Josef Fruehwald
@jofrhwld.bsky.social
i’m a linguist. he/him https://jofrhwld.github.io/
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Josef Fruehwald
@jofrhwld.bsky.social
· Nov 9
new-fave
forced-alignment-and-vowel-extraction.github.io
Check out the docs & intro tutorials for new-fave! #nwav52
Question: For a CompLing course that's includes intro-to-programming, I'm asking them to write a function (without regex) that returns True if a string is a^nb, False otherwise. Is that... too challenging?
Conditionals and Loops – Lin511 (2026) Computational Linguistics
lin511-2026.github.io
February 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Question: For a CompLing course that's includes intro-to-programming, I'm asking them to write a function (without regex) that returns True if a string is a^nb, False otherwise. Is that... too challenging?
I thought my architect friend was being hyperbolic when she said that we should stop putting indoor plumbing in houses... But I'm starting to agree
February 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I thought my architect friend was being hyperbolic when she said that we should stop putting indoor plumbing in houses... But I'm starting to agree
Chomsky on Foucault: “I'd never met anyone who was so totally amoral”
I guess Foucault didn’t retain that distinction forever
I guess Foucault didn’t retain that distinction forever
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Chomsky on Foucault: “I'd never met anyone who was so totally amoral”
I guess Foucault didn’t retain that distinction forever
I guess Foucault didn’t retain that distinction forever
I'm grateful not to have any former academic advisors in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I'm grateful not to have any former academic advisors in the Epstein files.
i’d rant about the priority given to clearing snow from car infrastructure… except it seems like the city has also sort of given up on that?
February 3, 2026 at 12:16 AM
i’d rant about the priority given to clearing snow from car infrastructure… except it seems like the city has also sort of given up on that?
Reposted by Josef Fruehwald
Free access dataset of co-registered Ultrasound and EMA speech data. 200 sentences. Just requires free demo version of AAA software. articulateinstruments.com/ema-ultrasou...
EMA/ultrasound co-registered dataset -
EMA co-registered EMA and Ultrasound dataset (Open access – no commercial licence for AAA required to analyse this dataset) This […]
articulateinstruments.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Free access dataset of co-registered Ultrasound and EMA speech data. 200 sentences. Just requires free demo version of AAA software. articulateinstruments.com/ema-ultrasou...
i really need to know if these academics with emails in the files were using the institutional email addresses.
February 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
i really need to know if these academics with emails in the files were using the institutional email addresses.
is there a term for a “Perfect February” that fits exactly in the calendar?
February 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
is there a term for a “Perfect February” that fits exactly in the calendar?
This looks great!
New blog post introducing Causion - a web app for causal inference teaching and learning: pedermisager.org/blog/causion....
Introducing Causion: A web app for playing with DAGs | Peder M. Isager
Personal website of Dr. Peder M. Isager
pedermisager.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This looks great!
niche content: in BG3 multiplayer in the Grymforge, if one of you is in dialog with the escaped iron hand gnome, and the other tries to sneak around to steal the smoke powder, it *will* bork the game logic
January 25, 2026 at 5:37 PM
niche content: in BG3 multiplayer in the Grymforge, if one of you is in dialog with the escaped iron hand gnome, and the other tries to sneak around to steal the smoke powder, it *will* bork the game logic
TIL: McGruff the Crime Dog is Columbo’s federally standardized fursona
January 20, 2026 at 11:00 PM
TIL: McGruff the Crime Dog is Columbo’s federally standardized fursona
I know I lived there a while, but why is every traditional British dish called like "puss and grubble"?
January 18, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I know I lived there a while, but why is every traditional British dish called like "puss and grubble"?
I followed an academic on TikTok who I don't know, but who was making academic related videos. Recently, I looked at my TT dms tab, which I only use for messaging strange videos to my sister, and saw that this academic was in my chat history. Confused, I opened the chat
January 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I followed an academic on TikTok who I don't know, but who was making academic related videos. Recently, I looked at my TT dms tab, which I only use for messaging strange videos to my sister, and saw that this academic was in my chat history. Confused, I opened the chat
I don't know that I'm an AI vegan. But at least an AI ovo-lacto vegetarian?
January 10, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I don't know that I'm an AI vegan. But at least an AI ovo-lacto vegetarian?
my mom got me onto the minute cryptic. I haven't done many cryptic crosswords, and the fact there's hinting and and a youtube video describing each solve is some great onboarding
Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
www.minutecryptic.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
my mom got me onto the minute cryptic. I haven't done many cryptic crosswords, and the fact there's hinting and and a youtube video describing each solve is some great onboarding
has there been work on how simple use of a proper name presupposes a common acquaintance, while possession presupposes non-common acquaintance?
- Matt is coming over.
- My friend Matt is coming over.
- Matt is coming over.
- My friend Matt is coming over.
January 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
has there been work on how simple use of a proper name presupposes a common acquaintance, while possession presupposes non-common acquaintance?
- Matt is coming over.
- My friend Matt is coming over.
- Matt is coming over.
- My friend Matt is coming over.
people have already lost their jobs, gotten new jobs (or not), moved long distance etc over these cuts. even on the the time scale of < 1 year, it’s impossible to unring that bell
December 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
people have already lost their jobs, gotten new jobs (or not), moved long distance etc over these cuts. even on the the time scale of < 1 year, it’s impossible to unring that bell
Harry Dean Stanton
December 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Harry Dean Stanton
while talking with siblings about whether we can wink or wiggle our eyebrows, my mother said we just need to practice, cause when she was a kid she sat in front of a mirror practicing winking, learning to isolate the muscles, holding one eye shut and so forth.
December 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
while talking with siblings about whether we can wink or wiggle our eyebrows, my mother said we just need to practice, cause when she was a kid she sat in front of a mirror practicing winking, learning to isolate the muscles, holding one eye shut and so forth.
it’s been pretty good visiting family for
christmas
christmas
December 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
it’s been pretty good visiting family for
christmas
christmas
it works the same way in the US: things i like and am comfortable with are just normal, things i don’t like and make me uncomfortable are political
Supporting LGBT+ rights is political in a way that breaches the civil service code and opposing them is not political in a way that precludes charitable status is a... complex position to hold, although one managed by former LGBA hate group with charitable status trustee Kathleen Stock.
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
it works the same way in the US: things i like and am comfortable with are just normal, things i don’t like and make me uncomfortable are political
my first attempt at rendering a certain futurist vs my most recent
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
my first attempt at rendering a certain futurist vs my most recent
my little spiel to early-on graduate students who are anxious how to get a good idea is that first, something has to bother you. and nothing is more bothersome than an absence or a vacancy
I'm preaching to the choir here, but I read articles to find what's not being said and where I need to keep digging. And that's something a generated summary cannot provide.
FWIW, the jury is still out on Gen AI being good at text summaries. Because it shortens & emphasizes text based on distribution, not meaning, it’s less of a summary (ie, salient points highlighted) than a compression (ie, the most frequently asserted terms in the distribution). Not the same thing!
December 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
my little spiel to early-on graduate students who are anxious how to get a good idea is that first, something has to bother you. and nothing is more bothersome than an absence or a vacancy