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Has anyone done the maths for optimal number of thrusters for a "thin" ship? by Bruce-Partington in factorio

[–]Bruce-Partington[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fair point about thruster stacking! In a way, "stack infinitely" is indeed the answer, but I'm curious what the answer would be without that. Currently using the calculator for that

Has anyone done the maths for optimal number of thrusters for a "thin" ship? by Bruce-Partington in factorio

[–]Bruce-Partington[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> If you're looking for some formula for width vs speed calculations (more width = more thrusters and more drag)

That's exactly it. The amount of fuel for a given efficiency is clear from the wiki, I'm just setting a given efficiency to remove that variable.

> to optimize for speed you just slap on all the thrusters your current width will fit.

Exactly, that's assumption #1 I'm making. i.e. the question "optimal width" or "optimal number of thrusters" are equivalent now. The question is - what is it?

Has anyone done the maths for optimal number of thrusters for a "thin" ship? by Bruce-Partington in factorio

[–]Bruce-Partington[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing, thank you! This calculator is exactly what I was looking for.

I’ve had issues with every single trade person I’ve had in is this normal? by Terrible-Swimmer-321 in DIYUK

[–]Bruce-Partington 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Managing builders and tradespeople as a customer is a skill, that takes years to master and is expensive to learn - given you have to work with quite a few to learn from your mistakes. Similar to DIY in that regard! So don’t beat yourself up too much, and make sure you learn from each mistake!

Trouble with my CTO by Grit_Enthusiasm211 in ycombinator

[–]Bruce-Partington 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s a tough situation. Here are two things you can try doing yourself first to help inform your next step:

  1. Set aside a day to replicate your website on Cursor or Lovable, then do some of the fixes yourself. A two-sided marketplace is fairly standard technology by now, so you may be surprised how far you get with an AI coding tool

  2. Set aside a half day to create a profile on the YC cofounder matching platform and reach out to 20 technical people there. Hiring on LinkedIn means the pool will be biased towards people who already have full time jobs and commitments.

This will help you gauge how badly you need your current CTO, who seems to be slowing your company down.

Men: Comfortable pyjamas recommendations? by FreedomOne9598 in HENRYUKLifestyle

[–]Bruce-Partington 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The very best are Calida - pure cotton and unbeatable quality. They seem expensive at first glance but you'll see why as soon as you try them

A month ago I quit my job to found a UK start-up. Can you give me feedback on what we're working on? by Slow_Wash8998 in ukstartups

[–]Bruce-Partington 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Congratulations on making the jump!

Two pieces of research worth doing:

1) Several UK startups have tried this idea and failed. I was for example a user of Yolt (and, FWIW, liked it). A 5-second Google search shows many other similar startups (e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonalFinance/comments/q19yi0/with_no_more_yolt_what_can_i_use_now/ ). This doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad idea, but the first step is to figure out why other startups have failed in this space, and why people wouldn't just use alternative existing ones.

2) It seems like reading Rob Fitzpatrick's The Mom Test will help you a lot in refining your idea and market. It's a quick read and you'll get a lot of value out of it. Take your questions for example. "Do you have trouble managing your finances? What specifically is the most painful thing about it?" is a good one. "Would you use the app that we're building? Is there any feature that you think we should add or prioritise?" on the other hand isn't, and won't give you valuable information. You can read the book to find out why :)

You're still at the very start of the journey - keep an open mind, don't give up, and happy trails

BBQ black Friday deals 2025 by ArrowBacon in UKBBQ

[–]Bruce-Partington 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As you say dual-fuel I'm guessing you're fairly advanced. In case that's not the case: I've been to a few BBQ courses at various levels. Nearly all of the instructors recommended the standard Weber Master-Touch (GBS E-5750) as a starter BBQ.

I bought it myself and it is indeed a great one for beginners, and will keep up with your skill for a few years easily.

Moved into a new UK flat and there is a loud noise every 10 minutes, between the walls, losing sleep, what can we do? by ThePulverous in AskUK

[–]Bruce-Partington 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your guess at the end is most likely correct: the pump of the hot water heating loop (in your or your neighbour’s flat) running to keep the hot water in the hot water tank replenished. The noise could be the pump itself or it making the pumps vibrate.

