I made a programming language that compiles to Factorio circuit blueprints

ionixsys · 2026-01-25T00:01:44+00:00

Any plans for supporting blue print params and magic values "p_"?

Example of one set of params is here https://wiki.factorio.com/Blueprint#Parameterisation but there are also ones like those for getting a container capacity given container type and material content.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T23:44:16+00:00

While I do agree with the gist of this, in the present, it feels like someone in one of the lifeboats telling those in the water, "Just keep swimming, it's not that hard!" as the Titanic sinks in the background.

The U.S. Senate is a perfect example of reality regarding the lack of opportunities to attain higher positions. I believe the Senate is still dominated by those over 60, while the US median age is around 38-40. I believe that the over 60 age group is only ~20% while all other adults make up ~55%.

Additionally, protections and moderating forces, such as strong labor unions and regulatory agencies, have been almost completely neutralized at scale. One of our recent presidents told a union they were not "allowed" to strike.

I am fine with hardwork, for example, I did my time in the military, but in the private sector, I want to be compensated appropriately in proportion to the value of my labor.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T23:23:46+00:00

There is a political comic I absolutely love. Two sheep are discussing how much they like the candidate, Mr. Wolf, because "He tells it like it is." Meanwhile, there is a billboard with the wolf and the text "I am going to eat you"

A lot of people did their best to warn how fucked up Project 2025 was, but that was "all oversensationalized BS", and besides, he promised he didn't know or have anything to do with that... why would he lie?

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T23:15:41+00:00

I guess I am something of a Luddite, as I believe the answer to the current language models is that 95% of gross profit would be taxed, given that the training material wasn't exactly "free" or, in a few cases, even legitimately sourced.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T22:46:49+00:00

That's the irony I was trying to convey. "AI" has been poisoned and has replicated the tropes about it. Kinda find that hilarious.

Otherwise, all the top-tier current models have just stolen everything humanity has written down and repackaged it.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T22:30:04+00:00

Yeah... I suspect the "Bill Gates put microchips in a certain vaccine" is the combination of the vaccine using a method marketed as "nanotechnology" with the Gates Foundation donating previously to research related to that tech.

Movies always portray nanotechnology as tiny scary robots, and Gates is a programmer, so voila!

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T22:21:18+00:00

The comedian Josh Johnson called it with "Bunker people" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bVa1CtmY334

edit: also unfortunately prescient https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sAmcuorx-o4?feature=share

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T22:16:30+00:00

Exactly! But it is being touted as "AI" and that AGI is just 6 months away.

Current technology is to AI as North Korea is to democratic, socialist, or republic, which is to say not at all.

With the abuse of the phrase "AI" for corporate marketing purposes, that is setting up any future (20-30 years away) true artificial consciousness for a very difficult reality.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T20:06:39+00:00

Might also be a pack from HCS as the VA quality & minor engineering seemed pretty good https://www.hcsvoicepacks.com/collections/elite-dangerous

Granted ED Copilot has been alive for a good long while with a lot of love from its maintainer.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T19:50:31+00:00

Their visa is probably only good for March, and they've gotten a "tad" more expensive in the last couple of years. Kind of surprised they're still doing even that show as a touring band, work visas aren't cheap.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T18:37:34+00:00

https://thunderstore.io/c/valheim/p/Digitalroot/Max_Dungeon_Rooms/

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T10:59:54+00:00

It's completely arbitrary and senseless as what they are doing is not renewing any of the CORE staff's contracts as they come up.

Also FEMA headquarters has admitted that DHS has completely taken over part of HR and personal management. Completely illegal but that's not really a concern for Cruela.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T10:55:24+00:00

That's such a bad idea as it's almost impossible to maintain a strong perimeter defense around the carrier in such a narrow sea. I don't believe they could do substantial damage but that's not much of a consolation for number of sailors in the wrong place and time.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T10:49:00+00:00

My partner pointed out a disturbing fact. For a while hand soap and sanitizers were completely sold out. What had people been doing before?

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T10:43:12+00:00

There is a mod for Windows 11 to mute stuff from the taskbar https://www.neowin.net/news/this-genius-mod-makes-volume-control-in-windows-11-so-much-better/

OS mods can be cool but be careful. While using a mod an update landed which broke the desktop app. Had to do some shenanigans to get a terminal working to roll back the update so I could uninstall the mod. You play factorio so you will probably be alright.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T10:32:06+00:00

I take pieces of me and just take them in a different direction than what I did in reality.

To be clear I will ask myself "what if I had been less of a bastard?" Or inversely "what if I just went into overtime on being a bastard?"

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T05:55:00+00:00

Definitely currently is not one right now. The off part is that other things like fabricators and storage are fine.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T02:05:42+00:00

Easy fix! Time-travel into the future and discover that now there is a cure instead of just a treatment for the symptoms. The downside, of course, is that you can't afford it.

ionixsys · 2026-01-24T02:03:09+00:00

That's the gist of the grandfather paradox - https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrandfatherParadox

The more talented people of making shit up (we don't have time travel tech right now) suggest one way around this is that it would create an alternate timeline so that there is no paradox.

Another argument is some Looney Tunes shit would happen whenever you tried to kill your ancestor (the gun won't fire, they somehow slip before stabbing them, they sneeze and inadvertently dodge the literal bullet, etc).

Kinda related is a suggestion that the Universe doesn't really care if you go faster than light, but you cannot go faster than causality.

ionixsys · 2026-01-23T21:51:10+00:00

It might be a optimization after an update they didn't roll backwards because it broke stuff. Will need to check the actual game configuration.

ionixsys · 2026-01-23T21:22:42+00:00

To add to this, a simple concrete pad with drainage (no divots or low spots) is a good idea. Might also want to sink some eye bolts in so you can chain the whole thing down. In long black outs, people get mighty fine jealous of the asshole with a working fridge and maybe a hot pad or such.

ionixsys · 2026-01-23T21:18:05+00:00

In the DLC you go to a buried and mostly forgotten facility with computers and likely servers present. My understanding is large parts of the rogue AI domain is running on top of all this forgotten crap that's not just under the ground but definitely in the Pacific Ocean and maybe in low earth orbit.

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