michaelbrooks

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by michaelbrooks 1mo ago
I have been building a social network for Twitch, called Chattr. It is very Twitch specific as you log in with Twitch and it will automatically post when you go live. When your stream ends, it will automatically post the VOD to your followe
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Make every row and column a group of three(sixfold.pwheslop.com)
1 points by michaelbrooks 2mo ago|1 comments
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by michaelbrooks 2mo ago
A dev friend made this, and it's been really fun to play. I think HN would appreciate this one
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Show HN: I built a Twitch social network(chattr.online)
1 points by michaelbrooks 5mo ago|1 comments
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by michaelbrooks 8mo ago
My personal blog - https://michaelbrooks.co.uk
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by michaelbrooks 1y ago
My brother was told his heart was healthy after having serious chest pains. The next day, he passed away from a heart attack due to heart disease. This was four years ago, when they were busy dealing with covid patients and in the UK.
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by michaelbrooks 2y ago
Why? Things like this happen all the time and make it to the front page of HN. I've seen people's Google accounts get locked out because of stupid reasons. The IG account has no connection to my Facebook account, and I can't
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by michaelbrooks 2y ago
I barely use Facebook to be honest, but it still had all my memories and connections. I've had this account for a very long time.
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by michaelbrooks 2y ago
I'm not addicted, but I've had that account since I was a teen, and it carries many memories and connections. I shared it here, hoping someone had a similar experience and could maybe share if they fixed it. It's nothing like
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by michaelbrooks 2y ago
Thank you, and I only use it to keep updated with friends and family. Maybe this is more of a blessing in disguise
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by michaelbrooks 2y ago
Haha thanks for the humor and bringing a smile to my face despite Meta's stupidity :D
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Meta has suspended my Facebook account
20 points by michaelbrooks 2y ago|17 comments
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by michaelbrooks 2y ago
I'd become a vocalist for a death metal band
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by michaelbrooks 2y ago
Grass-fed cows still produce methane and require vehicles to transport them when bought and when slaughtered. The fields they are kept in will also need trees to be cleared and plants killed in favour of grass. How does that not add to clim
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Junior developer fired because he dropped production database(twitter.com)
2 points by michaelbrooks 3y ago|4 comments
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Paper from Fallen Leaves(releaf-paper.com)
2 points by michaelbrooks 3y ago|1 comments
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Fear of Happiness(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by michaelbrooks 3y ago|0 comments
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by michaelbrooks 3y ago
You can view profiles and posts, but you can't do anything more on the website. They are working to build a working website, but their focus is on the app.
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by michaelbrooks 3y ago
Here's the link to avoid the paywall https://archive.ph/n7kjn
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by michaelbrooks 3y ago
Sponsored content isn't controlled by YouTube though, it's controlled by the creator
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by michaelbrooks 3y ago
You can fix that with a VPN service, or by creating your own VPN network. You could buy a Digital Ocean droplet in your location and connect to that like a VPN. https://www.digitalocean.com/solutions/vpn
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by michaelbrooks 3y ago
Also, if you look at content creators who share their revenue, they actually make more money from Premium subscribers than they do from ads. So if people want to really support content creators, then subscribing to Premium is the best optio
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It's A(door)able(ncase.me)
1026 points by michaelbrooks 3y ago|114 comments
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by michaelbrooks 3y ago
I owe my career to Flash. I got started because my school would block game sites, and we weren't allowed to play games at lunch time. I used Flash to learn how to make games and then play them in School. If anyone said I couldn't
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by michaelbrooks 3y ago
I set my relationship status to married and it says "Don't cheat!". Such a weird thing to put on a social network. The help section doesn't work and some social icons aren't aligned correctly on FireFox. Also, why i
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Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel has been hacked(youtube.com)
21 points by michaelbrooks 3y ago|4 comments
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How to back up a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) distribution(windowscentral.com)
5 points by michaelbrooks 4y ago|0 comments
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by michaelbrooks 4y ago
This brings me back to the days of Moparscape and creating my own private server. I remember joining the forums and sharing my code for colour coding the menus. Great times!
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by michaelbrooks 4y ago
Thank you. It’s not just him either. If you go to Reddit and search the YouTube subreddit for “hack” you’ll see it’s affected so many more people. This is bigger than it seems and YouTube needs to sort this out fast!
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YouTube accounts on the partner program are being hacked(twitter.com)
2 points by michaelbrooks 4y ago|2 comments

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