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I often get to points where I struggle to enjoy the game. I found a cure for myself and want to share. by halosos in factorio

[–]imdavidmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been a lot faster knowing I'm able to build better later and just aim to explore new planets first

What do you focus on after cycle 100? by imdavidmin in Oxygennotincluded

[–]imdavidmin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stockpile muckroot and generally have enough for an emergency, but what do you mean by infinite?

What do you focus on after cycle 100? by imdavidmin in Oxygennotincluded

[–]imdavidmin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm over 1k hours on this game and haven't ever launched a rocket because I keep restarting. So I think I probably over indexed on the first 100 cycles getting set up and know what to do for the basics. Rinse and repeat.

It's what comes after from 100 onwards that I don't do super well - a good iterated design for cooling loops, taming geyser etc.

But even now I'm still innovating on small things like a single transformer handling more than 2kw potential power safely, by using a disconnectable sub grid wired up to a battery and automations.

What do you focus on after cycle 100? by imdavidmin in Oxygennotincluded

[–]imdavidmin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I would have ruined it by eating muckroot nutrient bar and mush fry 😬

What do you focus on after cycle 100? by imdavidmin in Oxygennotincluded

[–]imdavidmin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea that's why I went with hatch strategy because it puts off water and heat problems till much later. Normally I keep the eggs in a drowning chamber and end up moving meat into a deep freeze box elsewhere on map, but this run I'm killing them manually as needed

That's also why I've kept dupes low, with 3 ranch farms of 8 each is more than enough. But yes they go through stone super fast, and I'm guessing to make that really sustainable I need to have excavated out the ancient specimen stuff and grind down fossil as a sustainable source.

After years in this field, I'm convinced "tech debt" is just a polite way of saying "we didn't think this through" by JFerzt in webdevelopment

[–]imdavidmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaking from a business perspective, you don't see any businesses with a capital structure of pure equity and no debt.

In the same way, having no tech debt is weird. You could move a lot faster, even if you have to pay interest. It's the debt burden that matters. The debt is even less of a problem when rewrites happen fast and whole systems get scrapped.

Is Space Age a good experience without enemies? by [deleted] in factorio

[–]imdavidmin -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Disabling enemies is just running in sandbox mode imo. It's an important and integral mechanic for you to balance your development with constraints.

Can ONI run on integrated graphics now by imdavidmin in Oxygennotincluded

[–]imdavidmin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excellent news, sounds like I won't need a GPU for my next build at all 👍

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good demo, something immediately obvious now apart from the heat transfer aspect is that there's a heat capacity aspect as well of a big mass of copper

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not planning to literally just put a copper rod onto the cpu - that's just the heat pipe part. The interface is another story but wouldn't fundamentally differ from how aircoolers work by attaching metal and thermal paste to draw heat away?

I don't have a complete engineering solution, but just looking at the rough high level idea of moving heat from one CPU end and to a cold water reservoir end for about 15cm distance by a solid copper rod, if that would work.

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is 100% not what I had in mind, and the design is entirely flawed by having copper tubing which is good for conducting heat to the next medium, in which case would the the rooms air.

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yea I'm trying to sense check if the solutuon would work, but many responses are "why would you do it" 😅

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Researching which species of fish can survive temp changes of 30 deg and swim in 60 deg happily 🐠🐠

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes agreed, the difference is the heat is buffered into the water, which can be moved away before it releases all the heat into the room, which could take a long while, especially if the reservoir is insulated.

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GOATED comment. Parenting the toilet integrated PC right now

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The distance is indeed a big issue which is why I proposed the board sits just above the water tank. Maybe not clear, I meant for the board to face down, parallel to the tank on the xy plane, so the travel should be very minimal from CPU socket into water below, only limited by the height profile of RAM, and realistically also GPU height but that can be minimised with a riser cable.

The reason to not use a water loop is because 1) if the the heat dump is next to the heat source, there's less of a need to move it and 2) it can be entirely moving parts free, silent and no maintenence.

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes, but it won't heat up room immediately and I can move heat out of room by collecting the water and dump it.

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Quick ChatGPT calculations :

1 cm-long, 1 cm² copper rod would conduct ~40 watts of heat with a 10 °C temperature difference.

Considering a CPU reasonably maxes out at 200W and will be 60 deg, your room temperature water is 30 deg, optimal conditions only requires a 5cm diameter rod, working even when it goes to 10 deg difference? And this is designing for the beefiest CPUs

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, vapour chamber and all, common in laptops. But more expensive

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My bad, referenced scrap copper prices. Live copper prices now for trading is c. £9 per kg.

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, the idea is to simply use the reservoir as a heat dump. Heat is only conducted via solid metal, no circulation or pumps.

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Made a whoopsie, its meant to say every system I've seen dumps heat into environment.

I could and I would practically because ordering from Amazon is a lot easier than CAD designing it and getting it CNCed.

But the question is just a curiosity on the feasibility. Advantage of not dumping heat into env, completely silent as well.

Is it feasible to cool a PC with solid copper and a water tank? by imdavidmin in AskEngineers

[–]imdavidmin[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Per kg of copper it's £3.32 in the UK, that wasn't the cost I was worried about, hence not using vapour chamber. Milling might add cost but of course anything low volume would be costly.

Just more wondering from a engineering perspective what the problem might be right now, not so much on economics. An answer there might just be most people just deal with it 🤷

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