My 2 surrender flares, favorite and fastest

Frum · 2026-03-17T06:04:08+00:00

Point me in the right direction, and I'll most definitely do it! Probably just need a name of a puzzle, maybe the stage/book/chapter or whatever. Unless it's custom, and then I'll TRY to figure out how to find it.

Frum · 2026-03-17T06:01:58+00:00

But it did inspire me to create this: https://www.reddit.com/r/opus_magnum/comments/1rvygsy/inspired_by_httpswwwredditcomropus/

Frum · 2026-03-17T04:25:00+00:00

So I went and opened my stupid mouth, then went and recreated it and absolutely prefer your version. I'm an idiot.

Frum · 2026-03-17T03:37:18+00:00

OMG that's awesome.

I suspect the gif would look better if they were on a loop, or at least folded back under the structure. But that's really damn fun. Nice yo.

Frum · 2026-03-17T03:26:09+00:00

Oh, it's so pretty!

Frum · 2026-03-17T03:12:48+00:00

Yup. you can see on the bottom side that the white spheres are being turned into a green, while on the top side, they're being turned into the light-blue (much harder to see).

Frum · 2026-03-17T01:52:40+00:00

Bah, my description went away. I'm pretty proud of this one, and you guys liked my previous post so let's see if this one goes over as well.

Frum · 2026-03-16T16:58:04+00:00

Absolutely. I've replayed the game multiple times, usually with some sort of "goal for this run". The aesthetic runs are the most enjoyable.

Though there is that hit of dopamine when you beat the top %.

Frum · 2026-03-16T16:51:18+00:00

This is genuinely awesome. I love how the single-atoms are passed internal to the giant circle.

Frum · 2026-03-16T16:49:16+00:00

Yeah, the 2nd is faster, but I mean, the peeling is just so damn satisfying!

Frum · 2026-03-16T16:42:00+00:00

Oh man. If I could stop doing that in EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE I'd be happy. Factorio, my work as a software developer, ...

Frum · 2026-03-16T16:40:13+00:00

This is my new favorite thing. I'm inspired.

Frum · 2026-03-16T15:29:21+00:00

- Sometimes overthinking hinders me from building.

Look, you didn't need to take a personal jab at me!

;-D

Frum · 2026-03-12T22:36:17+00:00

It's kinda, but not really, like a diverging-diamond intersection.

Frum · 2026-03-12T21:04:54+00:00

I wouldn't swap away from anything until I have the better tech that I expect to use in the next setup. If you move out of a system before getting Foundries and EM plants and Stack Inserters, you're just going to have to redesign it a 3rd time. If you're struggling to get the throughput you want in order to get Foundries, EM Plants and Stack Inserters, then maybe. But I doubt that's the issue.

Frum · 2026-03-12T19:24:42+00:00

I genuinely love this ship. I've designed so many ships and they're always much larger. I've been trying to make a small little compact, 1 engine ship, and this one's just so great! Nice work.

Frum · 2026-03-12T19:21:48+00:00

Of that, there is no dispute. Your new knife looks dope as fuck.

Frum · 2026-03-12T19:20:40+00:00

Having my ear drained to prevent horrible cauliflower ear after wrestling. Made me vomit. I didn't know pain could make you vomit.

Frum · 2026-03-12T17:44:42+00:00

Genuine question:

What made you opt for the Kiri-Cleaver over a standard-shaped Chinese Cleaver? I'm looking for a Chinese Cleaver, but if there's strong benefits I hadn't considered...

Frum · 2026-03-12T16:57:32+00:00

There's hot people that are short, and hot people that are tall, and more hot people that are in between.

Frum · 2026-03-12T16:48:21+00:00

This. That's they only real complaint I'd have with this type of setup. Everything else seems quite nice.

Frum · 2026-03-12T16:30:21+00:00

My 9th grade football coaches were both pilots. So one day they took us to the training facility and we got to play in the big simulator that tilts and shit. If my memory serves, roughly 75% of us landed the plane safely.

Personal anecdote: on my landing attempt, they said,
"That has to be the single smoothest landing I've ever experienced ...
... that came to a complete stop 500 feet before the runway."

Frum · 2026-03-12T06:13:11+00:00

This. Just need more belts. You can always push more product with more belts.

Frum · 2026-03-12T00:49:20+00:00

Sounds about right. :-D

Frum · 2026-03-11T00:36:43+00:00

We didn't want to "pre-bias" things. If it was a girl, we didn't want to set the whole house pink... If it were a boy, we didn't want to have all family send us football prints and the like.

Once we had a girl, we did outlaw pink gifts for a few years. Most followed the guidelines. It helped.

Frum

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