December 11th, 2020

EnglishGibson My wife had a great "up-with-which-I-will-not-put" moment today.

I'd been wearing a new pair of jeans and still hadn't cut the tags as I wasn't sure if they fit properly.

Her comment: "You're not going to take those back now, are you? You've been farting in them up a storm."

9:06 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 10:06 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

skglas fände witzig wenn sie wie in einem surrealen batman movie die maske runterrisse und dahinter der JOKER rauskäme mit "hahaha ich habe neue transmissionswege werdet ihr demnächst merken"

8:24 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 9:01 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

tutubuslatinus There once was a limerick ’bout Gaul. Written by Jackie Fitzgerald and posted here with permission. hoc amo. pic.twitter.com/o0fFQ2aYMU

7:10 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 8:58 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

peterbreuer „Und was schenkt Ihr Euch dieses Jahr?“
„Weihnachten.“

6:24 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 8:48 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

emilymbender Listening to this #coling2020 panel, I'm feeling hope that maybe we're seeing the end of the "let's solve all the things with big LMs" phase of the field. Could it be?

6:13 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 8:44 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

emilymbender Definitely excited for this! I strongly believe that we need to climb out of the local minimum we're stuck in that suggests that ever larger datasets are the only solution, no matter the costs. twitter.com/coling2020/sta…

5:55 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 8:41 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

ClipperChip C'mon @CyberpunkGame, of all the bugs, this is the worst! There may be some canon reason why German manhole covers are used in Night City. But, please, DIN B125 is only allowed approved for pedestrian walkways. On roads, it should be a Begu D400 to support the weight! pic.twitter.com/i3nl0bn0vF

7:53 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 8:40 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

EmmaSManning @mdlhx @JoakimNivre Honorary millennial status granted!

4:08 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 8:31 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

PaulBurston I don’t doubt a single word of this. pic.twitter.com/mPoao0KCve

9:30 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 8:25 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

GabrielBerlin Die Menschen fragen mich Gabi hattest du die Hände im Spiel bei der Benennung dieses Apple-Feature ich sage hallo wie kommt pic.twitter.com/z3KFliq8sA

3:54 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 8:23 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

GabrielBerlin *legt ein Schwelgegelübde ab*

3:25 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 8:20 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

antjeschrupp haben deren laute Drohungen und Beschimpfungen Politik und Gesellschaft eingeschüchtert, sodass die Verantwortlichen aus vorauseilendem Gehorsam denen gegenüber nicht gehandelt haben, als R-Wert und Inzidenzen anstiegen.

2:37 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 6:04 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

pavel23 Das wäre zum Lachen, wenn es an Dämlichkeit zu überbieten wäre. Was glauben diese Verbandsfunktionäre eigentlich, warum wir es nicht in den Griff bekommen? U.a. kriegen wir jetzt langen Lockdown, weil der Handel sich gegen rechtzeitige Maßnahmen sperrte.
spiegel.de/wirtschaft/han…

10:24 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 6:02 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

derwahremawa Alle Leute, die »Alexander von *irgendwas Dreisilbiges*« heißen, sind für mich identisch.

11:59 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 12:21 PM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

amandalynneP I'm grateful to @ResistanceAI for the opportunity to present some notes from a work in progress in which I consider the question: how does machine translation shift power? Some thoughts follow.

9:35 PM, Dec 10th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:50 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

amandalynneP But because it is increasingly used in high-stakes scenarios (read @danyoel on this), we need to have a clear understanding of its limitations, alongside critical examinations of the theoretical assumptions and prevailing technological paradigms that shape machine translation.

9:35 PM, Dec 10th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:49 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

amandalynneP It is worth examining how narratives of machine translation as a 'social good' that equalizes access to information implicitly valorize the knowledge produced by particular linguistic communities, as well as what that says about who gets to create 'vital' information.

9:35 PM, Dec 10th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:48 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

coreyspowell This may be the longest photographic exposure ever taken: An 8-year image of the Sun's path through the sky, taken with a pinhole camera made out of a beer can. herts.ac.uk/about-us/media… pic.twitter.com/ffe1AHSFXc

5:34 PM, Dec 10th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:47 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

wirklichewelt Ich hasse es, Datumsangaben in Phantasieformaten zu bekommen, @GoogleDE. Meinen Sie 2021-10-03 oder 2021-03-10? Oder 3.10.2021? 10.3.2021? 3/10/2021 vielleicht? Oder sogar 10/3/2021? Die Zeichenfolge „10-03-2021“ jedenfalls ist keine gültige Datumsangabe. pic.twitter.com/sMkXki4b6b

11:08 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:43 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

pfadintegral Erstmal Friedhofskapazitäten ausschöpfen, dann in Ruhe weiterschauen twitter.com/KatjaSuding/st…

11:00 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Tweetbot for Mac (retweeted on 11:42 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

timnitGebru This is what makes me sad. The message that was sent to so many people. twitter.com/ariel_anders/s…

11:43 PM, Dec 10th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:39 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

timnitGebru Megan Kachollia "resignates" me sending an email to my personal email address after cutting me off corp while I'm on vacation. It was not an event that just *happened* where no person was responsible. How is it that not a single person has been held accountable for this calamity?

2:51 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:39 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

SkrivaFel Having supported a number of people dealing with the sheer stress of being marginalised, I'd like to remind those in power that a great way of promoting mental health is to have a just and equal society.

9:45 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 11:38 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

Wietsedv New paper + models! It turns out that you can recycle the English GPT-2 model for new languages by only retraining one layer.

In our new @GroNlp paper with @MalvinaNissim we show how you can successfully adapt English GPT-2 to Italian and Dutch without retraining from scratch. pic.twitter.com/asQgZ6msHA

8:52 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:27 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

ScHuehnerkrisp @moelllller Nein auf gar keinen Fall. Spotify sollte nur vielleicht erstmal lernen, seiner Musikdaten Herr zu werden, bevor es sich an einem Plagiatsdetektor versucht #whatcouldpossiblygowrong zeit.de/kultur/musik/2…

7:07 PM, Dec 7th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:23 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

tbecker2015 Das würde man gern von sehr viel mehr Professor*innen, Denkan*innen und sonstigen Verantwortlichen hören. Umso dankbarer, dass es @AchimLandwehr gibt! twitter.com/AchimLandwehr/…

6:57 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:23 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

AidanCTweets 1. We didn't.

2. He wouldn't be. pic.twitter.com/IIegWtBNWu

11:43 AM, Dec 10th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:21 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

katharintai Der große Unterschied, der sich durch all diese Länder, demokratisch wie autokratisch, Süden oder Norden, Insel oder nicht, zieht, ist, dass Regierungen und Behörden vorausschauend reagieren - anstatt den Infektionszahlen monatelang dabei zuzusehen, wie sie steigen.

9:44 AM, Dec 10th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 7:59 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

rajiinio We need to upgrade our dataset culture in ML. If we ever hope to make our models work, data needs to be more than an afterthought - its the engine driving the field & we need to treat it as such!

Inspired by @timnitGebru & others who continue asking questions on ML's data use. twitter.com/amandalynneP/s…

2:37 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 5:02 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

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9:09 PM, Dec 10th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 4:39 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

ojahnn don't listen to her, she's in the pocket of big perplexity

9:27 PM, Dec 10th, 2020 via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 4:38 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

spiantado Why do people think that the slope is slippery in only one direction? Without attention to ethics, we've *already* slid into egregious uses and abuses of machine learning and data science. twitter.com/pmddomingos/st…

6:28 PM, Dec 10th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 4:37 AM, Dec 11th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)