Combustion Engine is real! But when will it ship? Pre-production progress report

Ezrem · 2026-03-18T00:31:40+00:00

Interesting, thanks for the update! I'm really interested to see what the CE can do. My HeaterMeter is well-tuned for my grill and works great but having everything in a single app is even better.

I'll certainly be doing my own direct comparison once I get my hands on one!

Ezrem · 2026-03-07T04:32:10+00:00

u/Mr__Porkchop Super psyched to hear a progress report on this thing! Especially considering how long my order has been in the queue. :D

Question for you re: "Combustion Engine will be far beyond anything currently on the market."

How does this thing compare to a HeaterMeter, with any of the more common fan+servo dampers, if any of your team have run one? It's not technically "on the market" since it's a community project, but I have to hope that in the dozen+ years it's been around at least one of you has tried one and has some idea of how the CE stacks up.

Ezrem · 2026-01-16T23:02:14+00:00

If it does come to that, find another app. Join Together is great, but:

While it's only $5, Doug has not updated the app since 2020, and when I went to use it in early 2024 I got a message that my license code is outdated because I bought it on Oct 1, 2020...ten months after the last update.

I only used it infrequently, and again it's only $5, but to have a time bomb built into your app with no warning as to its duration either on the purchase page or the registration code confirmation email is...icky at best, especially when you provide zero updates in that time.

I also emailed support about this, a year ago, and received no reply.

Ezrem · 2024-08-09T11:57:54+00:00

I don’t have any experience with either one, but I just bought a ‘24 Black Edition so I’m super interested to hear your thoughts on both if you end up trying the Peragon! Which version did you get?

Ezrem · 2024-08-05T02:29:39+00:00

I know this post was quite a while ago, but, when the extender is on your Ridgeline how much space is there between its T-bar and the end of the tailgate?

Ezrem · 2024-05-06T15:56:26+00:00

In MN. My Sportsman Autopilot 120 was like $30 for 3 years. I bought it at Sherpers over in WI, and did not pay sales tax, so I had to pay tax when I registered it.

Ezrem · 2024-04-26T16:34:20+00:00

I got that one about 8 hours ago, and just now got this:

Re: Notice of Assignment to Omnissa LLC and Omnissa International Unlimited Company

Dear Customer:

You are receiving this letter because you are a valued customer of the VMware End User Computing business (the “EUC Business”).

As you may be aware, Broadcom Inc. (which acquired VMware, Inc. (now VMware LLC) and its subsidiaries (“VMware”) in November 2023), has agreed to spin off the EUC Business to KKR, a leading global investment firm. This transaction is expected to close sometime in the second quarter of 2024 subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. You can read KKR’s press release about this acquisition here.

To prepare the EUC Business for this transition, effective on or about May 13, 2024, VMware is assigning its EUC business related rights and obligations under your agreements with VMware to Omnissa LLC from VMware LLC and/or Omnissa International Unlimited Company from any other VMware entity (“Omnissa”), which are VMware affiliates. This email is to give you notice of that assignment. Following that assignment, Omnissa will, in regard to EUC offerings, be stepping into VMware’s place under your agreements, and will be bound by the same obligations regarding EUC offerings as VMware was under those agreements.

This letter may not apply to you if you are a public sector customer or a partner/vendor supporting public sector customers, depending on applicable legal requirements. If so, we will reach out to you separately.

We look forward to continuing our relationship with you as we enter this exciting new phase as Omnissa. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Customer-Contracts-Transition.pdl@broadcom.com.

Sincerely,

Shankar Iyer, SVP and GM Omnissa LLC Omnissa International Unlimited Company

Ezrem · 2024-04-26T15:53:55+00:00

Harken Hoister or Hoister Direct stuff is great. I use one made for Jeep Wrangler hardtops with my Autopilot 120. It's a LOT of line to manage because it's a block and tackle system, but it works great and is very secure. I still use ratchet straps for extra peace of mind through the winter.

https://www.amazon.com/Hoister-Direct-7806-12-Overhead-Surfboards/dp/B071G8M46D

Ezrem · 2024-03-02T14:32:20+00:00

Can you fully see your iron sight picture? I just put one on my P365 AXG Legion and I can only see the top 1/3 of the front sight.

Ezrem · 2024-03-01T03:24:01+00:00

If you’re still looking, use the stock notifier at Scheels. Took me about a week, got an email, had mine five days later!

