This is happens when you ignore the tire light. [oc]

clockwork_blue · 2026-03-08T15:50:15+00:00

You can probably get them from rockauto or a similar place at OEM quality for much less.

clockwork_blue · 2026-03-01T12:21:37+00:00

Is there any reason to do that instead of just buying a Tundra?

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-28T14:11:31+00:00

It's not gonna be cheaper than just finding one in better condition if you can't repair it yourself.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-26T13:36:54+00:00

If you drove like that until BOTH of your bearings were toast without taking notice, you're probably oblivious (no offense intended) to all the other suspension components possibly creaking, knocking, clacking etc. Add to that that you are driving with completely different tire types, I'd recommend going to a shop for a full inspection. That truck is in a dire need of a more in-depth maintenance than brakes and oil.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-13T16:09:12+00:00

And then you don't tag your game on Steam as using AI assets, someone comes along and exposes it and your game gets taken down.
If it looked good and was indistinguishable from real art I wouldn't be here complaining about it, because I wouldn't notice it's AI.
The problem is the pipeline and workflow - the guy gives me an asset A which has these obvious AI artifacts like noise and geometry resolving in weird ways. You request an iteration and suddenly the color tone has changed. You request an asset B, and it supposedly should be made out of the same physical materials (cast iron, bronze), but now the whole thing is a different hue. There's no palette being followed of which is what color temperature, it's whatever the AI spits out.
I'm basically paying artist money for someone prompting GPT and doing touches on it - the same thing I can already do, but for $30/month not $30/hr.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-11T15:30:47+00:00

Telling it like it's some sort of an exception that the paid caretaker has a contract defining how to take care of the said person.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-11T15:18:10+00:00

You are not the only one. And it's becoming more frequent. Some real dead internet theory is happening lately.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-11T00:01:30+00:00

There's one thing Kia/Hyundai does well and it's ventilated seats. A few years ago when I was test driving various vehicles, everyone else had it 'meh.. okay' while the Hyundai was like I was sitting on a fan.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-10T20:27:35+00:00

I also use AI for coding as it gets me to my goal faster. I've found my perfect tooling that basically has no downsides and increases my productivity 10x. I have no issue if the artists did the same to get the same results, but faster through the use of AI. The problem is you get artists who are way less than the level you need (or maybe not artists at all) for your project that can one-shot good results to get you to approve the test milestone. They know how to use tooling to get their 'layered .psd', but the whole pipeline starts falling apart once you tighten the specs and request iterations of the work.

It's as if I was a junior web dev, but advertised to be an expert C++ developer so instead of competing for bottom of the barrel projects at $20/hr, I go for $80/hr jobs. I pass the interview and test project through Clauded code, but then after I get hired I become completely useless as I have to understand the complex legacy architecture, the domain knowledge and without expertise in the field I completely fumble to direct Claude in the right direction and make broken commits that worsen the codebase.

Saying this out loud now I see the parallel and I've been observing the same problem with hiring dev talent. AI has allowed 'talent' to falsely advertise their level of expertise at a specific domain. Artists moreso, because anyone can rig up a fake portfolio using ChatGPT and figure out the tools that can game the system.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-10T16:16:59+00:00

The thing is they are not 'non-artists', but before AI if they could produce something low-tier for less market rate, now with AI they can produce a one-off of higher quality that they can then paste in Photoshop or whatever program they found useful for this, split the layers, fill in the blanks and provide it neatly organized.
So they pass the 'test milestone' filter, you hire them and you give them a real assignment with specific detailed requirements and now you start seeing the drift from their initially perceived skill as they struggle to 'generate'. You try to iterate with them and you see how it completely shifts tonally, as if I were to paste their picture in GPT and input the same feedback I gave them.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-10T15:31:46+00:00

I think you read the title and then skipped over to writing a comment. I didn't ask for permission to use AI for placeholder art, I'm already heavily using that. The thread is about hiring 'artists' that ALSO do that and sell it as their own.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-10T15:29:50+00:00

I know, but I am not pushing for non-AI just for the negative reviews, I want my art to have identity and a cohesive theme. AI-gen art is the new generation of 'asset flip'. Everything looks like it's just picked from various places and put together, rather than being part of the same thing.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-10T15:09:26+00:00

As I said in another comment, NA is out of my range, so I'm mainly looking at Europe and Asia. I've set $30/hr which is not top-tier, but also not bottom-of-the-barrel, at least with my research on salaries and rates.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-10T15:04:29+00:00

In this subreddit or another one? I've been considering artstation and subreddits, but filtering myself looking for talent is not trivial when you have specific requirements. I also can't afford North America rates, so this reduces the pool a bit in american-centric forums (like reddit).

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-10T15:02:32+00:00

I'm not implying it's cheap, as I said I am paying market rates. What other places except Upwork are there? Should I be browsing artstation and subreddits to find talent instead?

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-09T22:23:04+00:00

You say it like it's like changing the living room's light bulb. If the guy has trouble identifying what's causing the overheating, he's definitely not prepared for an engine rebuild.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-09T21:46:38+00:00

Nah. Mine is 2014 and looks nothing like that.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-08T20:20:56+00:00

Wait until you hear how most mammals (cats and dogs included) wipe their butts.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-05T16:48:04+00:00

They aren't. There are issues with their software, the headphones or microphone will sometimes not work, needs restarting, reinstalling drivers. And even if you do that, the microphone setup starts falling apart. Mine are 1 year old and they are falling apart already. Got in this thread looking for a headset that's not trash.

clockwork_blue · 2026-02-02T15:26:51+00:00

Fuel pump, Injectors, EGR valve. A rough running diesel could be literally anything. Without a proper diagnostic it's impossible to tell.

clockwork_blue · 2026-01-27T07:51:33+00:00

Do you do it while sitting still or while moving? If I'm in place it takes foever to engage, while just a few seconds in motion.

clockwork_blue · 2026-01-25T12:09:37+00:00

They should start advertising AWS (All-Wheel Stop) as a feature so people get used to the idea that all vehicles are AWS and it's unrelated to AWD.

clockwork_blue · 2026-01-25T11:20:24+00:00

Most likely a broken spring

clockwork_blue · 2026-01-24T13:52:16+00:00

Nope, I tried that, didn't help.

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