David Maus shared 1 year, 1 month ago
All Protocol Observed.
Welcome to Issue 169 of The Continent.
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap: Artificial Intelligence is not as artificial as it says on the box. In fact, programs like ChatGPT and Copilot rely on millions of data workers – actual humans – to do the grunt work. It’s tedious, underpaid, and often traumatic. No wonder much of the work is outsourced to vulnerable communities in the global south.
David Maus shared 1 year, 1 month ago
While a lot of people are aware of something being too good to be true, they often believe that something is too bad to be true either. Even if it's true.
This is a bias called the Just-world fallacy.
David Maus shared 1 year, 1 month ago
Protestors took to the streets of Nairobi last month because of a proposed new bill that would hike taxes and introduce new levies. Police fired on them. During a week of protests that culminated in the storming of parliament and the scrapping of part of the bill, 39 people including children died in the protests, over 360 were injured and 627 were arrested. 32 people were also abducted, and it's alleged that this was sanctioned by the state. @thecontinent reports on the “cost of resistance.”
https://continent.substack.com/p/kenya-life-is-cheap-when-police-turn
#Kenya #Nairobi #Africa #Protests #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
David Maus shared 1 year, 2 months ago
At the request of our faculty board I drafted some basic guidance on generative AI and research integrity (v1). With valuable input from @Iris @olivia @andreasliesenfeld among others. Primarily aimed at academics and written from a values-first rather than a tech-first perspective
Produced for @Radboud_uni Faculty of Arts but since some folks asked for a shareable version I've preprinted it at https://osf.io/2c48n/
#GenAI #ethics
![Generative AI and research integrity GPT-based text generators like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot have rapidly become a “cultural sensation” [1]. This document provides scholars with guidelines and scientific background on how to think critically and mindfully about these tools in academic writing and research. Preamble All research at our institution, from ideation and execution to analysis and reporting, is bound by the Dutch Code for Research Integrity. This code specifies five core virtues that organize and inform research conduct: Honesty, Scrupulousness, Transparency, Independence and Responsibility. One way to summarize the guidelines in this document is to say they are about taking these core virtues seriously. When it comes to using Generative AI in or for research, the question is if and how this can be done honestly, scrupulously, transparently, independently, and responsibly. A key ethical challenge is that most current Generative AI undermines these virtues by design [3–5; details below]. Input data is legally questionable; output reproduces biases and erases authorship; fine-tuning involves exploitation; access is gated; versioning is opaque; and use taxes the environment. While most of these issues apply across societal spheres, there is something especially pernicious about text generators in academia, where writing is not merely an output format but a means of thinking, crediting, arguing, and structuring thoughts. Hollowing out these skills carries foundati](https://blog.dmaus.name/proxy/media/20349/mqrvOXrHPhNf6boDJCHLlhySvzdewSPxxwq98mkZ2sk=/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4ubWFzdG8uaG9zdC9zY2hvbGFyc29jaWFsL21lZGlhX2F0dGFjaG1lbnRzL2ZpbGVzLzExMi80NDEvMjg5LzEwOC84NTgvMTE5L29yaWdpbmFsLzdjM2MzODY0YzRkMmNlZGIucG5n/740 "Generative AI and research integrity GPT-based text generators like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot have rapidly become a “cultural sensation” [1]. This document provides scholars with guidelines and scientific background on how to think critically and mindfully about these tools in academic writing and research. Preamble All research at our institution, from ideation and execution to analysis and reporting, is bound by the Dutch Code for Research Integrity. This code specifies five core virtues that organize and inform research conduct: Honesty, Scrupulousness, Transparency, Independence and Responsibility. One way to summarize the guidelines in this document is to say they are about taking these core virtues seriously. When it comes to using Generative AI in or for research, the question is if and how this can be done honestly, scrupulously, transparently, independently, and responsibly. A key ethical challenge is that most current Generative AI undermines these virtues by design [3–5; details below]. Input data is legally questionable; output reproduces biases and erases authorship; fine-tuning involves exploitation; access is gated; versioning is opaque; and use taxes the environment. While most of these issues apply across societal spheres, there is something especially pernicious about text generators in academia, where writing is not merely an output format but a means of thinking, crediting, arguing, and structuring thoughts. Hollowing out these skills carries foundati")
"Add 'Moin' to your personal dictionary" ✓
David Maus shared 1 year, 2 months ago
“A Eulogy for DevOps”
https://matduggan.com/a-eulogy-for-devops/
> In practice I "discovered" that if NPM was down nothing worked and the frontend team "discovered" that troubleshooting Kubernetes was a bit like Warhammer 40k Adeptus Mechanicus waving incense in front of machines they didn't understand in the hopes that it would make the problem go away.
We've built systems nobody understands that hang together on a thread and a prayer.
David Maus shared 1 year, 2 months ago
Jobsuche für lieben Menschen, IT
Jobsuche für lieben Menschen, IT
Einer meiner Menschen ist mit seinem Job sehr unzufrieden, weil.. problematische Chefs.
Mensch arbeitet in der IT als Fachinformatiker*in Softwareentwicklung, coded bisher in Java und Swing. Dazu Unmengen an Soft Skills - Koordination, Betreuung von Azubis, Bewerbungsverfahren, Teile von Scrum Master, und noch viele andere Dinge.
Webentwicklung kommt nicht in Frage.
Mensch arbeitet jetzt seit Beginn der Ausbildung in dem Unternehmen, aber die Werte passen nicht mit denen des Unternehmens zusammen. Allerdings bedeutet das auch, dass Mensch nicht weiß, was für Optionen es gibt.
