Chris Van Patten
@chrisvanpatten.com
🏀 Sr. Director, Digital Product Dev
💡 Home automation, modern design, and more
💡 Home automation, modern design, and more
I don’t think I’ll be getting my 3D printer today
December 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I don’t think I’ll be getting my 3D printer today
dawn lazarus, sportscaster
These days, the football game of what’s more and more. In order to champion — when its competition of the ballgame — America is the time for together. And that’s which of the fans. The fans of what it’s most of all. Let’s what it again: the fans of when it’s more.
September 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
dawn lazarus, sportscaster
so far, turning 35 has mostly meant new recurring back pain
September 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
so far, turning 35 has mostly meant new recurring back pain
Really wanted to like the book Shop Class as Soulcraft but it’s stealthily laced with a sort of toxic individualism and conservative “shakes-fist-at-modernity” attitude that is off-putting.
August 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Really wanted to like the book Shop Class as Soulcraft but it’s stealthily laced with a sort of toxic individualism and conservative “shakes-fist-at-modernity” attitude that is off-putting.
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"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!"
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
July 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!"
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
I did not grow up during the prime Hulk Hogan era so admittedly don't have an emotional connection I'm sure others have, but I'm still struggling with the outpouring of grief for this kinda shitty person
Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
July 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I did not grow up during the prime Hulk Hogan era so admittedly don't have an emotional connection I'm sure others have, but I'm still struggling with the outpouring of grief for this kinda shitty person
Reposted by Chris Van Patten
Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
July 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
The food options at CDG are in a league of their own.
A bad league, to be clear.
A bad league, to be clear.
July 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The food options at CDG are in a league of their own.
A bad league, to be clear.
A bad league, to be clear.
hurtling through the french countryside at 300km/h drinking macchiatos on an italian train is not a bad way to spend a friday
July 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
hurtling through the french countryside at 300km/h drinking macchiatos on an italian train is not a bad way to spend a friday
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Almost twice as many people ride the New York City bus every day as live in Wyoming.
The bus should have two senators
The bus should have two senators
The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'
July 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Almost twice as many people ride the New York City bus every day as live in Wyoming.
The bus should have two senators
The bus should have two senators
It is hardly the Great Problem of Our Time, but the fact that International Driving Permits are not the same size as passports still feels like a tragedy
June 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It is hardly the Great Problem of Our Time, but the fact that International Driving Permits are not the same size as passports still feels like a tragedy
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Happy 50th anniversary to the movie Jaws. This is probably the greatest line in cinema history:
June 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Happy 50th anniversary to the movie Jaws. This is probably the greatest line in cinema history:
it feels good to reach the end of an impossibly long week
June 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
it feels good to reach the end of an impossibly long week
My nuanced take is that LLMs are a conceptually compelling and interesting technology, but most instances and applications of LLMs are ethically dubious and/or philosophically fraught.
May 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My nuanced take is that LLMs are a conceptually compelling and interesting technology, but most instances and applications of LLMs are ethically dubious and/or philosophically fraught.
One of these days I will try to understand Tailscale, but today is not that day
May 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
One of these days I will try to understand Tailscale, but today is not that day
what the fuck is the deal with the AI generated videos of animals cooking??????
May 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
what the fuck is the deal with the AI generated videos of animals cooking??????
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April 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm hiring a senior full stack engineer to join my team at @nba.com! Must have experience with WordPress and the Block Editor, but curiosity or experience with the world outside of WordPress is a huge plus as my team's remit expands. Learn more: careers.nba.com/job/11640/Se...
I'm currently reading John le Carré's novels and I just realised that my mental picture of George Smiley is in fact @pmarber.bsky.social as Peter O'Hanraha-Hanrahan from The Day Today.
[Editor's Note: I recognise that this post will make sense to maybe two people, and I am okay with that]
[Editor's Note: I recognise that this post will make sense to maybe two people, and I am okay with that]
March 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm currently reading John le Carré's novels and I just realised that my mental picture of George Smiley is in fact @pmarber.bsky.social as Peter O'Hanraha-Hanrahan from The Day Today.
[Editor's Note: I recognise that this post will make sense to maybe two people, and I am okay with that]
[Editor's Note: I recognise that this post will make sense to maybe two people, and I am okay with that]
I can think of several product categories Sonos could move into and dominate. Streaming video is not one of them
Sonos has canceled its streaming video player
Sonos has canceled its streaming video player
The company won’t compete with the Apple TV and Roku after all.
buff.ly
March 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I can think of several product categories Sonos could move into and dominate. Streaming video is not one of them
Reposted by Chris Van Patten
americans need to realize how extraordinary a feat it is to make doug ford look good
March 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
americans need to realize how extraordinary a feat it is to make doug ford look good
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I would simply not have elected a cabal of quacks, cranks, grifters, dingbats and nitwits.
February 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I would simply not have elected a cabal of quacks, cranks, grifters, dingbats and nitwits.
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the whole 2020-2024 era of “dems shouldnt aggressively use the levers of power bc then republicans will do the same thing when theyre elected” sure looks dumb as dog shit right now huh
February 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
the whole 2020-2024 era of “dems shouldnt aggressively use the levers of power bc then republicans will do the same thing when theyre elected” sure looks dumb as dog shit right now huh
Utterly depraved
Five major airlines are suing to overturn a rule from then-Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg that actually holds airlines accountable for damaging disabled people's wheelchairs. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Airlines sue to overturn rule against breaking wheelchairs
Major carriers are trying to overturn a Biden-era policy that ended decades of mistreatment.
www.motherjones.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Utterly depraved
I’m no professional journalist, what do I know, but maybe consider replacing “suggests” with “falsely claims”? idk. Just a thought @nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I’m no professional journalist, what do I know, but maybe consider replacing “suggests” with “falsely claims”? idk. Just a thought @nytimes.com
any publication framing the mass firings purely as “cost-cutting measures” is simply not worth reading
February 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
any publication framing the mass firings purely as “cost-cutting measures” is simply not worth reading