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Re: Size of Life

#11

Post by hmokiguess » Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 4:42 PM UTC

This was awesome! Also, I couldn't stop my child brain from anticipating "your mom" at the end.

Re: Size of Life

#12

Post by luqtas » Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 4:42 PM UTC

siavosh wrote: post #10

Wonderful. The music, illustrations, and sliding sound effect reminded me of the game Braid.

the slinding at some point made me wonder what if i was playing Tinder

Re: Size of Life

#13

Post by yoyohello13 » Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 4:43 PM UTC

I always click when I see neal.fun.

Re: Size of Life

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Post by mda » Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 4:45 PM UTC

I like the stuff un the sute but the number if partners and affiliates in the consent window is very off putting.

Re: Size of Life

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Post by jakozaur » Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 4:46 PM UTC

I wish Neal would do behind the scenes, how he built this art. I wonder whether LLM assistants like Claude Code make such an interactive show more feasible.

He previously did a game "Infinite Craft" which leveraged Llama models. However, I was only able to find an outdated blog from 2019.

Re: Size of Life

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Post by robotresearcher » Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 4:46 PM UTC

smallerfish wrote: post #8

I like it, but the switch from metric to inches is confusing, and I think introduces a bug - there's no way a sea snail is 5-6 neurons high.

Some of your neurons stretch from your brain to your big toe. 1.5m, or more in a tall person.

Re: Size of Life

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Post by Bnichs » Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 4:47 PM UTC

Reminds me of the video game Everything. Its a really cool game where you explore the various scales of the universe. It has its quirks (somewhat phoned in graphics like animals walking) but the concept and execution are great IMO, would love a sequel. Also bonus points for featuring Alan watts as a core character.

Re: Size of Life

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Post by micromacrofoot » Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 4:49 PM UTC

yunwal wrote: post #5

I don't understand how the location of a 377 foot tall tree could be kept secret. Wouldn't that type of thing be visible in satellite imagery at the very least?

There are a lot of 300 foot trees in the general vicinity, so you'd need to actually measure to be precisely sure

Re: Size of Life

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Post by Magi604 » Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 4:49 PM UTC

The visual scale seems off, especially on the smaller end of things. Also, are Velociraptors really that small? Jurassic Park lied to me.

Re: Size of Life

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Post by Petersipoi » Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 4:51 PM UTC

yunwal wrote: post #5

I don't understand how the location of a 377 foot tall tree could be kept secret. Wouldn't that type of thing be visible in satellite imagery at the very least?

It isn't a secret. The location can easily be found if you Google it.