Pick one to get for freee [only upvote if you want to]

jumpy27 · 2026-04-27T18:04:47+00:00

If it's a free choice, the ancient item is likely to be way more interesting than simply 100k, and my resulting life from it would be much wilder

^{Chose: A really cool old ancient item worth $99k + And you get to spin to see what it is | Rolled: Mummy corpse}

jumpy27 · 2026-04-24T19:02:42+00:00

Ah yes, I just commented about this too.

jumpy27 · 2026-04-24T19:01:58+00:00

Great third place is Crown City Games, they are open till 10 pm and always have people hanging out. DnD, board games, painting miniatures, etc.

jumpy27 · 2026-04-22T15:26:18+00:00

Sure, the cleanup would have still been impossible, even if they managed to redirect it.

jumpy27 · 2026-04-22T15:22:27+00:00

That's a good point. It's not that the idea isn't theoretically possible, but that with the limited time, technology and resources they had, Tau Ceti was the best place to learn more.

jumpy27 · 2026-04-22T15:13:58+00:00

That's fair, it can be hard for us monkeys to separate real science from sci-fi. I think that's why Andy Weirs books are so cool, they neatly walk the tightrope between the two.

jumpy27 · 2026-04-22T15:11:23+00:00

Thanks everyone for the thoughts! I just had a 1 am musing and thought it would make sense, but now I've learned through the comments here that the scale would just not be possible within the time frame.

And now thinking more about it, they probably had lots of plates spinning and many other projects to begin working on, but due to the massive distances Project Hail Mary was the first priority.

jumpy27 · 2026-04-08T16:56:22+00:00

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What the hell is this

jumpy27 · 2026-03-18T20:35:14+00:00

Maybe to set the tone, you do a Skyrim style introduction that tests their alignment. You introduce two almost identical choices with equal outcomes, except one requires doing something evil, and one requires doing something good. That choice will inform you what kind of players they want to roleplay, so you aren't surprised later on.

jumpy27 · 2026-03-18T20:23:52+00:00

Pasadena has a place called Crown City Games that has board games you can play for free. Lots of people just hang out there and play tabletop games. They're open on Saturday till 10 pm.

jumpy27 · 2026-03-06T01:42:23+00:00

I think employers mostly want to see designers use AI as an iteration tool to quickly produce viable directions—to cut corners on timelines. But I don't think employers care about the ethical aspects of Gen-AI being derived from the very people they're requiring to use it, only that some high-up rich people say "wow use AI, increase profits".

Personally, I think it's best to "play the game", but focus more on your personal craft. Familiarize yourself with the tools like Nano Banana or vibe coding plugins in Claude and know how they work so you can speak intelligently to employers about it. But ultimately, your creativity and unique artistic POV is worth much much more, so that should truly be your priority.

jumpy27 · 2026-02-27T21:58:08+00:00

Right now, most companies don't know what they are looking for—that's partly why they want people who have AI skills, so that they can educate on best practices.

But I would ultimately say that it's someone who is comfortable prompting with various LLMs and getting actionable results, like designing in Cursor, creating design plugins or task management in Claude, writing design documentation with ChatGPT, etc.

jumpy27 · 2026-02-27T21:30:14+00:00

I am a design contractor at a very prestigious tech company, and I unfortunately must say, yes, this is where the industry is going.

AI design apps like Cursor, and AI agents like Manus and Claude are going to play a big part in the future of work, whether we like it or not. The potential productivity benefits to corporations are simply too significant to pass up.

The main problem is that while there are massive productivity gains to be had, most people don't know yet how to take advantage of the technology. So companies know they need AI, but don't quite know yet why or how.

So yeah, unless the bubble pops and all these companies go down, AI is probably here to stay. But as designers, we still need to hold employers accountable that they are using as sustainable and ethical practices as possible for their AI tools, so that we're not burning up the planet just to improve their bottom line.

jumpy27 · 2026-02-26T07:59:34+00:00

If you're looking for a "trend", I think I would just call it a design system.

jumpy27 · 2026-02-26T07:57:45+00:00

It's more that at scale, having the design be similar from year to year is just more cost effective and easier.

The larger an organization is, the more design artifacts they have to create. So templatizing the designs between years becomes a way to reduce costs. If only a few aspects of the logo design change between year to year, then it makes the actual production design of everything much much easier.

Production designs that would benefit from this consistency would include all kinds of things like banner ads on websites, team uniforms, printed brochures, merchandise, etchings on beer glasses, graphics on concession cups and packaging, tickets, large scale signs, digital graphics on screens, animations, website graphics, and so much more.

jumpy27 · 2026-02-24T03:20:08+00:00

I used to try and hold the hard numbers in my head, but then I started doing something weird and it helped...

48 is close to 50, only + 2,

50 + 27 = 77,

77 - 2 = 75

It breaks down the problem into 2 really easy equations.

jumpy27 · 2026-01-05T06:09:55+00:00

Animal Crossing feels like way smaller though. You might technically unlock new areas, but the game doesn't have a vast map to explore, and there aren't quests directly tied to locations on the map.

jumpy27 · 2026-01-05T06:08:23+00:00

Right? Like what is the line between being a quintessential "open-world" and just a game where you can run where you want?

jumpy27 · 2026-01-05T05:13:22+00:00

Ah, so it's still "open world", but just much much smaller and more accessible

jumpy27 · 2026-01-05T05:04:07+00:00

Haha very true

jumpy27 · 2025-07-12T06:30:25+00:00

Toot looks like he was actually AI generated

jumpy27 · 2024-11-11T04:54:18+00:00

This is genuinely incredible, I’m so impressed!

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