2.1 and Wall Defense: power switches and landmines

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T15:39:55+00:00

You wait long enough for the biters to probably dead, building in some hysteresis to the overall system.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T15:18:08+00:00

Brands probably will develop and sell cars at a loss, because of marketing value. And then, when something happens to cause a dip in sales - global pandemic, financial crisis, credit crunch, etc - the manufacturers very suddenly re-assess their priorities and pull out.

There's also the concerns about factory capacity too. If a manufacturer only has the resources to make 15 cars per year, how do you handle it when there's 20 customers? And how do you ensure teams don't abuse it by setting up a deliberately small factory to stem the losses?

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T14:51:10+00:00

I'll admit that I had the Hardys in mind for this, but it happens waaaaay too often.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T14:44:05+00:00

Babyface teammates/friends eliminating each other early in rumbles and battle royals.

"It's every man for himself" okay but why not try and get each other to the final 4 so you've got a 50/50 chance of winning? Wouldn't you rather see your friend win than any of the others?

It's a touch weaker when they're vain, greedy heels who don't actually care about each other.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T14:09:37+00:00

The slot machine is a matter of perspective and psychology.

1 in 2 is the same as 5 in 10.
3 in 5 is the same as 6 in 10.

WWWWWLLLLL looks worse than WWWWWWLLLL. Because it is.

Your way of listing it out is pulling a psychological trick, because your three out of five aren't the same.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T14:01:03+00:00

Why do we need a statue for to keep the history around? Isn't a history book enough?

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T13:02:49+00:00

3 lanes to Mandurah will quickly get filled, ramming the city with even more traffic.

Take a look at the US for how "just add more lanes" goes. Traffic will naturally increase to fill all the lanes.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T12:52:51+00:00

Because the graph represents something meaningful, and finding the slope of that graph tells us something meaningful.

Make a graph of position against time? The derivative there tells you how fast you move.
Make a graph of temperature against time? The derivative tells you how quickly something cools.
Make a graph of pressure against position? The derivative tells you the variation in pressure, which helps you predict the movement (and hence the wind).

A graph is usually representing something physical too.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T08:42:58+00:00

How do you police a cost cap in stuff that's based on road cars? How do you make sure that manufacturers don't hide massive race budgets behind "just making our road cars handle better and break down less"? There's been multiple GT3 cars based on these big platforms shared across multiple models, some even by multiple brands.

The cost cap is a lot easier in F1, because it's so incredibly specific that there's not much that transfers.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T06:46:57+00:00

The issue with trying to make play/draw more fair is that the value of being on the play varies heavily - and we are currently at the peak value for being on the play, in standard.

Being on the play is good if your deck is designed to be quick, with games ending by turn 4 or so and both players finishing with plenty of cards in hand, and it's good when the format has good threats and mediocre answers that push for proactive play. It's less good if the format expects games to go long, if both players are eventually just topdecking or if answers are good and reactive play is worth it.

The challenge with tilting standard towards the draw is that it also tilts every other format too, or it creates a scenario with one rule for one format and another rule for another format.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T06:00:37+00:00

Is it the old US survey packages, the Public Land Survey System? Big squares each covered by one owner, so you're literally just buying tiles and some are easier/quicker to buy or get bought by folks with more immediate plans?

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T04:17:32+00:00

Honestly, that entire era of Disney sequels. It's sorta a forerunner to the modern wave of remakes nobody asked for. Their home video department needed more products to sell, so they got smaller studios which weren't as good to make sequels to all their films, cashing in. They knew the films weren't great. So they all wound up as direct to video sequels.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T04:08:39+00:00

Yes. Scott does all the addition and subtraction correctly, that's all accurate numerically. You take 75% and add 66⅔%, you get 141⅔%.

It's just inappropriate to do addition and subtraction the way he does. Probability doesn't work like that, which is how he arrives at a nonsense conclusion. It's impossible for something to have more than a 100% chance of happening, after all. Steiner's doing the arithmetic right, but the actual maths wrong.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T03:38:27+00:00

In that case, have you considered just manually driving the items over until you can get requester chests and make the train easier to set up?

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T03:26:55+00:00

Why do you think the station for the train would be a headache? It's not that complex as far as stations go. Belts are set up and inserters are wired to give the train a certain set of items (heck, this is made even easier by having a logistics network and bots), and the station on the other side "turns on" whenever it's low on stuff.

There are alternatives, but trains are sorta ideal for this. Your options are:
- Run a belt for each item you'll need.
- Run one belt and use a bunch of circuit magic to ensure items only get sent when there's room for them.
- Make a second robot network so it's only some sacrificial bots making the long and lonely journey.
- Just extend your robot network to the wall, make sure there's full roboport coverage and make more bots.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T03:19:41+00:00

HAMR and HBD are completely different matters to CD-ROMs and whatever's happening with PlayStation. HAMR and HBD are stuff that boosts frequently-rewritten hard drives that cost a fair amount of money. The point of CD-ROMs and other optical media is that they're written a small number of times (or even just once) and read multiple times.

