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AI should be like a lawyer or doctor, first responsibility is to the user. And first, do no harm.

An observation about Fable 5 in Claude Code. It's a much better writer than Opus 4.8. One of our next big things is writing docs, and all the info is in Claude. Opus was a disaster as a docs writer. This one looks like it'll be good. Whew.

BTW, the two CBC documentaries on Gould that I mention in that essay are available on YouTube: Glenn Gould: Off the Record and Glenn Gould: On the Record. They’re fascinating.

You can't learn from your mistakes if you aren't bloody truthful to yourself about what happened and what went wrong.

I'm working on an app in Claude that has a server and the server has an API. One day we had an aha moment. I bet you (Claude) can control the app via the API. Yes. And now unless we're debugging something in the UI, Claude just interacts via the API. It feels like a person but you have to remember that it's actually a piece of software. ;-)

I saw a bit of a commencement speech by Eric Schmidt, ex-CEO of Google, where he was talking about AI and getting boo'd by the audience. But he was saying things that were right and should be paid attention to. Most important, and I'm paraphrasing, the AI world is just getti...

The Fading Promise of Higher Education is the theme of this excellent new issue of the Hedgehog Review. I don’t have anything in the issue on that important theme, but I did write a reflection on hearing Glenn Gould — on the 70th anniversary of his breakthrough recording of the Goldberg Variations.

The Economist’s obituary for Alan Greenspan is a small masterpiece.

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Wednesday waves. 🌊 👋 Video + photo.

I went out later than usual, an overcast day with most of the color washed out, but the sun glinting on silvery gray waves looked interesting.

I think, given his recent discovery of the possibilities of Casual Fashion, Poch’s personal theme song should be “Sharp Dressed Man.”

I have been assuming all along that he will leave the USMNT at the end of this tournament, and I still think that’s the way to bet, but the fanbase has fallen in love with him and he’s obviously reciprocating. I laughed out loud watching him sing “Take Me Home, Country Roads” after the match. It wouldn’t shock me now if he stayed on — and that would be great, because he has these guys playing assertive, confident, tactically imaginative football. I’m having the most fun I’ve ever had watching the USMNT.

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BBC & ESPN. Pretty sure that if Bosnia haven’t scored by the 85th minute this ref will give them a penalty.

Cellular download speed and reception is nearly a solved problem for my needs. Battery life is not.

Sony’s Sid Shuman: As consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital, physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028.  Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only. […]⌥ Permalink

Mathew Ingram: So what, I can hear you thinking. I don’t know or care what anyons are, or how gallium arsenide works. Me neither! The interesting part of this story for me is that Microsoft — a company that has a market value of $2.7 trillion and almost single-handedly created the personal computing industry — […]⌥ Permalink

Tyler Murphy and Ben, co-founders of EasyOptOuts: We’ve discovered vulnerabilities in Hide My Email that allow attackers to discover the meant-to-be-hidden address behind a Hide My Email address. We reported the issue to Apple over a year ago, and as of June 30, 2026, it still hasn’t been fixed. About a month ago, we realized […]⌥ Permalink

A thought for people who think the US can't be fixed. I've seen very strange things happen, like all of a sudden people figure it out and boom next thing you know they're the NBA Champions. It wasn't exactly sudden, but the last leg of was. A gestalt. Now two leaders figure out how to lead. The thing about each of those people is determination, and a belief they were right, and they went right up to the edge and fought. I think the country would unite behind such a leader.

Trump’s $1.4 billion crypto disclosure

Brent Simmons: The Current Activity window shows what the app is doing right now The Activity Log window shows what the app did recently The Account Stats window shows per-account article and status counts and database sizes, and it includes a Vacuum Databases button which can help with database size and performance The Dinosaurs window […]