Cerstin Mahlow @CerstinMahlow@qoto.org

This is fascinating! The Braille Institute has developed a font - free to download - that's designed to be clearer for readers with lower vision.

An example of one of the aspects of low legibility that they tackled attached.

It's named Atkinson Hyperlegible. Atkinson was the Institute's founder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Atkinson

Here's where you can read about the font and download it: https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont

#Accessibility

Via @tombofnull

This just in—I look forward to reading it!

My 7-year-old does not understand the “Hello Computer” joke from A Voyage Home. You can just talk to computers now… it’s no longer funny. (Unrelated: I’m old.)

#Atari - wichtig für meine "Ichwerdung" ;)

@gisiger hat mich mit einem Blogbeitrag (vom November 22) gerade daran erinnert. Bei Schnee und Sturm habe ich meinen ersten Atari nach Hause getragen...

https://paper.wf/gisiger/tag:Atari

Joseph #Weizenbaum wäre am 8.1.2023 hundert Jahre alt geworden. Lesenswerte Würdigung im #tagesspiegel

Translation:

The SNSF, it appears from the reaction of spokesman Florian Fisch, does not think this construction deserves a beauty prize either: “Yes, publishing an article in your own publishing house is not the best scientific practice, there is a conflict of interests.” The SNSF was aware of this, but it was not against the rules. “The SNSF therefore sought written confirmation from the publisher [that was Rossi, ed.] that it would seek the opinion of an independent expert, from someone who had no relationship with the publisher and the grant applicant [that was Rossi, ed.]. The expert's opinion was considered independent, based on a plausibility check by the SNSF.”

https://nieuwscheckers.nl/verknipt-plagiaat-valse-identiteiten-en-middeleeuwse-manuscripten/

“De SNSF, blijkt uit de reactie van woordvoerder Florian Fisch, vindt ook niet dat deze constructie de schoonheidsprijs verdient: ‘Ja, een artikel publiceren in je eigen uitgeverij is niet de beste wetenschappelijke praktijk, dan is er sprake van belangenverstrengeling.’ De SNSF was zich daarvan bewust, maar het was niet tegen de regels. ‘De SNSF heeft daarom een schriftelijke bevestiging gevraagd van de uitgever [dat was Rossi, red.] dat deze het oordeel van een onafhankelijke expert zou vragen, van iemand die geen relatie had met de uitgever en de beursaanvrager [dat was Rossi, red.]. Het oordeel van de expert vond men onafhankelijk, op basis van een plausibility check door de SNSF.’” https://nieuwscheckers.nl/verknipt-plagiaat-valse-identiteiten-en-middeleeuwse-manuscripten/

h/t @mssprovenance

If I may quote Hamlet, act 3, scene 3, line 87:

“No”

It is what it is

self-explanatory illustration by: Aaron Kuehn
https://aaronkuehn.com/art/bicycle-typogram?fbclid=IwAR0aQo6QCVRg8gUg8mr5jpRfwUdvKYvNgOiM4v9btuRcjqZPPJcpfJYsqPo

Interesting blog post by Marc Watkins: “AI detection isn’t going to work—but that’s not going to change our desire to have a tool to detect what work was written by a human vs. generated by an AI transformer.” #ChatGPT #pedagogy

https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/our-obsession-with-cheating-is-ruining

It's really weird to me at this point in computer history the primary reason to upgrade a computer is that the web browser companies stop supporting your OS. OSes no longer provide new or useful features over time, app compatibility no longer matters because everything new is on the web. But to keep using the web you have to upgrade your browser, and that occasionally means you have to upgrade your OS. Without this you could probably keep using computers from the last 15 years for like, 20 years

Fully funded PhD opportunity in #linguistics at the University of Basel (Switzerland) -- relevant topics #EnglishLinguistics, #FrenchLinguistics, #GeneralLinguistics, #GermanLinguistics, #RomanceLinguistics, #ItalianLinguistics. and similar. #PhDjobs #PhDOpportunity

Le monde académique suisse inquiet de son éviction d'un forum européen.

https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/13676468-le-monde-academique-suisse-inquiet-de-son-eviction-dun-forum-europeen.html

Flo mir 4 more good tips 👑 #3königstag #lifecoach #mentelhealth #dreikönigstag #drükönigstag

The latest article on #RECEPTIOgate in the NZZ is now much more critical than the first one; the incoherencies are clearly too important to overlook.

https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/universitaet-zuerich-neue-details-in-affaere-um-plagiatsvorwuerfe-ld.1719614

Wenn ich König von Deutschland wäre.

Ich suche wieder eine Assistenzperson in Bochum.
Ab Februar 2023, 80 std / Monat, 13,50 /std  
(ich versuche in den nächsten Monaten eine Erhöhung zu bekommen)  
Mehr unter dem Link
#Bochum #Essen #Dortmund #Ruhrgebiet #Ruhrpott
https://thabs.de/assistenz-job-zu-vergeben-bochum/

E guets Nöis, liebi Lüüt!
#Idiotikon #schweizerdeutsch