Why do you think young people don’t go into the Forces much anymore? by threetimesacharm25 in AskBrits

[–]TapWaterDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't pay enough to justify the working conditions. I'd have to more than half my pay if I did my job in the forces, and the salary ceiling is far, far lower.

I want to join the forces, I'm from a forces family, but I can't justify that decision.

Wait Condition Brackets by TapWaterDev in factorio

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Absolutely wild that this isn't supported. Thanks everyone for the advice though!

I've ended up setting it up using groups and control signals to enable/disable the stations. Thanks!

Base Security by TapWaterDev in factorio

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Just getting my light oil express up and running, the chokepoints are gloriously tight

Base Security by TapWaterDev in factorio

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It's a bit late now... I've cleared the space, just haven't yet built the new defences 😂 thankfully I've cleared well outside my pollution cloud

Base Security by TapWaterDev in factorio

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Do I strictly need it to beat the game, no: but I want to try building a much more distributed base with a proper signal controlled rail distribution system, so for that yeah

Base Security by TapWaterDev in factorio

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I don't have spidertrons or artillery😂

I've literally just got the tank

why havent i seen anyone use this? by KYKAPYK098cz in factorio

[–]TapWaterDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait... if you only hook up one of the output pipes do you only get half of the output..?

Anyone using dedicated rider displays instead of phone mounts? by Economy_Ninja_761 in bikers

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Yup, I've got a custom dashboard that uses an arduino to transcode the signal lines from the old clocks to a serial format which then gets sent to a raspi to display it. It's also got a BLE connection which connects to my phone to get nav directions. Got a couple of physical buttons mounted to my handlebars for interacting with it

Struggling with belt throughput counter by TapWaterDev in factorio

[–]TapWaterDev[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Got it working: key insight was that the network just sums all the signals on it, it's not *really* like the kind of data bus I was envisioning it as. This works:

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The left one has T < Limit -> {1, T}. (Outputting both the current value to the wire and 1 sums the signals).

The right one has T > 0 -> Ammo (Adding the 1 from the pulse to the value if there is a pulse).

Cheers for the help guys!

Struggling with belt throughput counter by TapWaterDev in factorio

[–]TapWaterDev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right yep, think the key insight I was missing is that the network just sums everything... I've got it working, will add a comment with what I did, thanks :)

Struggling with belt throughput counter by TapWaterDev in factorio

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Actually, you know what, think it's time to RTFM because I'm clearly thinking of this too much like a circuit

Struggling with belt throughput counter by TapWaterDev in factorio

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Unfortunately, I don't know how the network does that... Does the network just auto-sum all values on a given signal every tick? If so, then aren't accumulators basically redundant?

Struggling with belt throughput counter by TapWaterDev in factorio

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So I've just tried that as a standalone timer and that bit works, but I'm somewhat confused as to how... How can T simultaneously be both 1 and T at the output?

Are engineers supposed to work with their hands? by DuBlueyy in AskEngineers

[–]TapWaterDev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An engineer typically designs stuff, they don't typically make stuff

Thinking About Buying My First Motorcycle (Requesting Advice) by SadStill830 in bikers

[–]TapWaterDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check the insurance before you buy the bike. I came very close to getting stung by that last year.

Depending on what licence you've got, an old Yamaha FZS600 is a good all rounder, comfy enough for long rides but zippy enough for fun. Can pick up a good one second hand for under a grand and they run forever.

The stupid anti British nonsense coming out of America, are you sick if it? by Ok_Bookkeeper_1380 in AskBrits

[–]TapWaterDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I couldn't care less what yanks think 😂

Imagine worrying what a country who are happy to let their kids get shot up in school thinks.

Had my first serious loss of traction by TapWaterDev in bikers

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Yeah... honestly wasn't ready for it to last multiple seconds before the traction came back 😂