@vernickelt

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he/him, er/ihm
Deutsch, English, Italiano (in order of fluency, but just ordinale scale)
Some how found myself on the main mastodon instance and now I don't know where to go.

My interest here are partially represented by the accounts I follow.

Blogvernickelt.bearblog.dev
Show threadvernickeltNov 9, 2022
BTW the design was based on von der Malsburg et al. (2020) and Pozniak and Burnett (2021) @tmalsburg
Show threadvernickeltNov 8, 2022
I wanted to add a CW here basically as the title, I didn't know CW are part of the character count, specially confusiong since it is not displayed in the mastodon app on android
vernickeltNov 8, 2022

I came up with writing 500 word summaries(abstracts) of works I read.

I started with my thesis.

The idea is to condense everything to its essence(obviously to see whether I understood what it is about.)

vernickeltNov 8, 2022
We conducted an online self-paced reading experiment, to study generic (masculine) forms in German. Focused on the 2021 German federal elections, the expected gender of the upcoming chancellor did not influence reading times meaningfully. Feminine, masculine and inclusive forms of "Bundeskanzler*in" were peceived differently. The inclusive form was perceived generic, the feminine specific and the masculine flexible. We theorize the common use of the generic masculine influenced the results.
vernickeltNov 7, 2022

How do I know whether I am ready for science?

Sometimes I burn for scientific topic but sometimes, I don't feel attracted to the science presented to me in my studies.

How to even know what my interests are with this vast selection.

(Does not make it better that I studied really interdiciplinary and don't have a "home" dicipline, for myself, how to draw benefit out of that?)

vernickeltNov 7, 2022
Aral BalkanNov 5, 2022

Here’s an idea: let’s call people “people” on the fediverse instead of “users” whenever we can.

Compare:

“There are 42 users on this instance.”

vs

“There are 42 people on this instance.”

Which acknowledges our humanity more?

Language matters. We don’t need to perpetuate mainstream technology’s othering/colonial framing of “us” – designers/developers/other “clever folks” – and “them” – the users (usually one step removed from “dumb user” and usually the ones who get used).

#peopleNotUsers

vernickeltNov 4, 2022
I got spoiled at my old Uni, I could write my thesis basically about my own topic. I also needed to do all the practical work (my supervisors where great though). At this uni I have to choose between research groups and nothing feels fitting. The PI seem nice and also the general topics but than the current research questions don't really resonate. Maybe I can get really into one topic an still propose something. Any advice how to get happy as master student?🙃
Show threadvernickeltNov 3, 2022
my problem is i don't know yet which map and game mode I want to play
vernickeltNov 3, 2022
mastodon.social is like a lobby in a video game which has a minigame build in, it is fun but at some point one should consider to get going
vernickeltOct 30, 2022
Chris TrottierOct 30, 2022

This needs to be said again: mastodon.social is not Mastodon, and neither is Mastodon synonymous with the Fediverse.

Whatever your specific user experience is not indicative of everyone else's.