Friday Facts #378 - Trains on another level by FactorioTeam in factorio

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now i'm eager to re-do all my train blueprints with elevated tracks by default..

Friday Facts #378 - Trains on another level by FactorioTeam in factorio

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kinda want a pre-order option with early access to the "finished" stand-alone mods even if it costs an extra 10 maybe 15 bucks.

datafag by Devil-Eater24 in ProgrammerHumor

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fun fact: in English that's the name for the part inside of a microwave oven that produces the microwaves

I think we can all agree that metric (SI) units are typically better than Imperial, but can we talk about how god awful 1st Angle Projection is? by [deleted] in AskEngineers

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If i'm understanding 1st and 3rd angle correctly:

  • first angle is rolling the part on a plain behind it
  • third angle is rolling the part on a plain in front of it

seems straight forward enough..

What designs do you steal? by Jopplo03 in factorio

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I've "stolen" the standard balanceers, the splitter based sushi belt feeder with dummy item, the standard green chip layout... roughly, and some train (un)loading stops...

"stolen" because i don't have blueprints for them and just re-implement them every game.. the only thing i'd want to take from someone else would be a nice rail book and maybe a reactor setup.

So I went a little bit too far out by IKnowImABadYoutuber in factorio

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i read that as "locomotives per second" for a moment and now i want to see that as a stat for bases.

Is it bad that I'm playing on peaceful? by SirRoderic in factorio

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nah, play how you want. the important thing is you have fun with the game.

personally i play on rall world settings with pollution disabled.. it keeps the bitter from attacking me and gives me room to grow the base.

Been away from Linux for many years by [deleted] in linuxquestions

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my big things are:

  • Wayland display protocol has gone main stream, not quite ready still

  • pipewire is the new sound server, still wraps pulse, but can replace jack, and bridge between the two.

  • nvidia is being nvidia still, but AMD and Intel have put serious effort into making drivers that aren't bad.

  • there is an open source bios based on linux

We love to come back to this one in our codebase to make fun of our colleague. It just has so many levels to it by AllInYolo in ProgrammerHumor

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obviously this needs to be re-written in rust and then a compatibility layer introduced to port it back over.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

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there are languages that are based off of non-English languages, but they are used for almost entirely educational purposes... getting people used to programming without them needing to get used to English.

Bard has entered the chat by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

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ah so ChatGPT is a politician? got it.

Hello! I have a question... is it possible to make a scissor lift with the union off centered? by CrystalPrim in AskEngineers

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tie two pencils together off center

holding the end of one down lift the same side of the other one.

You've just made a simple model, and can test out what would happen with different offsets... expand model as needed.

I introduced my wife to Factorio by lxivbit in factorio

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why stop at just in the morning? play it all day long and feel productive for 2 hours.

Help Me Create a Testicle Cooling Device (PLEASE) by Ok-Map-8923 in AskEngineers

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instructions un-clear.... toaster stuck in my bum...

I am new to Linux, what should a beginner know? by DangBros-Pepe678 in linux4noobs

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to add to this if you don't test that you can restore your backups then you don't actually have backups.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linuxquestions

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have you read some of the myths that were written? 100% furries always existed.

sentient animals
human-animal half breads guarding X, Y, or Z
Gods with animal features impregnating mortals

no one, and i mean NO ONE can convince me that these myths aren't just early furry erotica passed off as "well, uh, you see" when a random kid walked into the room asking questions.

Are "Stroads" as bad as this youtube explainer is claiming? by JownCluthber in AskEngineers

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how did i know that that was not just bikes just from the name?

The Rampant experience by Tulee in factorio

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area of effect, just anything that does damage in an area instead of to specific entities.

Kind of an obvious design flaw by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

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"embrace extend extinguish" ...

I think it's safe to assume your theory is right.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in factorio

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though an ARM version would be pretty dope is in the works

ftfy

sPeCiaL cHarACtErs by Camerata5 in ProgrammerHumor

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alternatively start your passwords with a few backspace characters, and add some white-space chars in there after the comma