Even though I wrote about some of Eugene O’Neil’s earlier plays in my dissertation, I had never seen or even read this play before. I knew the basic subject matter but didn’t know the details. All the actors did a great job and the production values were top notch, as I expect from Quantum. Similar:Addressing…
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A great professional experience for her. Similar:Bird flight simulator. The boy goes for altitude and distance, the girl does stunts.In the bird-flight simulator at the Pitt…CybercultureEaster Blessings 2021 Current_EventsStill More FaceTime FunI realize that video-chatting teenagers …MediaHappy retirement celebration to two dear colleagues.AcademiaMaybe it wasn’t a sensible idea to hold 5 hours of student consultations…
They still need work but we have 2 weeks before classes start, so I feel pretty good. Similar:Rehearsing for Little Women Tuesday (Carolyn plays Amy)PersonalMidsummer opens tomorrow.PersonalToday's lunarbaboon… there might be something in my eye. Hey! Want me to take her f…AwesomeFeeling Like an Impostor at 49I reminded my Shakespeare students that …AcademiaThe Daughter's 21st…
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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:If you want to work with words, then journalism courses are very practical options.AcademiaPac-Man on Atari 800 @setonhilluniversity discussion of Summer reading book #readyplayeron…PersonalBeautifying the exterior of the fantasy cruiser from the bedtime stories I used…
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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:"The face of the last man on Earth." #alquist #rur #robots #capek #virtual #theater Gettin…AestheticsA performance, two auditions and a cast party. #busyweekendPersonalFeeding a Neighbor's LambsA neighbor invited us over to help feed …AmusingFaculty…
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:Everything is beautiful at the ballet.DanceMore modular, swappable building components. I’ve got to work on the sides of these mid-si…More modular, swappable…
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:Pope Francis calls for "news communicated with serenity, precision and completeness"Pope Francis recently addressed Italian …CultureTexas lawyer trapped by cat filter on Zoom call, informs…
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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:Scratchy "Cloak of Darkness" on Scratch”Scratchy Cloak of Darkness” is based on…AestheticsEnjoyed making a 3D print of the captain’s chair from the #steampunk bedtime stories I use…Enjoyed making a 3D print of the captain…PersonalA Tribute…
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…
I’ll be seeing the final performance tomorrow. @bigstormpc Similar:More #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #blender3dartAestheticsThings that have made me start singing "Tradition!" in my head so far todayAfter last night’s first rehearsal for “…AmusingRossum's Universal Robots (Act 1) Artistic ProsperityThe first act of Artistic Prosperity’s v…CultureHomeschool prom 2017PersonalAttending Religious Perspectives on the War…
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…
How can you tell if a space alien is a friend or an enemy? One spaceman has that decision to make in Tom Godwin’s “Cry from a Far Planet.” Listen to Dennis Jerz read the science fiction classic to discover the answer. Similar:Parallels (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 11) Worf gets technobabbled into a…