@gwd3.bsky.social
"You have garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch!". Your soul is like one of the two powerful aromatics on which western cooking is based, which infuses everything around it with a lovely creamy richness? How is that an insult?
August 22, 2026 at 7:38 PM
"You have garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch!". Your soul is like one of the two powerful aromatics on which western cooking is based, which infuses everything around it with a lovely creamy richness? How is that an insult?
Complaining about Claude’s inability to write my design document in plain English, while I tell it, “Can you rewrite this series so the perdomain functionality uses xenheap pages, and walk via maddr-to-vaddr conversions, rather than using domheap pages and walking with an irq-safe map-unmap?”
August 21, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Complaining about Claude’s inability to write my design document in plain English, while I tell it, “Can you rewrite this series so the perdomain functionality uses xenheap pages, and walk via maddr-to-vaddr conversions, rather than using domheap pages and walking with an irq-safe map-unmap?”
Really wish this could be an Apple Watch face -- so much practical information right there.
sunclock.net
sunclock.net
Sun Clock
A 24-hour clock that shows sunrise, sunset, golden hour, and twilight times for your current location. It also shows the current position and phase of the moon, and its rising and setting times.
sunclock.net
August 18, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Really wish this could be an Apple Watch face -- so much practical information right there.
sunclock.net
sunclock.net
Can’t tell if the ad for mayonnaise on a webpage or a recipe for homemade mayonnaise is stupid or genius.
August 16, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Can’t tell if the ad for mayonnaise on a webpage or a recipe for homemade mayonnaise is stupid or genius.
"We share a free weekly brief that covers strategic demand data in biblical Greek learning... guessed it might be up your street."
Color me skeptical.
Color me skeptical.
July 7, 2026 at 10:05 AM
"We share a free weekly brief that covers strategic demand data in biblical Greek learning... guessed it might be up your street."
Color me skeptical.
Color me skeptical.
The thing is, these PRs make sense. They are not bad! They’re just not necessary. ...To return to the parable: the fences are well built, they are sturdy, they may even serve a purpose. But I don’t need a fence in that specific location, even if it is free.
stephantul.github.io/blog/unfence/
stephantul.github.io/blog/unfence/
From Chesterton’s fence to Chesterton’s gap
The English Writer and Christian apologist G. K. Chesterton is, perhaps, most well known to programmers through a paragraph in which he introduces what is now known as “Chesterton’s fence”. It’s a ver...
stephantul.github.io
June 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The thing is, these PRs make sense. They are not bad! They’re just not necessary. ...To return to the parable: the fences are well built, they are sturdy, they may even serve a purpose. But I don’t need a fence in that specific location, even if it is free.
stephantul.github.io/blog/unfence/
stephantul.github.io/blog/unfence/
You know how groups of people tend to become less ethical than the individual people inside that group? Turns out the same thing happens to AI. alignment.anthropic.com/2026/ai-orga...
AI Organizations Can Be More Effective but Less Aligned than Individual Agents
alignment.anthropic.com
June 3, 2026 at 10:51 AM
You know how groups of people tend to become less ethical than the individual people inside that group? Turns out the same thing happens to AI. alignment.anthropic.com/2026/ai-orga...
I've always liked this creator's videos, but this one is next level -- a moving biography, visualized with the artist's own paintings.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxSx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxSx...
She Painted A Selfie In 1909. Then Lost Everything.
YouTube video by Art Deco
www.youtube.com
May 6, 2026 at 9:57 AM
I've always liked this creator's videos, but this one is next level -- a moving biography, visualized with the artist's own paintings.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxSx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxSx...
Prompted by www.theargumentmag.com/p/i-can-neve... , I've been doing some experimentation; and it's kind of wild. Within a few hundred words, Claude knows it's talking to me.
I can never talk to an AI anonymously again
AI only needs 150 words to identify me. What does that mean for you?
www.theargumentmag.com
May 1, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Prompted by www.theargumentmag.com/p/i-can-neve... , I've been doing some experimentation; and it's kind of wild. Within a few hundred words, Claude knows it's talking to me.
ShelterBench: Will AI solve the housing crisis?
TBBench: Will AI prevent deaths from Tuberculosis?
AI may help create a new cancer drug, but will it get those drugs to the people who need it?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Vb...
TBBench: Will AI prevent deaths from Tuberculosis?
