Refurbisher. I fix computers by turning them into art. Videos https://teapawt.org/t.co/omPaqSS7Yl. Art https://teapawt.org/t.co/w2HnRUT4lL. Sell MacBooks https://teapawt.org/t.co/JS6l0nFaQX.
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I have finally found the most beautiful computer. New old stock from 1980. Never been turned on.
"Vibe coded" my Kindle into a clock/weather/stock ticker dashboard with Grok Bot! Now testing to see how long the battery lasts...if this can sit here like this for weeks, that would be amazing!
Honestly it was not easy and took 2-3 hours -- had to go back to old firmware, jailbreak, then upgrade again, then figure out a 3rd party reader app called KOReader, which allows for custom plugins (my app is basically just a plugin). Full Kindle functionality is still right there, which is nice.
Did way too much manually until I realized you can do wireless SSH to Kindle and then Grok takes over.
Very cool experience though, and I am now hopelessly addicted to designing apps! I learned a ton about Kindle and it’s an amazing little gizmo, although super slow (14 years old, so to be expected).
Will put on GitHub once my GitHub Bot works that out.
In the meantime, KOReader has many other plugins available, so I'm installing the Zork trilogy!
It's now on GitHub, if anyone is interested.
github.com/JohnBumstead/kind…
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I am seeing a lot of people give Grok Bot 2 sentences and then complain that it's not doing what they want, and that the technology is not "there yet".
It's not doing what you want because you haven't told it specifically enough!
Open up voice and have a 10 minute conversation on the subject with your Grok Bot. Ask it if it has everything it needs. After that it will have a razor-sharp knowledge of what you're after, and it will go out there and fight for you.
AI is the answer to software locks. An old device can now be whatever you want it to be.
I asked grokbot to review my usage and suggest ways to conserve. The way I originally set up my bots wasn’t the most efficient.
Of course if I end up spending more than $76 in top-ups/month anyway, I’ll upgrade. I asked grokbot to check on this after a month…
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AI is intelligence. Datacenters are manufacturing intelligence. Intelligence is a product. Products are sold for a profit.
You can and will be able to buy as much intelligence as you want. People/entities with more intelligence have an advantage.
This is today.
I have no idea what tomorrow will look like.
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Reminder that super old books are free. AI is also trained on them, so if you need clarification on a word, sentence, paragraph, chapter, etc., then AI can provide context better than any college professor.
I just loaded all of H.G. Wells onto my jailbroken Kindle.
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In a way, Steve Jobs vibe coded the Macintosh interface by telling his staff of engineers what to do (and who to draw inspiration from). He didn't write a line of code himself! 😜
ALT 1984 Macintosh photo
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Let's upgrade the XTIDE BIOS on my Tandy 1000 EX and get it on the network!! Quick 🧵
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I just got it couple weeks ago and did some work on it to get it going. The NRI Model 832 is very cool!
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Hey @RDKLInc -- You're a Zenith fan!
See Eric Wrobbel's latest video
youtube.com/watch?v=om7zUwR0…
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