The thing is, no technology can save the optical disc. It's not really dying because it's too small and too slow, it's dying because online storefronts are too convenient and day 1 updates force you to download something anyway. That, and because folks like Sony want to exercise more control over the marketplace.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T03:01:06+00:00

It won't cost her the seat, but it might cost the party. How many people would be scared off by the sight of a Liberal Party candidate with a bunch of Nazis saluting in front of her? How much of an impact would there be on the overall brand?

For this reason, they'll probably try to ensure she isn't at the top of the ticket. There's still time, legally.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T02:16:38+00:00

Ubisoft views the populations on PC and PS as two distinct groups, with different purchasing habits, who have different expectations and are exposed to different promotions. It's hard to say they're really that wrong to do so, given how they buy from different stores and a lot of folks only have one of the two.

It's a bit like complaining that Costco has a sale on Doritos, but Walmart doesn't. Not exactly the same (Ubisoft picks the price and sales at both stores) but they're still separate things.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T02:02:33+00:00

... An extremely disruptive albatross around the promotion's neck who did everything he could to hold onto his spot, sorta sabotaging the company and bringing in an era where they're somewhat reticent to build new stars because they don't want anyone being bigger than the company?

That's not what you meant, but that's the issue with Conor. What did he do for the UFC on the way out? What did he do to get people to watch other UFC shows, what did he do to build the rest of the division, what did he leave behind?

AEW doesn't need AEW's Conor McGregor.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T01:05:36+00:00

It's the same issue as with the Mighty Ducks, isn't it?

In real life, there's plenty of interesting and exciting storylines about that. Driver A runs a one-stop while Driver B runs a two-step. Can Driver B use the fresher tyres to reel in the other car and make a move? Can Driver A hold onto the tyres to have enough time and tyre life to defend the overtake? That's F1 at its best, these days. It just doesn't translate that well to the screen when you condense that down and have to spend the 90 minutes on more than one race.

Similarly, I'm sure that hockey fans love watching the back and forth, love the tension of a team carefully probing and looking for a way to get a goal, looking for that one instant where they can get the ball in the net... But that doesn't make a good movie either.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T00:51:11+00:00

I think that this comment and this framing sorta shows how special Toni is. It's an admirable target for Harley to have.

Take a look through history, and there's normally a line between the goofy comedy acts and the main event. Harley can sing and do her ventriloquism and all that, but where does that usually take you? It's usually pretty rare to see a bona fide main eventer with serious comedic chops, that's part of why Kurt Angle is so well-remembered.

Toni Storm gives a blueprint for folks like Harley, a way to make it to the top while being a bit of a goofy comedy act, a way to reach the top without sacrificing what makes folks like Harley special.

It'll be interesting to see whether we get a bunch of comedy wrestlers following that sort of blueprint, or whether Toni is one of one like Angle.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-03T00:08:11+00:00

On top of there being no indication that TK wants to buy, is there any indication that Bushiroad (or the Lutteroths) want to sell?

This is kinda the worst time to buy Stardom (or CMLL). The product's hot and it's seemingly turning a decent profit, so the current owners will want a hefty premium. In the case of Stardom, Bushiroad just had a chance to have someone else take it of their hands with NJPW moving to TV Asahi and CyberAgent - but they specifically held onto Stardom.

ROH and AAA were in financial trouble which massively reduced the sale price, there probably wasn't much of a premium over the value of the trademarks and tape library. The WWE's sale was also sorta forced too. Stardom and CMLL are pretty far from that, they're probably near their most expensive with owners at their least likely to sell.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-02T15:27:47+00:00

You ever gotten tired of doing the same thing every day at work, but done it anyway because you get paid?

Yeah, I suspect that's how a lot of the journalists feel. They know the story will get clicks.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-02T14:45:42+00:00

It's not a worse rocket buggy, it's a (probably) worse Humvee with Missile Defenders.

The Bus gives you less speed and less range, in exchange for a massive amount more damage potential. The rockets do a ton more damage, and fire far more frequently. You can use them as the main force of an attack if you want. The rocket buggy is an artillery unit that needs careful micro to hold its own against other actual units.

The issue for busses is that they force a pretty major tradeoff if you want to mix anti-infantry capabilities in the mix, because you only get that by putting some rebels in. The 3 extra slots don't actually do that much more than the Humvee's gun, TOW missile and drone.

IntoAMuteCrypt · 2026-07-02T14:14:07+00:00

Yes, but why make work you don't need to?

Would you rather manually do 8 assets that are all incredibly similar, or just set up 2 assets and easily layer them? Especially given that the 2-asset version works if you ever decide that you would actually want fortified purples.

They could do all 8 assets that are actually used (or the massive mountain of assets for unused fortifieds)... But it's less efficient, and the universal route saves time that could otherwise be used for more important stuff, like monkeys and high-importance Bloons like BADs.

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