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

my condolences to laboratory scientists whose objects of study are... non-human. I would pipette for you if I could.

broke: arranging your schedule so you only have to come to campus twice a week

woke: arranging your schedule so you have to come to campus every single morning, in an attempt to be "productive"

bespoke: no one has seen you in years. junior grad students doubt your existence. whenever you are spoken of, the fluorescent light over your cobwebbed desk space in the shared office flickers. on the department website, your name links to a page that clearly hasn't been updated since 2010.

If there are any critical media studies people on here that can recommend readings about the relationship between artist, identity, artwork, and audience, please let me know! Curious to learn more.

replication is the sincerest form of flattery; it means you think the question that someone's asking is important enough to answer correctly.

(mind you, "riff off" here is distinct from "rip off", where someone else is turning a profit from something you made without changing it. don't do that, it's uncool.)

I think the people who don't want others to riff off of their work are the same people who worry they'll never have another idea again. that's never happened to me before, and it's not likely to happen in the future.

part of the reason I'm always on about open source and intellectual property rights is because I *want* people to build off my ideas/tools and use them as launching pads for their own original thoughts. so truly, I'm thrilled when people "copy" me. it means I've inspired someone! and that's all the impact I can hope for :)

mixed feelings

on the one hand: science good, knowledge advancement good, several people (that I know of) doing interesting research are working here

on the other: if this is fully funded by Toyota, what relationship does the corporation have with the institute? Does it set research agendas? Does it retain exclusive IP rights over anything created by the academics working here?

can i call in sick with the hiccups

Website update: switched over to a static site, cleaned up some other cruft, and added a rel="me" for verification!

(in preparation for other big things)

https://www.nimirea.com

decided to start boosting every request for financial support that comes across my timeline because, fuck it, it's the holidays (but i'm also going to keep doing it past the holidays). life is too short to spend any part of it in poverty.