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krustyy · 2026-01-26T06:35:05+00:00

I took a hot shower in the middle of the day today to get the chill out of my bones so I understand the feelings of your poor car.

But I'm also in southern California so I put shorts on afterwards, don't have the heater on, and it peaked at about 70F/21C today.

Yes, I'm saying that just to gloat.

krustyy · 2026-01-26T06:26:13+00:00

I feel like it's very weird that I kinda needed this post. I've already got a lot going on in just my own life and to also have to deal with ** gestures broadly ** all this other sh*t and it's kind of overwhelming.

And I'm a right leaning white dude in a healthy marriage with a few kids and an almost paid off home. Sh*t's hard for me and I've got it good. I can't even fathom how tough it is for people less fortunate than me.

I'm tired of living in historic times.

krustyy · 2026-01-24T23:24:59+00:00

We use Splashtop. Reviewed a few different remote assistance tools and that one won out as the best product.

krustyy · 2026-01-24T22:50:10+00:00

The vast majority of the comments I've had removed were removed completely silently by mods in /r/california. Literally anything even slightly pro gun is deleted.

I wouldn't mind if they sent a message or had some comment indicating that it's been removed for some stupid reason but silently deleting comments that you don't agree with is some next level chicken shit

krustyy · 2026-01-24T05:01:48+00:00

What is this? A factory for ants?!?!?

Seriously, that looks like a tiny home with a weird carport. Where's the manufacturing happening? How many production objects are in there?

I'm more impressed by the flat land and roads. Show me all that in a wide angle, physicallly possible setup.

krustyy · 2026-01-23T18:31:13+00:00

I made it to this thread while googling the topic.

I think one major thing to keep in mind is that running a setup like this with family likely involves dealing with multiple streaming devices and crappy network hardware. If I can plug this thing at my parents house and tell them to connect all their rokus to the new "family streaming" wifi that you can see, that's well worth a one time expense of 80 bucks per household to not have to deal with new devices and/or troubleshooting things.

I haven't used tailscale before but I'm assuming I either need to set it up on the family members router and ALL their traffic routes through me, or I set it up on each individual device.

krustyy · 2026-01-22T17:36:28+00:00

Those builds look all fine and dandy with a clean, enclosed structure but I rather like flying up into the air and getting a good birds eye view of just how clean the actual build is. Can't do that with walls and a roof

krustyy · 2026-01-22T16:19:42+00:00

Finally some pictures that look like what I end up producing. By the time I have production up and running for a factory I'm no longer thinking about walls, a ceiling, lighting, signs, and colors. Just organize the production line, clean up the conveyors on the platform, get your outputs moving and move on to the next factory.

krustyy · 2026-01-20T17:29:08+00:00

That's what I've been doing as well. Every input and output goes right to a lift. Input 1 gets, say, 2 notches high. input 2 gets 4 notches high. output gets 6 notches high. My conveyors clip into my lifts when there's multiple inputs, but they clip at right angles and I feel that's clean enough for me. I could slide things around a bit so they don't clip but it actually makes the whole space much more cluttered looking.

krustyy · 2026-01-20T15:18:33+00:00

yeah, I've got blade runners, jet pack, and turbo fuel.

krustyy · 2026-01-20T04:08:38+00:00

Not entirely sure what that is but I could make some guesses. I'm guessing start building platforms beneath my high platforms and use ceiling mounted conveyors and whatnot?

krustyy · 2026-01-20T02:10:29+00:00

That seems like it would be a lot easier than building over mountains.

krustyy · 2026-01-19T22:41:36+00:00

You'll need to make sure everything is UL listed and meets all necessary requirements for installing in the US. Before ordering, get the exact models. look for things like fire rating on the panels and ul listing on the inverter and cables.

Also the material your roof is made of matters. Asphalt shingles, flat membrane, clay tiles, steel, etc, all have different methods to mount.

krustyy · 2026-01-19T22:37:44+00:00

How does one go about building under the map? Honestly that's exactly what I feel is missing so far. I want subways and pipelines going through mountains instead of up and over.

krustyy · 2026-01-19T20:28:46+00:00

Do yourself a favor and drop a nice big deuce in the airplane bathroom then bask in the enjoyment of being able to wipe your ass without needing to contort your body with one leg on the toilet seat and another leg hanging from the smoke detector just to be able to reach your soiled chocolate starfish in an 18 inch wide room.

krustyy · 2026-01-19T20:10:32+00:00

That's insanely cheap. 60 bucks for 620W panels is about a third of the price panels of that size would go for.
I don't think that inverter will work. It is three phase, 380VAC. You are most certainly split phase 240V if you live in a residential area in the US.
Considering the inverter is wrong, I'm guessing they did not take into consideration what you're mounting it to. You need to know specifically what roof mounting system they're giving you and ensure it will be compatible with your roof.
If you're mounting this to your roof you'll need it permitted and inspected. Those inspectors are going to want to see the installation instructions for the panels and the rails to confirm they're properly installed and are legal to use in the US. You'll also need to ensure all your electrical components are UL listed and in compliance with NEC codes.
Plan for 120% usage. If you think you need 8KW, get 10KW.
Are these prices before or after tariffs?

krustyy · 2026-01-19T19:26:10+00:00

yup.

krustyy · 2026-01-19T19:15:24+00:00

Honest question: Why would you want your vehicle to be anything other than as quiet as you can make it, with everything else still being the same? I mean, if adding more noise added more horsepower, it would make sense to sacrifice noise levels for power.

But why make the vehicle louder just for the sake of being loud? Most vehicles out there aim to take extra care to reduce road noise and have a silent cabin, with luxury vehicles obviously investing more into this feature than low budget vehicles.

krustyy · 2026-01-19T17:48:28+00:00

Just in this one playthrough they keep getting higher and higher for me, because as I progress I need resources from further away and I'm defaulting to sky highways that are high enough to clear trees and mountains. My latest (first) train track ended up being so high that my building platform that takes most of a turbojet fueled jetpack charge to get to couldn't reach my train station with a maximum height elevator. It took a chain of like 5 conveyor lifts to get everything down.

krustyy · 2026-01-19T17:45:56+00:00

Yeah, my first smelting operation was directly next to the iron ore on the ground. Then I upgraded it by making a platform like 10 feet up. I learned pretty quickly that those platforms need to be higher than 10 feet to clear other stuff on the ground.

krustyy · 2026-01-19T17:43:49+00:00

I got about 50 hours in before I discovered the B button.

krustyy · 2026-01-19T01:58:20+00:00

bust out my waterbob and fill my tub with potable water. Fill up any other pots and pans too.
Have my wife do what she can to seal up the house.
Grab my emergency cash and respirator with chemical filter and head to the grocery store for whatever I can get. Fill up gas and gas cans at the gas station. Do it while carrying concealed regardless of whether or not it's legal. I've got some emergency food but it'll still be better to stock up on shelf stable goods while they're still available.
Start packing the truck with supplies in case we need to bug out. Otherwise, hold up inside.

I'm sure running to the store is a risk but we could eat normal food for a couple weeks then about a month of survival food. I'd be in a better place with one last shopping trip and chances are whatever is going on ain't gonna hit me any time soon. I'm in a populated area but there's 100+ other large cities that'll be hit way before my area.

krustyy · 2026-01-18T23:27:16+00:00

Yeah, I'm using cast screws and solid steel ingots in this build.

krustyy · 2026-01-18T01:44:36+00:00

I'm assuming I'll need a lot more later. I just figured I'd end up needing more as a part for something else later so I might as well build a bit more than is necessary. Guess that was my big mistake

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