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Analysis reveals AI boom, not bubble.

We should notice when we feel guilty, and then ask whether the guilt is ours or whether we inherited it from somewhere.We should remember that almost everything about how software looks and feels is a choice that someone made, often quickly, often for practical reasons that may not apply anymore.And when we sit down with our phones or our computers, confronted with all those little numbers telling us how behind we are, we should feel free to ask the only question that really matters:Is anyone actually waiting?

Terry Godier's gorgeous essay on design choices of RSS readers - and "phantom obligation" via kottke.org

Karpathy: on training AI costs plummeting: 600X reduction in 7 years via simonwillison.net

Crowd-sourced graphic design archive via wemadethis.co.uk

Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education via kottke.org

LCARS recreates Star Trek's iconic computer interface design.

Food Fight - a weekly digest of tasty food and drinks advertising and design.

GLP-1s could save airlines billions via Construction Physics

There’s a word for losing sleep because you’re worried about being judged by your sleep tracker: “orthosomnia”.

Tim Harford on motivation fitness trackers.

NYT on congestion pricing finds fewer cars, less traffic, more public transit, less noise, more business, and fewer car related injuries.

The study, published Dec. 18 in the Journal of Marketing Research, links survey data on GLP-1 receptor agonist use – a class of drugs originally developed for diabetes and now widely prescribed for weight loss – with detailed transaction records from tens of thousands of U.S. households. ...Within six months of starting a GLP-1 medication, households reduce grocery spending by an average of 5.3%. Among higher-income households, the drop is even steeper, at more than 8%. Spending at fast-food restaurants, coffee shops and other limited-service eateries falls by about 8%.

Cornell research on the proader market impact of GLP-1 drugs.

The struggle resizing returns in macOS Tahoe. Nice to know I'm not losing my mind.