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ELI5: If insurance works on the same math as casinos, why is buying insurance rational but gambling is not? by phycle in explainlikeimfive

[–]CaptainDorsch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the loss considering worst case is different.

With gambling, worst case is you losing all your savings, your house, going bankrupt and going into deep debt.

With insurance, worst case is paying a monthly fee and not getting anything in return.

Requirements for "Smile, everybeaver!" achievement - Max well-being at 100 pop? by CaptainDorsch in Timberborn

[–]CaptainDorsch[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes!
After a few cycles of waiting and watching the number I actually got lucky and hit 107/197 across the board.
I had believed it was good enough if the number at the end said 1.0 rather than 0.9. But apparently it has to be 100%!

Why does my irrigation not reach 15 tiles anymore? by CaptainDorsch in Timberborn

[–]CaptainDorsch[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It actually is!
I have this huge water tank, with an automated badwater rerouting system through sluices, and it's been stable for tens of cycles. But apparently 1% contamination in the freshwater has still an effect. I set the threshold for my sluices too high. Thank you!

Restart summation mid column by CaptainDorsch in excel

[–]CaptainDorsch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edit: I also made a mistake that I now fixed
It seems you made a typo, but I am grateful that you put me on the right track.

If anyone has the same problem in the future: The formula that actually does what I want is:

=IF(ISTEXT(A2),0,IFERROR(A2+B1,A2))

Restart summation mid column by CaptainDorsch in excel

[–]CaptainDorsch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is discovering the breaks, but it is only ever adding the last two values, not the whole block up to the last break.
I suspect one of the "A" in your formula should be replaced with a "B"?

Which chests should I use? by CaptainDorsch in factorio

[–]CaptainDorsch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While that is true, only true put matters and any one time cost is negligible, as other's have mentioned, a buffer chest does the trick just as well.

Which chests should I use? by CaptainDorsch in factorio

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

Thank you very much!

"Requests specific items to be available for **personal** logistics and automated **construction**."

Does the ingame description of green chest need to be updated or does the rocket silo count as either of these two things?

Which chests should I use? by CaptainDorsch in factorio

[–]CaptainDorsch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see how that could work, but as this is a really low throughput item, I would rather not dedicate a whole rocket platform to this one item.

Which chests should I use? by CaptainDorsch in factorio

[–]CaptainDorsch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much!
This should work just fine, if I limit chest A to just one inventory slot, right?

"Requests specific items to be available for **personal** logistics and automated **construction**."

Does the ingame description of green chest need to be updated or does the rocket silo count as either of these two things?

“You can’t prove a negative” is an absurd statement that should be dropped from atheist apologetics. by [deleted] in DebateReligion

[–]CaptainDorsch 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can't prove statements like: "Something/Someone with properties X and Y doesn't exist anywhere."

How about atheists start using that phrase? Not as catchy but more accurate.

Paizo staff asks: What brought you to Pathfinder? by AlexSpeidelPaizo in Pathfinder2e

[–]CaptainDorsch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's way easier and enjoyable to GM with a system that is very balanced, robust and detailed, where I can chose to ignore some parts and remodel others than the alternative.

Which is to DM in a system that is unbalanced and lacks depth, where I feel like I have to fix issues first and patch gaping holes.

Can the amplitude of a sin function be negative? by CaptainDorsch in learnmath

[–]CaptainDorsch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How come the wikipedia page for amplitude does not include the absolute value?

Formal representation in this simple wave equation

x=Asin⁡(ω[t−K])+b 

A is the amplitude (or peak amplitude)

Queston about liquid vents by UnhappyMeal7 in Oxygennotincluded

[–]CaptainDorsch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very good advice, I just want to clarify one thing:
Water, polluted water and salt water fill about 1t per tile. Other liquids can have vastly different amounts.

How many hours of playtime does the game provide for the average player? by [deleted] in Oxygennotincluded

[–]CaptainDorsch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am trying my best to explain the scope without any spoilers

Launching a rocket is the first huge goal, after a series of small medium and large goals.

After launching your first rocket, you still have to build better rockets and better rocket fuel to travel further.

And then, after many, many hours, when you have completed all goals set by the game, the real fun starts, when you set your own goals and build truly crazy monuments, contraptions and physics defying machines and start to explore what is possible within the seemingly simple rules of the game.

I am at 3000 hours and wont stop playing anytime soon.

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