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Faceless workers and a tsunami of Post-it notes: the surreal world of Japan’s salarymen – in pictures

In his photographic series Ganbatte, Copenhagen-based Argentinian visual artist Jairo Alvarez explores the juxtaposition and harmony between Japan’s relentless work culture and its traditions, connection to nature and faith. The exhibition features as part of the Head On photo festival 2026 on the Bondi beach promenade from 6 to 29 November Stars and scars: the art of Atong Atem at the NGV – in pictures Continue reading...

Guardian Culture · EN

Powerhouse Parramatta opens this weekend – and it’s dazzling inside and out

Coups de théâtre abound in the $915m addition to western Sydney’s skyline, which opens on Saturday with five new exhibitions – and a 23-day festival Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Dubbed the “Opera House of western Sydney”, Powerhouse Parramatta’s white lattice exoskeleton, composed from 1,300 individual pieces and wrapping 30,000 sq metres of interior space, has already become a familiar landmark. Even better known, perhaps, is the project’s controversial history . Since the Parramatta outpost was announced in 2014, a vocal group of dissenters led by former staff and trustees has

Guardian Science · EN

【译文】循环工程的艺术

原文 ： The Art of Loop Engineering ·· 作者 ：Sydney Runkle (LangChain)·· 声明 ：本文由 AI 翻译，可能包含错误 Agent 之所以有用，是因为它们能通过在真实世界中采取行动来帮我们自动化工作。但要让 agent 可靠地完成有价值的工作，光有一个好模型是不够的——还需要一个精心设计的 harness（控制框架），且这个 harness 要适配具体的任务集。 核心 agent 算法很简单：给 LLM 上下文，让它在一个循环里反复调用工具，直到任务完成。这是最基本的循环。但远非驱动 agent 的唯一循环。@swyx 最近写了篇好文章叫 loopcraft：堆叠循环的艺术 ，核心思想是你可以通过堆叠和扩展循环来构建更有效的 agent。 下面是我们对这个堆栈的理解，以及如何用 LangChain 的各个原语来装备每一层。 循环 1：Agent 在最底层，agent 就是一个模型在循环里反复调工具，直到任务完成。 这就是 LangChain 的 create_agent 给你的东西。选任意模型，接入工具，就有了一个可以工作的 agent 循环。工具赋予了 agent 在真实世界采取行动的能力。 拿我们内部的文档 agent 举例（后面整篇文章都用它来做例子）。在第一层循环里，它收到一个文档改进的请求，模型规划并起草修改，然后

电波障害 · ZH