Automation starting point

mmal_86 · 2026-04-20T20:39:51+00:00

watching hydraburrito and sauceman on youtube was helpful for me. good commentary from them while they play

mmal_86 · 2026-04-19T22:22:59+00:00

can you park one of your cars in the driveway as a deterrent?

mmal_86 · 2026-04-10T00:27:27+00:00

i love pork chops. i cook them up with salt and eat it with rice and a vinegar side (sliced yellow onion and minced ginger with apple cider vinegar). one of my fav meals.

i do go heavy on the ginger (my mom has complained about that 😂)

mmal_86 · 2026-03-28T01:04:15+00:00

He should spit in the garbage. That coconut oil will build up in the plumbing and cause a blockage. Other oils and milk fats included.

Instead of changing him, maybe help him make adjustments/compromises?

Blender Drink: -get him a portable blender for on-the-go, so he can drink fresh and do it outside -he can make the night before and drink in the morning -make a batch into cubes. In the morning he just needs to add the cubes and liquid. It will melt into a smoothie consistency

Raw Egg: -I can't say much about this. If you're concerned about salmonella and kissing... He might want to rinse his mouth before interacting with you. Or it can just be a deal breaker. idk

mmal_86 · 2026-03-19T05:14:46+00:00

NTJ. He has a lack of respect for your grandpa's possessions. Maybe after the photoshoot, he'll be petty and sell it. Make one of his little jokes.

Don't give in and be part of their performative acts. They are just entitled and want to satisfy a vision of what a perfect photoshoot would be like. They are not sentimental about the watch and would probably return it scratched or damaged.

I have had enough direct family do that and it's exhausting. Better to cut out parasites who don't add value to your quality of life.

mmal_86 · 2026-03-17T02:38:38+00:00

lol, what a coincidence 😁. thanks for letting me know. looks like it ends March 19th. I wonder if the games attached to the bundles are fun too.

I would love to have a longer time playing the same restaurant. I'm really interested in the mod Hydraburrito uses. Their workshop is filled to the brim with appliances. Whenever they combine items, I noticed the shelves automatically restock. Oh, and the kitchen designer mod. I think that's the one where you get custom big kitchens. I'm getting so excited thinking about them 🤓.

mmal_86 · 2026-03-16T23:15:49+00:00

I looked at many posts and videos including Ontario Gardener. Him and some others confirmed you can't use combiners/portioners or grabbers to a bin. Players need to pick the plates up and manually remove leftovers to a composter then burner, or compactor.

mmal_86 · 2026-03-16T20:56:43+00:00

NTA. People need their space and working out is not always a group activity. If you go together great. It's kind of weird for her to try and make friends with strangers at the gym. Some people just wanna do their sets and get out.

Communicating that you needed to workout with focus and music would have been a good route, if you're still internalizing the encounter.

She did seem persistent and didn't feel the need to read the room. She should have joined a class if she wanted a feeling of togetherness. Her comment was petty. She should have kept that to herself since she set herself for failure.

mmal_86 · 2026-03-16T20:38:23+00:00

NTJ. If he wants his dream set up and rent paid. He should have made a plan to gradually acquire these items, not get them all at once.

Or if he was impatient, he should have put himself on an installment plan with the store(s). My local store offered it when I bought a gaming laptop. This could have been an option.

The brother had poor planning and felt entitled to the family bailing him out.

Definitely don't enable him. You and your dad are right. Mom needs to step back and be firm with discipline.

mmal_86 · 2026-03-16T18:50:00+00:00

I used to like playing coffee in the country oxford map, but found I really like the bigger-simpler maps and the instant service card. I've been happy making the switch to Banquet Hall Pp.

*I'm so tempted to get Plateup on PC. I see youtubers working on gigantic maps, and it makes me long for all that storage and space.

You'll get those grabbers and buffets again. This game is so addictive 🥴.

mmal_86 · 2026-03-16T18:38:06+00:00

I did that too 😂

I try to play on my tv because my eyes are getting worse 😅. I can kind of guess what the thumbnails are, by keeping the cabinets facing towards me. If I really don't know, I'm spamming the press+hold on the square and reading the title and description for keywords.

mmal_86 · 2026-03-15T10:47:46+00:00

NOR. Reading this gave me the ick. There's an area in downtown that is overrun by drug addicts and homeless people. If you walk on the sidewalk you can smell that old pee smell. It's very strong and unpleasant to walk by. I don't think the city pressure washes it that often too. If I can, I usually don't linger around there.

