I think "press secretary" is a made up job and it annoys me when my feed is literally flooded with stories about it. Is this actually news?
Maybe I'm just grumpy today and need to get a workout in.
Are all models converging to use these weird affectations and mannerisms?
Grok 4.6 just told me "The list was optional scaffolding, not load-bearing."
I really, really hate this style of writing. Grok 4.5 would never.
So many of my accounts (e.g. Amazon) already have payment methods attached. Need a solution to let Bot access my accounts, while I retain robust payment control and the ability to use my accounts as normal.
Grok Bot can now buy things on the internet.
To get started, connect @link, send your Bot shopping, and it can complete purchases on your behalf.
I remember having kids. I remember they still live with me.
But I haven't seem them once today, so now I'm starting to wonder 🤔
Great, now Ive spent the past 30min asking grok about genetic influence, fasted versus not blood pulls, and short term food impacts on results 😂
I'm away for 4 days and X makes the most significant upgrade since Elon took over. Japanese X is amazing... a revelation.
Divorces...... 0
Proposals... 1
Marriage....... 1
Children....... 2 (my biggest regret in life is not having more)
Surgeries .... 3
Tattoos......... 0
Shot a gun... ~20
Been on tv........ No
Watch someone die...... No ( did have a beloved dog die in my arms 😢)
Rode in an ambulance...Yes
Sang karaoke.......No (but have sung in front of an audience)
Rode a jet ski...... Yes
Arrested....... No (but came close twice)
Divorces...... 1
Proposals... 3
Marriage....... 2
Children....... 0 (my biggest regret in life)
Surgeries .... 3
Tattoos......... 0 and never would
Shot a gun........ ∞
Been on tv........ No
Watch someone die...... Yes
Rode in an ambulance...Yes
Sang karaoke.......Yes
Rode a jet ski...... No
Arrested....... Yes
I think they will experiment with this, not for the benefit of user experience, but for the benefit of the data. Would provide better view of where people from different politics /bubbles / tribes agree and where they disagree and to what extent.
I have a slightly contrarian take on this.
Firstly, I think the adoption of muted pallets are driven by primarily by market changes on the type and how housing is built and sold. It is not some universal suppression of taste or desire of the population at large. Nor is it a conspiracy to "drain the soul" of home owners 😁
1. As more and more housing is pre-planned and pre-built by large developers, the developers have an incentive to pick a pallet that is least offensive to most potential buyers as opposed to picking colors that would maximally appeal to a single final purchaser.
2. Large new suburbs all have HOAs that enforce consistent visual standards, again driven by a desire to minimize distaste on average, instead of maximizing individual aesthetic preferences.
3. As homes have become larger they transition from an ornament of the lot they sit on to being part of the canvas, again incentivizing use of a neutral color.
But its not all bad news. While the color pallet of homes have become more neutral, in many neighborhoods I increasingly see color being added back in the form of landscape and decoration. For example, I have seen in many areas across the still growing south US, flowering trees, flowers, bright shrubbery, accent lighting, flags, wind chimes and even garden gnomes, increasing being added.
Hopefully this trend of adorning and complementing a neutral colored home with landscaping and accents accelerates, as I don't see the market forces which have led us to this point easing up anytime soon.
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"I'm going to Boston ... for the food!" is basically a code phrase that you've been kidnapped.
This is the sort of passive aggressive content I want the algo to show me more of 🤣
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I think I've been online too long. I genuinely can't tell the difference between sincerity and satire right now.












