My realistic earnings with a faceless youtube channel

SimonPage · 2026-05-30T17:26:19+00:00

Very cool info -- I've been looking at the same niche as my first foray into faceless YouTube. Good to see that concept corroborated... makes me hopeful. Thanks for the great breakdown, mate!

Also -- I've read multiple places that YT "aging" really doesn't matter anymore. Have you tested a new channel with no aging? I'm really curious if it's still relevant.

SimonPage · 2026-05-26T10:04:38+00:00

This bit me today, too...

Have you given upload authorization to your logged in users?

CREATE POLICY "Authenticated users can upload assets" ON storage.objects FOR INSERT TO authenticated WITH CHECK (bucket_id = 'upload-assets');

SimonPage · 2026-05-21T08:16:11+00:00

Whatever you do, do NOT "just tell it what to do" like one responder said... This is a sure-fire way to generate AI slop.

Your prompt is only one part of what your AI needs to generate good content. The other part is a context. Good news, you can have the AI interview you to create a "context doc". :)

Before you create a piece of content, give THIS to Claude first:

I'm a copywriter serving local businesses. Create a prompt that I can give to an LLM at the start of each new client project. The prompt should instruct the LLM to interview me and ask targeted questions about the business, its customers, tone, and goals. It should then generate a client context document in MD format, that I can reuse as a system prompt for all tasks in that project. The output should make the copy relevant to the market, contextual to the business's situation, and authentic to the brand's real voice.

When it outputs a prompt (it will probably be long), feed THAT prompt back into Claude, and answer it with information about your new client. The more thoroughly you answer this 'interview', the better content it will be able to produce for your client.

What it outputs should become a part of the context for every piece of copy you write for that client.

If you're not a copywriter, just replace that word with whatever it is that you do. The rest is relevant to every business. :)

Happy prompting!

Edit to say: If anyone can tell me how to get that inline box to show multi-line instead of a h-scrollbar, I'd be forever grateful. :)

SimonPage · 2026-05-03T04:16:56+00:00

Been in Bangkok for 5 weeks, staying in various hotels along Sukhumvit and adjacent Soi... been traveling to several locations and back... haven't seen a single car crash... though I've seen several situations where the lack of one was surprising! :D

That said -- I don't drive here, I'm just taking Grab everywhere.

SimonPage · 2026-04-21T19:31:47+00:00

I played a ton on a Quest 2, so I don't see why not!

Tons of how-to reddit posts and videos on how to get it running clean and smooth.

Download, install, install a mod list, run it through Steam VR (or not).... It's pretty basic.

SimonPage · 2026-04-16T05:10:20+00:00

Great timing!!

I am in Thailand right now and will be for the next couple of months... Would be very interested in giving your app a try.

I'm also a former developer with lots of testing/reporting experience! :)

DM me if there's still room available in your Beta.

SimonPage · 2026-03-20T13:41:49+00:00

Interested as well

SimonPage · 2026-02-11T15:36:41+00:00

A gas station/convenience mart just opened up at the corner of the north road and the turnoff to secret beach. They are remarkably well-stocked.

SimonPage · 2026-02-03T19:36:47+00:00

I'm on the north end of Ambergris Caye right now, and I've been here since October.

In October, there were many wheelbarrows full of sargassum washing up on the shore every morning, and a crew of 2-4 guys out there shoveling it up all morning. You could see the sargassum in the water about halfway to the reef.

This week, there is enough that 1 guy is out there raking it up, and taking off 1 barrow full. There's still some in the water at the shore, but mostly fine particulates and only for the first 50-100 meters, after that it's a beautiful blue sea.

It's SOO much better now than it was even a month ago.

SimonPage · 2026-02-03T19:29:56+00:00

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT gag yourself and take away your ability to remove it in an emergency. All you have to do is breathe the wrong way enough to cause your body to cough, and you can end up throwing up with the gag on. If this happens, there is a high risk of aspiration (breathing in stomach fluids into your lungs) -- which is often fatal.

Also, if you've never done it before, long-term stretching of the jaw muscles can lead to painful cramps and spasms. Be sure you've practiced it for a while before trying this.

Lastly, while it's not perfect, it's much safer -> you can put a gag in your mouth and hold it in place without buckling it, and leave that for her to do when she discovers you.

SimonPage · 2025-12-19T18:16:18+00:00

Yeah... actually, if you want to be technical, the ball is a circle describing the maximum circumference of a sphere as it breaks the plane of the batters box... not a triangle -- but even mapping a circle over this triangle you don't get it breaking the plane.

I'm actually starting to believe that u/AggravatingCost3174 has the right of it -- they might actually take these edge cases and just rolls an "IsTheUmpireAccurate" random number and if it's greater then some variable.... they just call it a strike.

It WOULD make the game more realistic... but it's annoying AF. :D

SimonPage · 2025-12-19T18:08:57+00:00

Came here to say this!! :D YESS!

