What interesting weak signals have you been taking note of recently?
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One I’m intrigued by is small launch vehicles. They’re like the PCs of rocketry where Starship end is mainframes. ISRO just debuted one that failed.
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Last night, I spotted the confluence of the performative alt-text pissing match on leftist-activism Twitter (and the allies genuinely trying to be inclusive) with the need for granular descriptions of scraped imagery for training AI models like DALL-E. Absolutely fascinating.
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Interesting… link to a thread?
So something like anti-AI activists afraid alt text is an excuse to train the models hiding behind accessibility?
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The low grade but discernible anti-tech sentiment that has been long brewing in the sticks where I sometimes live. I have learned to never mention silicon valley or anywhere I used to work. Ordinarily friendly relations w ppl there turn subsequently sideweird otherwise
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Bleed-through of old internet discourse into 'normie' spaces is a constant favorite to find these.
Currently, a *non-religious* reactionary attitude towards the sexual revolution.
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Ooh, this is an interesting question/framing.
For what it's worth, I notice way more e-bikes out and about. Saw an e-bike store for the first time the other day too.
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