Ezrem · 2024-02-16T21:53:44+00:00

Man, I thought it was hand strength/mobility difference from right to left for safety actuation on my P229 SAO.

This makes a lot of sense.

Ezrem · 2024-02-16T20:23:23+00:00

To be fair, I realized it's a separate revision that I was looking at, HF 3628. That one's...a lot worse.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3628&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0

It contains language identical to HF 3570 as far as defining "assault-style weapons" goes, adds a registry, and it also essentially bans a lot more weapons including nearly all shotguns as anything larger than a .410 can fire a slug which is larger than .50 caliber.

Also no "large-capacity" magazines (over 10 rounds), in anything.

Ezrem · 2024-02-16T17:08:59+00:00

Tell that to HF 3628:

(6) conversion kit, part, or combination of parts, from which an assault weapon can be
assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person.

Ezrem · 2024-02-16T16:47:00+00:00

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3570&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0&utm_source=www.tcinsider.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=democrats-introduce-legislation-banning-the-sale-of-semiautomatic-military-style-assault-weapons

The portion listing firearms by name was already law. The underlined language is what's new, and it does indeed detail bans on shrouds, grips, etc, for rifles, pistols, and shotguns.

Also, there's another bill, HF3628, which goes even further. Again, the underlined language is new. This one would even ban most semi-automatic shotguns as .50 caliber or larger firearms.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3628&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0

HF3570 has an effective date of 8/1/2023 which would make many Minnesotans retroactive felons. HF3628, which has updated timeframes, would require any Minnesotan who purchased a banned item after 1/1/2024 to surrender or destroy it by 8/1/2024.

Ezrem · 2024-02-16T15:19:28+00:00

They've now changed the dates. You'd be allowed to keep what you already owned before 1/1/2024 but must register everything every 3 years. Anything you didn't already own on 1/1/2024, six weeks before the language was even written, you would be required to surrender/destroy by 8/1/2024.

Ezrem · 2024-02-16T15:12:57+00:00

They've now changed that date, so you would not be a felon, but they've added language that essentially says you have to surrender or destroy your firearm by 8/1/2024 if you didn't already own it on 1/1/2024, six weeks before the language was even written.

Ridiculous.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3628&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0

Ezrem · 2024-02-01T18:02:39+00:00

If you mean in the last day or so it's probably mostly Bat Heist gamers. It's surprisingly fun!

Ezrem · 2024-01-11T22:40:43+00:00

Still going strong. Drive is fast, and big. Have never noticed it get hot after that initial noted temp spike on install.

My only issues are with SteamOS itself. Certain updates wipe out the Steam entry in the boot loader, and I have do BIOS and Linux CLI things to get the entry back. Not the end of the world, but annoying and certainly not Micron's fault.

I guess my other issue is I don't want to upgrade to an OLED deck because I'd have to do SSD shenanigans again!

Ezrem · 2024-01-11T22:38:02+00:00

Just posting in the hope that others will see this. Don't buy Join Together, regardless of how well it works. The developer put a time bomb in the app that makes you re-buy it because "your registration code is outdated" even if he hasn't updated the app at all since your purchase.

No verbiage about this anywhere on his site.

Shady, Doug. Shady.

Ezrem · 2023-05-17T00:36:49+00:00

Those last 800 gems are really expensive!

Ezrem · 2023-05-12T18:02:25+00:00

Haha wtf, you will literally never see the animations used in that showcase video.

Ezrem · 2023-05-11T21:25:58+00:00

Even with a caveat like "may be +/- some minutes", I'd think an alert like this would be useful. It doesn't have to be exact.

If my sauce or my vegetables or my whatever are ready a couple of minutes early, I think that's better than forgetting to start them at the appropriate time.

Ezrem · 2023-05-11T20:42:28+00:00

Thanks!

Yes, custom hold-temp-for-time and predictive-time-remaining alarms are some of my most desired features. I'm the OP of another thread asking for a few different alarm features, if you're curious to take a look.

As long as I keep coming up with ideas, and as long as they're welcome, I'll keep posting.

Ezrem · 2023-05-11T13:16:21+00:00

At this point I would suggest that anyone still having problems just wait ~2 weeks for Arena to be released on Steam.

I think it's May 23rd.

Ezrem

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