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Eldan Goldenberg Jan 11, 2023

Writes of Way 🛣🚏🗺🧭Jan 11, 2023

“Dzidzilalich” has been proposed as an honorary name for the new Elliott Way in downtown #Seattle, and for Alaskan Way from Elliott Way to S Dearborn Street. I'm glad to see the name return to our waterfront, but couldn't we have done better than "Elliott Way" for the new road? https://www.writesofway.org/dzidzilalich-return-seattle-waterfront-honorary-name-elliott-way-alaskan-way/ #Lushootseed #Duwamish #Suquamish #Muckleshoot #StreetName #StreetNames #NativeNames #NativeAmerican

“Dzidzilalich” to return to Seattle waterfront as honorary name for Elliott Way, Alaskan Way ~ Writes of Way

Writes of Way ~ Musings on Seattle’s streets, their names, and more besides.

Eldan Goldenberg Jan 11, 2023

Lauren Gawne Jan 11, 2023

Officially turned on my automated reply for parental leave in 2023 - decided to make it a bit less cruel to colleagues who have to keep me on email chains, while also sneaking in a linguistics fact.

Eldan Goldenberg Jan 11, 2023

Last night I had a vivid and complicated dream which included being a passenger on a floatplane with a full mast and keel like a sailing boat, all while fully aware of how ridiculously ungainly that would be.

Eldan Goldenberg Jan 11, 2023

Mr. Encyclopedia Jan 11, 2023

You've heard of Sapir-Whorf, but you are probably unfamiliar with the Tapir-Worf hypothesis, which states:

"A tapir could kick Worf's ass if it was necessary for plot reasons to establish that the tapir is very strong."

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Eldan Goldenberg Jan 11, 2023

So is Denton supposed to be the first person narrator from the Poe story? I haven’t been able to make up my mind about that.
#SFFBookClub

Eldan Goldenberg Jan 10, 2023

Jeremiah Lee Jan 10, 2023

Native technologists call for the Apache® Software Foundation to change its name.

https://blog.nativesintech.org/apache-appropriation/

I am not Indigenous, but I join their request in allyship.

#ASF #NativesInTech #software #programming #openSource

Apache® Appropriation

It is not uncommon to learn about non-Indigenous entities appropriating Indigenous culture but none of them are as large, prestigious, nor well-known as The Apache® Software Foundation is in software circles.

Natives in Tech Blog

Eldan Goldenberg Jan 10, 2023

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Owen Jan 9, 2023

Finally - if your reaction to a community setting a boundary with you ("don't index me, even if you technically can") is "fuck you, I'll do what I want," then congratulations, you are engaging in a pattern of deliberate boundary erosion.

There's a name for that. It's not a nice name, and you probably don't think of yourself in those terms, but it's abuse.

Eldan Goldenberg Jan 10, 2023

Owen Jan 9, 2023

"I should be able to talk to anyone, about anything, at any time" and "I should be able to read and search any conversation held in a public place, from anywhere, at any time" are brain damage left over from pro-capital social media. Universality makes those projects more attractive to money.

Communities, definitionally, _aren't_ universal. A group of people (large or small) connected by common needs or goals has borders, or at least boundaries.

Eldan Goldenberg Jan 10, 2023

Jeremy Kahn Jan 10, 2023

It has occurred to me today that there are two AI-boosterist hype memes (axioms of fantasy) afoot right now

- LLMs can be used as a search engine (see Galactica, etc)
- LLMs are *not* pastiche/plagiarism engines; (giant data sets are just "fair use")

Are these two ideas mutually compatible?

If so, some weird opportunities for (e.g.) industrial espionage on these closed data sets ("prompt: Microsoft's internal acquisition plan for 2023").

If not, one or both of these axioms may be wrong

Eldan Goldenberg Jan 9, 2023

Derek Powazek 🐐Jan 9, 2023

So they put Rhea Perlman, notable Jewish woman, in Star Wars The Bad Batch as ... a lizard person.

Sigh. I'm so tired.

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