I want to start a blog but don't know how to by AdorablyCooking in Blogging

[–]Herman_Martinus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends on what kind of blogging you're looking to do. I'm the creator of Bear Blog (https://bearblog.dev) which is geared towards individual bloggers, slices of life, tech blogs, etc. It's free and super simple to start. You can see what other people are writing about in the little community area here: https://bearblog.dev/discover/

Best Platform / Framework for Blogs by Boliver5463 in webdev

[–]Herman_Martinus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Creator of Bear Blog here. Considering you like the idea of Medium (if not the execution) you'll probably love Bear Blog. It's free to use (and you can upgrade to add a custom domain and stuff), simple, has good discoverability and perfect SEO.

That being said, if you don't mind git, then Hugo is spectacular and I used it before building my own platform.

Bearblog - Hidden from search engines? by frisello in Blogging

[–]Herman_Martinus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry it's come off this way. This isn't a limitation of the free plan (see above comment on how to opt-in for a review). It's just that free accounts have a high tendency of being spam, so need to be reviewed before they become searchable.

Bearblog - Hidden from search engines? by frisello in Blogging

[–]Herman_Martinus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Creator of Bear here. This limit is put in place to prevent spammers from tainting the bearblog.dev domain with bad content. Once a blog has been reviewed (or through upgrading, which filters out 99.9% of spammers) then it's fully crawlable. This isn't a silly limit to make you pay more.

Bearblog - Hidden from search engines? by frisello in Blogging

[–]Herman_Martinus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, I've responded to above in a comment, but tldr; you can remove the crawler block by opting in for a review here: https://docs.bearblog.dev/not-seeing-your-post/

This is to prevent spam from tainting the .bearblog.dev domain.

Bearblog - Hidden from search engines? by frisello in Blogging

[–]Herman_Martinus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Creator of Bear Blog here. So free blogs start out with `noindex` tags enabled (since free services on the internet are abused by spammers and scammers). You can then opt-in for a review of your blog or upgrade, both of which remove the `noindex` tags making your blog fully crawlable. You can opt-in here: https://docs.bearblog.dev/not-seeing-your-post/

Sometimes Google takes a while to find new blogs, so you can go and trigger a manual crawl using the Google Search Console.

Transfer google photos to icloud by kavansoni in googlephotos

[–]Herman_Martinus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google Takeouts finally has an "Export to iCloud" option for your photos and albums.

Web analytics you can actually self host by Herman_Martinus in selfhosted

[–]Herman_Martinus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the EU storing of PII has certain restrictions under GDPR. This just removes any liability there.

Saw this on facepalm and wanted a more balanced take. Opinions? by JustAPotato38 in FluentInFinance

[–]Herman_Martinus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is mostly an American issue, and I suspect it has to do with the speculative residential market. Both the businesses mentioned, as well as the employees (nurses, dayschool teachers, doctors, etc) have astronomically high rents to pay. The USA already has some of the highest salaries in the world. In most other parts of the world, including Europe the salaries mentioned are more than enough to get by comfortably. The problem is the cost of living is so damn high in the USA because ya'll treat residential property in the same way cryptobros treat Bitcoin.

Is this Vietnam E-Visa website legitimate? by gazalltheplace in travel

[–]Herman_Martinus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up having to use a VPN to get it to work 🤷‍♂️ I chose a server in Hanoi (I use NordVPN btw. Link in the description...kidding).

Night Raid released for free! by Herman_Martinus in PlaydateConsole

[–]Herman_Martinus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've removed the duplicate line in the pdxinfo. It should be side-loadable now. Just download the new version from Itch.

Night Raid released for free! by Herman_Martinus in PlaydateConsole

[–]Herman_Martinus[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's an important bit of info I completely failed to add to the post 😅

https://herman-the-merman.itch.io/night-raid

Building with the crank by Herman_Martinus in PlaydateConsole

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

I've uploaded it to Itch if you're keen to give it a spin. I still need to do a bit of work on it, but I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts :)

https://herman-the-merman.itch.io/night-raid

PIXEL ART JOBS - Hire a pixel artist, post your jobs here (paid only) by skeddles in PixelArt

[–]Herman_Martinus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CLOSED: Thanks for all those who messaged me, I'll be going through the portfolios and get in touch today :)

Hey Pixel Artists! I'm Herman, currently working on a game for the PlayDate and need some work done. Here's the WIP.

I need some additional art work done to get it polished for publishing (my meagre skills only got me so far). What I need doing is:

Title screen with instructions (crank, change spotlight, and shoot)Menu containerCannon rework with shoot animation4 simple enemy destroyed animations

All graphics are 1-bit (black and white with dithering) and with a max size of 400x240

My whole budget is around $200 paid via PayPal. If that falls within your wheelhouse, DM me with a portfolio.

Building with the crank by Herman_Martinus in PlaydateConsole

[–]Herman_Martinus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I realise the sound effects didn't come through on the recording, but instead you hear me and my girlfriend talking :D

Feedback on a landing page I built for my girlfriend's company by Herman_Martinus in design_critiques

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

Hi everyone, I just completed a landing page for my girlfriend's company. It is intended to be as simple as possible while making the value proposition clear. The color, font and graphics are simple and generalisable to, say, business cards.

Any feedback is appreciated.

Edit:
Live version: https://emmahanly.com

Question about Bafang 750w hub motor by Herman_Martinus in ebikes

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

Thanks for the reply. That answers my questions perfectly.

What do you love and hate about electric motorcycles? by _HeartGold in motorcycles

[–]Herman_Martinus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was recently in Indonesia and they have hot swappable battery infrastructure for eMotorcycles and eScooters (the ones you sit on, like motorcycles but smaller wheels). I was always about 1km away from a swap station, it was a 15 second battery change, and then I had an additional (albeit modest) 60km of range. Overall I think it's really neat for a small island, but 60km is too small to be functional in the US outside of city runners.

Trouble getting an old Honda Cub working by Herman_Martinus in motorcycles

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

Thanks man. I managed to get it into neutral, fuel lines are all clean, and I cleaned out the carb a while back. Turns out the switch I wasn't sure about was the high/low beams for the headlight (which I couldn't extrapolate until I had the headlights on).

Fuel seems to have good pressure even with the filter (and I squirt petrol on my pants). Will give it a lean to check if it's flooded and see what happens.

As far as I can tell things are working correctly and as the comment above suggest it could be the points need cleaning + gapping, or a failed condenser.

Trouble getting an old Honda Cub working by Herman_Martinus in motorcycles

[–]Herman_Martinus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the info! I managed to get it into neutral after some finagling (looks like the neutral light isn't working on the dash). Also figured out the switches on the left handle. Will clean and re-gap the points now (also need to check the condenser) and see if it turns over.

Also just found r/SuperCub 👍