Howdy %Name%,
Did you that Einstein was a “late talker” starting at around 4-5 years old? He was also very un-organized and his teachers didn’t think him “exceptional”.
I think a lot of people give up on things merely because they started on a topic that was “beyond their grasp”.
Or they watch other people solve complex problems but fail to realize the person solving it has been working in their field for YEARS.
It’s one of the reasons I hate the use of affirmative action in colleges.
It often puts people amongst peers that had better resources & education for 15 years and now they are expected to be able to handle the same workload.
It’s the main reason why so many end-up dropping out / not getting their degree.
It’s why we customize our answers during the AHK hero calls to the person’s knowledge level .
Its also why we reserve Saturday’s hero calls for “entry level” questions. People need to feel comfortable asking their questions amongst other people that are working at the same level.
Imagine if you came to us never having worked in AutoHotkey and purchased our Functions, Objects and Classes course. You’d hate both it and AutoHotkey!
But if you started off with our Intro to AutoHotkey course, you would have loved both AutoHotkey andour course! (Thankfully both come with a 200% money-back guarantee so, in reality, there is no risk.)
But next time you witness someone solve something beyond your grasp ask yourself
“Does that person have knowledge I don’t?”
And, if you want to be able to keep-up with them; go out and get that knowledge !
Now on with the show…
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Does Microsoft have Saboteurs?
The more I changes I see in Windows, the more I think there is someone at Microsoft has employees that are purposefully sabotaging them!
For instance, why would someone create the Do not Disturb capability but then make it so difficult to turn in on/off?
That’s why we created Toggle Do Not Disturb. This makes it super-easy to enable/disable Do not Disturb as you can see in this video.
How to easily Toggle Do Not Disturb in Windows 11
If you like that tool you might also enjoy our Toggle Bluetooth which was started by Connie, an AHK Hero member and completed during an AHK Hero call.
Improving People’s Lives: Story #38
Anthropic just released Claude 3.7 which allows for adjusting the amount of “reasoning” via the API.
Danny, one of our Radiologist, relies heavily on Claude so we updated our Claude API Class to use the new model (and the new “thinking” parameter.)
This will let Danny decide just how much thought he want’s AI to give a topic!
You can check out the new property in this video.
Update to Claude AHK Class: Now has 3.7 Sonnett & “Thinking” parameter
My Good Morning Alexa Routine
I mainly about Desktop Automation however I do a lot of other types of Automation as well like Marketing Automation, Statistical work (Here’s one of my other YouTube channels on SPSS Macros) and Home Automation.
For instance I have Amazon Echos in every room and have been using them for ~13 years.
In this video I show my “Good morning” routine. Routines are great way to combine a bunch of actions together.
Home Automation with Alexa My Good Morning Routine
What we’re reading
- 5 factors that Game “Feel” Good
- Dynamic vs. Condenser Microphone
- How to Recover a Deleted: The Ultimate Guide
- Sharing Sensitive Files
AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage
- Claude 3.7 is out and its amazing!
- Introducing Perplexity Deep Research
- YouTube is going to let you put AI-generated video clips in Shorts
- PLAY 20 QUESTIONS to make a website
⚡️Productivity tips: This bites!
Use Ctrl + Shift + L to apply the Bullets command in Microsoft Word
A spot of Humor Some Dad Humor
Just read an interesting fact – Bruce Lee had a vegan brother;
Broco Lee
What we utomated this week with AutoHotkey #76
This week we dive into a lot of interesting topics in what we Automated with AutoHotkey. Be sure to catch the video here.
What we Automated with AutoHotkey #76
Client’s say…
“My mind is blown” — Kelly Coughlin
AHK Hero
Consider joining the AHK Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc. Currently we have over 378 hours of recordings teaching AutoHotkey that is exclusive to AHK Hero members❗
You can watch 1 hour a day for a year and not repeat content! That’s a lot of AHK Learning!
During this Friday’s call we’re planning to discuss:
- Help AHK Hero Members with their Questions & Code
- Claude 3.7 and new “thinking” option in API
- Modularizing your Code: Tips & Tricks
- How to prevent cached responses when doing HttpRequest?
- Not creating multiple copies of code but ensuring the right version is used
- Auto-listing Variables / Words as you type
- Inexpensively Creating AI Chatbots
They also have access to exclusive & pre-released content and a 3 hours a week where we help people with their AHK issues (the Saturday calls are geared towards people new to AutoHotkey.)
️ Quotable quotes
- Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way — Abraham Lincoln
- The amateur does not know what to do. The master knows what not to do — James Cleary
- Create exceptional Opportunities for Exceptional People — Dan Kennedy
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