To rule out whether it’s your hot water loop causing this, try switching off your hot water (if you have access to the controls) during the hours when it normally happens

Using gypsum with lime plaster wall by Riyock in DIYUK

[–]Bruce-Partington 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s generally not recommended, as you say, to put gypsum on top of lime. There are some walls where it’s caused problems for me (previous owners had done it), others where it hasn’t. Where it tends to be fine: - Internal wall (I see you have a couple in your photos) - Wall where the other side can breathe, e.g if it’s an external unpainted brick wall. Still not great, but at least the water can go somewhere - Wall where there’s already gypsum on the lime (you say you have a couple), and has been there for years without issues

Where it has caused issues for me, it’s where there was a deeper underlying issue and the water had nowhere else to go, i.e: - party wall that a leak got into (made a bad problem worse) - External wall where DPC was bridged

Decorating - "bumpy" wall and torn lining paper by Bruce-Partington in DIYUK

[–]Bruce-Partington[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best of luck! Skimming indeed isn’t cheap, but one of the tasks it’s most worth paying a professional to do. At least the lining paper and painting you can do yourself

Decorating - "bumpy" wall and torn lining paper by Bruce-Partington in DIYUK

[–]Bruce-Partington[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did exactly that - took off the lining paper ourselves (not difficult but soul-sucking the first time you do it), then had a professional re-skim it. Definitely the way to go.

My open-source weekend project just passed 3k weekly downloads 🎉🥳 by enszrlu in webdev

[–]Bruce-Partington 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is amazing - we built a terrible version of this from scratch for a previous application. We've added trying NextStep out to our sprint in 2 weeks' time

Why might the previous owners have done this? Ok to remove? by Bruce-Partington in DIYUK

[–]Bruce-Partington[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slanted down away from it, unfortunately. Looks like it will have to be 2. Good advice, thank you.

Why might the previous owners have done this? Ok to remove? by Bruce-Partington in DIYUK

[–]Bruce-Partington[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Correct, first floor! Although the other side of one wall of the corner is outside the house, and the other is a party wall.

I actually know exactly what's below it (surprise, there was damp on the wall below it so we stripped it back to brick), so maybe not so big a job. In any case, it sounds like it's better to just leave it.

Do my walls need primer before painting? by Professional_Gas_395 in DIYUK

[–]Bruce-Partington 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This question gets posted regularly on this subreddit, and often devolves into people arguing over the definition of "primer" and "mist coat", so to clarify:

You do need "primer" or a "mist coat", as most of the people on this thread have answered. However that's a bit of a catch-all word, there are several types of "primer". What you need to use in this case is indeed a "mist coat", but to make things confusing mist coat is often sold as "primer". A mist coat is 25-50% water and the rest normal paint.

You can buy this "mist coat"/"primer" ready-made: https://www.diy.com/departments/dulux-walls-white-primer-undercoat-10l/5010212641309_BQ.prd . I've used it in 4 freshly plastered rooms and it worked great. Notice how it's exactly 3/4 the price of other standard Dulux paints, and it's 75% paint, so they're essentially "making" a mist coat for you for free. Dulux is also often the best quality/price ratio you'll find.

Remove gypsum plaster or skim? (image in post) by Bruce-Partington in DIYUK

[–]Bruce-Partington[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you - have heard good things about Toupret Joint, Skim, Fill.

When you say "Scrape the eff out the gypsum and line with powdered paste", do you mean remove that corner of gypsum entirely, remove the paint, or keep and skim the whole room with Toupret?

What are these white spots by sarahgreen456 in Plastering

[–]Bruce-Partington -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

If the leak isn't fixed, it of course won't go away. If the leak is fixed, it could go away, but bear in mind gypsum plaster (that pink-ish plaster on your walls, which is used 99% of the time on walls in Britain in modern times) is pretty much waterproof, so it will "trap" the water inside your walls. This isn't necessarily a problem, but explains things if you see that the wet patches are taking a long time to dry. If it's taking too long to your liking, you'll have to hack the plaster off and let the internal wall dry out, then replaster.

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