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Already facing scandal, the Washington Post‘s new-ish CEO and publisher, Will Lewis, has announced that the newspaper will be pivoting to artificial intelligence to turn around its dismal financial situation. […] The paper’s chief technology officer, meanwhile, announced to staffers that going forward, WaPo is to have “AI everywhere in our newsroom,” according to Tani. It’s unclear,…
Three different sized buildings. Still working on variations for the biggest one. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:My parents doing their daily crossword. I’m spending a few days visiting my …PersonalNew Voices For The Voiceless: Synthetic Speech Gets An UpgradeWonderful, inspiring article that uses t…Culture'Little Mermaid' brings new music to the Andersen fairy tale – Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe…
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More modular, swappable building components. I’ve got to work on the sides of these mid-sized buildings next. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:The Unstoppable Rise of the Digital Content CreatorThis is why I have been encouraging blog…BusinessWhy Were Old Video Games So Pixelated?I get all my news online now, but I grew…AestheticsI Made a Cheerful Maze Game…
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More modular low-poly background buildings. I’ll do some more facades then move to the next size larger. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Making movie magic with my dueling gut-shot daughterAestheticsMy adorable daughter (Easter 2021) AestheticsYellow Journalism Did Not Cause the Spanish-American War (Role of Sensationalized Headlin… When a correspondent sent to Cuba to c…AestheticsHappy birthday to the…
Added multiple swappable upper storeys. Next I will make slightly fewer variations of a slightly larger building. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Three more performances of Jane Eyre. Closes Saturday night! @pictclassictheatrePersonalCarolyn and spider friends performing "Power" from Stage Right's Sleeping B…PersonalThe Duolingo owl has been judging my German every day for the last year.EducationThe Best Way…
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Modular components to mix and match. The upper storeys are next. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #gettingbetter Similar:Making more retro props for a #blender3d project. The way to get better at a thing is to d…PersonalAfter I noticed an overnight traffic spike to a classic handout, I touched it up and creat…This is the overall traffic to…
The new AI advanced version of Google Search, aka Google SGE or Search Generative Experience, provides wicked smart AI answers to your queries. And if you ask it how to pass kidney stones quickly, Google will tell you to drink at least two quarts of urine every 24 hours. Source: Google SGE Recommends You Drink…
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Weirdly beautiful. Wonderful bit of game history exploring why the code for the 1993 game Doom uses a slightly wrong value for pi (the programmer recalls that he misremembered the 10th digit), and a bizarre exploration of what happens to the gameplay when you deliberately change pi to different values. We all know that the…
I guess now we know why for the past decade or so Google doesn’t seem to be valuing what used to be magical about Google — the ability to rank pages so effectively and connect users to web pages that met their needs. That’s just not what’s driving Google these days. With AI search results…
Enjoyed making a 3D print of the captain’s chair from the #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now-adult kids. Similar:I filed my grades early. I shall now, briefly, do something irresponsible.Grades submitted. I’ll reward myself wit…PersonalPicking up books for another termAcademiaFacebook paid Teen Vogue to run a fake article praising Facebook for "helping…
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Modular low-poly medieval buildings. Ground-level storefronts have more detail than the upper storey windows and interiors. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #gettingthere My second try is definitely better than my first from a few weeks ago. I’ve told myself at this stage, no props! No barrels or crates or hay bales, wall sconces, procedurally-generated random street…
Spring 2024 Grades: Submitted Similar:Dear daughter, let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to youI am intrigued by the possibility that M…CultureTalkback session after the matinee and my brother and faculty colleagues after the evening…Talkback session after the matinee and m…AwesomeIn April, 2001 I was blogging about interactive fiction, Roget's Thesaurus, John Lennon, H… A student…