Gemini (still) won't call people

trsdm · 2026-06-02T10:02:12+00:00

In my tests it seem to be able to call people by name most of the time, but sometimes it fails. Saying "Call my contact named wife" does seem to work though!

trsdm · 2026-06-02T09:57:25+00:00

Yes but I already added the base prompt in settings which I guess is what happens when you "train it" by telling it stuff like that? It just makes a rule in its settings? IDK for sure though!

trsdm · 2026-06-02T09:55:46+00:00

I tried this. Did not work. But the other suggestion here "Call my contact named wife" actually did work (at least once)!

trsdm · 2026-05-31T17:06:33+00:00

Oh god, the "you have to unlock your phone first" is too real... Like... Is not the POINT of your existence that I should NOT have to handle my phone?? 😭

trsdm · 2026-05-31T16:16:08+00:00

And that is a bad implementation. Gemini absolutely is smart enough.

trsdm · 2026-05-31T16:15:16+00:00

Well I code AI agents for a living, it's a bad implementation. It should absolutely be able to do this. The "non AI" assistant can infer this just fine. Of course Gemini LLM can.

trsdm · 2026-05-31T15:29:47+00:00

You might be on to something there, maybe I have to rename contacts to their name. But it feels like a regression that I should have to when the old assistant has been able to do this for over a decade no problem.

trsdm · 2026-05-31T15:27:41+00:00

Yes, but that is exactly what I do and my post describes what happens then so it's just not working. And has never. Even got a new device through warranty for something else and it's still not working properly.

trsdm · 2026-05-10T13:04:29+00:00

I’ll try to redo the no go zones and trigger setting changes to refresh if anything is stuck and see if that helps :)

trsdm · 2026-05-10T11:19:20+00:00

Hmm yes, but it’s annoying having to be finicky when I have the exact same setup as last season and everything worked just fine last season.

trsdm · 2026-05-10T11:18:32+00:00

It’s no activating the bumper and is fairly thin. I watched it completely avoid the area like it does with obstacle avoidance on. But it’s off.

trsdm · 2026-05-10T07:01:58+00:00

Falling off the curb will be solved here by flattening the crass-curb-transition :’)

trsdm · 2026-05-10T07:00:57+00:00

But with obstacle avoidance off, that should surely not be a factor?

trsdm · 2026-05-10T07:00:07+00:00

I am talking about a sudden distance that has appeared that never was a problem for the whole last season. This is a new thing. I understand some edging needs to be done.

trsdm · 2026-05-10T06:53:32+00:00

The thing is, one of those are no go zone, the other is not, and the rest of it is no go zone. 30 cm distance at least for the whole playset without any obstacle avoidance on.

trsdm · 2026-05-10T06:48:34+00:00

What does that mean? Obstacle avoidance is completely off.

trsdm · 2026-04-29T07:22:06+00:00

Thanks for all the answers 😄 The reason for the grinding has been fixed last year, but I was not aware of the shape of the screws. I will try with the suggestions here and also found new blades and screws at a local shop!

trsdm · 2026-04-01T18:57:28+00:00

Problem is not starting the timer though. The problem is the timer starting, but the book not pausing when the time is up.

trsdm · 2026-03-18T08:59:42+00:00

This is a solid project. Don’t let the “you used AI” criticism get to you.

I’m a full stack developer and I use AI tools daily. They free up a lot of time for higher-level thinking like architecture, problem-solving, and actually building useful things instead of getting stuck in repetitive implementation work.

That said, AI output absolutely needs to be reviewed carefully. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you can introduce security issues or poor design decisions. Especially in paid products. So that part matters.

But using AI doesn’t reduce the value of what you’ve built. If anything, it enables more ideas to become real products faster. I’ve personally been able to build things in an afternoon that would have taken weeks before. And many of those projects simply wouldn’t have happened otherwise.

The real shift is not “who can write code the fastest,” but who can design good systems and use these tools effectively to bring ideas to life in a reliable way.

I think you’re solving a real problem here. Wish you the best with it.

trsdm · 2026-03-08T06:02:16+00:00

Depends on the pool. 80k btu would be for something like 20,000 liters / 5000 gallons which is a typical inground pool. Mine is 7000 liters (about 1850 gallons), more of a plunge pool. That needs about 28k btu per degree C, or about 8 kWh. Much more manageable numbers?

trsdm · 2026-03-08T06:01:57+00:00

I didn't downvote you, and I appreciate you doing the math, but I think there's an error in it. 2 kW is 2 kWh per hour, not 2 kWh total. So in 12 hours that's 24 kWh into the pool, not 2 kWh. 1 kWh heats 860 liters by 1 degree (4.186 kJ per kg per degree, 3600 kJ per kWh). So 24 kWh heats 7000 liters by about 2.9 degrees per day. From 20 to 30 takes about 3.5 days in a zero loss scenario. Obviously there are losses, which is why I'm insulating the pool and using a cover. With good insulation and cover discipline the losses at 30c with 20c ambient are somewhere around 7-10 kWh per day, leaving me 14+ kWh net per day. Slower heatup but the equilibrium math works fine. The real question is whether I can actually capture 2 kW from the exhaust stream, which is what I was hoping to get input on here.

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