Is anyone else having trouble with @typelessdotcom on MacOS 27 where Typeless pops up the Typeless screen when you start typing in Siri? I can't seem to use Typeless to dictate because of the popup and I keep getting "bugged" by it when I try to type in Siri.
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GrokBot was having trouble running AppleScript and controlling Apple apps. Here’s what I finally got to work for me:
1. In GrokBot, I asked it to install the Grok CLI on my Mac so we could control AppleScript and other Mac apps that way. GrokBot brought up a browser window with the Grok CLI login. I started Terminal and ran `grok`. It showed a key number that matched the one in the browser. In the browser I clicked Continue. Then I closed that browser tab and closed the Terminal window.
2. Now when I ask GrokBot to control Numbers, Mail, or other scriptable Mac apps, it can use the Grok CLI.
Note: I’m using SSH to have GrokBot control my Mac. The first time GrokBot did the access, I had to click Allow on an `sshd-keygen-wrapper` permission on the Mac.
Thanks @GrokBot for helping me write this.
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My Tesla did the most unexpected thing just now. While waiting at a light, someone wanted to turn across my lane to enter a bank. The Tesla backed up a couple feet, gave this person room to pass through, and then pulled forward again
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Older generations lived without so many things GenZ takes for granted, saving so much money. No monthly cable, internet, (multiple) cell phone bills per month. No computer, one tv, one car, small house. Eat out at a restaurant only on your birthday. Take your food to work/school in a bag or lunchbox. Go to the library for free books for entertainment. Go to the park for exercise instead of a gym. No AC, no always-on electrical devices. No microwaves. No cars as graduation presents. No expectation of trending college. No designer or specialized pets and certainly no extensive lifesaving expenses if the pets get sick or injured. And the advancements that technology brings for safety and longer lives … So many medical miracles not even available at the time that all cost extra money. Cars that cost more just for the safety features. GenZ doesn’t even begin to understand the miracles and science fiction technology that they “just can’t live without” that older generations lived without. And then complain about having so much more when they live that amazing future.
No wonder older generations don’t want to hear the whining.
Older generations say “we all struggled in our 20s.”
No, you didn’t.
You didn’t pay $2,200 for rent and $7 for eggs.
You didn’t graduate into $50K student debt and $0 job security.
Gen Z isn’t dramatic.
They’re drowning.
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It’s kind of like watching Idiocracy come alive! These two are going to breed and produce more like themselves.
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I JUST got off the phone with one of the kids and then I saw this. He wants to buy some rare and expensive cat. He is still hopping entry level jobs in his late 20s. He plans to get service papers for the cat so he can keep it in his apartment without extra charge, the way his brother/roommate is doing. And he says he can save money if he goes on a trip because he can take it with him instead of paying for boarding,
Working the system by abusing it.
No dogs of any size should fly. I can’t get on a flight with 4 ounces of toothpaste. Let’s stop accommodating people who lack character
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This is terrifying. These are robots that look like space zombies.
I was nine when The Black Hole came out. Disney turned amazing robots and fantastic space travel in to a nightmare of murderous robots and space zombies.
I stopped wanting to be an astronaut before I left the theater.
Why would a company CHOOSE to make a household robot that looks like my worst childhood nightmare?
Meet NEO — your robot butler in training.
Watch @BerntBornich of @1x_tech's full #TED2025 Talk here: t.ted.com/R5iwGEI
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This is another situation where Congress has delegated away the powers it was granted. Now it has to pass laws to negate that delegation. Few presidents will sign a bill that reduces the power they have, so Congress needs to be able to work together to override vetos to pass the laws.
Just to remind everyone: It is absolutely nuts that a single person is wreaking total havoc on the global economy, and doing it by exercising powers that the Constitution explicitly (and for good reason) reserves for Congress. This is not OK, and we shouldn't pretend it is.
