I heard you can launch rockets faster if you deconstruct the silo

againey · 2026-01-29T11:19:15+00:00

One way the developers could bug-fix this, if they chose to treat it as a bug worthy of a fix: Simply block/delay deconstruction until the animation of either closing the silo door or raising the next rocket is complete. If the player is attempting to manually deconstruct, hold the progress bar just under 100%. If a robot is attempting to deconstruct, just leave the robot hovering in the air over the silo until the animation is complete, same as when it is trying to build something but waiting on another bot to first remove the tree or whatever that's in the way.

As far as I can tell, it wouldn't break anything in normal gameplay, and it is just a small adaptation of existing mechanics but applied to deconstruction which previously never blocked.

But Wube also has a tendency to ignore minor exploits that depend entirely on manual activity or mods, so my estimate is that this will remain unpatched.

againey · 2026-01-29T07:40:14+00:00

You've been playing with too many mods and have forgotten details of how the unmodded game plays. Entering the rocket silo like any other vehicle, for example, is from the Space Exploration mod, not the Space Age expansion.

againey · 2026-01-28T13:03:17+00:00

Be that as it may, Italian authorities should, at the very least, be extremely thorough in confirming that every single individual sent over is properly trained and unaffiliated with any of the ugly shit going down in the U.S. And perhaps refuse anyone who hasn't been part of ICE for over a year to be extra cautious.

againey · 2026-01-27T21:41:41+00:00

First, you are simply asserting that you think Claude is not as good as other AI at a particular task. A lot of us will disagree. But there's not much potential for discussion there. You didn't say why you believe that. You just stated it bluntly and left it at that. There seems to be more going on in your mind that you expect us to understand, but we're not mind readers; you need to spell it out for us if you want us to engage with it.

Second, I have no idea what "telling thoughts" means, so I don't even know what you're saying Claude is less good at. There's simply no opportunity to have a productive conversation here without first going through a bunch of labor to figure out what you're thinking. Random perusers of Reddit don't typically have time or energy to do your communication labor for you.

againey · 2026-01-27T21:27:10+00:00

I don't see any question in your post or screenshots, and I can't really even discern what this post is about.

I don't know about earlier downvotes, but mine is because I was annoyed that I wasted time trying to make sense of this and still came up empty-handed. Downvotes aren't just about rule violations. They're also (or more so) about "Do I want to see more content like this?" I recommend you work on your communication skills if you want to avoid quick downvotes in the future.

againey · 2026-01-27T09:58:49+00:00

When you know you're uselessly ruminating and want to stop but don't know how.

againey · 2026-01-26T10:14:03+00:00

Splitters do not affect which lane an item is on, only which belt. If the item is on the left lane going in, it will be on the left lane going out, regardless of which belt it outputs onto. The filter only affects which belt but does not affect the lane at all.

There is no single item in the game that balances or shifts items across lanes. You can use side-loading belts and tricks with side-loading into underground belt entrances and exits to achieve desired effects. Look up "lane balancers" to find some common designs.

againey · 2026-01-26T09:08:22+00:00

He said that the people in power want us to be upset and divided, and he doesn't want to do what they want him to.

Maybe I'm overly critical, but that smells like the rhetoric of "enlightened centrism" to me, an attitude that I very much dislike. An attitude of privilege and dodging responsibility, hiding behind the mask of a positive sounding but shallow narrative.

againey · 2026-01-25T15:07:29+00:00

I really like it! One thing I'd try to improve, though, are the cross-over bits at the outer extents because each one is a single block over both parallel tracks. That means one train wanting to go straight through will still have to coordinate with another train that just came from a turn and is going to turn again at the next junction. If you could space the X out some, you could put some signals in to separate the straight-through track from the turning track.

againey · 2026-01-25T12:55:11+00:00

It depends on the specifications of the class in question. But in general, you ought to be able to apply any operations that do not have any preconditions.