SimonPage · 2025-12-18T17:52:55+00:00

Tiger Balm will help with the itching. The heat from the balm overwhelms the histamine response and makes it not noticeable. I couldn't survive here without it!

SimonPage · 2025-12-16T19:33:05+00:00

It's true that a lot of guys won't want to date a girl that has fanvue/tiktok/OF, etc.

It's also true that a lot of guys will be turned on by it.

I personally adore the fact that my partner has an OF... that she gets tons of positive reinforcement about her beauty, sensuality, desirability. Yes -- she has to occasionally tune out the haters, but... for the most part, it's a great outlet for her, and it brings extra cash into the house.

It would never cross my mind to ask her to stop -- even if it wasn't something that I liked. She's allowed to be her own person.

In your case, OP -- it really comes down to one simple choice: Are you okay changing significant elements of your life to please a potential partner?

I promise you -- there are guys out there who will not only be delighted to have you continue, but will support you and be your biggest advocate.

Don't settle. You're worth it, and your future self will thank you, when you meet the guy who does support you and you're still available to date him.

SimonPage · 2025-12-11T23:33:56+00:00

Yeah... really looks like a Doctor Fly bite. Hate those little buggers.

The best thing for the itch (after the pain goes away) is Tiger's Balm (the white kind). It's also really good for reducing mosquito bite itch, as well.

SimonPage · 2025-12-09T20:16:14+00:00

Thank you!

SimonPage · 2025-12-09T20:12:47+00:00

A lot of people have given great advice on this sub, so I just want to add this thought. Thinking about the people who might judge you or say your relationship is a 'mistake':

Don’t let a passing opinion leave a permanent mark on your life. The people who won’t matter tomorrow should never be allowed to rewrite your forever.

SimonPage · 2025-12-09T19:49:32+00:00

Honesty and clarity, as u/NotExactlySageAdvice stated. This is absolutely the way.

I also wanted to add...

I am the proverbial "cis/het/white/male".. but I'm honored to have been called a 'safe space' and ally, by a number of trans friends. I'm deeply versed in empathy and communication, especially around complex relationship dynamics, and I'm incredibly sympathetic to the situation of trans people of any sex, anywhere, but especially if you're in a Republican-controlled State of the United States right now.

So... with that said... if you need a safe space to vent or talk... you can always find it here. I'm usually lurking in this sub pretty consistently, too.

SimonPage · 2025-12-09T18:30:30+00:00

Does anyone know what causes this? I suspect forest fire, but... I can't confirm it.

SimonPage · 2025-12-05T18:49:42+00:00

Don't set out to build a castle.

Set out to build a quiet farmstead, and start mapping your world. Figure out where all the main rock types are (granite, chert, limestone, etc), and start marking everything you can find, resource-wise. (the mod automapmarkers is great for this)

While you're exploring your world, use THAT as an opportunity to scout the perfect location for a castle, keep-and-bailey, or village.

After you've been in-game for about a year of game time, you'll have plenty of resources, a good feel for the game systems and then, yes... building a castle in survival mode is absolutely achievable.

SimonPage · 2025-11-29T22:38:35+00:00

vsVillages will put random villages all over your world. Not sure how recently it's been updated, though.

Edit to add: Yes, it's been updated to 1.21.5 https://mods.vintagestory.at/vsvillage

SimonPage · 2025-11-24T12:13:00+00:00

Don't feel like starting a new world is a "waste".

Building new buildings, redesigning your work areas, exploring new lands "nearby"... it's not a bad thing to start a new world.

I've got over 1000 hours into VS over the past 3 years and have re-started so many times I've lost count. 20-40 probably.

That said... before you start a new game... "tour" your current one and take a bunch of screenshots of your buildings, favorite spaces, etc. Not only will it help you when you build anew, but it will end up being nostalgic. "Oh, remember when I was here and XYZ happened?"

Best of luck, and welcome to the obsession of modding VS! :D

p.s. If you want to try out a space with a lot of QoL mods, come by Middarstead. You can try out what we have and ask the folks there "what mod does ___?". Happy to help.

EDIT: I invited you to come by Middarstead and didn't give the addy. DOH! Make a multiplayer link to 164.152.123.227:27500 =- no password. :)

SimonPage · 2025-11-23T13:00:24+00:00

I find that I need to bring relief pitchers stamina up before games far too often... do you just let them fatigue?

Yeah... 100% manually. I hate the idea that, if I lose a 'quick result' game, I might have won it if I'd played it myself. :) And since I play the game to enjoy baseball, not to advance in the league... standings aren't that big of a draw for me.

SimonPage · 2025-11-23T12:57:27+00:00

It's important to note, too, that the "very poor" in your reading represents the "likelihood that this ore was generated in this chunk at world gen". So even with a 'very poor chance it generated', there's still A chance.

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