Author: robert.adlington
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Claude Code and Graphic Design
I asked Claude to tell me what it was good and bad at: What I’m Bad At (Don’t Ask Me) 1. Graphic Design / Visual Aesthetics My SVG logo attempt was a perfect example – technically valid SVG, but visually uninspiring and generic. The “wood grain” is just a gradient that looks nothing like actual…
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A Visualization of the Evolution of Paris, 300 BCE to 2025
A Visualization of the Evolution of Paris, 300 BCE to 2025 — Read on kottke.org/26/01/a-visualization-of-the-evolution-of-paris-300-bce-to-2025
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A quote from Boaz Barak, Gabriel Wu, Jeremy Chen and Manas Joglekar
One way to think of confessions is that we are giving the model access to an “anonymous tip line” where it can turn itself in by presenting incriminating evidence of misbehavior. But unlike real-world tip lines, if the model acted badly in the original task, it can collect the reward for turning itself in while…
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The secret to being happy in 2026? It’s far, far simpler than you think … | New year | The Guardian
In the end, though, there is a consideration even more fundamental than any of these, which is that it’s not clear what life is really for at all, if it isn’t for doing more of whatever makes you feel most alive. It’s notoriously easy to slip into the unconscious assumption that any such aliveness is…
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Donald Trump is waging war against human conscience | Osita Nwanevu | The Guardian
Stephen Miller’s proleptic defense of seizing Greenland last week suggests the Trumpists themselves know this. “We live in a world, in the real world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he declared. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”…
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AddyOsmani.com – 21 Lessons From 14 Years at Google
Writing forces clarity. When I explain a concept to others – in a doc, a talk, a code review comment, even just chatting with AI – I discover the gaps in my own understanding. The act of making something legible to someone else makes it more legible to me. This doesn’t mean that you’re going…
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Tired of the wellness industrial complex? Six rules to ditch – and what to do instead | Well actually | The Guardian
As well as no phones at the dinner table or in the hour before bed, he tries to spend every Saturday entirely screen-free. He has yet to achieve 52 consecutive weeks, Emanuele admits – but the intent is important. “If we rely on our own willpower, we’re going to fail … You have to create…
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Love Machines by James Muldoon
The risk here is clear enough: the more emotionally involved we become with AI chatbots, the greater our loneliness may grow, as the muscles required to navigate the frictions of human relationships wither. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/13/love-machines-by-james-muldoon-review-the-risks-and-rewards-of-getting-intimate-with-ai
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Using generative AI to learn is like Odysseus untying himself from the mast
AI can help with long-run learning if you first do the work yourself. The study evaluates tutoring program that activates AI assistance only after a user first submits a solution. I don’t know if that’s the right approach, but it seems like a good start. Learning is hard work. And there is now lots of…