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MattDemers

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About MattDemers

I write about esports, Twitch, and the culture of working online. mattd.substack.com | @mattdemers

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    Comment #43692006

    I think people also don't acknowledge how much terminology, slang and other culture originate and spread there. When it breaches into Twitter (usually through funposters) people ki…

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    Comment #37910049

    Drink the verification can.

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    Comment #37650295

    >Why remove it in the first place? Because that would get in the way of Pocket.

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    Comment #37175273

    While I realize this does nothing for mobile (RIP third-party clients), Control Panel for Twitter [1] has been nice for me to use as a browserscript. Defaults/hides "For You" and t…

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    Comment #36815102

    I like this a lot, thanks!

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    Comment #35342909

    Thank you; finding a habit tracker on IOS that isn't juiced to the gills with social and/or subscription features is impossible.

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    Comment #35278792

    >Implicit in the article is an assumption that life is lacking, and I'm not sure that is a healthy outlook. It's essential to the eventual "I have a course/lifestyle/Notion templat…

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    Comment #35240332

    This reminds me a lot of TransparentTextures.com; thanks!

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    Comment #35206594

    This means that management needs to be good enough to realize that it's a good idea to include young talent, give them opportunity, and respect their different perspectives. This m…

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    Comment #35140085

    It's funny how I'm STILL looking for an RSS solution that feels the same. I've settled on TTRSS, but it's not 100% there.

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    Comment #34977820

    A reminder that if you pay for ProtonMail, you get a free SimpleLogin account to go with it.

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    Comment #34841455

    It was to podcasting what House of Cards, Orange is the New Black and Arrested Development Season 4 were to Netflix.

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    Comment #34841428

    You gotta love the usage of social justice vocabulary with this. Find a way that it'll "impact low-income taxpayers" and suddenly it's morally correct to keep things from being mor…

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    Comment #34841404

    Selling Notion templates is a complete cottage industry right now. So many people who were once selling video courses are just bundling up what they think mid-level managers will t…

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    Comment #34838657

    >I hope one day governments catch up to the harms they're doing, and regulate them just as they did for Big Tobacco and many other truly evil industries. But how does that happen w…

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    Comment #34805072

    If you're a fan of Calvin, would definitely recommend the 10th Anniversary Book [1], as it has its fair share of commentary by Watterson. [1]: https://archive.org/details/calvinhob…

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    Comment #34796593

    Serial was probably the first "killer app" of podcasting, with an episodic look at a crime that they (arguably) had a hand in reversing the decision for. Every bit of True Crime po…

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    Comment #34770616

    >The finger was shot off during the invasion of Juno Beach on D-Day. By friendly fire, apparently!

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    Comment #34754736

    >What I get from this sentence (out of context) is to not burn bridges. Have a way to go back if you decide the new direction isn't right for you. I think that it's more speaking t…

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    Comment #34754263

    Got inspired by some writing about personal change that happens when your brain says "Nope, this (person, job, situation) isn't working for you anymore." Felt it applied well to cr…

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    Comment #34753365

    >Yet in no where in the article did the affected parties go on record to corroborate this. Not excusing the article, but it feels very rare that we get someone "on the record" or a…