MikeMonty

Hey, thanks for being here. If you’re following because you like the yo-yo tricks I post and want to see more of that, I’m genuinely glad you’re around. If you’ve ever thought you might want to learn someday, even better: I’ve got tutorials and I enjoy teaching. You’ll also see me talk about other things I’m curious about: AI, technology, sci-fi and fantasy, random science projects, being a dad, Bitcoin; whatever happens to have my attention at the moment. That mix isn’t going to narrow over time; it’s just how I use this space. One thing I really value here is that being here is a choice. There’s no algorithm dragging anyone along. If this kind of feed feels right to you, thank you. I appreciate the company. And if it doesn’t, no hard feelings at all.

I’ve disabled most of my social networks again. For similar reasons as last time

I’m trying to see how much of the process between finishing photos and selling a card on eBay I can automate. I know it’s possible to automatically flatten, crop, identify, batch, upload, list, and then wait for the sale. So far, I can identify card corners, flatten the images, and crop them. Right now I’m bringing the identification scripts that I know work into the main pipeline so that step happens automatically. Next, I need to work on batching groups of cards into a file that can be uploaded to eBay. I want the whole flow to be as automatic as possible, so there’s still some fine-tuning left to do.

I tend to enjoy documenting whatever I’m working on and sharing rough or first drafts. I’ve noticed those tend to get negative feedback, which is expected, but it’s made me wonder whether it would be better to wait until something feels more finished before sharing it, and then see what kind of response that gets. At one point, people seemed interested in following the journey. Now, though, posting the content you want to make feels more like a filtering mechanism. Unfortunately, the platforms I share on distribute that content to people who haven’t subscribed to it. If they’re not the target audience, they’re just thinking, “Get this out of my face,” and then they still interact with it anyway. It would be better to grow organically than to constantly deal with the reaction of the general public.

Boring people see boredom everywhere, sloppy people see what?

I use Gemini to generate a dumb comic

The other Pokémon cards stores on eBay are shook

You can still get more than 1000 sats for a dollar, for a little while

I should probably offer apologies for my occasional public freak outs at technology not working right