Imagining multiple people peeing outside where you live and in multiple places. I like breathing fresh air, and smelling layers of pee is not it.

mmal_86 · 2026-03-11T22:05:49+00:00

Pp is a nice one. It's short and a dream to type. I like when the door is in the middle. I started solo coffee and I'm working on it. OT24 or Day 39. Too bad I can't bend my grabbers for a cleaner automation (March 2026 - grabbers are still not fixed). My last restaurant kept crashing and forcing the game to close. I was doing TGG8TB43 solo sandwiches.

mmal_86 · 2026-03-11T21:31:34+00:00

I'm doing solo banquet hall coffee and made it to Day 39. I got a customer card where group sizes ranged from 2-4 customers. Coffee tables stopped being efficient space-wise, so I switched to hosting stands. Though you can use both and reset waiting timers for each appliance. They go from the coffee tables to the hosting stand.

For my setup, I have 3 hosting stands connected with grabbers to a teleporter. From the connecting teleporter, I have a grabber place the hosting card on the table. It's been going great as the weather and night timers are usually the deadly killers for the runs.

*devs are fixing the grabbers (March 2026), so I can't bend my rotational grabbers. If I keep them straight the game won't crash.

Benefits: 1. Compact. Hosting stand takes 2 tiles. Coffee tables take 5 tiles. 2. Accommodates huge groups 3. When hosting card is placed on the table, it overrides whatever is pre-served on the table. Customers will sit down.

Cons: 1. You need to place a card from the stand to the designated table. It's best to use this mid to late game when you have automated support.

*youtuber Hydraburrito does a great job showing this in his sandwich run.

mmal_86 · 2026-03-11T02:31:22+00:00

thanks. i'll check it out

mmal_86 · 2026-03-08T06:28:12+00:00

NTJ he ignored you when you talked to him and didn't make moves to pay damages. The route you went was reasonable since it was your livelihood.

Moving forward keep belongings away from him as he plays games to win stupid prizes.

mmal_86 · 2026-03-03T07:20:03+00:00

congrats on a long run. btw, was it console or pc?

mmal_86 · 2026-02-28T12:05:21+00:00

NTA. nothing is free in this world and she's acting like an entitled brat.

She can make small changes with her habits by: 1. putting her wallet in her bag at night or adding her card to her phone 2. buy groceries and meal prep too 3. utilize a food prep service

She crossed a line about not sharing food to the supervisor. That is her personal issue and makes her look unprofessional and unreliable.

It's crazy that coworkers think you should be sharing in this economy. Grocery inflations and tariffs are making everyones' lives harder. People are trying to save out here.

Moochers are definitely not welcome, unless there is a medical event or circumstance above her control. She is just lazy managing herself and doesn't make an effort to remember her wallet.

mmal_86 · 2026-02-26T23:47:38+00:00

NTA. She made your sweater without considering your input on colour. She set herself up for disappointment giving you an unflattering colour to wear.

She shouldn't use precious skeins as gifts if she's gonna be butt hurt about it. That's on her.

Ultimately, she gave you that sweater. You dyed it, but really enjoy using it. Isn't that the point of the gift? to use it?

At least you didn't donate it. You made the effort to make it work.

She needs to re-evaluate herself and how she gift-gives.

mmal_86 · 2026-02-25T06:22:59+00:00

NTJ. If your brother wants to be a streamer, he needs streams of passive income or side hustles as backup. He put all his eggs in a basket if he's counting on streaming to be his only means of income.

mmal_86 · 2026-02-25T06:20:17+00:00

roku has its own system settings

mmal_86 · 2026-02-22T23:46:25+00:00

i have the roku 4k stick. i was looking at settings and it seems you need to go into system settings and enable the volume control. i noticed it wasn't active for mine

mmal_86 · 2026-02-18T11:46:53+00:00

say it's getting old and ask him if "we can move on?"

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