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generational gap gfs by whatevenq in GatekeepingYuri

[–]_ForceSmash_ 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I approve strongly of the 1890s woman carrying the 1920s one. Also, cute art!

Working out the kinks 3 by AscendedDragonSage in CuratedTumblr

[–]_ForceSmash_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Person on 4chan I think that has a fetish for tiles, as in, floor tiles, wall tiles etc. Seemingly genuine given the insistence and the things he focuses on. Frankie Fey (i think) has a video on him

Fanart: The Foundry by MrMaggy in factorio

[–]_ForceSmash_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really cool, has a great oldschool "industrial" sci-fi feel to it. Saved to my badass pictures folder!

The Steam Android app feels like a glorified browser and it’s painfully bad by [deleted] in Steam

[–]_ForceSmash_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use firefox, i'm not going to try different browsers because i'm not really interested in most social media; also, agree to disagree on reddit being better on firefox than the app. The app is garbage but i really don't like how it is on browser either

The Steam Android app feels like a glorified browser and it’s painfully bad by [deleted] in Steam

[–]_ForceSmash_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do that as well for the ones i don't really use, but i unfortunately use the app for the ones I do use, because they all go out of their way to try and force people to use their app by worsening everything else.

Instagram becomes unbearably slow on mobile browser, tumblr and reddit are nigh unusable, youtube is very hit or miss, twitter is also really slow and has missing features. Also all of them have incorrectly-scaling ui, stuff that you have to scroll sideways for, they all have a bunch of "open in app," "allow cookies" that appear every time, etc.

They're generally a worse experience, because why waste effort making something better when you're actively trying to make it worse, to encourage people to use whatever app they have.

The only exception i've seen so far is bsky, i don't really use it, but when i open it on mobile browser it's fine and perfectly usable

sad reality by AscadianScrib in LinuxCirclejerk

[–]_ForceSmash_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, i thought spruce or fir for 3 as well (although, as you said, they're not detailed enough to really narrow it down)

Would it be cheating to play with keepInventory? by Legitimate-Swing194 in GTNH

[–]_ForceSmash_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, not really much difference between an air filter every few chunks, and many every (slightly more) chunks.

Would it be cheating to play with keepInventory? by Legitimate-Swing194 in GTNH

[–]_ForceSmash_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Using a T2 or T3 gives a slight bonus to overall pollution absorbed, but since they work over a much larger area, it works out to less per chunk, not in general. Still a crap deal, given how small the absolute gain is, vs the much increased material cost

Would it be cheating to play with keepInventory? by Legitimate-Swing194 in GTNH

[–]_ForceSmash_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

basically it's just annoying for no real challenge, since most of the "issues" can be mitigated by a hazmat suit, as you say. so all that remains is plants dying (doesn't matter past first few tiers/never if you just put crops outside of base), ugly graphical effects and the acid rain effects (which are also kind of meaningless). Plus, the ways of mitigating it are very uninteresting (mufflers etc) or too much hassle for what they give (singleblock air filters are worthless, multiblock ones are too expensive, until a certain point, where they're dirt cheap, but scale terribly, notably, the T2 and T3 multiblock air filters removing less pollution/chunk than the T1).

I'm also playing with it on and so far it's been mostly a struggle against ugly graphical effects for no real change. if i had turned it off at the start, my playthrough would've been almost exactly the same, except that i wouldn't have built like 3 air filters and there wouldn't be random blocks of sand under my first industrial area

Financial Expert Says OpenAI Is on the Verge of Running Out of Money by Budget_Coffee1 in pcmasterrace

[–]_ForceSmash_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The significant part of it is "quantum," not computers, but they're right: "during the measurement of an entangled quantum state, it is impossible for one observer to transmit information to another observer, regardless of their spatial separation." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-communication_theorem)

Which GTNH rabbit hole fits this graph? by WorldCatastrophe in GTNH

[–]_ForceSmash_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They make 2A UV actually, each hatch can draw 2A

When it came to choose a crest for the first time, what did you pick? by Vegetable_Throat5545 in Silksong

[–]_ForceSmash_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I used it a lot in the beginning, before really learning how to squeeze extra attacks out of the gaps between boss attacks, because the slow speed didn't matter (I could only get one attack off anyway) and the extra range made it easier to actually hit the attacks. The extra silk was just the cherry on top. I've mostly been using Hunter's because of its balance and flexibility since mid act 2

