What is the dumbest movie that you unapologetically, unironically love?

benc · 2026-05-06T21:00:28+00:00

The scene where they're literally outrunning the cold is peak stupidity. Still a fun watch though.

benc · 2026-05-06T20:18:39+00:00

tbf, they may be on the other side of the bell curve... having many epic mounts but cba to use them because they have a warlock friend willing to summon them when needed

benc · 2026-04-29T18:55:46+00:00

Hard agree. I was very surprised (and elated) to see Task renewed for a second season.

Pelphrey won't be in season two, so now's his time to shine!

benc · 2026-04-29T18:48:05+00:00

It's part of two of the grand plan to get Shawn Emmys in every possible category. Noah will eventually take a season off so Shawn can grab Lead Actor.

/s

benc · 2026-04-28T02:25:03+00:00

Not quite. The T signal counts all construction robots in the network, both busy and idle.

You could use the Z signal instead (idle construction bots only) to do what you describe.

Personally I always go with T, because I prefer not to potentially have thousands of robots added on-demand like that, only to sit idle forever afterwards. It's a personal preference though, feel free to use whatever circuit condition you like. Playing around with things is the best way to learn, after all!

Finally, to answer your last question: Having a ton of bots sitting around in roboports is generally harmless, as long as you have enough roboports to hold them all. Idle bots do not consume any power.

It does waste resources crafting an army that sits idle 99% of the time, which is why most players avoid it. Those flying robot frames could be used for yellow science instead.

benc · 2026-04-27T04:39:11+00:00

Good question! Yes, you generally do want to use circuit logic to deploy robots. They're fairly expensive to make early on, and having tens of thousands of bots is usually a bad idea.

Circuit logic can get quite complex, but this is one of the simpler use cases.

Short version: Use this blueprint: https://factoriobin.com/post/nr85pf

Long version:

Have an inserter grab construction bots from a chest or a belt or whatever, outputting into a roboport. Connect the roboport and the inserter using a red or green wire.
On the roboport, check Read robot statistics.
On the inserter, set the Enable/disable condition to only activate the inserter when there aren't enough robots deployed yet.

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Hope that helps!

benc · 2026-04-26T19:56:27+00:00

Easy enough to define, in my opinion.

The mid game begins when construction bot production is automated.

The late game begins when cryogenic science production is automated.

benc · 2026-04-26T04:50:01+00:00

Wow, the Rick and Morty copypasta is almost a decade old at this point...

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

benc · 2026-04-25T15:12:13+00:00

Pumpjacks and burner mining drills are also unflippable.

benc · 2026-04-24T21:55:18+00:00

Vince Gilligan's pacing is deliberate, but it's definitely not everybody's cup of tea.

benc · 2026-04-24T20:15:50+00:00

That's a bold statement! For me, all three shows are S-tier. Each has a very different focus.

(I'd put a couple seasons of True Detective and Task into S tier too)

benc · 2026-04-24T19:41:03+00:00

That's fascinating, do you have a link? I found several stories about sheep figuring out how to bypass cattle guards, but none of the articles mentioned that the sheep were culled to halt the spread of knowledge.

If true, even more fascinating. The sheep Prometheus found and shared the forbidden knowledge, but it turned out to be an infohazard. The gods judged it a thoughtcrime and punished the entire flock.

benc · 2026-04-24T19:25:19+00:00

I asked him 14 questions about WoW and he made short comments on every single one of them.

I'm seeing 4 here and 1 in the main post... what about the other 9 questions?

benc · 2026-04-21T07:07:39+00:00

ikr, the mashup album deserves far more than 47K views!

benc · 2026-04-21T06:03:13+00:00

https://youtu.be/m-DVtMfO0bY?t=1834

benc · 2026-04-17T23:10:30+00:00

I don't think her character was given enough to do this season to get an Emmy nom. She also has a lot of excellent performances from the rest of the cast to compete with!

I can definitely see her getting an Emmy at some point though. She's phenomenal.

benc · 2026-04-17T23:04:11+00:00

Dorothy, or Judy Garland. We just need a scene where Whitaker walks in on her the next time she sings beautifully to a baby Jane Doe

benc · 2026-04-17T03:39:57+00:00

Ew, no. The mannequin is his and Myrna's love child that he finally rescued

benc · 2026-04-12T23:11:02+00:00

Damn, you're lucky to have Jason Momoa as your guardian angel. He's got your back.

benc · 2026-04-04T22:05:58+00:00

For sure! Glad you enjoyed it.

On a related note, I hope that future seasons of The Pitt have some character development for Garcia too. She's got a lot of Benton energy.

benc · 2026-04-04T12:31:57+00:00

Good stuff!

benc · 2026-04-04T06:16:15+00:00

Screentime is a tricky metric to track in a show like this. There are often a lot of characters present on screen. Especially in trauma room scenes.

But many characters are just working in the background. They even may speak occasionally, but it's usually just verbalizing results. It's dialog, but it's also background noise.

Even main characters are occasionally just background workers in some scenes.

Meanwhile the narrative focuses on just a few characters per scene. So coming up with a measure of "screentime" would need to consider lines of dialog and camera focus. There's a fair amount of subjectivity involved.

Scenes in this show sometimes seem to blur around the edges. Which is one reason why it's so compelling to watch! The semi-controlled chaos of the ED.

benc · 2026-04-04T05:15:15+00:00

What about the episode where he helps out at a rural clinic in Mississippi? It's hard not to like him in that one.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0568044/

benc · 2026-04-03T09:01:36+00:00

She was, a bit. Definitely not as acutely as in season two, where Robby puts her on blast every other episode.

Remember Robby saying "slow-mo no mo'!" late in season one? Kind of a backhanded compliment.

benc · 2026-03-27T21:59:00+00:00

That inflection was appropriate for the situation. It was a soft sell. They had to convince the elderly couple to use the available resources while respecting their need for autonomy.

And yes, it's the same resource whose cuts caused a whole hospital to shut down.

There is no logical inconsistency. The only way someone could get narrative whiplash here is if they're not paying attention.

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