The standard question among ordinary people and in tech circles almost always centres on a single, binary question: “Is there anything better than Claude at the mo?” A colleague of mine put this exact question to me. I don’t think they knew much about how models work. So it’s like asking ‘Is it there anything …
AI, AI models, API, best, better, computation, cost, efficiency, OpenRouter, OpenWebUI
Illegally Blonde: Lawyer or Liar
Captain Walker
Introduction In the cinematic lore of Legally Blonde, Elle Woods arrived at Harvard armed with scented stationery and confounded expectations through relentless graft. In October 2026, the White House briefing room witnessed an altogether less disciplined performance. Katie Zacharia managed precisely five days at the podium before her tenure crumbed under pressure of basic biographical …
America, deception, distortion, games, lawyer, liar, naked, politics, spin, Trump, USA
Consumer Rights: Traps and Run-arounds
Captain Walker
Buying an expensive piece of equipment carries an unspoken assumption that if it turns out to be faulty, the law will step in to put things right. On paper, consumer law in the United Kingdom looks straightforward. In reality, anyone trying to get their money back from a reluctant retailer quickly discovers a wide gap …
business, consumer, contracts, court, fairness, goods, purchase, repair, rights, sales
Back to Battlestar Galactica 2004
If you are looking at a twenty-two-year-old science fiction television series, you will find the visual effects are undeniably dated. The pacing belongs to a different era of broadcasting. It features people in leather jackets flying spaceships. But I am asking you to look past the early-2000s aesthetic, because beneath the surface of Battlestar Galactica …
The Survival Equation for the Human Race
Bridges are built with a factor of safety. Reactors have containment margins. Aircraft carry load limits written into law before anything flies. The most consequential technology of this century has no such margin at all. It has arguments: open letters, summit panels, and the word ‘hoax’ typed in capitals. It has nothing you can calculate. …
How to bully an AI Model
Lot’s of people waste their time with AI models. Yes – I’m fond of AI Models for what they can do well. But that does not mean I give them free reign. I do not bully people. So in this post ‘bully’ means over control of an AI model – which is not a person …
