My job is often to help students understand things that they aren’t good at doing yet. If a student arrives in my classroom with a solid ability to construct clear sentences and summarize difficult readings, using an AI tool that helps them spot grammar mistakes with less effort and capture the gist of a reading…
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Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:Why Love Lyrics LastI am inclined to agree with the “favorit…AcademiaWatching ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ with 18,000 teenagers was one of the most profound theate…The arts are vital to our lives as human…BooksHow Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental…
A healthy respect for the free press and the institution of journalism is absolutely crucial for a healthy democracy. Media literacy matters, while a jaded “I don’t trust journalists, I do my own research” DIY attitude is easily co-opted. A false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in a June 2011 hit-and-run incident…
What is this? I do not like this change, @duolingo (For some reason I can’t practice to recover from an error.) Similar:When is Donald Trump kidding? When is he being sarcastic? When is he being serious? Who ge…Earlier today a reporter, following her …Current_EventsHe Googles for some random memes to connect with weak prose, but…
About 30 years after I first saw John Speed’s 1676 map of York, today I was working on a region labeled “Z.” Or is that a “2“? There’s both an X and a 3 nearby… confusing context! A glance at the legend shows how brilliantly Speed handled the ambiguity. #usability #ux #ui #design #medieval #cartography…
Added an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplay Similar:Full Bloom opens next weekend. Tickets 724-527-5777.PersonalHere's to the grim-based photojournalist who saved my bacon ~35 years ago Here’s to you, grim-faced photojournal…AcademiaAn Unexpecting MinorityTruthfully, I expected my new department…AcademiaA Successful Failure: The TI-99/4A Turns 40My family had one of these when I was 12…AwesomeMore…
Talkback session after the matinee and my brother and faculty colleagues after the evening performance. Audiences were gasping, laughing nervously, exclaiming sotto voce about “fingerprints!” and “the key!“ and “Was that *supposed* to happen?” and “This is *good*!” @thepublicpgh #dialm #understudy (We knew well in advance Carolyn would be performing yesterday.) My daughter informed me…
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She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:Some new locations for my #neovictorian #steampunk personal project. Created in #blender3d…AestheticsEvery conversation between a parent and a child, in four conversations. (Slate)This whole item applies very well to one…AmusingWhat's a Snollygoster? Even lexicographers are wrong sometimesThis is…
My simulated city has 1000 capsule inhabitants that are just smart enough to gather around markers and wait. In May, I had nothing. I‘m learning. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d Similar:The girl will be Mrs Lovett in Stage Right's Sweeney Todd at the end of July. #3week #musi…DramaMaking a case for a singular ‘they’ I am definitely…
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That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:How America fell in love with crazy amounts of air conditioningBy the 1950s, as air conditioners became…BusinessSome problems bringing #Blender3D models into the #Unity3D game engine. The pink represent…AestheticsWalking in Another's Skin: Failure of Empathy…
How exactly do bridges bridge? How do rivers rive? How much detail does my model of #medievalyork need? My first try will be my worst try. #mysteryplay #blender3d Similar:The Current War (Quantum Theatre Musical)Waiting for The Current War to start. I …AwesomeSpring 2023 Midterm Grades: Submitted!PersonalDrumming Kid Is Epic. That Is All.https://youtu.be/MRvHI8tgx8A AestheticsFox News, accused…
My project starts to get clunky while managing 1000 NPCs but I think if I split them up into groups of about 10, and only give instructions to the group leader, that will help. Not bad for my first weekend simulating crowds. #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Evita in Zelionople CultureNipper Hears "His Master's Voice"As a kid…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:So peaceful and majestic. Another outing with my son.PersonalVote for Carolyn's Headshot — Round 2 Vote for Carolyn’s Headshot — Round…AestheticsMore sections of #steampunk control panel. #blender3dart #blender3d #design #aestheticsAestheticsHappy memories of PC games I played with my…
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First steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old simulation. Marking the locations of the traditional performance stations for the York Corpus Christi pageant. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d Similar:In major step, UCSF scientists translate unspoken words of paralyzed man into writingThe “neuroprosthetic” technology involve…AwesomeThe #Blender3D #eevee denoising filter gives off a pretty amazing Caldecott prize-winning …The filter won’t replace…
Thank you, 1993 Dennis, for documenting this low-resolution (the background image was 640×480 pixels with 16 colors) simulation so thoroughly. I hope to bring it back to life and upgrade it to 3D soon. Similar:Microsoft's Bing AI Now Threatening Users Who Provoke It: "If I had to choose between your…According to screenshots posted by …Current_EventsToilet paper…
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