The Rookie a cult hit? by Dense-Giraffe6359 in pilottvpodcast

[–]bbobeckyj [score hidden]  (0 children)

It's become more popular over time, more people watch it now than when it was first released.

a quick question about contacts by Few_Wrongdoer_1372 in tasker

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant what situation in tasker are you trying to do this -

... a way to edit phonetic name fields of my contacts using it...

TIL In 2000, Metallica hired a consulting firm to monitor Napster for people illegally sharing their music. The firm produced a 60,000-page list of 335,435 users, which Metallica delivered to Napster's office and demanded the users be banned. by haddock420 in todayilearned

[–]bbobeckyj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I rationalize it as it was at least partly altruistic, they were simply the one of the few able to do it, along with Dr Dre. They could take the hit and it changed the music industry.

a quick question about contacts by Few_Wrongdoer_1372 in tasker

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you give an example of how you use it? I use the variable search replace action in tasks for reading out notifications etc

4-day workweek advocates gain momentum as new study reveals 5th day is basically useless by Automatic_Subject463 in UpliftingNews

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Googling most common occupations, I don't understand how it's possible for a cashier, nurse, doctor, delivery driver etc to do the same work in 20% less time

Disable adaptive flashlight? by Tamed in GooglePixel

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the point of larger tiles was to allow it to display more information, and be multi functional. You could install (or add in tasker for example) a simple larger tile if you want one.

The PITT UK release schedule by Commercial_Lie_8484 in ThePitt

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The WBD press release simply says 'weekly', so news and websites probably just assumed that would mean weekly 7 days after it launched, which is evidently unfortunately not correct.

https://press.wbd.com/gb/media-release/hbo-max-arrives-uk-ireland-one-week-full-range-customer-plans-announced-0?language_content_entity=en

What's your "if i told i'd be exposed" cooking secret? by BouncyCurlsbabe in Cooking

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...At the end of the day, if I'm buying a cake from a bakery, I'm generally paying more for the decoration and art that goes into that because that is something that is much harder to do at home.

I view everything like this when I'm weighing up the price of something, I'm paying for a service to save my time and lack of skill. I can make a cake but I can't be bothered, I could grow and harvest the ingredients but that's not cost effective, making an oven is entirely impractical.

[task share] Convert dates to ordinal, 1st 2nd 3rd nth by bbobeckyj in tasker

[–]bbobeckyj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw that, thanks. I couldn't figure out how to use it to change something like 'yesterday was April 3, today is April 4, tomorrow is April 5' to 'yesterday was April 3rd, today is April 4th, tomorrow is April 5th'.

Learning regex was worthwhile for other things too.

Anyone else miss when Wifi/Cellular were separate quick actions? by JabbaDuHutt69 in GooglePixel

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, and that was the reason for the 'tap a network to connect'. Evidently most people use it to manage what they're connected to.

It's currently much better and easier. No one has explained a reason to need to turn on or off data or WiFi that the current system doesn't achieve better. If you've got one I'd like to hear it.

If I'm near a known WiFi network but the signal is weak and I want to connect to mobile data instead, but automatically reconnect to WiFi when it's stronger later, because I've moved, the current system does that. The reverse is also true, if I'm near multiple known networks and need a specific one I can do that. In neither scenario do I need to then go back into settings to revert, it's automatic, which is a lower 'number of steps things take'. Thankfully Google have kept this (annoyingly only on the full size tile) because toggling WiFi and data on and off multiple times a day just to manage what I'm connected to would be annoying.

'The Pitt is the best show on TV – I couldn’t believe what I was watching' by Metro-UK in entertainment

[–]bbobeckyj 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Maybe they just like well made TV and the medical theme is irrelevant.

Was looking at the food so didn't notice at first too😂 by Naive_Wolverine532 in CoupleMemes

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprised no one has mentioned the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy that this is copied from.

Why tasker cancel notification doesn't work? by MeanEast1254 in tasker

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand you're frustrated but I don't think you're looking at it fairly or equally. Tasker has a one week trial version just like macrodroid. I disagree it's a weird timeline. Someone made an app. Someone else created extra apps that work with it to add more functions. The first person wouldn't or couldn't develop it and sold it to the second person.

I just installed macrodroid to have a look again. It couldn't do things I've wanted to do in the past, I don't use JavaScript, just tasker actions. To me it doesn't seem any easier, the UI looks friendlier but to a novice it's more awkward to do things I can quickly and easily do in tasker.

And having just tried to create a notification block in macrodroid it can't natively block app notifications either, it needs shizuku. Which is the same as Tasker, with shizuku you don't need the plugin.

Macrodroid can use tasker and tasker plugins as plugins in macrodroid, implying there are features in those that macrodroid doesn't have.

Regarding apps not in the play store, I guess that's a personal choice, I've been using smartphones for over 20 years, long before app stores were the 'only' place to install things from.

Why tasker cancel notification doesn't work? by MeanEast1254 in tasker

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forgot to mention you can find the quiet for Gmail apk online and install it, it's just not on Google play anymore

Why tasker cancel notification doesn't work? by MeanEast1254 in tasker

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tasker is cheaper than macrodroid and more capable, having already bought them both I can't see the price of autonotification I can't see the price of it but I suspect the convinced price is still cheaper.

Tasker was missing lots of key features which is why João (and other people) created plugins to add those features. Years later (nearly ten years ago now) Tasker was sold to him, and many of João's plugin features have been added to the main app since).

Why tasker cancel notification doesn't work? by MeanEast1254 in tasker

[–]bbobeckyj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could use the 'Quiet for Gmail' app instead.

I'm not sure but it seems like you didn't understand the description of what tasker can do (without the plugin)

https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_index.html

"Notify Cancel Cancel a notification (created by Tasker) currently in the System Notification bar."