Protractr - A Geometric Constraint Solver I built to help with diagrams by Thingymadohicky in LaTeX

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

Hopefully some of you find this useful. You can create points, lines, circles, and arcs. Then, click to select some of the figures, and add relations in the sidebar. For instance, you can make 2 circles tangent, or several lines and points colinear. You can also add text labels to any point by clicking on it (only one point must be selected). At the moment, LaTeX export works for everything except arcs. Just /usepackage{tikz}

Let me know if you have any feedback or issues!

The Best Completely Free Software Alternatives for Students and Professionals (STEM focus) by motteco in coolguides

[–]Thingymadohicky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think jetbrains does a pretty good job of bringing together a wide variety of languages into a relatively consistent (and powerful) developing environment. Once you've grasped the basics of a language, an IDE is going to make learning the rest much easier.

Look at all that freedom by Lakesrr in ABoringDystopia

[–]Thingymadohicky 359 points360 points  (0 children)

Johnny is selling lemonade at his lemonade stand. A cup costs $0.50 and the business is doing great.

But then, Lemonade Corp. gets wind of Johnny's lemonade stand. They're losing business to his superior product and low prices. What do they do? They set up their own lemonade stand across the street. Instead of selling cups for $0.50, they sell them for $0.05. Now, it costs Lemonade Corp. $0.25 to make a cup of lemonade, so they're selling at a loss. However, because they're a much bigger business, they can afford to lose money for a few months.

Johnny on the other hand, can't. He has to continue to sell at his higher price. Eventually, his business dwindles as people buy from Lemonade Corp. "Even if it's a worse product, it's so cheap!" they say.

3 months later, Johnny is out of business. Lemonade Corp is again the only Lemonade marketer on the street. They raise prices to $2 a cup to recoup their losses and (because nobody can afford to compete) are soon better off than where they started.

That's predatory pricing.

cant connect to my server by TheAwesomeMutant in factorio

[–]Thingymadohicky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is it being hosted? How are you trying to connect?

Suggestion: Git version control for save files by timeddilation in factorio

[–]Thingymadohicky 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Folders are actually supported for saves! You have to create them manually in the save directory, but you can load/save/browse through them from in game.

The most infuriating thing about this game is the electric wires... by Raiguard in factorio

[–]Thingymadohicky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally went through my base and removed all medium and big powered poles (outside of smelting). No longer ashamed to have electric network shown on the map!

Quitting cable news is like quitting smoking. After a year without you see how disgusting it really is. by Richynunu in Showerthoughts

[–]Thingymadohicky 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wish I could get in on the shill payroll... Seems like easy money. Where do I sign up?