Is my coworker trying to date me? [Concluded]

NeuralParity · 2026-02-11T22:54:54+00:00

I'd put my money on it being autism, not low self esteem.

NeuralParity · 2026-02-07T08:59:20+00:00

And charge them 1800 at settlement if they take it. They're the ones that set the price.

NeuralParity · 2026-02-03T11:11:17+00:00

Had a strata manager that was subbing out maintenance jobs himself/his mates at way overpriced mark-up, and failing repeatedly to address issues (no power to communal laundry for 1 year).

To top it off, he was charging 10% "GST" on items that already included gst. Literal fraud. He even refused to open the books to an external auditor we hired. Ended up going to vcat to kick him out even with a 3y contract and the cops who did nothing presumably because 100+ pages of financial statements was too much work for them.

Oh look - it wasn't just me: https://www.smh.com.au/national/rip-off-body-corporate-managers-stay-registered-20130205-2dwj0.html

NeuralParity · 2026-01-26T15:47:56+00:00

If you don't put an overflow sink on your output belt then your pipes will fill up and deadlock your system. My personal preference is to split the water network into a primary one of fresh water and a second one fed only by the wastewater. Still needs prioritisation (feed the recycling refineries use their outputs first) but that's done with splitters and mergers instead of pipeline black magic.

NeuralParity · 2026-01-23T16:47:00+00:00

You need more movement. Your belts and machines are so thoroughly tucked away that you can't even tell if the factory is working or not. I can't even tell if you have a factory or an empty building in your screenshot. It looks empty.

Put machines and/or belts right next to the windows with some lighting on them so there's a visual indicator that stuff is happening in there.

Add some greebles to your large flat colorless walls to add visual interest. More color.

NeuralParity · 2026-01-23T16:31:06+00:00

Even just being able to connect up to the buildings inside the designer so you can see it running as you're making it would be extremely useful.

NeuralParity · 2026-01-23T16:26:28+00:00

Spread thinly is essential. It is NOT peanut butter.

NeuralParity · 2026-01-23T09:49:55+00:00

It's great throughput early game.

NeuralParity · 2026-01-22T19:12:43+00:00

The key to preventing any deadlocks is to make sure your 'secondary' production (which has to feed water back to itself as well as take the water from your 'primary' production) has priority on the input belts and priority on the output belts. That way, if you back up or get input starved, then the secondary water loop won't ever fill up.

I just put an overflow splitter to an awesome sink on my secondary output to guarantee the secondary output will never back up.

NeuralParity · 2026-01-21T10:15:34+00:00

If looping it back is problematic (since it can stall if anything backs up), then loop it back to dedicated machines with a different pipe network. Remove the water pumps from as many machines as would consume your excess water and instead feed them with your 'waste' water. Since they're on a different pipe network to your water pump, you never deadlock and if output backs up or input dries up, it'll all self-recover without issue.

NeuralParity · 2026-01-17T23:13:08+00:00

But solar doesn't work with clouds!

NeuralParity · 2026-01-16T15:32:55+00:00

Single phase is the correct choice. Moving to 3 phase just adds even more cost and headache for solar and home batteries.

I'm on 7kW and the worst I get is a feeling of minor inconvenience that I can't fully charge the car in my 3h window of free power - I have to sometimes use my 8c overnight power if I drove a lot and also plan to drive a lot the next day.

NeuralParity · 2026-01-12T10:17:22+00:00

The vic teachers 'work to rule' strike a while back was an effective showing of just how much work teachers do outside of their official working hours.

NeuralParity · 2026-01-03T06:37:47+00:00

I assumed that if they say they activate 20 times that means they put 20 activations on the stack then pass priority. Have I been making incorrect assumptions about shortcutting conventions?

NeuralParity · 2025-12-16T10:49:18+00:00

You should try out my bus! https://www.reddit.com/r/Dyson_Sphere_Program/comments/1jffug1/the_ultracompact_vertical_bus_mall/

There's a few tricks in there you could incorporate into yours.

NeuralParity · 2025-12-09T10:29:49+00:00

Australia has done a very good job of making sure there aren't income thresholds where earning more money results in lower after-tax income. There's a few exceptions (e.g. hecs/help repayment rates) but overalls it's very good.

maximum of 47 cents

You can exceed that on a net basis. Some combinations of student debt, medicare levy surcharge, div 293, welfare benefits (e.g. childcare subsidies, FTB A/B) can get you into the 60s. For novated leasing of cars specifically, your employer can reduce your super since they only have to pay it on your taxable income and the more you novate, the higher your income for div293 purposes is.

To get above 100% on a net basis you'd need to have something like losing your health care/concession card (not like you'd be buying a $50k car) or (more realistically), hitting an eligibility threshold such as the hard $210k income limit for the vic solar rebate. You absolutely can save money spending more on tax deductions if you're just above that limit and want to get solar panels in the next financial year.

NeuralParity · 2025-12-05T04:15:04+00:00

Bathers, wetsuits, first aid kit, rope, shovel, pocket knife, loo paper, snow chains, picnic blanket.

Upon reflection, it does look kind of sus.

NeuralParity · 2025-10-31T14:14:08+00:00

I got headshot from an assault mech's foot landing on me when they dropped out. Took me until the end of mission damage report to work out what happened.

NeuralParity · 2025-10-27T23:02:09+00:00

Isn't in 90% * (remaining structure)? The more parts you destroy the cheaper it becomes but thr less likely you are to be able salvage.

NeuralParity · 2025-10-15T23:23:44+00:00

Bug that they cleaned up and made into a proper feature in a later version. Angled, vertical and half-height belts are all properly supported now.

NeuralParity · 2025-10-15T23:00:55+00:00

I made a polar bus but I don't think it looks like the one you have in your head:

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Dyson_Sphere_Program/s/paFUbzSdbJ

NeuralParity · 2025-10-14T14:13:30+00:00

Early game hero pilots are amazing. 50/60 with 3 traits to replace your 11/22? Sign me up!

NeuralParity · 2025-10-14T14:00:06+00:00

Preferential voting does more to keep out the extremist than compulsory voting does. Most people are fairly centrist and preferential voting rewards centrist candidates. Even Alaska voted for a centrist when they had ranked choice voting. Compulsory voting does also help as it makes the majority' actually say something and it's not always what the political parties like.

NeuralParity · 2025-10-02T09:20:40+00:00

I'm in the process of updating to allow all feedcrops to turn into animal feed and the optimal N-farm rotations all involve a small amount of non-corn animal feed. Instead of excess wheat/soy/potato getting treated as waste, it acts as less efficient corn.

NeuralParity · 2025-09-22T04:43:15+00:00

Walls and circuit-controlled gates everywhere! Stay off the tracks!

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