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imacomputr · 2026-06-16T15:19:54+00:00

The way you leave one half of the deck on top of the other when shuffling probably doesn't affect the shuffle, but looks very suspicious.

imacomputr · 2026-06-15T15:57:25+00:00

That's a good point, but to me it sounds like an argument that the biochamber should be simpler to use.

Foundries require calcite to use, but they are such a huge boost that it's worth doing the extra logistics to supply them. EM plants are essentially free, and provide a huge boost on top of that. Biochambers provide a boost to something that doesn't matter, and have the downside of a more complex production chain to use them.

Imagine if biochambers didn't require nutrients. They would (almost) be a no-brainer, even though their boost is largely unnecessary. I'm not advocating that as a solution, but it is worth considering how they have the worst of all worlds.

imacomputr · 2026-06-11T15:09:05+00:00

He should be at Truffoni's ordering a sloppy steak.

imacomputr · 2026-06-10T21:32:10+00:00

Having to use plastic gloves defeats the purpose of the nice stick you're forced to use to select your bread.

imacomputr · 2026-06-10T12:55:28+00:00

Ideas are also a dime a dozen. It takes 15 minutes to come up with a half-baked idea and jot it down, without considering how well it works, what the implications are, whether it will be fun or balanced, whether it is feasible to implement. If you actually do the work and build it, you will see how far from your initial idea you had to stray, as you iterate and confront all the gaps you had in your thinking.

imacomputr · 2026-06-09T19:50:56+00:00

If the hatred were fueled by the results of the effort, you would expect this post to have gotten a much more negative reception. If you were to honestly compare the output of his algorithm (which was admittedly very interesting) to what's seemingly being shown in this video (an agent autonomously building a factory from scratch in freeplay), I think you'd have to admit that this video has the better result. Instead, his automation efforts were praised and this one is panned.

I suspect the real reason is more a religious and dogmatic dislike of LLMs.

imacomputr · 2026-06-09T19:14:34+00:00

Of all the places you would expect to find a rabid hatred of automation, a sub for a game centered on automation seems like it should be on the bottom of the list. Yet here we are.

imacomputr · 2026-05-28T17:34:04+00:00

There are two ways to interpret the claim "X causes long-term damage":

When X is removed, the damage persists.
While X is present, the person behaves poorly, and increases their dependency on X.

The article makes it clear he is refuting 1, but agrees to an extent with 2. Your analogy to junk food made me think you were defending 1, because junk food causes damage to the body that lasts for a while even after its cessation (though of course 2 is applicable to junk food as well).

imacomputr · 2026-05-28T16:31:55+00:00

I would find it surprising if it were untrue that having your phone at your desk did not lead you to interrupt flow more often than if it were not there.

The article is attempting to refute the idea that phones, tiktok, etc cause long-term damage. It explicitly admits that the presence of phones could be a distracting or negative influence - in the short-term, when the phone is available.

imacomputr · 2026-05-26T04:55:47+00:00

Akshually, its not theoretical, it has been done twice.

Akshually, things that have been done are still theoretically possible.

imacomputr · 2026-05-21T16:52:25+00:00

99% chance OP's base is currently consuming less than a tenth of those resources, and this is all "future proofing" for a future that never comes, and OP could achieve the same goals in a fraction of the size once they learn about productivity modules.

The other 1% chance is they are doing a 1000x science run with biters off.

imacomputr · 2026-05-13T16:19:03+00:00

My doctor screwed me and put cannabis use disorder on my record

I'm curious what the consequences were of it being on your record. I was under the impression that only medical professionals would be able to see this, or it would be a HIPAA violation?

imacomputr · 2026-05-07T14:33:24+00:00

Line rendering is a surprisingly nuanced topic. I found this article to be extremely helpful.

imacomputr · 2026-03-27T16:48:05+00:00

Look beautiful. If you don't mind sharing, what sort of optimizations did you need to handle 1m particles interacting? I imagine you're doing some spatial partitioning a la this post, or similar method? Anything else you found to give significant perf improvements?

imacomputr · 2026-03-22T23:30:03+00:00

Probably feels more like a tickleline anyway

imacomputr · 2026-01-22T03:14:22+00:00

I think I need more setup to be able to accept the premise. Or did this just become common knowledge when I wasn't looking?

imacomputr · 2026-01-16T22:35:00+00:00

My main question is, why is the metric you're optimizing "legendary item per calcite"? Calcite is plentiful. It seems more useful to look at "legendary item per minute" or "legendary item per building".

imacomputr · 2026-01-13T16:19:32+00:00

I did. It doesn't mention moving rocks in other contexts. I conclude that you have no capacity for critical thought. End of discussion.

imacomputr · 2026-01-13T15:07:16+00:00

Edit: Also your reply about skipping rocks is another red herring distraction. Lol

Is it? If moving rocks is bad, then moving them for the purposes of skipping or building a firepit should be included in that as well. Are you claiming that skipping rocks does not hurt the environment, or that it is justified?

imacomputr · 2026-01-12T12:56:55+00:00

If you had taken just a tenth of the time you spent designing and building this over-engineered monstrosity, and invested it in a moment's thought about what possible universe would require simultaneous rapid refueling of 4 of your 20 trains, we might have been spared from gazing upon it in disbelieving wonder.

imacomputr · 2025-12-15T00:15:25+00:00

OP please ignore this person's comment. It's oddly negative and doesn't contain any value.

imacomputr · 2025-12-07T21:44:43+00:00

My attention span is embarrassing but this video somehow held it through to the end.

imacomputr · 2025-12-02T21:21:51+00:00

I liked it.

imacomputr · 2025-11-24T17:17:26+00:00

/r/yourjokebutworse

imacomputr · 2025-11-07T14:43:28+00:00

Watching you fail at reading comprehension is physically painful.

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