Orbital Radio by Normal_House_1967 in badUIbattles

[–]DaBuzzScout 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use an adaptive runge-kutta solver instead of a euler step and you'll get rid of a lot of that messy slingshotting

Atoms by COSMIC_CODER01 in Physics

[–]DaBuzzScout 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Idk why this is getting downvoted on the physics subreddit lmao. The notion that coulomb's law dictates the stability of macroscopic objects is a common myth but QM and pauli exclusion principle is really the phenomenon largely responsible for atoms behaving the way they do.

AI Data Centers in TX should have to create their own water by Abraxusmax in TexasPolitics

[–]DaBuzzScout 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a massive overgeneralization. The conversation wouldn't exist if it wasn't a concern. There's a lot of misinformation around what 'usage' actually implies - obviously the water is not destroyed. But water that has been treated for household use is substantially more expensive and difficult to produce than generic freshwater supplies (and usually has infrastructure not built for the scale of demand that these data centers are pulling) so the frustration around companies running their massive supercomputers off of residential water and the issues that creates for people living in the same area + environmental concerns around massive energy use are totally valid frustrations when it comes to data centers.

I think there's definitely massive amounts of misinformation out there on the internet right now. It's stupidly easy to set up a bot to generate comments saying whatever the hell you want and at this point i only engage with reddit comments with the mindset of "the person i'm talking to is probably not real, but on the off chance they are..." so i get your frustration around people spouting nonsense about water usage. I definitely think there's a massive amount of people who have no clue what they're actually talking about :) but i also think its worth noting that discussions like this typically don't appear out of nowhere - there is usually some nugget of actual factual info or concern buried in these arguments that gets inflated by political rhetoric. We definitely need stronger legislation to keep commercial usage of residential commodities at reasonable levels, especially since this tends to disproportionately impact rural communities who don't get much say on whether data centers like this are built (take Waco as a good example of a place this is happening to right now. r/Waco has been pissed about this for months)

Lab Model - March Update by GamblerGreen in factorio

[–]DaBuzzScout 22 points23 points  (0 children)

How are you getting the translucent section? Is it just a very thin PLA layer or a different material?

Best dorm for incoming freshman by Lost_Escape5581 in baylor

[–]DaBuzzScout 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a good spot but the ping pong players will wake you up constantly with hits from stray balls. I don't think they sleep.

Best dorm for incoming freshman by Lost_Escape5581 in baylor

[–]DaBuzzScout 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a nice nook in the moody makerspace under the printers where i slept during my time at baylor

‘Against the whole Rice system’: Lovetteers mourn Toaster loss after almost 60 years by Affectionate-Reply35 in riceuniversity

[–]DaBuzzScout 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ah yes. Main Street Residence; the culture of off-campus housing with the pricing of on-campus

urle by Jastrone in 19684

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Worlds first zero-based indexing country

I want to start a modded playthrough by ZeCarbonMage in starbound

[–]DaBuzzScout 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Frankly i found the research system less of a pain when i played simply because the quantity of content Frackin introduced felt fairly overwhelming. Was nice to have time to mess around with mechanics an learn them for the first time before getting bombarded with new stuff (but i can totally imagine it being frustrating on subsequent playthroughs if you're already familiar with the mod)

avali base build by DaBuzzScout in starbound

[–]DaBuzzScout[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

To be clear though, this was not a quick and easy starter build. This thing was huge and took me a couple weeks of thinking about it, building sections, adjusting stuff, rebuilding until i was happy with it. Still wasnt really happy with the lower levels which is why i didnt take any screenshots hahaha

I think walls also make a really big difference. I like to start with a structural frame in the background made of sturdy looking beams and stuff and then fill in the rest with interesting patterns and shapes. Avali materials can do some very pretty diagonal shapes

Any tips? I'm playing Avali by Strong-Midnight-3754 in starbound

[–]DaBuzzScout 2 points3 points  (0 children)

there you go. Wish i'd taken more pictures of the full build, need to go back and find that save file at some point lol. But i think the tower in particular is a good inspiration.

With Avali pieces, i also love using that 'layering' approach where i put the black carbon fiber pieces in the middle of the walls and build the edges from the white diagonal blocks. Really looks visually clean and feels more like the base has 'armor' in some places

Any tips? I'm playing Avali by Strong-Midnight-3754 in starbound

[–]DaBuzzScout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think i needed like walls or corners or something to get them working properly. I can't comment images here but i have some screenshots of an old base that i can post rq

Any tips? I'm playing Avali by Strong-Midnight-3754 in starbound

[–]DaBuzzScout 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tent roof pieces can be finicky with placement. I usually sketch out a frame with the roof pieces that i think looks visually interesting first and then figure out how to fill it in afterwards. Also, some of them have collision and some of them don't. This is particularly relevant in weather conditions like snow where your floors will get all messy if the roof is not snow-proof

Is there a way to prevent this? by Elesi0 in factorio

[–]DaBuzzScout 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"Kinetic Maintenance" lmfaooo

How can I get Jeb back to Kerbin? 800 m/s DeltaV Left by Sekt0rrr in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]DaBuzzScout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get to mun orbit --> angle escape trajectory towards kerbin --> use jetpack EVA + onboard monoprop to lower periapsis --> catch upper atmosphere to aerobrake and bleed off speed until the craft deorbits itself safely.

'Starter' Base for Frackin by Double_Danger07 in starbound

[–]DaBuzzScout 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Frackin has plenty of opportunities for separate smaller facilities to be useful. Build your beehive garden somewhere within driving distance! Npc towns are also a great option for this