Notes

Competitive cycling is a cerebral sport where strategy can make all the difference.

Take for example Dr. Kiesenhofer, who brings home an olympic gold medal thanks to a bold new approach: riding 137 km faster than everyone else.

We’ve been watching The Newsroom, a typically cheesy-intellectual Aaron Sorkin drama from 2012–2014 that glorified journalism. At times the concerns raised seem quaint when viewed from the Trump era. Mostly, though, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the wistful nostalgia for a time when the news was taken seriously as a public good.

It seems timely, then, that we viewed a few episodes while the streets outside were shut down for a memorial to Peter R de Vries, an investigative reporter recently assassinated. Thousands of people queued in half-kilometer line to simply pay respects to a beloved journalist, in a society that still values the Fourth Estate.

We’re still learning how to discuss the quality of AI training. I hope this concept becomes widespread: participatory data-collection, where tagging occurs in-context.

After the Great Lance Disillusionment, I stopped following pro cycling. But @mcmansionhell and @youngajax have rekindled my interest in #TDF2021. https://twitter.com/mcmansionhell/status/1408367277897097219

This is HTVC010P’s planet, we are only guests.

Coming soon to your Amazon warehouse, vagus nerve stimulation.