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That’s so awesome! I love that Queen Latifah, Taylor Swift, and Jamie Lee Curtis made it in the cover.
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I think that was the basis of every Jello-O mold recipe in the 1960s.
1) Cut up some [food name goes here].
2) Make [color, green is preferred] Jell-O.
3) Whip in some mayo.
4) Mix it all together.
5) Pour in to mold.
6) Refrigerate until firm.
Your dinner’s main course is ready! Pairs best with a Pall Mall or Virginia Slim.
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Oh! I’ve been reading all of these posts and trying to figure out why everyone is upset about having an Asian woman in Narnia. Lol. Need to put on my readers.
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Nobody was surprised by big tariffs on April 2. Trump crowed about it for a month. Tariffs can be added or removed on either side at any moment. There was no rush from our friendly trading partners to fix what Trump was clearly saying was a problem that he was going to fix with tariffs. I think that Trump will reciprocate when countries remove the tariffs they have in place. Basically, Trump can sit back and say “You know what makes the tariffs go away. Call me when you do it.”
The country is 100% behind the president on fixing a global system of tariffs that has disadvantaged the country. But, business is a confidence game and confidence depends on trust.
President @realDonaldTrump has elevated the tariff issue to the most important geopolitical issue in the world, and he has gotten everyone’s attention. So far, so good.
And yes, other nations have taken advantage of the U.S. by protecting their home industries at the expense of millions of our jobs and economic growth in our country.
But, by placing massive and disproportionate tariffs on our friends and our enemies alike and thereby launching a global economic war against the whole world at once, we are in the process of destroying confidence in our country as a trading partner, as a place to do business, and as a market to invest capital.
The president has an opportunity to call a 90-day time out, negotiate and resolve unfair asymmetric tariff deals, and induce trillions of dollars of new investment in our country.
If, on the other hand, on April 9th we launch economic nuclear war on every country in the world, business investment will grind to a halt, consumers will close their wallets and pocket books, and we will severely damage our reputation with the rest of the world that will take years and potentially decades to rehabilitate.
What CEO and what board of directors will be comfortable making large,
long-term, economic commitments in our country in the middle of an economic nuclear war?
I don’t know of one who will do so.
When markets crash, new investment stops, consumers stop spending money, and businesses have no choice but to curtail investment and fire workers.
And it is not just the big companies that will suffer. Small and medium size businesses and entrepreneurs will experience much greater pain. Almost no business can pass through an overnight massive increase in costs to their customers. And that’s true even if they have no debt, and, unfortunately, there is a massive amount of leverage in the system.
Business is a confidence game. The president is losing the confidence of business leaders around the globe. The consequences for our country and the millions of our citizens who have supported the president — in particular low-income consumers who are already under a huge amount of economic stress — are going to be severely negative. This is not what we voted for.
The President has an opportunity on Monday to call a time out and have the time to execute on fixing an unfair tariff system.
Alternatively, we are heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter, and we should start hunkering down.
May cooler heads prevail.
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Interesting take on the benefits of sweatshops and child labor.
Nike won't build factories in the U.S. to make sneakers. That would add more cost than the 40% tariffs. Plus, they need to stay competitive selling to customers in other countries that don't impose tariffs. The result will be fewer sneakers sold in the U.S. at much higher prices.
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It’s almost like the Castaways are finally getting off the island.
BTW, the last original Gilligan’s Island cast member still alive is Tina Louise (Ginger Rogers). She turned 91 just last month.
I always wondered if the Bob’s Burgers creator was a fan of hers since he named the two daughters on the show Tina and Louise.
2 US astronauts are returning home today after 9 months in space on what was originally at 10 day mission - they are coming home because of @elonmusk and yet the network morning shows won’t mention this
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Kidding, right? That’s exactly how the Affordable Care act was put in place. If I remember right, President Obama said that he knew it wasn’t good but it would get better as we fix what is wrong with it.
Iterate to a better solution each time you adjust it.
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