ND-, queer- und polyamfreundlich wäre wichtig.
Großraum Hannover wäre ideal, full remote weiter weg ist aber auch okay.
Wenn ihr was wisst oder Ideen habt oder so, wäre das super hilfreich.
David Maus shared 1 year, 3 months ago
Interesting talk by Karin Bredenberg on »XML preserved from the past and into the future or?« – »I said validate your XML-documents!« is also an instructive picture for my students. 😎 #XMLPrague
David Maus shared 1 year, 3 months ago
#XMLPrague will be streamed on Friday and Saturday. Watch http://xmlprague.cz home page or https://youtube.com/@XMLPrague/streams
David Maus shared 1 year, 3 months ago
«Une semaine de travail pourrait être nécessaire pour remettre en état la ligne entre Chavornay et Ependes (VD).»
https://botsin.space/@RadioTeleSuisse/112530319215622819
David Maus shared 1 year, 3 months ago
Update: Thank you to everyone who has boosted this. A wonderful person has agreed to take in the flock! 
Original post:
I find myself unfortunately in need of help finding a home for my flock of chickens. I'm moving from a small rural farm to a house in the city, and the arrangements I had previously made for the birds have fallen though.
The chickens are in the US in Virginia, and so I'm looking for anyone in any nearby state (including West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Delaware, or even Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky) who could take them in. Basically anywhere I can reasonably drive them.
There are nine hens and a rooster, and they are all 8-11 years old, well past prime laying age. They need a place where they can live out their lives in safety and comfort. One of the hens is blind but has been blind for many years now and is fine as long as she has a roost bar to perch on with nearby food and water.
I am absolutely willing to pay for their feed and care, and I could even pay for and/or personally construct a coop/run for them to live in.
I've tried contacting nearby rescue organizations but the only one who is even accepting chickens has room for just a few of the hens.
#Chickens #Poultry #ChickensOfMastodon #BackyardChickens #Virginia #Maryland #WestVirginia #Delaware
David Maus shared 1 year, 3 months ago
***STARTING ON FRIDAY***
💜💫🎈 You are invited! 🎈💫💜
The 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 will take place over Memorial Day Weekend, Friday, May 24 through Monday, May 27, 2024.
This year’s festival will explore the theme
𝐋𝐀 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐋 𝐀𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐙𝐎 (The Poetry of the Tango Embrace).
For more information https://philadelphiatangofestival.com #tango #argentinetango #tangoargentino
David Maus shared 1 year, 3 months ago
Wir werden heute 25 Jahre alt!
Zu diesem Anlass zeigen wir ein Werbegeschenk, das wir auf der (Frankfurter) Buchmesse 2010 ausgereicht haben: Einen Kalender von 2049 (zufällig hat 2049 die gleichen Wochentage wie 2010) unter dem Motto „50 Jahre le-tex“.
if you happen to be in Hamburg next week and want some grassroots #tango event you should come to the bridge across the Bille https://www.google.com/maps/place/53%C2%B029'48.3%22N+10%C2%B014'09.0%22E/@53.4967432,10.2332651,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d53.49674!4d10.23584?authuser=0&entry=ttu on Tuesday, 21st at 19:00. A cozy outdoor tango organized by https://www.tangomitangela.de
David Maus shared 1 year, 3 months ago
A MOOD
A SPIRIT
AN INSPIRATION
let the power of Astor Piazzolla's LIBERTANGO, as played by the Berlin Philharmonic, bless you and your timeline.
https://invidious.einfachzocken.eu/watch?v=GnyAgOWhMnk
shout out to my homies of La Albiceleste 🇦🇷, show yourselves argentinos, argentinas y argentines aquí en el #fediverso
David Maus shared 1 year, 3 months ago
Hat vielleicht noch jemand eine MOS 8501 CPU für den #Commodore #C16 über? Die hier wurde vom Vorgänger bei einem Reparaturversuch falsch herum auf den Sockel gesteckt und ist dabei gestorben. Das Gerät soll weiter leben.
#Retrocomputing
David Maus shared 1 year, 4 months ago@ndw So this turns out to be a lie:
“There are no plans to stop supporting local library shares. The functionality to add/remove shares won't be available in the new Sonos app for now, but will be added with a future update. In the meantime the desktop controller for Win/Mac can be used to add/remove shares. Shares that are added to a system can be played from the new Sonos App.”
https://en.community.sonos.com/product-updates/the-new-sonos-mobile-app-web-app-6891770
David Maus shared 1 year, 4 months ago
Die AG MLDH trifft sich (fast) immer am ersten Donnerstag im Monat zur #CommunityHour. Hier tauschen wir uns über aktuelle Themen rund um #multilingualdh aus und koordinieren die nächsten Aktivitäten der AG.
Diese Woche ist es wieder soweit. Wir treffen uns am Donnerstag, den 2. Mai um 13 Uhr hier:
https://uni-hamburg.zoom.us/j/61930774093?pwd=Q3UvdzZjV3cxK2RGb3l4KzVJUXhiQT09
Wir freuen uns auf euch!
David Maus shared 1 year, 4 months ago
Relaunch des FID Romanistik: Neugestaltung von Portal, Discovery und Blog
Mitte April haben wir unseren Webauftritt neu gestaltet. Die Nutzer:innen des FID werden es längst bemerkt haben: sowohl die Portalseiten, als auch das Discovery (unser Suchsystem), sowie das Romanistik-Blog haben ein Redesign erfahren. Im Hintergrund wurden aber nicht nur Farben, Formen und Texte angepasst, sondern auch die Software auf neueste Versionen geupdatet. Unser Discovery basiert jetzt…
