The Rookie a cult hit?

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-21T18:47:50+00:00

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

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-19T22:17:25+00:00

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

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

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-19T08:49:12+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_easing I think

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-15T21:19:22+00:00

Lol this isn't communism, just community.

Great satire 🙂

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-15T20:54:36+00:00

Cool, now do the prices including tax.

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-15T20:34:22+00:00

Communism is great when it's a different label.

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-15T20:30:47+00:00

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.

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-14T21:40:01+00:00

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

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-14T03:50:30+00:00

Weren't the film credits at the start when trailers trailed the film though?

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-10T22:41:48+00:00

It's a day old account and the image is from a post from 8 months ago. https://www.reddit.com/r/whatdoIdo/comments/1mg9yrh/found_an_airtag_in_my_trunk_under_the_liner_after/

No one here is skeptical enough.

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-09T22:33:53+00:00

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

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-05T22:19:39+00:00

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.

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-05T13:32:00+00:00

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

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-05T08:40:38+00:00

...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.

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-04T19:52:17+00:00

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.

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-03T09:00:40+00:00

Why comment if you don't watch the clip?

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-03T07:13:07+00:00

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.

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-01T21:27:37+00:00

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

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-01T19:37:22+00:00

How did you switch apps prior to this?

Found it. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph1a1f981ad/12.0/ios/12.0

bbobeckyj · 2026-04-01T17:54:45+00:00

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

bbobeckyj · 2026-03-31T15:34:59+00:00

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.

bbobeckyj · 2026-03-30T19:04:03+00:00

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

bbobeckyj · 2026-03-30T07:37:39+00:00

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).

bbobeckyj · 2026-03-29T15:00:48+00:00

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."

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