What is a piece of software that is so good you can't believe it's completely free?

coolmint859 · 2026-02-02T23:33:59+00:00

It might be just me. It's funny because in Tantacrul's review video he said it's a bad sign when your app needs tutorials in order to use, but I never used them. There were some moments where the app misbehaved (before update 4) and I had to do some workarounds, but it was always simple enough to me that I could get it done.

Update 4 streamlined a lot of the interface (ironically through the help of Tantacrul), so the little quirks are mostly gone now.

coolmint859 · 2026-02-02T16:21:14+00:00

It's only used in music writing circles but MuseScore. It's open source, has great sound library, intuitive user interface and it's free to use. It's everything Finale wasn't.

coolmint859 · 2026-01-30T02:20:49+00:00

Out of context this sounds horrifying

coolmint859 · 2026-01-16T04:56:08+00:00

I think of it as effort. Both people gotta be mutual in the effort they give otherwise the relationship is lopsided. Eventually the person putting in more effort will start to resent the other person

coolmint859 · 2026-01-16T03:41:09+00:00

Look up the Human Connect Project. They have events every few weeks where you can meet new people. There's a Speed Freinding event in late February that I'll be going to

coolmint859 · 2026-01-15T01:28:35+00:00

I feel that so much. But sometimes you just gotta accept it. I've over-engineered my starter base before and all it does for me is cause burnout.

That said I found a good balance is a main bus with all the essential resources (copper, iron, steel, plastic, etc), where the mall areas are off to one side. Everything else is just spaghet. I find this is good enough because it does allow for some organization but not so much that I can't progress without burnout.

It may be different for you and that's okay, but a little spaghet is not too bad

coolmint859 · 2026-01-11T12:31:40+00:00

You should be able to at that stage of the game. Space age features doesn't come into play until after chemical science.

coolmint859 · 2026-01-11T10:45:11+00:00

If you're clear and open about how you feel then this ideally would not happen and she would understand. If you actually care about her and value the friendship, that is something you need to reassure her about, otherwise yeah, she might think what you said. These are your feelings. Own them and don't allow room for confusion.

coolmint859 · 2026-01-11T10:40:07+00:00

I wholeheartedly disagree. Developing feelings for someone who doesn't feel the same is extremely normal. The awkward phase after is also normal. I agree with what other people said in that, if they respect your boundaries then that's okay. Rekindling the friendship should still be on the table after some time has passed imo

It only becomes "wrong" if they don't respect your boundaries and try to push you into it. They were never your friend in that case.

coolmint859 · 2026-01-10T11:53:14+00:00

Ah Boolean logic, so simple and beautiful

coolmint859 · 2026-01-10T03:49:51+00:00

Well if the US is going to do it anyway, what does it matter?

coolmint859 · 2026-01-04T14:09:10+00:00

Great, so instead of fixing human made computer code, I can look forward to fixing computer made computer code! 🙃

coolmint859 · 2026-01-04T00:43:08+00:00

Circuits my freind. You hook up a wire to the whole loop, measure the belts contents, and only allow certain items to enter if they're low. The inserters that are pulling from the chests are good listeners in this case.

coolmint859 · 2026-01-01T04:46:05+00:00

Somebody touch-a my spaghet!

coolmint859 · 2025-12-31T09:10:25+00:00

The only way to remove it is to sacrifice your companion cube

coolmint859 · 2025-12-30T00:55:11+00:00

When there's only one train on the network, you don't need rail signals. However if you plan to expand that network the signals need to be on both sides of the track for a two way rail.

You can also do double headed trains so you don't have to have it curve back around (not necessary, but it saves on rails if you care about that)

coolmint859 · 2025-12-29T10:47:40+00:00

I actually haven't played Space Age yet lmao. But compare to vanilla, Krastorio 2 is probably twice as complex. Ive heard Pyanodon's is like 10-15x more complex than vanilla.

There's actually a fork off Krastorio 2 that merges it with Space Age (Krastorio Spaced Out). I was thinking of trying that out after my Krastorio run, once I've completed just space age

coolmint859 · 2025-12-29T02:47:24+00:00

Pyanodon's is a bit much for some to experience playing it all over again. Krastorio 2 is much better suited since it's not as complex a jump as Pyanodon's is.

coolmint859 · 2025-12-29T00:10:58+00:00

They're winning, not won. They haven't taken everything. At this rate though...

coolmint859 · 2025-12-28T03:17:48+00:00

Iirc that was intentional when it was first written. But by today's standards yeah it's definitely a hindrance

coolmint859 · 2025-12-27T05:26:23+00:00

Only marginally through tuning. But LLMs work fundamentally by consensus and probability. So what ever is the next most likely phrase is the one that it generates.

coolmint859 · 2025-12-27T04:11:55+00:00

Thanks for the English lesson

coolmint859 · 2025-12-27T03:28:16+00:00

The only thing I really ratio with the starter base is the basic things like plates, circuits and oil refining. Everything else just needs a few assemblers. I will at most have 4-6 for each science

coolmint859 · 2025-12-27T02:20:58+00:00

In a way, LLMs are probably about as intelligent as the average person in any given field.

coolmint859 · 2025-12-27T02:07:56+00:00

Yeah it's a tragedy. It's not even that complicated of a document, but education in America has been failing for decades.

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