Really enjoying the first day of #RetroEval here in Aberdeen :D
Remote
Dave in 🏴
@_dmh@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Computational linguist specializing in #NaturalLanguageGeneration with an interest in linguistic complexity.
Advanced Research Fellow at #UniversityOfAberdeen, living in #Edinburgh
Publishing under David M. Howcroft
More personal at @_dmh@tech.lgbt
494 Followers
655 Following
11 Posts
Joined May 16, 2018
website:
pronouns:
they/them
languages:
en, de, fr, sv, gd, jp
If you're working on your submission to #RetroEval2026, the Symposium on Natural Language Generation Evaluations in honor of Ehud Reiter, I've got some good news!
The deadline has been extended to 28 April for archival submissions!
Updated deadlines, etc, here: https://retroeval.github.io/
Replying to
@simon@fedi.simonwillison.net But what if I want my website under 14 kB in size? https://endtimes.dev/why-your-website-should-be-under-14kb-in-size/
Replying to
@WebCoder49@floss.social
Thanks, Oliver, I did see that. My point was to bring it to the Zotero team's attention that they neglected to mention it in their big announcement
@zotero@fosstodon.org
Replying to
@zotero@fosstodon.org
Head up that this post mentions Mac and Windows, but not that there's also a Linux release available
Replying to
Bonus points if I can also plug other brands of laptop into it fairly easily, even if it requires connecting separate USB and display cables for those which don't support DP
Just under 20 hours left! Write write write!
Someone made a petition to University of Aberdeen's University Court about the "Adapting for Continuing Success" change program being rushed through the uni, if you want to read about it and consider signing:
https://www.change.org/p/open-letter-to-university-of-aberdeen-court
Replying to
@thegradient@sigmoid.social
Are y'all in the Mastodon project Discord as well so you can see what other admins are reporting?