Trochaisms
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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-04-01
has anybody had any success in resizing the @nlp_class videos for viewing on Android devices? I want to watch on the bus without my laptop. # .@businessinsider "a lot of people think": weaselly. Call out race-baiting (or condone it & be judged); don't concern-troll. @stevesilberman in reply to stevesilberman # North Puget Sound from the…
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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-03-25
hm, that's 0.95 F on an @nlp_class dev set that I'm working just for kicks. Load HTML-parsing libs for extra credit grind? # Racist pinhead uses "according to the dictionary" appeal to authority: among other sins, didn't READ dictionary first. http://t.co/qk5wZE7I # Date night sunset! http://t.co/CTD8W4hZ # –Except for "Dick, Jane and Sally", and some…
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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-03-18
"How would you humans like it if we called you… single-origin flesh golems?" http://t.co/vHIY1PFc # http://t.co/xoFHNOAx we need this in the NLP world too! # *grumblemutterspit* not *THAT* NLP, dammit. # MT @kathrynschulz: "…chess, poker & Jeopardy. [next] at crosswords?" "Not cryptics!" (@cairdin via @bgzimmer) but I have PLANS there. in reply to cairdin #…
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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-03-11
Least possible snow http://t.co/Q9QcuqmB # That previous egg-corn laden tweet courtesy of @mrfaulty # Three tens and seven http://t.co/goPhoMed # I mention "bowling" and "birthday" in gmail: ads immediately become "adjusting to dentures" & "Join AARP". Data mining says I'm old. #
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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-03-04
View from my new office http://t.co/tZiyhXio # Identifying quirks of regular bus riders on my work commute, e.g. the one who angrily, wordlessly holds phone to ear the whole ride. #
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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-26
I am among the math clergy, but like @Wordie, "I'm both dubious of and excited by [@worrydream's] 'Kill Math' project" http://t.co/eTTOwQjj #
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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-19
debunking critical period http://t.co/oXtlK76u (via @aria42). "kids… [merely] persistent" (kids, I might add, also not afraid of failure.) # http://t.co/9d8qZUdg Spolsky on bottom-up management. His points seem obvious but bear repeating. # aw, missing a UW/AI talk on "submodular bandits" (tho for very good reason: job interviews!). #greatbandname # Hey look, @kotaku on linguistics/naming/phonological plausibility…
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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-12
On the relative value of online and in-person interaction: http://t.co/yaGQU8PS (h/t @lynneguist) # Tough job market for new Hogwarts grads: muggles can't tell Slytherin from Hufflepuff, ask hard questions re: turnover in Dark Arts dep't. # hey @hanachronism — just came across this comic. Useful re: what to tell 14-year-olds about grad school http://t.co/OOeqosWY #
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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-12
On the relative value of online and in-person interaction: http://t.co/yaGQU8PS (h/t @lynneguist) # Tough job market for new Hogwarts grads: muggles can't tell Slytherin from Hufflepuff, ask hard questions re: turnover in Dark Arts dep't. # hey @hanachronism — just came across this comic. Useful re: what to tell 14-year-olds about grad school http://t.co/OOeqosWY #
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Looking for work, 2012 edition
A short note (implied by my updates on Twitter), just to say: I was laid off last week from my previous employment in an abrupt downsizing — a company pivot, evidently away from the work I like to do. I’m looking for work now. Below the jump: what I’m looking for.