MattBatt
@computergeek06.bsky.social
I do software engineering by day and computer hardware/software, radio communications, hobby electronics, model trains, and photography by night.
http://www.millerm.org
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Its okay, the smoke alarm will keep watch over the frozen turkey dropping into the propane deep fryer in the middle of the house by a Rube Goldberg timer clock
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Its okay, the smoke alarm will keep watch over the frozen turkey dropping into the propane deep fryer in the middle of the house by a Rube Goldberg timer clock
Wouldn't a block of ice be more fun?
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Wouldn't a block of ice be more fun?
Just went searching for showings and am finding the more depressing fact of how few theaters exist anymore
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Just went searching for showings and am finding the more depressing fact of how few theaters exist anymore
The defiant really makes sense though, since it was designed specifically to combat the Borg threat which really needed something 100% warship.
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The defiant really makes sense though, since it was designed specifically to combat the Borg threat which really needed something 100% warship.
I will put in a plug for Linux Mint with Cinnamon. The UI out of the box feels virtually identical to Windows 7 era and is extremely easy to swap between Windows and Linux (I have to use Windows at work but use mostly Linux at home)
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I will put in a plug for Linux Mint with Cinnamon. The UI out of the box feels virtually identical to Windows 7 era and is extremely easy to swap between Windows and Linux (I have to use Windows at work but use mostly Linux at home)
Ok, but will it be able to call a phone number from my contacts again? I hate that ever since Gemini replaced Google Assistant it can't do basic tasks anymore.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Ok, but will it be able to call a phone number from my contacts again? I hate that ever since Gemini replaced Google Assistant it can't do basic tasks anymore.
Yeah like some are average adult height! Its nuts
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Yeah like some are average adult height! Its nuts
Turkey's done. So is the kitchen. Actually its a little over-done for my taste. Let's not go there again.
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Turkey's done. So is the kitchen. Actually its a little over-done for my taste. Let's not go there again.
I'm not sure that they are, but that probably just means it's something to sort out in court after there's an incident
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I'm not sure that they are, but that probably just means it's something to sort out in court after there's an incident
I always use it since I developed that habit... Honestly it's just muscle memory at this point
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I always use it since I developed that habit... Honestly it's just muscle memory at this point
Tho in this particular picture looks like he wants to come for you
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Tho in this particular picture looks like he wants to come for you
I know that top right picture is trying to make it look especially big...but as a not-quite-6ft adult I have actually seen a pickup at a BestBuy which I had to look UP to see the branding on it as the top of the grill was in line with my forehead when standing upright
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I know that top right picture is trying to make it look especially big...but as a not-quite-6ft adult I have actually seen a pickup at a BestBuy which I had to look UP to see the branding on it as the top of the grill was in line with my forehead when standing upright
There does also seem to be a difference in how others treat you on the road in general. Once on business Enterprise only had a pickup to give me...was a strange driving experience, when I signaled people MADE ROOM and nobody tried to change lanes into me like they do in my personal car.
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
There does also seem to be a difference in how others treat you on the road in general. Once on business Enterprise only had a pickup to give me...was a strange driving experience, when I signaled people MADE ROOM and nobody tried to change lanes into me like they do in my personal car.
I don't know...I think a lot of them are designed to be mall crawlers not useful work vehicles
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I don't know...I think a lot of them are designed to be mall crawlers not useful work vehicles
"soon"?????? You mean now? These things already exist and some people use them...and I've met plenty who intentionally keep HUGE hitches sticking way out "to punish anyone who tailgates and save their bumper"
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"soon"?????? You mean now? These things already exist and some people use them...and I've met plenty who intentionally keep HUGE hitches sticking way out "to punish anyone who tailgates and save their bumper"
Sometimes I get messed up on a 3 day weekend and feel like I'm ready to go to work after day 2 but then get way more upset at the end of the 3rd day that I don't have 1 more day off...
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Sometimes I get messed up on a 3 day weekend and feel like I'm ready to go to work after day 2 but then get way more upset at the end of the 3rd day that I don't have 1 more day off...
Hope you feel better soon!
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hope you feel better soon!
yeah, that's the only time I use it. And now yeah I have to do it by hand to make a call.
Feels like we are going backwards when such simple tasks fail now.
Feels like we are going backwards when such simple tasks fail now.
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
yeah, that's the only time I use it. And now yeah I have to do it by hand to make a call.
Feels like we are going backwards when such simple tasks fail now.
Feels like we are going backwards when such simple tasks fail now.
I'm bummed the new Gemini seems incapable of calling phone numbers in my phonebook where the old Google Assistant did it flawlessly. Now if I say like "Call Home" instead of dialing the "home" contact it does a web search for "Call home".
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I'm bummed the new Gemini seems incapable of calling phone numbers in my phonebook where the old Google Assistant did it flawlessly. Now if I say like "Call Home" instead of dialing the "home" contact it does a web search for "Call home".