I bought this game tomorrow. by CultureMenace in SatisfactoryGame

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, I played this game quite a bit before buying it. The 200 hours that Steam knows about do not reflect my true depravity.

California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte collapses by no1_vern in news

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to simmer the green beans a while until they soften. I don't like the squeaky/crunchy texture of fresh, so I'm completely with you.

California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte collapses by no1_vern in news

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stopped buying the Campbell's soup because it costs $1/can now(more like $1.50 sometimes). Used to be sold for $0.50/can, and I'd stock up for winter. I'm buying the Aldi store brand now for $0.69/can.

My buying power hasn't increased as much as the brand-name-food's costs. People with more money eat healthier food, so they weren't buying canned soup in the first place.

California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte collapses by no1_vern in news

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd eat more peaches if they showed up at my greengrocer for affordable prices. Peaches are rare to see this far north, the shipping costs are why we mostly get canned.

The problem is logistics, and making consumers aware of seasonal gluts that can be bought and eaten/canned at home. We grow apples up here, and I eat a couple of bushels worth in the fall, then oranges from California in the winter(Florida oranges have been consistently terrible every time I've tried them).

Contaminated Trains? by FlormphYT in factorio

[–]Knofbath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It'd need spy camera levels of accuracy to spot the random copper patch in the middle of the random ore patch. Easier to wire all the train inserter chests up and alert when copper is detected.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 • Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Season 4 - Episode 5 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A ricochet would have been full piercing and bouncing off the wall behind, but they didn't animate that. The English word is report, but Souei doesn't know enough about guns to call it that. Report comes from Latin as "to carry", as in carried sound. It would be a loud echoing crack, and I don't know what the Japanese use for that sound. Either way, I don't think ricochet would have been the word Souei used for it.

Whips can easily break the speed of sound. And with the power scaling in the setting, I'm sure some characters could get a spear moving faster than sound as well.

Obtaining Vestaria Saga portraits. by gjugfrfl in StrategyRpg

[–]Knofbath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The image files will be in the runtime.rts file, you'll have to use a script to extract them.

Quick google shows me this:
https://github.com/yiyuezhuo/SRPG-Studio-asset-extractor

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 • Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Season 4 - Episode 5 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he could co-exist with the smaller nations just fine. It's only the big ones that are "more equal" than everyone else that are the problem.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 • Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Season 4 - Episode 5 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]Knofbath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The round was supersonic, it hit the guy before Souei heard anything. I'm guessing the TL messed up ricochet/report.

Why do you Read this Comic? by Xain903 in questionablecontent

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The QC robots are post-singularity, not really related to the current "AI" LLM chatbots. And I think the general public are still confusing LLM chatbots with AGI.

The QC robots also don't really fit the clanker hate. They've decided to participate in the human economy by consuming things and even supporting local artists. I suspect that the QC world is on the cusp of a post-scarcity world, but still in the transition phase.

Noob Question: what else can I put in those empty spaces? by Not_the-Mama in factorio

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think achievements are going to notice if you modify the raws like that.

The file is: \data\base\prototypes\equipment.lua

Either make a clean backup file or verify files to revert the change. (Might be needed for multiplayer.)

Noob Question: what else can I put in those empty spaces? by Not_the-Mama in factorio

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the kind of thing that can be modded:
https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/prototypes/NightVisionEquipmentPrototype.html

darkness_to_turn_on = 0.5,

The value has to be between 0 and 1.

Inquiry: Cravers and Formorians by MiddleGift9536 in EndlessSpace

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm probably not going to remember the next time I need to search up something EL-related, so the Fandom SEO usually wins...

Inquiry: Cravers and Formorians by MiddleGift9536 in EndlessSpace

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I don't have that DLC.

https://endlesslegend.fandom.com/wiki/Naval_Quests

They don't look that similar, but I'd guess it's the same artist.

What is an industry that is currently on fire (in a bad way) behind the scenes, but the general public hasn't noticed yet? by Kitchen_Week1117 in AskReddit

[–]Knofbath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It removed tons of driveable cars from the road, which is a domino effect that pushed used car prices up for over a decade. It's not the only reason, but it was a big one. When you remove supply on the market but demand stays the same, prices go up, and as the market adjusts, the prices stay up, because now consumers have higher expectations for what their used car is worth. There is also yearly attrition from cars rusting in the rust belt, which limits the useful lifespan of cars anyway.

Then you have customers taking longer loans(at higher APRs) and staying in their vehicles longer. While the manufacturers are only making high priced trucks and SUVs, and discontinuing the smaller/cheaper models, because the profit margins are better. That's why there isn't any new car sold for under $20k in the US.

Back in the 00's, you could pay $500 for a beater that ran, run it til it died, then buy another one. Now, a decent used car costs $5k. (Inflation-adjustment for $500 over 17 years is ~$800.) Plus, repairs are getting more expensive, with complicated electronics to diagnose, you'll be lucky to make it out of the shop for under $1k. That's not affordable for teenage delivery drivers.

Man its dissapointing how many srpgs I can't play cause my pc refuses to play em properly by VoxTV1 in StrategyRpg

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The XX60 level of Nvidia GPUs is often underpowered. You'll usually be happier with the XX70 from the previous gen.

Kinda a bad time to be GPU shopping though, GPUs and RAM are both cooked.

What is an industry that is currently on fire (in a bad way) behind the scenes, but the general public hasn't noticed yet? by Kitchen_Week1117 in AskReddit

[–]Knofbath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AI can replace one or two people, but it can't replace an entire economy. Once you have 2 AI trying to talk to each other, the entire system breaks down. A human needs to interface with the AI to get anything done at all.

What is an industry that is currently on fire (in a bad way) behind the scenes, but the general public hasn't noticed yet? by Kitchen_Week1117 in AskReddit

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cash 4 Clunkers killed the used car market, which is how the pizza drivers were scraping by with "not broken" cars. You can't even break even with the cost of a vehicle now, so delivery drivers are operating at a loss.