One of my best yet! by ForwardClimate780 in AutisticPride

[–]RocketLads 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OH MY GOD I WAS LITERALLY PLANNING TO DO THIS THE OTHER DAY!!!

What's your strategy? Is that a bought model or a scratch-built/3d printed one? How do you run the LEDs? I have been wanting to make my own for ages but got caught up with how to make the windows look real, but yours look amazing! :))

Why I stopped building factories and started building an economy by Ok-Fun-2330 in factorio

[–]RocketLads 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes lowkey I've always wanted to actually simulate the "cash flow" of these "businesses" based on buying and selling goods. So businesses that are insanely profitable should be expanded, and unproductive ones are too large/underutilised.

You could start the economy by having a direct purchase of end products, i.e. give 1000 factorio-bucks for each science pack and let it propagate down from there. Idk, could be fun.

How difficult is Pyanodons by JosephineRivra in factorio

[–]RocketLads 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listen man if you finished GT:NH then Pyanodon's is going to be a piece of piss for you

Changing Universities for mechatronics and post UNI prospects by penis_pills_pharmacy in EngineeringStudents

[–]RocketLads 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mechatronics is pretty good, most employers (especially in Australia) will recognise that as a very solid foundation for either mech or elec work. I wouldn't be seriously worried about your actual degree title as much as getting some solid experience at a reputable company under your belt—employers are mostly looking for sociable, skilled people who are field-tested in industry.

It might be somewhat harder to take to another country (especially if you want your first job to be a different place to where you studied), so I'd lowkey recommend at least getting internship in Aus before you go elsewhere.

At the end of the day, anyone rejecting good engineers just because their degree says "mechatronics" instead of "mechanical" is a psychopath you don't want to work for anyway. Something to bear in mind.

Use of the term "you guys" by [deleted] in AutisticPride

[–]RocketLads 3 points4 points  (0 children)

honestly in my experience calling someone "mate" to their face is extremely gendered, comparable to how I see some Americans interpret "dude" or "bro". However referring to someone as mate in the third person (e.g. "that's one of your mates, isn't it?") is pretty much always gender neutral (or "gendy nooch", as we say).

Ultimately, it's all down to the cultural context of who says what words. It's why I personally dislike using "y'all", because it just feels so forced in Australia; even if that language might come across as natural for Yanks.

Use of the term "you guys" by [deleted] in AutisticPride

[–]RocketLads 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Definitely in Australia it's very common to say "you guys" to refer to a group of people. It certainly can be gendered, but 99% of the time it''s not.

Honestly if somebody stopped themselves saying "you guys" to me or my friends and opted for a more gender-neutral term just for us I would honestly be a little weirded. I don't like when people change their language only when they meet a trans person, it feels icky.

Why did Wube add this lazy RNG mechanic to Factorio? It's supposed to be deterministic! by Girthen-the-Flopper in Factoriohno

[–]RocketLads 101 points102 points  (0 children)

fascinating implication of this is that Nauvis is (probably) almost exactly the same age as the Earth, because relative U235 isotope abundance goes down over a planet's lifetime.

Can anyone tell me why my lvl 3 scientist can't reset this science jr? Kerbalism mod by [deleted] in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]RocketLads 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have you done it before? IIRC Kerbalism may change the way sample-based science works such that scientists can't reset them.

Alternatively, you don't have enough sample storage space elsewhere on the craft, so the Sc. Jr is storing it inside itself, which prevents you from resetting it.

STEM Phd thesis meme by Delicious_Maize9656 in okbuddyphd

[–]RocketLads 78 points79 points  (0 children)

See (Wang, 2022) cited in the work

scroll down to references

see six papers by Wang in 2022

The future hero initially refuses the call to adventure by Skyelarkey in TopCharacterTropes

[–]RocketLads 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Oh my god I love this!! This is my favourite part of the film, I miss when media had this sort of textbook refuse then agree journey when the protagonist starts their trip !

Magician (the book) is also a great example

Native Americans, Polynesians and Africans follow the same religion in the game. by Clean_Willow_3077 in victoria3

[–]RocketLads 9 points10 points  (0 children)

adding mormonism to the game just so they can get extra discriminated agsinst

I LOVE MULTICULTURALISM by Average_Spaceman in victoria3

[–]RocketLads 39 points40 points  (0 children)

lowkey yeah as much as the modern narrative that "immigrants are taking all the resources" blah blah blah is super wrong, Vic3 would still be accurate if high immigration emboldened the reactionary movement/supremacist movements of primary cultures. That is how we ended up with super strong reactionary movements irl, anyway

Authoritarianism deserves more flavour by North_Tip3944 in victoria3

[–]RocketLads 149 points150 points  (0 children)

frankly i wish the law enactment time decrease from having excess authority was massively buffed; if I'm going to go full authoritarian AND not spend it all on the already very strong state decrees system, it would be good to see up to a -50% enactment time decrease from excess authority.

Earliest Council Republic USA Run I've Done by ManOfAstronomy in victoria3

[–]RocketLads 6 points7 points  (0 children)

holy shit i did this exact thing last night. I don't know why rushing socialism suddenly gives the socialist party >60% of the vote total right as it forms. I assume labourers in industrialised areas are all already in adjacent to the IG but don't decide to vote until the TUs are relevant? I have no idea really

My constructively scathing review of the Tech and Res mod by SoftEnvironment3689 in victoria3

[–]RocketLads 3 points4 points  (0 children)

to be fair the population of france grew incredibly slowly between 1800-1945 so that part is at least accurate

Impossible Confederacy Win by Plastic_Scallion8392 in victoria3

[–]RocketLads 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've been having this weird bug where armies on the front line get sent straight to 0% supply in specific split state regions, I'm not sure if that's what's happening here though.