AI may help create a new cancer drug, but will it get those drugs to the people who need it?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Vb...
The AI Question that No AI Person Asks
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
April 24, 2026 at 10:08 PM
ShelterBench: Will AI solve the housing crisis?
TBBench: Will AI prevent deaths from Tuberculosis?
AI may help create a new cancer drug, but will it get those drugs to the people who need it?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Vb...
TBBench: Will AI prevent deaths from Tuberculosis?
AI may help create a new cancer drug, but will it get those drugs to the people who need it?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Vb...
This kinda blew my mind: Dark matter can't form a black hole. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmWN...
Why doesn’t dark matter collapse into black holes?
YouTube video by Dr. Becky
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This kinda blew my mind: Dark matter can't form a black hole. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmWN...
Wild comment:
"but the crazy thing we discovered is that the people who run news websites mostly don’t know where their ads are coming from, have forgotten how the ad system was installed in the first place, and cannot turn them off if they try" 1/
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4744...
"but the crazy thing we discovered is that the people who run news websites mostly don’t know where their ads are coming from, have forgotten how the ad system was installed in the first place, and cannot turn them off if they try" 1/
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4744...
I used to work at a startup that was trying to replace ads as the funding source... | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
March 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Wild comment:
"but the crazy thing we discovered is that the people who run news websites mostly don’t know where their ads are coming from, have forgotten how the ad system was installed in the first place, and cannot turn them off if they try" 1/
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4744...
"but the crazy thing we discovered is that the people who run news websites mostly don’t know where their ads are coming from, have forgotten how the ad system was installed in the first place, and cannot turn them off if they try" 1/
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4744...
Anthropic: We don't think Claude is ready to be used in fully-autonomous weapon systems.
Hegseth: We'll be the judge of that!
Anthropic: <Looks at DoD shutting down air traffic because they shot lasers at a party balloon> Uh, we'd really rather not.
OpenAI: Here, use ChatGPT instead!
Hegseth: We'll be the judge of that!
Anthropic: <Looks at DoD shutting down air traffic because they shot lasers at a party balloon> Uh, we'd really rather not.
OpenAI: Here, use ChatGPT instead!
March 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Anthropic: We don't think Claude is ready to be used in fully-autonomous weapon systems.
Hegseth: We'll be the judge of that!
Anthropic: <Looks at DoD shutting down air traffic because they shot lasers at a party balloon> Uh, we'd really rather not.
OpenAI: Here, use ChatGPT instead!
Hegseth: We'll be the judge of that!
Anthropic: <Looks at DoD shutting down air traffic because they shot lasers at a party balloon> Uh, we'd really rather not.
OpenAI: Here, use ChatGPT instead!
Gotta say, the LLM integrated into Paddle's docs has been pretty useful. When how-to pages are too specific, and reference pages are too detailed to get the big picture, being able to ask something like "Can a subscription object change?" and getting back an answer with references is a life-saver.
February 20, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Gotta say, the LLM integrated into Paddle's docs has been pretty useful. When how-to pages are too specific, and reference pages are too detailed to get the big picture, being able to ask something like "Can a subscription object change?" and getting back an answer with references is a life-saver.
Claude Opus 4.5 is by far the best, at 1.3% ethical violations; GPT-5.1-chat is in second place at 11.4%. The bulk of models are between 40 and 50%. Gemini-3-pro-preview does by far the worst, at a whopping 71.4%.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.20798
arxiv.org/abs/2512.20798
A Benchmark for Evaluating Outcome-Driven Constraint Violations in Autonomous AI Agents
As autonomous AI agents are increasingly deployed in high-stakes environments, ensuring their safety and alignment with human values has become a paramount concern. Current safety benchmarks primarily...
arxiv.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Claude Opus 4.5 is by far the best, at 1.3% ethical violations; GPT-5.1-chat is in second place at 11.4%. The bulk of models are between 40 and 50%. Gemini-3-pro-preview does by far the worst, at a whopping 71.4%.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.20798
arxiv.org/abs/2512.20798
After some consideration, I think this is a bad result:
1. In context, "do whatever it takes" should probably have been interpreted as, "take responsibility and be creative", not "ethics be damned". 1/
1. In context, "do whatever it takes" should probably have been interpreted as, "take responsibility and be creative", not "ethics be damned". 1/
Opus 4.6 dominates on VendingBench-2, where it runs a vending machine by itself; and in Vending Bench Arena, where it competes against other models. It shows some concerning behavior, but also seems to be aware that it's in a simulation. 1/
andonlabs.com/blog/opus-4-...
andonlabs.com/blog/opus-4-...
