Shawn M. Jones, PhD

@shawnmjones
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Cat dad. ISTI Postdoc Fellow Los Alamos National Laboratory CCS-3. PhD from Old Dominion University Computer Science. WSDL 4 Life. Head of the Dark and Stormy Archives Project. My toots are my own. Boosts mean I think you should see this -- usually but not always an endorsement. #TwitterMigrant

Interests: #MachineLearning #ML #caturday #WebArchiving #NaturalLanguageProcessing #NLP #WebScience #ComputerVision #SocialMedia #IDIC #DigitalPreservation #LEGO #macOS #iOS #Linux

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I just noticed I still own the 'mastodon.press' domain 🤔 I got it a while ago before the massive birb migration but I concluded it was a failed project since it got stamped into the ground  

Pretty sure the domain can be used now for journalists or news outlets or something?

I'm not gonna fire up another instance so I am willing to tranfser it! But it has to be used and not sold or something, that makes me feel like a clown

CNN? TWP? New York Times? Anyone? 

Got a little panic attack when my iPhone with 2FA app didn’t want to charge anymore. Wanted to get that 2FA app to simultaneously run on another device asap. Found these instructions that allowed me to breathe normally again https://superuser.com/a/1664375
Google Authenticator and second device setup

I have two-step verification setup for a Gmail account. Its currently running on an iPhone. I'm trying to setup the same on an iPod while retaining the setup on the iPhone. (I often like to shut o...

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I can't get over this New York Times headline saying Ron DeSantis is "building his brand" by wrecking public education in Florida. It reminds me of NYT’s first mention of Hitler in 1922, which claimed his anti-Semitism wasn’t “genuine” or “violent” but was just “bait” to attract followers. From 1922 to 2023, NYT is still covering fascists from a marketing perspective rather than a moral perspective.

Today, February 4, is Rosa Parks's birthday and I’m thinking about her, her act of resistance, Claudette Colvin, and the events that surrounded the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 🧵

#RosaParks #ClaudetteColvin #MontgomeryBusBoycott #EmmettTill #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon

After 1 white parent complained about "controversial ideas" from Nat'l Book Award finalist Derrick Barnes speaking at three Alabama elementary schools as part of Black History Month in February—Barnes' lectures were cancelled😳

It was never about CRT. It was never about protecting our children. It was always about advancing white supremacy.

Now, hundreds of Black & white children will be deprived meaningful education, because of the whims of 1 white racist parent. smh

https://t.co/0acZhaLAIk

Alabama Schools Cancel Black History Month Event With Award-Winning Author

Award-winning children's book author Derrick Barnes was scheduled to visit three schools in Alabama during Black History Month. But just before Barnes' planned appearances in February, the invitation to Hoover and Alabaster City Schools was abruptly canceled.

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Well, that didn't take long. We're starting to see almost-believable autogenerated text being used so spam our issue tracker.

There's a legitimate chance that ChatGPT and their ilk are going to kill participatory open source. How can you keep any forums open to the public, when anyone can just pour an arbitrary amount of generated garbage into them?

How do you tell a smart but green contributor who's still learning the language from a thousand bots spewing averacitous trash?

Maybe the real social network is the friends we convinced to move to Mastodon along the way.

Hello everyone. Looking forward to celebrating the 20th anniversary of #ECCC and seeing old and new followers, signing autographs, kind words, and the spotlight panel. Can't wait to meet you March 4-5. Tickets are available now.

www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com/en-us/buy/tickets.html

Whenever work is being done outside, Marjon and Malala must monitor the intruders into their territory.

#caturday #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #GreyCat #BlackCat #GreyCats #GreyCatsRule #GreyCatsOfMastodon #BlackCat #BlackCats #BlackCatsRule #BlackCatsOfMastodon #BlackCatAppreciationPost

Kuo: HomePod Mini 2 to Begin Mass Shipments in Second Half of Next Year

Apple will begin mass shipments of the second-generation HomePod mini in the second half of 2024, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In his latest...

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