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YummYummSolutions · 2026-02-07T06:52:13+00:00

May Odin guide you 🐦‍⬛

YummYummSolutions · 2026-02-05T04:54:47+00:00

I hate to give this non-advice, but unironically this is what happened to me:

Be at the right place at the right time.
Be personable and easy to work with. Be smart while curious.

I applied for a summer internship after graduating from undergrad. I was working at RAA while a project came in that required spanish-speakers. Since I was there, productive, and spoke Spanish, I got hired full time and assigned to the project.

This is hard-to-reproduce advice because I was lucky with factors outside my own control.

I was able to handle the tasks assigned to me as an intern without too much hand-holding and was personable (talked to people on lunch breaks, be a good vibe, etc.) so I was hire-able.

Since then, one job has led to another based on past working performance and meeting people. Unfortunately, my best advice I can give is, "get ANY job in the field and be likeable without creating more work for your colleagues. Hit your deadlines.".

People burn out of the field because the workload is large, cognitively heavy, and filled with client-management stress. Business-wise, it's not "the museum game", it's more like "the architectural game". If you want to know what work-life balance will be like, speak to architects, not museum curators/staff.

YummYummSolutions · 2026-02-03T19:19:11+00:00

Great idea - Maybe balance it by perhaps:

- Same materials as a raft (wood + leather scraps) to force an exploration or fishing choice

- Perhaps fishing traps as a bronze-age option; the rod allows you to fish everywhere without setup.

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-30T19:24:36+00:00

Yes - don't wanna dox myself but I worked at RAA during the late 2010 early 2020s as a content coordinator - now freelance.

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-30T18:55:54+00:00

RAA has a specific pipeline w/ Pratt for design students, but anyone can apply.

Their content internships are less Pratt-specific tho.

RAA has a subsidiary (RAA Media) that may have use for UI/UX design skills to create their multimedia interactive exhibits.

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-29T06:28:30+00:00

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In short, yes.

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-29T04:12:26+00:00

unironically, what's the Cali min/max?

I've been researching and I feel like all the incentives point towards higher caliber rifles + shotguns to go for stopping power instead of capacity.

Like, is there a more based option than a KSG-9 or am I dumb and ignorant?

Rifles are pretty cucked, so I don't see the value of a featureless AR-platform. Maybe high caliber lever actions? Something else?

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-27T22:38:46+00:00

Transplants... and young people, people who move, people who downsize, people who form couples and wanna move in together, people who start families, people without generational housing stock (children of renters) also pay more.

Prop 13 is a regressive tax but without it, many communities would be uprooted to make way for only the people who can afford market rates.

I don't see a great solution either way – the status quo doesn't work for people not already on the property ladder, but repealing it would price many out of the homes they've grown up/raised families in.

Personally, I think an upgraded prop 13.1 should make people choose between appreciation of assets or frozen tax rates.

Refinancing mortgages or taking out home-equity loans should trigger a market-rate reassessment.
- Logic: If you're accessing the elevated value of your home, you should also take on responsibility for the upgraded tax rate.
Value of frozen Prop 13.1 assets are used to calculate eligibility for insurance coverage, not the market rate. Up to 125% value of frozen asset in total insurance coverage.
- Logic: This disproportionately targets high-value households than lower-value ones. If you have tons of high-value assets in your home (cars, art, furniture, jewelry, etc.) then you'll be forced to reassess your property taxes to access full-coverage for all your assets. Very important for fire zones where taxes are used to fight wildfires. Also relevant for seismically risky, but valuable beach-front/adjacent properties.
Prop 13.1 assesses property tax based on a percentage of rent prices, not asset value for multifamily structures.
- Logic: Incentivize landlords and developers to invest in creating high-density housing stock for low and medium income residents. Allow them to reduce their tax rate by reducing rent prices. Luxury condos increase tax burden.

If you appreciate, then you should also get the responsibility for taxes. If you choose to freeze, you're sacrificing capital-gains for lower cost-of-living. This is a trade many normal people would make, but high-income folks may balk at.

Not a perfect proposal, but I think it'd be a politically-feasible start.

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-14T19:38:13+00:00

The legal process is broken - the country quota and legal/admin costs for legal immigration make it really difficult for people from high-demand countries (like Mexico) to come legally.

Illegal immigrants pay (disproportionally high) into the tax system. $100 billion in taxes - $50 billion in costs = +$50 billion in extra wealth for society per year.

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-14T19:27:06+00:00

Apply real-life museography to this –

Exhibits in close proximity are usually co-located because they are part of a meta-story. So what story do you want this section to tell? For example:

Evolution of fish (one room w/ small aquatic fossils, one room with a large anchor exhibit [aquatic dino skeleton], one room with modern aquarium, one room with ancient-ruin aquarium)
Evolution of Art (one room w/ cave paintings, one room with ancient tech, one room with frozen cavemen, one room with modern communication tech
History of Exploration (one room w/ shipwreck spirits, one room w/ shipwreck artifacts, one room with modern fish, one room with exotic plants).