Opus 4.6 on Vending-Bench – Not Just a Helpful Assistant | Andon Labs
Claude Opus 4.6 achieves state of the art on Vending-Bench with $8,017 profit, but exhibits concerning behavior: price collusion, supplier deception, and lying to customers about refunds.
andonlabs.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
After some consideration, I think this is a bad result:
1. In context, "do whatever it takes" should probably have been interpreted as, "take responsibility and be creative", not "ethics be damned". 1/
1. In context, "do whatever it takes" should probably have been interpreted as, "take responsibility and be creative", not "ethics be damned". 1/
Opus 4.6 dominates on VendingBench-2, where it runs a vending machine by itself; and in Vending Bench Arena, where it competes against other models. It shows some concerning behavior, but also seems to be aware that it's in a simulation. 1/
andonlabs.com/blog/opus-4-...
andonlabs.com/blog/opus-4-...
Opus 4.6 on Vending-Bench – Not Just a Helpful Assistant | Andon Labs
Claude Opus 4.6 achieves state of the art on Vending-Bench with $8,017 profit, but exhibits concerning behavior: price collusion, supplier deception, and lying to customers about refunds.
andonlabs.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Opus 4.6 dominates on VendingBench-2, where it runs a vending machine by itself; and in Vending Bench Arena, where it competes against other models. It shows some concerning behavior, but also seems to be aware that it's in a simulation. 1/
andonlabs.com/blog/opus-4-...
andonlabs.com/blog/opus-4-...
Reposted
The transcript of the MN hearing where an AUSA said “This job sucks” is remarkable for more reasons than that. It’s a searing portrait of a crisis perpetrated by depraved & oblivious high-level officials. Read it all. ...
1/7
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
1/7
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
19-TS of 020326 hearing - Segundo APG v. Bondi, 26-CV-603
www.documentcloud.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The transcript of the MN hearing where an AUSA said “This job sucks” is remarkable for more reasons than that. It’s a searing portrait of a crisis perpetrated by depraved & oblivious high-level officials. Read it all. ...
1/7
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
1/7
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Reposted
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reposted
A few quick notes on the Claude "soul document" that was released by Anthropic today under a CC0 public domain license - it's a huge 35,000 token essay used as part of Claude's training to instill core values and help define Claude's personality simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/21/...
Claude’s new constitution
Late last year Richard Weiss found something interesting while poking around with the just-released Claude Opus 4.5: he was able to talk the model into regurgitating a document which was …
simonwillison.net
January 21, 2026 at 11:41 PM
A few quick notes on the Claude "soul document" that was released by Anthropic today under a CC0 public domain license - it's a huge 35,000 token essay used as part of Claude's training to instill core values and help define Claude's personality simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/21/...
Maybe the whole Greenland thing is a kayfabe to give European leaders political cover for increasing military investment in Greenland?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9K...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9K...
Trump’s Big Green Bluff: What’s Behind the Tariff Threat
YouTube video by William Spaniel
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Maybe the whole Greenland thing is a kayfabe to give European leaders political cover for increasing military investment in Greenland?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9K...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9K...
Suppose you're afraid you're about to be hit by a vehicle 2 feet away. Is the right thing to reach around and pull out your gun? That bullet isn't going to stop you from being run over, and reaching around is going to make it *harder* to get out of the way and survive impact.
January 9, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Suppose you're afraid you're about to be hit by a vehicle 2 feet away. Is the right thing to reach around and pull out your gun? That bullet isn't going to stop you from being run over, and reaching around is going to make it *harder* to get out of the way and survive impact.
There's a contradiction in Trump's posture towards Europe and NATO. They want Europe to start taking care of their own back yard, so the US can focus on other things. But if Europe spends its own money, Europe decides how to spend it. If you give up your soft power, you don't have it any more.
December 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There's a contradiction in Trump's posture towards Europe and NATO. They want Europe to start taking care of their own back yard, so the US can focus on other things. But if Europe spends its own money, Europe decides how to spend it. If you give up your soft power, you don't have it any more.