Bethany Gardner
@bethanyhgardner.bsky.social
formerly a psycholinguist studying pronouns at Vanderbilt, now working on the Siri team at Apple | they/she 🏳️🌈 💜🤍🖤
if you need me in the next few days, we will be binge reading 1300 pages about her namesake
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 AM
if you need me in the next few days, we will be binge reading 1300 pages about her namesake
after 8+ years in 60s brutalist brick psych buildings, all I wanted was some actual windows and Apple Park sure is delivering on that
October 30, 2024 at 12:09 AM
after 8+ years in 60s brutalist brick psych buildings, all I wanted was some actual windows and Apple Park sure is delivering on that
attention linguists I just got garden-pathed into a "needs washed" construction, even though that's not part of my dialect
October 3, 2024 at 3:05 PM
attention linguists I just got garden-pathed into a "needs washed" construction, even though that's not part of my dialect
absolutely just parsed this as some combination of "ok the appliances have pronouns now"/"appliances FOR MEN" not "high efficiency"
September 1, 2024 at 11:19 PM
absolutely just parsed this as some combination of "ok the appliances have pronouns now"/"appliances FOR MEN" not "high efficiency"
Google I promise I'm ok, I'm just searching a ton of drugs in quick succession to figure out how people misspelled them in a survey
July 20, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Google I promise I'm ok, I'm just searching a ton of drugs in quick succession to figure out how people misspelled them in a survey
man it really doesn't feel like I defended a year ago today!
June 15, 2024 at 7:48 PM
man it really doesn't feel like I defended a year ago today!
I've never seen 2FA phrased this way and it's sending me
yeah new company google account do NOT test me
yeah new company google account do NOT test me
June 6, 2024 at 8:32 PM
I've never seen 2FA phrased this way and it's sending me
yeah new company google account do NOT test me
yeah new company google account do NOT test me
Cross-posting a new portfolio piece!
Anyone keeping track of how much larger LLMs have been getting? I just compiled this data set of various LLM model sizes and made a visualization of a subset of them (using #Rstats #ggplot2 of course, with #ggrepel and #patchwork)
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Anyone keeping track of how much larger LLMs have been getting? I just compiled this data set of various LLM model sizes and made a visualization of a subset of them (using #Rstats #ggplot2 of course, with #ggrepel and #patchwork)
1/4
June 1, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Cross-posting a new portfolio piece!
Anyone keeping track of how much larger LLMs have been getting? I just compiled this data set of various LLM model sizes and made a visualization of a subset of them (using #Rstats #ggplot2 of course, with #ggrepel and #patchwork)
1/4
Anyone keeping track of how much larger LLMs have been getting? I just compiled this data set of various LLM model sizes and made a visualization of a subset of them (using #Rstats #ggplot2 of course, with #ggrepel and #patchwork)
1/4
it feels a tad bit anticlimactic because I defended last summer, but I've had a great time this weekend coming back to Nashville to walk in graduation (in these absolutely stunning matte gold robes that didn't even have functional pockets)
May 13, 2024 at 4:34 AM
it feels a tad bit anticlimactic because I defended last summer, but I've had a great time this weekend coming back to Nashville to walk in graduation (in these absolutely stunning matte gold robes that didn't even have functional pockets)
wait also it got worse! I was homeschooled & got my HS degree awarded by a private Christian school, so class rank doesn't really make sense. there is NO way I am finding and bragging about my SAT/ACT percentile rank scores as a 27 year old.
April 27, 2024 at 6:32 AM
wait also it got worse! I was homeschooled & got my HS degree awarded by a private Christian school, so class rank doesn't really make sense. there is NO way I am finding and bragging about my SAT/ACT percentile rank scores as a 27 year old.
noped SO fast out of this job application that expects a college degree but is asking me about my high school standardized test scores. that was THREE DEGREES AGO. the statute of limitations has passed for that.
April 27, 2024 at 4:35 AM
noped SO fast out of this job application that expects a college degree but is asking me about my high school standardized test scores. that was THREE DEGREES AGO. the statute of limitations has passed for that.
today in terrible ad targeting and survey design: I guess Likert scale questions are too woke now and it must be a binary
April 9, 2024 at 3:20 AM
today in terrible ad targeting and survey design: I guess Likert scale questions are too woke now and it must be a binary
got just a glimpse before it went behind the larger clouds
April 8, 2024 at 8:17 PM
got just a glimpse before it went behind the larger clouds
And finally I played around with a stylized version of the Lingthusiasm episode recording words:
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(7/10)
March 8, 2024 at 1:47 AM
And finally I played around with a stylized version of the Lingthusiasm episode recording words:
(7/10)
(7/10)
Then I took some artistic license (don't @ me for dropping the axis labels; I would never do this for a paper) to make a Lingthusiasm-themed plot of the Wells Lexical set words:
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(6/10)
March 8, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Then I took some artistic license (don't @ me for dropping the axis labels; I would never do this for a paper) to make a Lingthusiasm-themed plot of the Wells Lexical set words:
(6/10)
(6/10)
Starting with all of the data points from the Lingthusiasm episode words I pulled from recordings and the Wells Lexical set recordings that Gretchen and Lauren made for me. Here's where we start seeing that natural speech is way messier than it feels like.
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(5/10)
March 8, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Starting with all of the data points from the Lingthusiasm episode words I pulled from recordings and the Wells Lexical set recordings that Gretchen and Lauren made for me. Here's where we start seeing that natural speech is way messier than it feels like.
(5/10)
(5/10)
put my POTS/general chronic illness experience to use donating blood for the first time earlier, because not only am I desensitized to needles, I am also desensitized to almost passing out.
February 20, 2024 at 5:17 AM
put my POTS/general chronic illness experience to use donating blood for the first time earlier, because not only am I desensitized to needles, I am also desensitized to almost passing out.
helped a friend with ggplot and they made me a custom meme in thanks. brb putting this on my freelance resume because it's the best endorsement I've received
February 17, 2024 at 1:00 AM
helped a friend with ggplot and they made me a custom meme in thanks. brb putting this on my freelance resume because it's the best endorsement I've received
look at this face and tell me I'm not trapped
January 23, 2024 at 5:07 AM
look at this face and tell me I'm not trapped
productivity pro tip: it's not about having Sunsama open (though I'm a new convert and really like it!). just get a cat who will wake up and grumble when you move to put your laptop away.
January 23, 2024 at 5:05 AM
productivity pro tip: it's not about having Sunsama open (though I'm a new convert and really like it!). just get a cat who will wake up and grumble when you move to put your laptop away.
crimes against data visualization and graphic design, circa 2003. I'm usually for figures replacing tables but PLEASE NOT LIKE THIS
December 6, 2023 at 3:37 AM
crimes against data visualization and graphic design, circa 2003. I'm usually for figures replacing tables but PLEASE NOT LIKE THIS
listened to a significant chunk of the Behind the Bastards backlog this year
yes my mental health is great and I'm very fun at parties, why do you ask
yes my mental health is great and I'm very fun at parties, why do you ask
November 29, 2023 at 10:31 PM
listened to a significant chunk of the Behind the Bastards backlog this year
yes my mental health is great and I'm very fun at parties, why do you ask
yes my mental health is great and I'm very fun at parties, why do you ask
currently setting up the laptop I selected for my dad after finally convincing him that the desktop from 2011 is fast becoming a security liability
November 23, 2023 at 4:21 AM
currently setting up the laptop I selected for my dad after finally convincing him that the desktop from 2011 is fast becoming a security liability
