[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

It's amazing seeing the prices of SSD prices drop!

[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

UPDATE The bot has been unbanned and is posting again! Cheers everyone!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RandomDude@lemmy.ca to c/bapcsalescanada@lemmy.ca

Hey all,

I've been pretty absent from this community over the summer. Life got a hold of me and I've been pretty busy. In my absence, a bot was made by @Poutinetown that was wonderful and able to post deals which is what I had originally hoped could be done for this community. I've made @Poutinetown a mod so that if I go absent again (I will try not to), at least someone can attempt to keep things going.

I have also reached out to a couple of the admins of this instance in hopes of getting the bot unbanned, since without it, it is a rather quiet community and who REALLY wants to manually post deals? Let's hope that this can be resolved!

[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

This is why it’s only safe to travel to the sun when it’s night time!

[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I think the beta is full unfortunately - sent from Mlem ;) heehee

[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I guess it totally depends on what you’re into. I listen to:

The Money Guy show - hands down the best personal finance content. American based, but the logic still applies.

Waveform Podcast: MKBHD tech podcast

Surveillance Report: Techlore privacy/security based podcast

[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

You could always make a community here around it :)

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RandomDude@lemmy.ca to c/bapcsalescanada@lemmy.ca

Howdy everyone. As this community begins to get more members, I'm looking for anyone with experience with RSS capable of auto-posting from other sites (RFD, r/bapcsalescanada, etc.) so that deals can be posted frequently on here (and while they are still on). From my understanding, I can for example, use: "https://www.reddit.com/r/bapcsalescanada/.rss" to get the rss feed for r/bapcsalescanada, but I am not sure on how to get it to post in this community.

Additionally, if there is something equivalent to the specs bot that is capable of posting the specs of ssds, or BapcsBotCanada that posts similar deals that have been posted recently.

[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the heads up! I guess I meant using an RSS feed from somewhere else, like RFD, or the actual BAPC subreddit so it auto posts here in my community.

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This is just a community meant for migrators of Reddit to come on over. I have no idea how to mod and get things going, but it would be cool if someone with some knowledge could set up an RSS-Feed or something to get some automated deals posted!

[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, Canada's housing supply is running thin!

[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

My adblocker keeps tabs of how many trackers it blocked and Reddit was always the highest culprit of trackers. This doesn't surprise me, but I do not have/use facebook,snapchat,tiktok or instagram to compare it to.

[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Set a realistic threat level that meets your balance of privacy/convienience and stick to it. I know it is easier said than done, but once you start to get used to it, then you can think about making slight adjustments to better your privacy here and there. If you try to go full privacy right off the bat, you are going to get frustrated.

Start with changing 1-2 things at a time and go from there. Perhaps just change your browser/settings and your email. Adjust from there after a few months

[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for making this Canadian instance :) I first created my account on Lemmy.ml, but also made one here since I am Canadian. Looking forward to seeing Lemmy grow as a whole, and see more Canadians join the Fediverise :)

For anyone interested, I've made a community for posting PC hardware/accessory sales (r/bapcsalescanada). Feel free to join and contribute. And if you know how to create an RSS feed, also let me know!

[-] RandomDude@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

First off, congrats on being clean! Such a huge accomplishment! I'm going to ask a few questions: -How did you start? -What was your rock bottom moment? -What was the convincing factor that made you get clean?

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