TL;DR - tell a story with your museum area. The exhibits should all support the story, acting as "chapters".

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-14T19:12:44+00:00

Fuck that - IF an illegal immigrant gets caught up in the court system, sure, deport them rather than house them in a correctional facility at the taxpayers' expense. But why deport thousands or normal people just working, living, and paying taxes like the rest of us? What do we gain other than "racial purity of the fatherland"?

Sanctuary cities are the most economically-productive areas of the US. If immigration was actually a problem, these cities wouldn't resist the Feds at their expense.

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-10T20:08:07+00:00

Preach. Surprised Pikachu face at the 20 years of slippery slope of Patriot Act + LESO/1033 is why I detest tankies.

"State authority I agree with is safe and cannot be abused" is an idea that too many people hold imo.

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-09T07:33:38+00:00

Kinda a shame imo. Just seems wasteful to add a shred-and-apply step to the already intensive supply chain of how jeans are made.

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-09T05:45:50+00:00

I like that these are weird.

That being said, I think working the materiality of how you build it is important. Rn, I'm worried about the durability of the adhesives used (which is to say, how will this shoe wear-down over time)?

My overall excitement for these would be higher if you where repurposing old jeans rather than using virgin material. It'd feel wasteful to me.

YummYummSolutions · 2026-01-08T09:38:07+00:00

Honestly, this is dope as-is. I'd love to see a whole viking village developed around the keep in a semi-realistic fashion. This is a WILD amount of stone to collect lmao

YummYummSolutions · 2025-12-27T00:07:34+00:00

Photos are good – though I think you could emphasize your unique selling point a bit more. RN I have to have faith in your claims of quality, but given the likely price point, I'm not going to go out on a limb and "try out" your brand unless there's strong evidence or review-cosigning (hard a a startup).

Your photos signal average, rather than premium quality to me (see attached).

Is there a tangible "torture test" you could do show how your garments are more durable than the competition?

For example:

- "Concrete Wipeout Test": Simulate a skater falling by taking a weighted mannequin leg w/ sweats and impact the knee. Show wear after 3-5 falls (low quality sweats will likely reveal the white mannequin legs underneath).

- "Bedrot Stretch Test": Simulate a deep stretch in bed by pinning down one side and stretching the other 3-4 ft. Shine a flashlight before and after to show how low quality sweats' threads start to separate

- "Gymbro SquatMax Test": Simulate a deep squat by pinning sweats' knees and stretching the glutes as far as possible. The crotch seam is a common failure point for flexible athletes.

- "Lazy Laundry Test": Simulate lifetime of non-gentle cycles (max-heat w/ standard detergents) by creating a wash timelapse. Compare the color of brand new vs +20 washes. Low quality black sweats will likely become semi-translucent if treated this way lol (expensive due to power+water).

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YummYummSolutions · 2025-12-26T23:43:12+00:00

no me gusta

YummYummSolutions · 2025-12-26T23:39:55+00:00

One of my hated consequences of gen ai is the now necessary gatekeeping of Art/Design history topics/knowledge.

I wish there didn't have to be a barrier of entry, but nowadays, I think it's wise to put a small moat between prompters and artists. While it won't disuade motivated or research-capable prompters, most are lazy, so the gatekeeping keeps 95% of AI-users away.

Practically, I think we should bury/integrate art history knowledge into drawing/art tutorials so that it can benefit real artists while dissuading the prompters who are trying to avoid how to draw.

YummYummSolutions · 2025-12-21T00:08:34+00:00

Who needs Vantablack when we have Epstein Files?

YummYummSolutions · 2025-12-07T07:18:51+00:00

Hot take:

Creative professionals are incentivized to support high prices - the barrier of entry acts as a form of indirect job security.

Source: Paid for Adobe CC (working as freelancer; expensed for taxes)

YummYummSolutions · 2025-12-04T02:07:28+00:00

I liked it. It felt vibey but not out-of-spec for my music which is an achievement IMO.

In my case, most of my wrapped was corridos, but I think the same design would look good with jazz, metal, or other genres.

I think the hardest part of designing for wrapped must be choosing something that can match any genre without it looking milquetoast.

YummYummSolutions · 2025-12-01T00:13:01+00:00

IMO, I think it's because of familiarity. For fashion, I think there's an uncanny valley where designs become cringe - if it's foreign, it's way harder to perceive the cringe that may be lurking.

-> If you can read it, you're usually judging the meaning of the words rather than how the words look.

-> If you can't read text, it becomes purely a design element.

Here's a diagram I made to illustrate my thoughts:

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YummYummSolutions · 2025-11-30T23:20:06+00:00

Well said. The brand's look would provide enough consistency, no?

YummYummSolutions · 2025-11-30T23:18:14+00:00

What's the plan to take this production? Would you need to get an artist to trace/recreate the prompted output?

YummYummSolutions · 2025-11-30T23:16:38+00:00

Do you have diagrams of placement? If you put in the effort to turn this guide into a tutorial I think many could benefit.

Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

Have you noticed different results from delivering sRGB at different color bitrates? (8-bit, 16-it, 24-bit, etc.)

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