I guess every green light looks like your green light when you're distracted.

He was *still* messing with his phone when I passed him later.

u/Tiberius_Jim — 3 days ago
▲ 12 r/Nr2003

The Pop-Up Render Request Thread #1

I'm introducing something new to the sub as a way to give back. Since I can't release many of my newest Blender scenes due to them being full of various paid and gifted elements, I'll provide some renders in the form of a limited-time, pop-up render request thread. These won't be scheduled and will only be open for a short time once posted. Only one render per user per thread is permitted. One paint per render (no multiple cars, at least not yet)

Here are the mods I have available for rendering at this time. More will become possible in the future.

CWS15
MENCS19
NXS20
NCS22

When requesting a render, use this form. Incomplete forms will not be accepted.

Mod:
Model:
Scene Type: (Studio or On-Track)
Link to paint scheme (or post the paint scheme along with your form):

Example:

>Mod: NCS22
Model: Generic
Scene Type: (Studio or On-Track) On-Track
Link to paint scheme: (URL goes here)

Requests will be accepted for an indefinite time. Once submissions are closed, I'll begin producing the renders. Camera angles and lighting conditions are at my discretion, as is the time it takes me to complete the renders (anyone asking "Where's my render" will see their submission magically disappear).

Also, I'm happy to accept any recommendations for other mods; I just need to get access to a workable Blender-ready model of that mod. Any comments simply stating "You should do the _____ mod" without any additional info as to where I can find a model will be ignored/deleted. Ideally, the model will come with separate wheels. I've seen a lot of models where the car and the wheels are one single mesh, and that makes using them for on-track scenes very difficult.

As a bonus, one scheme per thread may be selected for a quick animated render.

u/Tiberius_Jim — 9 days ago
▲ 146 r/antitrump

The full, uncropped image from Trump's passport has been revealed, and suddenly that pose makes a lot more sense.

u/Tiberius_Jim — 9 days ago

I had been driving my wife's car (top) all week. Got back in my car (bottom) today...

...guess what I tried to use to turn the radio volume down with. 😆

u/Tiberius_Jim — 13 days ago
▲ 1.0k r/FuelTheFLARE+1 crossposts

Since they love to compare him to Biden...

At least he knows how to attach a simple ribbon clasp. The video of Biden is from 2023 when he was, you guessed it, 80 years old.

u/FuelTheFLARE — 17 days ago
▲ 236 r/CX5

I've been driving my wife's CX-5 all week...

...and then went out in my GTI today...and guess what I tried to turn the volume down with? 😄

u/Tiberius_Jim — 25 days ago

"My problem is now everyone else's problem."

In the wrong lane? Thinking you should just go straight and U-turn up ahead? Nah, just sit there for a while and then block part of the lane when you half-heartedly attempt to get into the lane you should have been in the whole time. Easy peasy.

u/Tiberius_Jim — 28 days ago

Considering leaving my design job of 10 years because of AI

I work for an ad agency, and have been a graphic designer there since early 2016. We originally had an office but after COVID lockdowns we went 100% remote. Working from home has been great and having to go back to an office would be a challenge for a number of reasons. But it's getting to the point where, if I can't find another job as fully remote as this one, I may have to. That, or I just suck it up and deal with...this.

My boss just found out about ChatGPT about a year ago, and is now becoming obsessed with it. He started by putting our advertisement designs into it and asking it to make them better, then telling us to follow its instructions. Now he's telling us to basically ask it to design the ads for us and then recreate them to be print ready since that's allegedly faster than us designing an ad ourselves. When in reality we spend just as much, if not more time recreating the ad so that it's editable and print ready. And also...so it doesn't look so blatantly AI.

He even does it with the social media videos I create for clients. I had to do a rush job the other day (because he forgot to assign it to me, so I was on a tight deadline) and was pretty happy with the result. I even ran it by a coworker and she said it was perfect. I submitted it to my boss for approval. And the next morning received an email with a ChatGPT-written lecture on everything that was done wrong and needed to fix. What was infuriating is that it wasn't even accurate in its criticism. Example: it told me not to use all of the client's photos from their print ad yet I had only used 3 of the total 7 images.

A few of us, many like myself who have been with the company 10+ years are looking elsewhere so we can quit and leave him with his new "designer", since he apparently thinks it knows better than we do. He's even said that anyone else he hires isn't going to be a designer but instead someone who knows how to manipulate and use ChatGPT to churn out what he wants.

It's been a good company to work for but A. We haven't had a raise in three years an B. I didn't go to school for graphic design to end up being an AI ad recreation technician. He claims raises may be in the horizon after a few people have retired but...even so, reason B still remains.

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u/Tiberius_Jim — 1 month ago

Student's Only

For my daughter's school dance. She's the one who pointed it out to me, too...I'm so proud. 😆

u/Tiberius_Jim — 1 month ago
▲ 173 r/MildlyBadDrivers+1 crossposts

I'm so glad she found this to be so funny...

Silly me, expecting people to actually stop at a stop sign.

u/Tiberius_Jim — 1 month ago

"I don't always stop, but when I do, it's in the middle of the road."

Stop at a sign? Nah.

Stop in the middle of the road, after a half-hearted attempt to pull over with no turn signal? Yes!

u/Tiberius_Jim — 1 month ago

Too much truck for you, sir?

Just...why? I had my left signal on starting at 0:03, too, yet he looked at me like I was in the wrong.

u/Tiberius_Jim — 2 months ago