, the thing I hate is ppl linking videos as a response to something, usually in chat/forum/email, not the video or the production that went into it, just that the responder replying with the link to the video almost always gives no context about the video they are referencing; just a link with no explanation, not even a title. Auto link preview info helps, where such info is shown, but not all the methods of sharing a link to a video actually support it. The anti "hey just click on this random link" person in me rebels in horror each time.
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@emilyyoung@tech.lgbt 2024-08-22 22:24
@TechConnectify@mas.to This is how I find a lot of stuff I didn't know I wanted to know. Even - or especially - when I'm doing something else and it's just background noise, I can absorb the gist of a topic and if I want to know more I can either pay closer attention or look it up later. Or both if it's really fascinating! Wikisurfing is also discovery, but it's a far more interactive route that requires active attention. I get that some people feel like YouTube is just sponsors and mindless hype content, but that's writing off an entire medium, like saying TV or radio are/were pointless because you could get just your news and entertainment in print. It's fine to prefer a medium, that's why books and CDs still exist. However, as someone who used to eg. blindly hate Apple, all blind hate does is blind *you* to a thing's strengths and your own weaknesses. For me, it meant not knowing how to fix or set up Macs in my IT/computer repair jobs. To write off YouTube is to remove a means of discovery and passive learning.
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@aredridel@kolektiva.social 2024-08-22 22:31
@TechConnectify@mas.to The information architecture embedded in this is truly joyous and that kind of care is why I love watching what you do. Thank you!
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@KaraLG84@dragonscave.space 2024-08-22 22:32
@TechConnectify@mas.to 10 years younger me would've found this so useful as my flat had one on every door apart from the bathroom one, and I still found it interesting. I never knew what they were even called, or that you can adjust them. I think all of them could've done with sorting out. Pretty sure I thought you had to buy special doors with them attached as well. So thank you for doing your videos, and the music at the end and the bloopers are always great.
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@kevinriggle@ioc.exchange 2024-08-22 22:40
@TechConnectify@mas.to This was the article that convinced me that I was sleeping on the value of video and YouTube specifically. And in retrospect I can’t imagine how I ever thought I would rather try to learn how to adjust a door closer (or change a car tire, or do a judo throw, or any of a thousand other things I could learn on YouTube every day) by reading an article https://commoncog.com/youtube-learn-tacit-knowledge/
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@bondolo@mastodon.social 2024-08-22 22:41
@TechConnectify@mas.to if you really want to confuse and mess with the haters you could unironically do a video on how electronic igniters work on gas stoves.
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@timesnewboman@typo.social 2024-08-22 23:49
@TechConnectify@mas.to It was a great video, as usual Alec. In case you wanted to look into automatic doors in the future, my day job happens to be for one of the largest producers. Feel free to drop me a line if you're ever interested!
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@maxcoutard@mastodon.online 2024-08-23 00:38
@TechConnectify@mas.to hey I have one and didn't know they could be adjusted! My apartment door will finally stop slamming 🤩
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@lukeyd@mastodon.social 2024-08-23 01:14
@TechConnectify@mas.to thank you for your entertaining and informative videos. I truly appreciate what you do, and I’m so glad you do it. And all for the low low price of $0. Sorry the mastodon hive mind can be… trying… but I’m hopeful that there’ll be a solution soon and you can be more comfortable engaging on Mastodon more.
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@Lomara@social.linux.pizza 2024-08-23 01:26
@TechConnectify@mas.to I appreciate everything you do! ❤️
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@bogpunk@chitter.xyz 2024-08-23 02:27
@TechConnectify@mas.to I'd actually learned about this as a kid and then had completely forgotten about it until your video
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@eljojo@ruby.social 2024-08-23 02:40
@TechConnectify@mas.to thanks for doing these! people are more informed because of you, the world is actually better
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@Ormur@mellified.men 2024-08-23 02:42
@TechConnectify@mas.to I have on occasion grumbled at looking for information on simple problems and only finding it in video form even if that's not the best fitting format. But the thing with your videos is that they're entertaining, have a lot of interesting context and give me solutions to problems I didn't even think to look for solutions to. I'd never have googled if I was using my dishwasher sub-optimally.
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@aatheus@batchats.net 2024-08-23 02:50
@TechConnectify@mas.to I don't have a door closer in my house, but I still found this video useful and entertaining. I think I'm going to start carrying Allen keys with me.when I travel. Maybe make that cheap hotel a bit more pleasant to stay in.
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@tmr232@mastodon.social 2024-08-23 03:51
@TechConnectify@mas.to just wanted to say that the video was delightful, and I never would've read an article about door closers. Thanks for making your awesome videos!
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@fleabomber@mastodon.social 2024-08-23 04:48
@TechConnectify@mas.to Enjoyed the new vid very much, thanks.
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@interrupthandler@fosstodon.org 2024-08-23 05:25
@TechConnectify@mas.to heck yeah! I'm gonna also piggyback on this to thank you for your recent dishwasher video, I learned a lot! I've been dealing with residue and now know that the pods I've been using are too much detergent for my tiny countertop dishwasher. I'll be switching to powder! Thank you!
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@fesix@chaos.social 2024-08-23 08:35
@TechConnectify@mas.to this is why I love your videos. No clickbait bullshit, no obnoxious advertisements, just knowledge and research combined with humor.
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@Wisel@stranger.social 2024-08-23 10:46
@TechConnectify@mas.to TIL there are loud youtube/video haters. Though I shouldn’t be surprised there is a hater community for everyone 🌈
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@dango_@mas.to 2024-08-23 18:45
@TechConnectify@mas.to haters gonna hate
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@kyriii@troet.cafe 2024-08-24 18:13
@TechConnectify@mas.to thank you!
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@tuckerm@saltylike.us 2024-08-24 19:47
@TechConnectify@mas.to Yes! Such a great point about discovery there. And especially when it comes to "things that people can do themself that they haven't realized they can do themself," a video does a much better job of showing that you can, in fact, do it yourself. Things have a way of always sounding a little more technical when they are written down.
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@RoboJ1M@mastodon.social 2024-08-26 13:39
@TechConnectify@mas.to Reasons to have the Swing Speed fast: It's the front door to my house and I don't want to have to wait to lock the door. Yes it's a fire door. It's the GOD of fire doors that is also automatically secured by bolts at 6 positions. I loved that door. I don't live there anymore.
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@AustralianSpikedTurtle@techhub.social 2024-10-22 16:02
@TechConnectify@mas.to is there a way to lock those door closers in position?