Is there a way to see which servers have blocked or muted qoto? I realize not being seeing that many posts from people I follow who are on other instances and I'm told that they are not able to see me any longer. It's also rather strange to be on waiting-lists for people I regularly interacted elsewhere. My main motivation to come over here was to keep in touch with all those fine people I like but left Twitter, and to find a much more friendly space.
As someone who remembers websites regularly stating they are "optimized for Internet Explorer 5.5", I really hate how we’re now moving towards a web that is "optimized for Chromium-based browsers". #OpenWeb #BrowserWars
@tla Ah, fond memories! But I don’t think ChatGPT vs. Galactica would be that much fun; they’re both smart-asses. But running ELIZA against them might be fun: “What makes you think you are a large language model trained by OpenAI?”
One straightforward way of dealing with systems like #ChatGPT or #Galactica in #higherEd is to directly confront students with an LLM-generated answer and have them critique it.
This is in fact be much better aligned with what we want to teach. Remembering and recalling facts isn’t an important skill anymore, but #criticalThinking is essential for a future in which graduates will work side by side with “#AI.” #constructiveAlignment
For one day only (because it's more expensive for me), I've powered my story generator at https://story-machines.net with the latest GPT-3 davinci-003 model. Give it a try, to generate an opening for a short story. It's free, with no registration needed.
When you're a big semi-formal international organisation, running a tri-annual very big *inclusive* conference aiming at *diversity* and inclusiveness all over the place (e.g., translating the call-for-papers "into as many languages as possible"; encouraging to work on and report in "all languages"), that's very nice. And I do like this conference a lot!
But then why have the program and communication with organizers in an app which is available for smartphones only?
And this app (with only one one-stare review) apparently is from the same company that did the submission and registration website–so everybody does have an account there but of course the info message states that no connection to these accounts is possible. Brave new world!
I already paid a rather large fee for online participation and now I have to purchase an iPhone to just look up the slot for my presentation? Really?
What a mess!
Sauer-zu-lustig-Saftpresse. Ein Eliteeichhorn als Personal Trainer. Bio-Inspirations-Kapseln (täglich 3 mit 0,2 l Weißnicht einnehmen). Ein Becher Kälteschock mit Sahne. Studiengang Affenzahnmedizin, verkürzbar auf 0,3 Semester. Ein Dochbau im Wald, gleich unterm Neinbaum.
This, from @kaveh1000, is fascinating, not only for the practical implications of making the XML version of scholarly documents the focal object of publishing, but the (ontological?) argument that the XML version is the content while PDF or HTML versions are derived "views" or representations of the content. The work of distinguishing the real from the derived is never ending. I'll be interested to see Kaveh's full presentation: https://bit.ly/3to8ntx#_NISO_talk
Einstellungsstopp an der #RUB Ruhr-Uni:
https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/ruhrgebiet/einstellungsstopp-bei-der-ruhr-uni-bochum-100.html
Wie @wdraktuell schreibt, werden an der Ruhr Universität Bochum 380 Stellen gestrichen, um die gestiegenen Energiepreise zu kompensieren. Es ist beschämend, dass Universitäten nun die langjährigen Versäumnisse und Fehler der Energie- und Außenpolitik von SPD und CDU ausbaden müssen. Ob es nun auch an anderen Universitäten zu solchen Streichungen kommt, hängt am politischen Handeln in den Ländern und Bund.
100 Gramm Respekt in feinen Scheiben. Rollladen für die Brillengläser. Schwarzer Gurt in innerer Abwehrhaltung. Ein kleiner Pfefferminzprinz, der jede Tasse Tee auf rotem Teppich serviert. Eine Sauna für heißgelaufene Bremsen. Ein Lasseslieberlolli.
Could I tempt you to boost this post, or get involved in a project to customise Linux for users with special needs/learning difficulties? I have two such children. Adults now (18). I want to do something for my boys and for people like them. 🙂❤️
I've already done a bit, using Ansible, with AlmaLinux and Ubuntu: https://github.com/robpomeroy/BrightOS
Please spread the word - I'm sure someone out there would love to get involved!
Gangschaltung für Montagmorgen. Leistungskurs Gähnetik. Ritterrüstung aus eingerosteten Gelenken. Regenbogenfarbenes Nebelhorn mit Mähne aus Müdemüde und Schweif aus Nochmalumdrehen. Antiquariat der verstaubten Ansichten. Ein Zuspätzünder.
Writing Researcher and Computational Linguist | Lives in Vaud, Zurich, and Uckermark | «Isch no schön – hamers aber e chli grösser vorgstellt.»