Nicole Mirea @nimirea@scholar.social

Hi everyone! I'm a #linguistics grad student at Northwestern University, currently using #deeplearning to figure out how we learn sound patterns (#phonotactics) of new languages #phonology #phonetics #introductions

journalists are real-time historians

agree, disagree, or qualify?

on a bigger note, I honestly think a lot of "deep learning"/"neural network" hype is due to its apparent inaccessibility. and that's more due to many people not explaining it well (understating limitations, touting it as a panacea), than it being inherently more complicated/good/smart

once you know that every machine learning technique has some limitation, you get better at finding it

most humans are really good at thinking in spatial terms!! give them the opportunity to succeed by using spatial metaphors! ("flow of information", "loop back", etc.)

today I tried to explain neural nets to people without visual aids

note to self: never try this again

I have so many results files. SO MANY. and I have no idea what most of them are, except that I know that the most recent ones were used in my write-up.

so what the hell do I do with the rest???

I'm going through an old (~1 year) codebase that I just haven't had time for, and, I can't stress this enough:

DESIGN YOUR CODE WITH A NAIVE DEVELOPER IN MIND. Yes, even if you're in academia; yes, even if you plan to be the only one working on the project.

Often, this will mean coming up with a plan for the directory structure *before* you even write a single line of code. This also means keeping track of the dependencies in a readme.

also pls don't get nitpicky w/ me about maximum onset principle because it is honestly too early in the morning for the syllable discourse

Imagine saying the word "Bayesian" (or actually say it, if you can). Does the first syllable sound more like "beige" or "bays"?

and i know that i speak from a place of privilege where i can afford to admit that i DON'T 100% love the #hustle

although it might still impact my possibility of getting a job in the future. we'll see when the time comes, i guess.

to any evaluator that reads this post: literally every job has positives and negatives, and for me to portray myself as a person who ignores the negatives would be totally dishonest!

this article totally has the wrong call to action, though

like, our response to this shouldn't be to admire "total, shameless buy-in". this should be a sign that we need to work to dismantle the "dismal system" entirely.

fetishization of work and industriousness by glorifying the #hustle kinda grosses me out

maybe it's i'm just lazy, maybe it's bc my parents were always critical of any economic system that lays claim your heart in addition to your labor, but... this seems more like a manifestation of economic insecurity than anything positive

i had the same thoughts about "productivity"/"note-taking" bloggers on Tumblr, and i'm glad i'm not the only one: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/business/against-hustle-culture-rise-and-grind-tgim.html

If you are in northern IL / upper Midwest area, and you have the ability to drive in current weather conditions: please PLEASE consider doing grocery runs today for people near you who can't drive

!!!

(also this is a reminder for everyone to stock up)