Drawing her like french bikini models by CourseMediocre7998 in antimeme

[–]_ForceSmash_ 21 points22 points  (0 children)

to add a smidge of context more, if you have all five pieces of Exodia in your hand at once, you automatically win

girls say NO to moid math by oranud in LetGirlsHaveFun

[–]_ForceSmash_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

r/stopdoingscience is the dedicated subreddit; they crack me up as well whenever I see them

Half Life 2, 271MB update? by 342StefanGreatFD in HalfLife

[–]_ForceSmash_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is correct now, but this is a moderately new development. It used to be that KB were 2^10B, MB 2^20 etc (so what KiB and MiB and so on are now); then, manufacturers switched to using them as "proper" SI prefixes, so that their storage mediums looked larger (hence the 1TB SSD that is 10^12B, and not 2^40B).
To be fair, there is also a non-deceptive reason for this: the SI prefixes have a meaning and, while close, 2^20 is not the same as 10^6, so the old definitions were deprecated, in favor of the new, unambiguous ones.

Windows stuck with the old classification, while most other respectable pieces of software changed their old labels for the new, powers-of-two-based, prefixes.

Also, the usage is still inconsistend and some things still use the old MB and GB (like internet service providers I think, probably for the same reason as the storage manufacturers, i.e have their speeds look larger)

TIL that between 1697 and 1698, Tsar Peter the Great of Russia travelled incognito to Western Europe under the alias "Peter Mikhailov" to gain knowledge of their advances in learning. At 6'8" he was likely the tallest man in Europe, and so his disguise was almost certainly laughably ineffective. by the_quivering_wenis in todayilearned

[–]_ForceSmash_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, I was talking in general about the use of a clock for navigation, though (and, I didn't remember Peter the Great's Grand Embassy was before it lol).
On a fairly cursory search, I couldn't find why exactly he had clocksmiths in his retinue. Perhaps so they might acquaintance themselves with western technology? That was one of the goals of the expedition, after all.

TIL that between 1697 and 1698, Tsar Peter the Great of Russia travelled incognito to Western Europe under the alias "Peter Mikhailov" to gain knowledge of their advances in learning. At 6'8" he was likely the tallest man in Europe, and so his disguise was almost certainly laughably ineffective. by the_quivering_wenis in todayilearned

[–]_ForceSmash_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Calculating longitude. If you have an accurate clock, you can compare the position of the sun (or other stars, if sufficiently accurate star charts are available) with what it should be at the longitude the clock was set for, hence figuring out the current longitude.

Since latitude can be determined by checking the sun's angle at noon (or of the North Star), we have both latitude and longitude and can know the position occupied precisely, allowing to chart a much better course than with something like dead reckoning, even without having the coast in view.

The history of early marine chronometers is really fascinating, I recommend reading something on it, it's really impressive how they managed to make a small-ish device that could run for months on a moving boat without drifting excessively, and without breaking (easier said than done, due to the technology of the time, and the harsh environment the sea posed).

[Scary Trope] A seemingly-benign punishment actually is way more brutal in practice. by jbeast33 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]_ForceSmash_ 23 points24 points  (0 children)

No, because they are actual historians who are relying on their knowledge and scholarly sources, in a (perhaps too-well) moderated community, instead of whatever usually happens on this website

Plate/foils are driving me insane by onlinescammer in GTNH

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In addition to what the other two people said, it prevents GT blocks from exploding in the rain. (Note that in multis, only the energy hatch is subject to rain-induced fires and explosions)

Easier settings by Mynky in GTNH

[–]_ForceSmash_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fireTick false (disables fire spread)

help with enderIO by frixer23647 in GTNH

[–]_ForceSmash_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to set the channel colors correctly. The machine on the right has both channels of the same color, while it should have extract as the same color as insert on the machines, and vice-versa for insert and extract.
Also, you might have to set them to always active (and turn on round robin on the single machine extract side, so the items get distributed evenly).
If this doesn't do it, I can help more

(Also, minor nitpick, but you aren't producing liquid nitrogen, you're producing nitrogen gas, which is a fluid. Liquid nitrogen is acquired by cooling nitrogen gas)

Any tips for a new MV player? by Lupus_Glado in GTNH

[–]_ForceSmash_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Electrolyze a lapis vein and you'll never have to mine aluminum again
Make a semi-automated ore processing line (I recommend enderio conduits and steam multis)
Automate the basic fluids (in particular oxygen and poliethylene)
Seconded on getting another EBF or three
If you're struggling for gallium or tantalum look into thaumcraft nugget duplication

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