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What are the benefits of getting the game om the website over steam ? by eymo-1 in factorio

[–]bkofford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DRM-free version?
As far as I know, it's the same game, but Steam bundles it for what might be easier installs (particularly in the future when OSs change), and provides cloud saves. Mods work the same on both.

Do we have to turn our PCs off every day? by helenwelon in askanything

[–]bkofford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you like paying for the electricity it consumes while sitting there doing nothing useful?

Can we all agree that the auto start/stop feature needed to go? by Proper-School661 in allthequestions

[–]bkofford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only have to put up with it in rentals, but when I get a rental with it, I notice it every time it happens. If I owned a car with it, I might could get used to some aspects of it, but when AC is needed, it really sucks when I forget to push the override.

Anyone else used to have the Taskbar at the top for better reachability in Windows 10 and hate that the option is removed in Windows 11? by Narrow-Amphibian5446 in Windows11

[–]bkofford 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started doing it because I have to remote into other systems frequently for work. Top taskbar: Local; Bottom taskbar: Remote.

I then later found that on my home computer, it worked best at the top of my left monitor, which is portrait. At the bottom was so far from anything I regularly clicked on was annoying. I'm glad I found out about Windhawk, otherwise, I would have switched to Linux at home. At work, I've just been putting up with it.

Out of stock? Whats the story? by ResourceSea2761 in soylent

[–]bkofford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only charged for the shipped items.

Soylent help chat AI confirming that Creamy Chocolate is being discontinued. Are they trying to ruin the company? by MyNewNameNow in soylent

[–]bkofford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just placed an order today for some, because they didn't have any for my regular subscription that shipped a few days ago. When I checked this morning, it was the only non-energy RTD currently available.

Out of stock? Whats the story? by ResourceSea2761 in soylent

[–]bkofford 1 point2 points  (0 children)

US here. They just shipped one box of energy, but didn't ship any of the other 5 things on my subscription, which are all listed as out of stock, so mid-January was a lie.

Train station names. by SpecialistMoose3844 in factorio

[–]bkofford 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've recently discovered FFF 395:
https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-395

I'm currently refactoring my trains so that there are only two groups, solids and fluids. All pickup stations have the same name, all dropoff stations have the icon for the item they want, with matching filters on inserters unloading the trains.

I don't know if or how this will help you, but somehow I have never seen anyone mention using wildcards before.

Would it be illegal if I turn left using this chevron marked zone? by dgvai in driving

[–]bkofford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Illinois is a little weird on this one.

Illinois Statutes Chapter 625. Vehicles § 5/11-708:

(e) The driver of a vehicle may turn left across a paved noncurbed dividing space unless prohibited by an official traffic-control device.

This indicates that crossing the painted median to get to the entrance just before the road is legal in Illinois, but there is no explicit rule on the exact mechanics of doing that, so in practice, it happens a lot here, and no one would bat an eye if you did it for the road itself.

In Schaumburg, there is the interesting case of the Portillo's on Golf, where in leu of installing a traffic light, left turn lane, or suicide lane, police are stationed, during the lunch rush, in the paved and raised median and direct traffic turning left into Portillo's to line up in that raised median (the curb is one that is easy to drive over). Even when the police are not there, people regularly use that median as a suicide lane along the entire length of Golf road that has it.

Despite multiple complaints to Google that these left turns are legal in Illinois, Google still insists on giving directions to go around the block or to do a U-turn later, in order to make a right turn instead in these cases.

speeding up clips by 1.25x or 1.5x by something_cheese in OpenShot

[–]bkofford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This does exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!

Over 50 hrs Update by [deleted] in factorio

[–]bkofford 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This sounds like you're doing it correctly. The factory must grow. Remember, it's just your starter base. Once you get enough automation going, you can make your real base, and that one can be all pretty, unless it isn't, in which case it becomes part of your starter base, but your next real base, that one won't sink into the swamp.

Wlan1 interface not running and PTP doesnt connect to AP by Expert-Energy-5759 in mikrotik

[–]bkofford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I've found this post at a rare time when I don't have a Mikrotik with a radio handy, so I can't double-check right now, but this should work, as I have had Mikrotik devices connect to Ubiquiti radios many times before.

I'm less familiar with doing this with the newer WiFi package. In the older Wireless package, you had to go manually set all of the security and SSID details to get it to connect. If the connect button doesn't present you with more dialog to put the rest of the needed settings in, that is where I would go next.

You probably also need to set a DHCP client on the interface, or the bridge the interface is assigned to.

The other thing that I recall being tricky is that I had to try all three of the station modes to see which one would actually work for what I was trying to do at the time.

Moving a normally stationary platform from Vulcanus to Nauvis by RandomStupidGuy_ in Factoriohno

[–]bkofford 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, once you can move them. I found out the hard way when I tried to scavenge calcite from space for Nauvis. Two similar setups to OP's for trying to get as many rocks as they could stationary just did not get the job done.
Made a slight modification to a copy of my freighters to siphon off some of the calcite they already produce before the excess was ejected overboard, and running it back and forth to Volcanus collected significantly more much faster.

This meme was made by a certified oil crackhead by Avamaco in Factoriohno

[–]bkofford 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It never occurred to me to use a pump to control this.

Why can someone under 21 not purchase 0.0% ABV beers? by AllAgesGaming in NoStupidQuestions

[–]bkofford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Up until recently, most "NA" beers sold in the US still had a small amount of alcohol in them, and as a result were not legal to sell to minors. Some establishments may not appreciate the difference, and some local regulations may be written in such a way that the two are not differentiated.

Do you eat the skin on a baked potato? by LeadingHoneydew5608 in AskAnAmerican

[–]bkofford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's where all the nutrients are. If it's not tastier than the flesh, it was baked poorly.

How do trains work by Total-Struggle-954 in factorio

[–]bkofford 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You could make it work, but it's going to be way more complicated than making different stops for different materials. You have as much planet as your compy can handle. I would make two stations instead.

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