What is this? I do not like this change, @duolingo (For some reason I can’t practice to recover from an error.)

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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

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Added an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplay

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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!“

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Looking forward to this! @thepublicpgh

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She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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:DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER)Live in the DC area?…

My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d

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Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow.

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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

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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.

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Support the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolf

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I came of age playing too many CD-ROM point-and-click adventure games to ignore these steep stairs. (Downtime in downtown #Pittsburgh.)

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I created about a dozen basic building shapes, with textures to add variety. #goodenough #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay

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Who choked up while reading aloud Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” during a lesson on creative nonfiction? This guy.

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Little green owl, if your emotions depend this much on how often I practice, that’s definitely a ‘you’ problem, buddy.

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