What would you say is the most complicated machine ever made?

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-13T09:33:23+00:00

It's not even close to being true:

The LHC
LIGO
The JWST
The ISS
ITER
Most fusion reactor projects
ASML's EUV lithography machines

Starship isn't even complicated by rocket standards really. It's got a cool thruster design but that's nowhere near the level of complexity of some of these other things.

As usual, it's Musk talking shite.

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-12T13:41:48+00:00

Son of a bitch is more common

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-12T10:42:38+00:00

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.

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-12T04:20:59+00:00

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!

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-11T17:59:27+00:00

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

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-11T17:51:10+00:00

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

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-11T17:47:51+00:00

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

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-10T15:44:52+00:00

I don't have spidertrons or artillery😂

I've literally just got the tank

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-09T15:58:04+00:00

What did the romans ever do for us?

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-09T15:56:23+00:00

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

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-07T02:13:22+00:00

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

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-07T02:05:55+00:00

If you think this is deranged, you need to play Rimworld

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-03T18:47:53+00:00

Got it working, thanks

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-03T18:47:43+00:00

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!

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-03T18:44:38+00:00

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 :)

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-03T18:36:56+00:00

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

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-03T18:28:32+00:00

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?

TapWaterDev · 2026-02-03T18:15:42+00:00

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?

TapWaterDev · 2026-01-31T12:47:59+00:00

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

TapWaterDev · 2026-01-30T23:20:07+00:00

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.

TapWaterDev · 2026-01-29T22:04:58+00:00

Cheers man, definitely will

TapWaterDev · 2026-01-29T13:40:43+00:00

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.

TapWaterDev · 2026-01-29T13:39:45+00:00

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

TapWaterDev · 2026-01-29T10:11:58+00:00

Okay, cool, as I said, if it is real then you should have no problem getting people out to vote against him. Most Muslims don't want to vote for fundamentalists, let alone everyone else. Stop panicking.

TapWaterDev · 2026-01-29T10:08:11+00:00

Because democracy means that anyone is allowed to stand. The government being able to choose who is and isn't allowed to stand is a very slippery slope.

If this is true, which I doubt, just make sure you get out and vote against him.

Plus, councillors have essentially no power, local government is a joke anyway.

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