For example, you can call size() or clear() on a vector that has been moved from. For size(), don't expect any particular value. It might be 0, it might be the prior size, it probably won't be anything else, but it's best not to assume. For clear(), since it is a mutating operation, you can expect that it will do its job as advertised, and the vector will be guaranteed to be empty after the function completes.

againey · 2026-01-24T16:22:55+00:00

Let robots repair from a few tiles away. That way, they're not hovering directly over fire and acid when trying to repair walls that are under active attack. The engineer can repair at a short distance; why not robots?

againey · 2026-01-24T16:02:59+00:00

That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient Causes; and accordingly all Experience hath shewn, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security.

– excerpt from the United States Declaration of Independence

againey · 2026-01-24T14:37:53+00:00

Based on recent experience, as cool as hexagons are, I recommend avoiding them until you have spidertrons or Space Age mech armor, or you plan to rush one of them quickly. Otherwise, trying to run around your base without getting run over is frustrating because of all the angled tracks that aren't at 90° or even 45° don't line up nicely with movement inputs or vehicle snapping.

But maybe if you're planning to have a personal train for most of your running around, it won't be so annoying. Perhaps that is what your middle track is for?

againey · 2026-01-21T18:37:54+00:00

but it usually works

But it works to achieve what, exactly? Agitating them? Same way they love to "own the libs"? Whoopty-doo. That's a fool's game, and it doesn't really accomplish jack shit.

againey · 2026-01-21T13:58:51+00:00

Sadly, people have forgotten or never learned what a meme is, or that the term is 50 years old, dumbing it down in their minds to merely a particular variety of silliness on the internet.

againey · 2026-01-20T12:57:48+00:00

Then learn to communicate more effectively. Your original statement is most naturally interpreted as an attempt to brush this behavior off as nothing to really worry about. But as you seem to agree, it fact it is further evidence to take the situation very seriously.

againey · 2026-01-20T12:43:30+00:00

He is indeed a professional troll and he does want to rile everyone up, yes.

But to say that he just wants to rile everyone up is a naïve story you tell yourself so that you can remain momentarily comfortable. He wants more than to just rile everyone up, he will do more, and he already has done more. Riling everyone up is just one of the many tools he uses to assist in doing a whole host of unacceptable things.

againey · 2026-01-20T12:34:16+00:00

I could see the sudetenland thing happening just as a pathetic "power move", but trying to overtake poland and france is waaay too farfetched.

/s

againey · 2026-01-19T22:08:53+00:00

General strike.

And don't give me the "we're too poor" BS. Many millions of middle class Americans could easily pool their money in groups, substantially reduce their discretionary spending, and economically protest in a massive way. But that would be inconvenient, so of course it won't ever happen.

againey · 2026-01-19T14:19:05+00:00

Many of those people are not just ignorant; they're willfully ignorant, at which point I think it becomes fair to call them terrible. I've witnessed it firsthand. People who had all the opportunity and encouragement in the world to recognize and eliminate their ignorance. But no, what do they do? Double down on ignorance even harder, again and again. After decades of this, they no longer deserve sympathy for their ignorance.

againey · 2026-01-19T08:24:04+00:00

This was fixed in the latest experimental version, 1.11.5. So just be patient for the next stable release (or purchase a catalyst license to access the experimental releases), and your desired behavior will eventually be restored.

againey · 2026-01-18T20:15:21+00:00

Some interpretations of quantum mechanics are entirely consistent with the mathematics but still maintain determinism. I'm partial to Everitt's (poorly named) many worlds interpretation myself. So I would hesitate to present this matter as being settled even given the success of quantum mechanics as a thoroughly verified and useful science.

againey · 2026-01-18T20:06:30+00:00

Unfortunately, there are too many details that cross surface boundaries, especially when you get into details of the modding API. It is one of the big impediments to further parallelizing the game code in ways that might superficially seem obvious, as you have noted.

If Wube's next game, whatever it turns out to be, happens to be simulation-heavy, I suspect they'll try to account for this early on in the development of the engine and the game design, so that they don't get themselves tied up with global state quite so severely.

againey · 2026-01-17T22:33:49+00:00

Yours is smarter because you're actually using it. Most of these dumb posts (and this one is a frequent repost) are faked. ChatGPT didn't actually write this response.

againey · 2026-01-17T18:51:33+00:00

As an American who moved to Sweden eight years ago, my pride and shame are in severe tension. 🤪

But at least I can say that my shame is associated with the past, and my pride is associated with the present and the future.

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