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Taking a break from my syllabustering in order to design some stairs. I’ve learned so much this summer! #blender3d Similar:Why I Rarely Blog about My Home Building ProjectsWe’re kind of in the eye of the storm, b…ModdingSeeing the Barebones production of The Sound Inside. (Support the arts in your community!)PersonalAngry 10yo Edits the Paper Heart…
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The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation from other sources. #medievalyork #blender3d Similar:Each building in my #medievalyork simulation has four levels of detail (so that distant ob…AestheticsApparently I’m using boolean modifiers to carve out negative-space greebles for a texture …AestheticsSherlock Holmes and The Woman (WAOB Live…
John Speed’s 1611 map of #medievalyork features a “scale of paces.” My #unity3d placeholder character currently takes 45 steps to run the distance Speed marked as 50 paces. (I can adjust that easily.) Similar:Leveling up my skills in #blender3D. Using invisible shapes to cut holes …DesignThe film Carolyn was in is a finalist. The screening…
As those familiar with the liberal arts know, in antiquity there were seven such arts. Three formed the trivium of the humanities: rhetoric, grammar, and logic. And four formed the quadrivium of the sciences: music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy. The assertion was this was the knowledge one required to participate as a citizen, as a…
If I ever share something that turns out to be disinformation, please let me know. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kremlin is turning to unwitting Americans and commercial public relations firms in Russia to spread disinformation about the U.S. presidential race, top intelligence officials said Monday, detailing the latest efforts by America’s adversaries to shape public…
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I’ve roughed out earthen embankments for the city walls. I know there was at some point a moat but this is more than enough accuracy for now. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Scaring People Can Make Them Healthier, But It Isn't Always The Way To GoAs my freshman writing students assemble…CultureYouth Can Check Out Briefcases, Neckties via…
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Your second attempt at modeling #medievalyork fortifications in #blender3d will be better than your first from just two weeks ago. Similar:For some reason, I saw a bump in traffic to a page that linked to a "make-your-own-Trump-e… This sort of thing was funnier back …AestheticsThe captain will shortly address the officers and crew. Please have…
Chatbots are designed to give conversational answers and keep people engaged. Names and links to sources for answers range from nonexistent to hidden, though some companies are starting to make them more visible. Even when AI does include a source, it adds it after the fact, said Jevin West, a professor and co-founder of the…
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I worked on LLMs, and now I got opinions. Today, let’s talk about when LLMs make mistakes. On AI Slop You’ve already heard of LLM mistakes, because you’ve seen them in the news. […] LLMs could be used to summarize sources. Something that’s fairly obvious in my journal club is that many researchers are…
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