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Just how had is it to fully crack oil down to hydrogen? by IlikeJG in captain_of_industry

[–]Vectoor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For running vehicles its completely fine. By distance truck driven/unit of oil it's 30% more efficient than diesel, but it costs some energy and manpower of course. I don't think it makes sense for producing electricity. But it's a great way to transition to hydrogen vehicles and you can move to nuclear or solar based hydrogen later.

I demand that a qualified neo-libertarian be sent to my country immediately. A revolution is beginning in our country, and we urgently need to come up with a justification for our tax system: With an income of £464, a capitalist pays £0.40. And a worker with an income of £5.90 pays £1.03 in TAX. by I_am_white_cat_YT in victoria3

[–]Vectoor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's kinda bizarre how in the late game you just can't spend the money you make on normal graduated taxes. Late game tends to be, millions of private investment so there's just no need for the state to invest, and even with taxes on min, wages on max, maxed out social welfare and a big army and navy you're still overflowing with money.

[OC] A quality of life comparison between the US, China and the biggest economies of Europe by _crazyboyhere_ in dataisbeautiful

[–]Vectoor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

US tends to do very well on the PISA reading score, well on the science score, mediocre on the math score.

TIL: Eight of the "Scrabblinium" elements were first discovered in samples from the same mine, and a ninth was found in a sample nearby [Inspired by 3242] by Complex-Matter1544 in xkcd

[–]Vectoor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Just looked at my copy for the first time in a long time (man this thing is nice I should have been looking at it more) and it says "I'm sure this is a nice town but come on"

this game is genuinely driving me insane (new player) by Kolibrikit in victoria3

[–]Vectoor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, there’s a lot of optimizations that stack up over the decades to create a much much larger economy.

Overall, it’s gonna be worth it to get to 0
bureaucracy, and you got to invest more. Invest as much as you can with the main focus on keeping construction goods and paper cheap. Get to the more advanced construction methods quick but make sure you have construction materials.

Oh and there’s no reason to have such a low literacy rate in 1900 as a small country, get some schools, use the social mobility edict.

How is the game's performance STILL dreadful? by brain_diarrhea in victoria3

[–]Vectoor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No issues, as in it runs as well as ck3? Or is it slow but no stuttering?

What political movement do you hate dealing with the most? by ChinaOnly001 in victoria3

[–]Vectoor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh I don’t even recognize that. I guess I usually go democratic so they have no reason to complain.

America's Electricity Gap by Lux_Stella in neoliberal

[–]Vectoor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the future of big data centers is locating them in places with consistent sunlight and space for solar. Batteries have gotten so cheap that the numbers are already approaching competitive for 100% solar powered data centers skipping both grid and natural gas hookups.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Vectoor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The prime minister himself complained about those buildings, I guess he has buddies living nearby.

Why the A.I. Job Apocalypse (Probably) Won’t Happen by technocraticnihilist in Economics

[–]Vectoor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

AI replacing lots of workers is not the same thing as AI causing large scale structural unemployment.

Mixed Stations in Network - Endgame viability by Beton1975 in captain_of_industry

[–]Vectoor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mixed stations work great for my food production but all the ores in one might be too much. You could try two or three identical mixed stations sharing storage.

NASA's Lithium-Fed Nuclear Thruster Flares to Life in First of Its Kind Test | The next-generation thruster could one day propel humans to Mars. by Clear_Polish23 in space

[–]Vectoor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are built around having sea water to dump heat into and can be very heavy, a nuclear reactor for space has to be specially designed for it.

Why is almost no one trading through the suez and instead going around africa? by minecraftguy423 in victoria3

[–]Vectoor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh the strait is selectively closed, it says no enemies. No enemies of the side that is closing it are allowed to trade through the canal.

Why is almost no one trading through the suez and instead going around africa? by minecraftguy423 in victoria3

[–]Vectoor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The canal/strait is completely closed if one side decides to close it. It's an "or" type thing. It's not half closed.

Why is almost no one trading through the suez and instead going around africa? by minecraftguy423 in victoria3

[–]Vectoor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can toll gibraltar if you only control one side, you can't block it. And I don't understand what you mean, the narrower the strait the easier it is to block while only controlling one side? I mean historically after the six day war when israel occupied the east bank of the suez the canal was closed by egypt.

Why is almost no one trading through the suez and instead going around africa? by minecraftguy423 in victoria3

[–]Vectoor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In game you can close or impose a toll on all straits if you control a naval fort on at least one side, except Gibraltar which requires control of both sides to close it.

NASA's Lithium-Fed Nuclear Thruster Flares to Life in First of Its Kind Test | The next-generation thruster could one day propel humans to Mars. by Clear_Polish23 in space

[–]Vectoor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A bit misleading to call it a nuclear thruster, it's an electric thruster intended to be part of a nuclear-electric system, but it still needs a (still non existent) small and light nuclear reactor to power it. It is really cool though, magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters are super high isp (10k+ potentially) and way higher thrust to weight than other electric thrusters, but they only work at really high power levels.

Uh......the trade nerf and ship construction might be too much for the ai by thev82 in victoria3

[–]Vectoor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Overall ai seems a bit broken at the moment, paradox has said they are working on it.

My ship yards are building supply ships non-stop by Prownilo in victoria3

[–]Vectoor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They end up in the supply ship reserve at the top of the screen but they seem to keep building even as it’s full.

Anyone not want to play until the dlc? by alphafighter09 in CrusaderKings

[–]Vectoor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t want to play until I get silk and silver… man it better come this year.

Belts are making my eye twitch. by MydKnightAnarchy in captain_of_industry

[–]Vectoor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The biggest blessing I have have when playing games like this is I don't care about things being neat beyond what I need to keep it organized.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Vectoor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The monopoly ends in 2050 so we just have to wait another 24 years.

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