Chris Parnin

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Researcher @ Microsoft. Computer science, software engineering, economics, startups, and education. 🇹đŸ‡ș
GitHubhttps://github.com/chrisparnin
Chris ParninMay 12, 2025
Baldur BjarnasonMay 12, 2025

“How is fascism going for you? Here’s how it’s going for me. | by Amy J. Ko | Bits and Behavior | May, 2025 | Medium”

https://medium.com/bits-and-behavior/letters-from-the-fascist-front-e9433a7fc38c

> The point of this post, then, is to catalog the administration’s destruction in my life

How is fascism going for you? Here’s how it’s going for me.

Now that I’ve found my rhythm of resistance, I’m starting to have capacity to write about what’s happening. Not for sympathy or support—I am far from the most negatively impacted—but for clarity, to


Bits and Behavior
Chris ParninJan 25, 2024
We’re looking to hire an HCI researcher for our team at Microsoft. Ping me if you know anyone that might be interested!
Chris ParninAug 23, 2023
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍Jan 14, 2023
https://github.com/marceloprates/prettymaps
#prettymaps #SĂŁoPaulo #cartography #Python #OpenStreetMap
GitHub - marceloprates/prettymaps: Draw pretty maps from OpenStreetMap data! Built with osmnx +matplotlib + shapely

Draw pretty maps from OpenStreetMap data! Built with osmnx +matplotlib + shapely - marceloprates/prettymaps

GitHub
Chris ParninAug 22, 2023
Dare ObasanjoAug 21, 2023

This post is a great reminder that when writing technical documentation, your readers will just copy your examples verbatim a lot of the time.

You have to be thoughtful about things like sample code or example configurations because that’s actually going to be a lot of your customer’s production code and deployed configurations.

This applies outside of technical writing as well. People treat analogies and examples as just as canonical as the thing you’re teaching.

https://blog.thinkst.com/2023/08/default-behaviour-sticks-and-so-do-examples.html

Default behaviour sticks (And so do examples)

Thinkst Thoughts
Chris ParninAug 7, 2023
Emma ManningAug 7, 2023

Hi Fediverse! I got laid off last week!

I've got a PhD in Computational Linguistics and have been working for the last couple years as a Linguist on Google Assistant.

My expertise is mainly in (a) linguistic annotation and (b) evaluation methods for Natural Language Generation (NLG). But I'm potentially interested in anything that will let me play with language data, or even language and/or data.

I'm currently in the NYC area and would love to stay here, but I'm open to relocating elsewhere in the US, as long as it's not to one of the states that trans people are fleeing from.

My mom said I should go back on Twitter to post about this, so getting me #FediHired would be a great way to prove that that's not necessary 😉

#GetFediHired

Chris ParninJul 27, 2023
Greg WilsonJul 26, 2023
Prof Chris Brown's team would like to talk to developers about the challenges of implementing GDPR compliance in open source software: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeopJr67ySWjBS7TgGCSltlM15yAssKKmCxUBkXqoMZ9Zf0RA/viewform Please help if you can.
GDPR Compliance in Open Source Software

You are invited to participate in our interview about implementing the GDPR in open source software on GitHub. To participate, please complete this brief survey to provide background information and details about your experience implementing data privacy regulations in open source. You must be 18 years or older to participate. Your responses will remain confidential and be presented in aggregate. Upon completion of the survey, you will be entered into a random drawing to win one of two $100 Amazon gift cards. Please contact Chris Brown ([email protected]) with any questions or concerns. Thank you for your time.

Google Docs
Chris ParninJul 25, 2023
Dare ObasanjoJul 25, 2023

Forrester Research published a research note with this key takeaway after Twitter rebranded to X.

Prediction: X Will Shutter Or Be Acquired Within The Next 12 Months

🙀

https://www.forrester.com/blogs/for-most-twitter-users-x-wont-mark-the-spot/

For Most Twitter Users, “X” Won’t Mark The Spot

Twitter's name change to "X" marks the beginning of the end for the app that once defined the microblogging space.

Forrester
Chris ParninJul 24, 2023
abegelJul 24, 2023
Our study is still open to participants! ... Ever wanted to build a site without learning HTML/CSS/JS? If you’re in the U.S. and 18+, fill out https://bit.ly/DND0200 to join our study. You will be asked to perform website creation tasks. For more info, contact [email protected].
#neurodiversity #autism #dyslexia
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Chris ParninJul 21, 2023
Ars TechnicaJul 21, 2023

Redditors prank AI-powered news mill with “Glorbo” in World of Warcraft

"Glorbo" isn't real, but a news-writing AI model didn't know it—and then it wrote about itself.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/07/redditors-prank-ai-powered-news-mill-with-glorbo-in-world-of-warcraft/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Redditors prank AI-powered news mill with “Glorbo” in World of Warcraft

"Glorbo" isn't real, but a news-writing AI model didn't know it—and then it wrote about itself.

Ars Technica
Chris ParninJul 21, 2023
Andreas ZellerJul 20, 2023
When developing new research ideas, I ask myself: How could their result fit in _a single sentence_? In this interview, I show how this shapes my research, its communication, and the quest for impact. Enjoy!
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