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DrVeronikaCH

@DrVeronikaCH@dair-community.social

Associate prof in computer science at ITU Copenhagen 🇳🇱 in 🇩🇰

Accidental academic, failed and got lucky a lot, see https://www.veronikach.com

I did AI before it was cool and often share things about its adverse effects. I have two cats, Pixel and Dot, and post cat pictures often.

Profile photo: black and white photograph of me holding Dot. Banner: a drawing of me, my cats and some other things I like, like pubquizzes and open science

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RickiTarr, to random
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Today let's spread the love!

@ someone in the comments who has made your Mastodon experience better, a little explanation as to why would be awesome too! You are welcome to do more than one.

DrVeronikaCH,
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@RickiTarr many awesome accounts here but recently particularly thought about @purplepadma and @Pawpower who share relatable things and just make this a more welcoming and heartwarming place

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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I'm quite happy with my current job, but if I was considering universities in the Netherlands, Utrecht is winning

"Utrecht University chose not to be included on the Times Higher Education rankings"

"According to Utrecht University, the rankings place “too much emphasis on scoring and competition,” while the university says it considers collaboration and openness of scientific research to be more important."

https://nltimes.nl/2023/09/29/utrecht-university-chose-included-times-higher-education-rankings

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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How can you announce you are holding a conference in Hawaii and then in the same email say you "will focus on the environmental impact of our collective research" 🙄

RickiTarr, to random
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What do you think is a subject that most people misunderstand, and if they were more educated in the topic it would probably change their mind?

DrVeronikaCH,
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@RickiTarr AI, language models probably

RickiTarr, to random
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If you could kick something out of your life today, what would it be?

DrVeronikaCH,
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@RickiTarr anxiety

RickiTarr, to random
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What is your favorite breakfast? What is the actual breakfast you usually eat?

DrVeronikaCH,
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@RickiTarr I like savoury breakfasts. Full English is a bit too much but I like scrambled eggs with salmon or with cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes, hash browns. I don't typically eat all that but I do have eggs fairly often

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If you have to do something you really don't want to do, how do you get yourself to do it?

DrVeronikaCH,
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@RickiTarr I need the XP to level up (this part of the todo list is actually called XP)

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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Do I know any people in/around Rotterdam who could use some IKEA furniture items, pick up next week?

Boosts appreciated if you know it could reach someone in need!

aral, to SmallWeb
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So given it’s Saturday night, I thought I’d have a little fun with Kitten and make a tiny collaborative drawing toy.

You have a 20×20 grid and only black and white to draw with and everyone shares the same canvas.

https://draw-together.small-web.org

Have fun + looking forward to seeing what we all, umm, draw together.

:kitten:💕

PS. It took about 60 lines of code.

View source: https://codeberg.org/aral/draw-together

#Kitten #SmallWeb #DrawTogether #toy #game #web #dev

DrVeronikaCH,
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@aral this is amazing

RickiTarr, to random
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What's your favorite ice cream or frozen treat?

DrVeronikaCH,
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@RickiTarr I'm not big on sweets but I like sorbet ice-cream (lemon or red berries) or ice-cream with dark chocolate

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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I joined this workshop on scientific error https://www.eurandom.tue.nl/event/perspectives-on-scientific-error/ organized by @lakens and others. What a great event! So refreshing to talk to people about science, theory building, and incentive structures. No talks proposing LLMs replacing humans. Excellent, highly recommend

DrVeronikaCH, to animals
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My office buddies today

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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A from the last few days

  1. Submitted a paper with @amelia and collaborators we met only recently, but it was a 1+1=3 collaboration, looking forward to more of this
  2. A colleague wrote me a nice email about my blog, which I've been neglecting, but that gives me extra motivation to start again
  3. I used the phone 😱 to call a pizzeria and ordered the pizza in Danish and I got the correct pizza and everything
DrVeronikaCH, to animals
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Who is this intruder

RickiTarr, to random
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Without looking it up, tell me anything you know about Lithuania or Lithuanians.

DrVeronikaCH,
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@RickiTarr they like beets

DrVeronikaCH, to animals
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What are your favorite hashtags on here? I like - does not need to be related to this, but just specific ones with good content

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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  1. Ham kaas (ham cheese) croissant
  2. A friend told me a book I recommended made it to his top 1 books ever read
  3. Having absolutely no plans for the rest of the day
DrVeronikaCH, to random
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Any suggestions for games for Android phones? So far my favorites have been Terraria, open source civilization, "I love hue too" (matching color tiles), Hexamania (a bit like Tetris perhaps but at your own speed), various rogue like RPGs like Pixel dungeon

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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The hotel shower today told me I got an E on how hot/long I showered. Sorry not sorry, it was an A+ on self care.

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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  1. Last full lecture for the semester today. I like teaching but even after years, it takes a lot of energy

  2. My team who understand that I'm out of energy and take over things 🥰

  3. Leftovers from Szechuan take away place

Am I doing this right?

DrVeronikaCH, to LEGO
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Awesome surprise for today, they were giving out free in the Copenhagen metro today and this is what I got

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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  1. Feel back on track with work tasks after the winter break, even though it's going to be a few busy weeks
  2. Seeing papers and collaborations progress 🥰
  3. Had a nice evening with pizza and drinks with my team (and the cats joined too)
DrVeronikaCH, to random
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  1. Good travel day today to Umeå, Sweden. I easily get stressed when travelling (and also not when travelling 😂) and did so today, but overall I'm kind of proud of myself
  2. Couple who were happy because I offered to switch seats so they could sit together
  3. An airport that has eduroam 🤘
DrVeronikaCH, to random
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  1. Good progress with both with lab projects and students I supervised this semester submitting their projects

  2. Last work day today before 2024

  3. Discovered an excellent Korean BBQ restaurant

nedbat, to random
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Is it bad that "nedbat" means scars in Arabic, overlook (verb) in Czech, don't care in Serbian, decline in Norwegian, reckless in Romanian and negligence in Ukranian?

OTOH, it's hard to argue with bearded (Catalan).

(according to Google Translate...)

DrVeronikaCH,
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@nedbat I think the Norwegian "translation" is probably of "nedsat" which at least in Danish and Swedish means something like "reduced"

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