🧵 Sequoia just declared AGI arrived on January 14th, 2026
Not AGI as science fiction consciousness. AGI defined functionally: systems that figure things out through sustained autonomous work.
Their timeline is specific. And VCs are betting real money on it.
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That's actually pretty cool, I'm tempted!
It’s new roof time! After 90 years things had started to age. I seem to have picked a decent roofing team, helped by the fact they just did next door! Getting reliable and trustworthy trades people is the biggest challenge these days.
It turns out my neighbour's cat is besties with the local fox. They were even playing a bit - the fox is young and clearly wanted to play, the cat older and less keen but not in the slightest bit worried about the fox.
Get your very own Severance keyboard. $300 early-bird discount, so it’s not cheap. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ato...
Too many companies automating expense reports, not enough transforming their business model with AI.
The difference? Engineers who understand AI working directly with clients—not consultants with PowerPoint decks.
We're adopting the Forward Deployed Engineer model. www.barnacle.ai/blog/2025-07...
It’s interesting to see vibe coding put into the long context of how programming has evolved over decades. Worth a read.
Big achievement: the patio irrigation system is up and running! A perplexing 1/2 hour today when no water would come out of the drippers, until I realised I’d connected them up the wrong way. Duh! A 30 second fix and now the strawberry and tomato plants will get watered in my sleep.
The Telegraph is not a serious newspaper.
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The Web Version of NanCI is Now LIVE - Duncan Anderson
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If you're a scientist, this is for you: yesterday, National Cancer Institute (NCI) released the web version of NanCI. I happen to have quite a lot to do with the app's development, which is why I'm posting - it's awesome, everyone should try it! Let me know what you think. nanci.cancer.gov
With all this clamour for digitisation, a real UK person at the end of a phone at midnight when you need them is very reassuring… and a little surprising, but in a good way.
But cudos to my bank. They alerted me quickly, were available late at night with a UK call centre and very efficiently and calmly resolved things. I honestly can’t fault them.
Last night my bank texted me asking me to confirm if I’d made a transaction. I hadn’t. A call was made, another fraudulent transaction identified and my card deactivated. But how did they get my details? I rarely use the card physically, so assume an online leak, which is worrying.
A day of major garden clear up and skip filling. In the process I discovered two Slow Worms, a Frog and Blue Tits nesting. Oh, and the security camera captured a family of baby foxes playing on the lawn the other day. My garden is a wildlife haven - and I’m happy to share it with wee creatures.
Nice to see the Germans getting serious about EVs: the new Mercedes CLA was just launched in the UK. Enormous 484 mile range (easily beats Tesla M3) and charges 200 miles in just 10mins. Merc just called me - cars available for test drive in August. www.mercedes-benz.co.uk/passengercar...
Diesel is the worst. On a cold day you can actually taste the pollution. It’s obvious the exhaust filters don’t work anywhere near well enough. Given we have petrol, I don’t see any reason not to ban new diesel cars immediately. The pollution caused is completely unnecessary.
PM2.5 is a contributory cause for lung cancer, which isn’t exclusive to the young/old. It’s a myth that pollution only kills the already vulnerable. Sadly, it kills otherwise fit and healthy people.
I love Siamese! We used to have a neighbour that had one - he would jump from the ground to hug you around the neck in one leap. So expressive - not a cat that liked to be ignored!
Tesla sales in the U.K. amaze me. They only sold 512 cars last month. And Chinese brands I’ve never seen, sold many more - BYD 2511, Jaecoo 1053 and Omoda 910. I couldn’t tell you what cars Jaecoo and Omoda produce - I’ve never even heard of them. Tesla are really taking a hammering.
Rotted timber post
I noticed a tiny bit of rot in a timber post holding the corner of the house up. It turns out my rule of thumb that issues in old houses are *always* worse than they appear was right - hidden was more extensive rot. Good job I got the builders in to sort it out!
OMG I actually remember that cover!
I’m amused to hear historic plans in case of attack on the U.K. was for the Queen to escape on the Royal Yacht. Perhaps I’m missing something, but there seem two obvious issues:
1. A large antique yacht is not an obvious high-speed get-away-vehicle
2. The Royal Yacht seems a rather obvious target
There’s so much insanity, it’s hard to believe it’s not a dream.
Who would have believed that building a car brand designed especially for eco-friendly liberals and then pivoting hard right might have been an issue?
The Chinese are smart and move quickly - they will improve. Musk makes really, really good cars - but he himself is an issue.
But I have to disagree on Tesla - they look decent, especially the just revised models. Unfortunately they are off my list because I don’t feel like funding their glorious leader.
