Keheliya Gallaba
@keheliya.github.io
❤️ developer tools + empirical software engineering + programming languages. Pronouns: he/him. #MTL #YVR #LKA 🇱🇰🇨🇦 keheliya.github.io
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Three years after my husband died, I’m still trying to prove our life together was worth losing his family.
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
The Blurring
What I live with isn't forgetting, it's the blurring. A meditation on grief, memory, and continuing without answers three years after loss.
www.dataandpolitics.net
October 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Lots of differences in education culture/system that people don’t realize.
Contrary to the US, with many small selective private universities like Harvard, all of Canada’s notable universities are large and public.
The University of Toronto has more undergrads than the entire Ivy League.
Contrary to the US, with many small selective private universities like Harvard, all of Canada’s notable universities are large and public.
The University of Toronto has more undergrads than the entire Ivy League.
September 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Lots of differences in education culture/system that people don’t realize.
Contrary to the US, with many small selective private universities like Harvard, all of Canada’s notable universities are large and public.
The University of Toronto has more undergrads than the entire Ivy League.
Contrary to the US, with many small selective private universities like Harvard, all of Canada’s notable universities are large and public.
The University of Toronto has more undergrads than the entire Ivy League.
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Mister Rogers never misses
January 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Mister Rogers never misses
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A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
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My university has announced a fund to essentially poach doctoral students from US institutions. DM me if you do work on the history/social impacts of AI and are interested in being poached 😂
July 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My university has announced a fund to essentially poach doctoral students from US institutions. DM me if you do work on the history/social impacts of AI and are interested in being poached 😂
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Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations
retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...
retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations
Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Ad…
retractionwatch.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations
retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...
retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...
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DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
June 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
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When lawyers first started getting yelled at by judges for citing hallucinated case law 2 years ago I naively assumed word would get around and they would all learn not to
This new DB has 116 cases from 12 countries where this happened, 20 from just this month!
simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/...
This new DB has 116 cases from 12 countries where this happened, 20 from just this month!
simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/...
AI Hallucination Cases
Damien Charlotin maintains this database of cases around the world where a legal decision has been made that confirms hallucinated content from generative AI was presented by a lawyer. That's …
simonwillison.net
May 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
When lawyers first started getting yelled at by judges for citing hallucinated case law 2 years ago I naively assumed word would get around and they would all learn not to
This new DB has 116 cases from 12 countries where this happened, 20 from just this month!
simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/...
This new DB has 116 cases from 12 countries where this happened, 20 from just this month!
simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/...
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This article interviews students harmed by Turnitin’s error-prone AI detector. Turnitin’s 4% false positive rate, which is increased when English is not a first language, represents harm to millions of innocent students.
This technology is not safe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...
This technology is not safe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...
A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This article interviews students harmed by Turnitin’s error-prone AI detector. Turnitin’s 4% false positive rate, which is increased when English is not a first language, represents harm to millions of innocent students.
This technology is not safe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...
This technology is not safe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...
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Very interesting oral history -- interviews with some top NLP folks on the effects of GenAI on their field:
www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History | Quanta Magazine
Researchers in “natural language processing” tried to tame human language. Then came the transformer.
www.quantamagazine.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Very interesting oral history -- interviews with some top NLP folks on the effects of GenAI on their field:
www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
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if you are using primarily local models, which ones are you using and for what lately?
April 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
if you are using primarily local models, which ones are you using and for what lately?
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Double feature! The newest Transactions on Software Engineering features retrospectives on the most influential papers published in the journal’s first 40 years. Check out our takes on
* Mining Software Repositories www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
* Delta Debugging www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
* Mining Software Repositories www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
* Delta Debugging www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
April 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Double feature! The newest Transactions on Software Engineering features retrospectives on the most influential papers published in the journal’s first 40 years. Check out our takes on
* Mining Software Repositories www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
* Delta Debugging www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
* Mining Software Repositories www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
* Delta Debugging www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
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#Canada, You still can vote early today before 6pm and skip voting on the final election day.
Visit your Election Canada office stated on your voter information card or check on this site (using your postal code): www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
Visit your Election Canada office stated on your voter information card or check on this site (using your postal code): www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
Voting locations – Elections Canada
Information for electors in Canada. All you need to vote.
www.elections.ca
April 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#Canada, You still can vote early today before 6pm and skip voting on the final election day.
Visit your Election Canada office stated on your voter information card or check on this site (using your postal code): www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
Visit your Election Canada office stated on your voter information card or check on this site (using your postal code): www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
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🎙️ Are you a software engineering researcher?
Help us explore the role of podcasts in SE research!
👉 Take our short survey (~10 min): www.soscisurvey.de/se-podcasts/
Help us explore the role of podcasts in SE research!
👉 Take our short survey (~10 min): www.soscisurvey.de/se-podcasts/
Podcast Questionnaire | page 1
www.soscisurvey.de
April 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🎙️ Are you a software engineering researcher?
Help us explore the role of podcasts in SE research!
👉 Take our short survey (~10 min): www.soscisurvey.de/se-podcasts/
Help us explore the role of podcasts in SE research!
👉 Take our short survey (~10 min): www.soscisurvey.de/se-podcasts/
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
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Having developed one of these protocols 17 years ago, still in use today, I don’t like how Twitter and now Bsky confuse identity verification with account and institutional popularity. It’s a slippery slope. Do domain verification and stop there.
What we’ve launched today is the first step for how we’re going to evolve verification.
The initial set of trusted verifiers includes news orgs who’ve agreed to take on the task of verification for their journalists. In the future, this set will expand, as well as how apps can choose to use them.
The initial set of trusted verifiers includes news orgs who’ve agreed to take on the task of verification for their journalists. In the future, this set will expand, as well as how apps can choose to use them.
April 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Having developed one of these protocols 17 years ago, still in use today, I don’t like how Twitter and now Bsky confuse identity verification with account and institutional popularity. It’s a slippery slope. Do domain verification and stop there.
Montreal has to have the weirdest boundaries of any city in Canada. In yellow are the boroughs of the city; in white are other cities not technically part of the City of Montreal.
Many (though not all) of the independent cities are majority anglophone.
Many (though not all) of the independent cities are majority anglophone.
April 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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We got ourselves to the advance polls in #ygk as well!
Polls are open 9 to 9 today and Monday across #Canada! 🇨🇦
Find YOUR voting location at elections.ca and #vote
Polls are open 9 to 9 today and Monday across #Canada! 🇨🇦
Find YOUR voting location at elections.ca and #vote
Elections Canada On-line - Élections Canada en ligne
Elections Canada is the independent, non-partisan agency responsible for conducting federal elections and referendums.
elections.ca
April 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We got ourselves to the advance polls in #ygk as well!
Polls are open 9 to 9 today and Monday across #Canada! 🇨🇦
Find YOUR voting location at elections.ca and #vote
Polls are open 9 to 9 today and Monday across #Canada! 🇨🇦
Find YOUR voting location at elections.ca and #vote