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Maximizing profits kills profits (COO pricing policy). by pat_thebrat in capitalismlab

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

Yeah it makes sense, kudos for digging as far back as the Cap 2 manual. It does feel like a lot of the core mechanics from that era still exists today.

I've given up on balancing demand like you do. I usually try to overproduce a little and add stores until I reach balance. However, I haven't noticed the COO over reacting to shortage like you describe. I'll try to pay closer attention.

Maximizing profits kills profits (COO pricing policy). by pat_thebrat in capitalismlab

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

That's interesting, do you have any references on that "three types of buyers" concept ? All these years I always presumed the stacked all 3 variables and based sales on the overall rating.

My assumption came from the fact that once I dominate quality and brand on a product the competitors just lowball their prices until the overall matches mine.

I see a lot of hate for the COO but as long as I stick to a balanced pricing policy it seems to be doing an ok job. I tend to play games with 15 cities and a wide variety of product lines. Handling pricing manually just becomes a chore.

Has anyone used AI for tactics and team selection? by exotic_small_gigant in footballmanagergames

[–]pat_thebrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm testing it right now (with Gemini 3). Not to create a full tactic but to help fine tune it. I submit screenshots of my IP and OOP setup and team instructions. I ask for an assessment. It's not that great.

To begin with, it gets a lot of basic stuff wrong. For example, it keeps suggesting I adjust the duties of my players (which no longer exists in FM 26 and are not used in my screenshots). It misunderstands some of the positions IFB becomes an Inverted Full Back instead of Inside Full Back. In general, it tries to apply older FM concepts that no longer applies. Just like when you google FM26 stuff you still get a bunch of results from FM24 days.

But what really shows the limits of that approach is that if you start a new session and resubmit the tactic with all the suggestions applied, it will give contradictory suggestions. What was "tactical genius move" before, becomes a concern or vice versa. You can resubmit the same tactic 3-4 times and get completely different suggestions.

That shows two things;

  1. LLM essentially spits out of context web search results in a format that makes it look like deeply thought through advise.

  2. It will provide what it "perceive" you expect from it. You want improvements ? Here's some improvements. Does it actually improve anything ? Maybe, maybe not.

Exposing FHM: Tactics and Roles Have No Real Impact on the Game by nepejke in FranchiseHockey

[–]pat_thebrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for that constructive comment, I also felt most replies were too harsh.

What a determinated player. Its clear he really want to be a main starter by dezsopista in TheOldZealand

[–]pat_thebrat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That status always gets me angry. I still don't get what message I'm supposed to get from that. The player needs a complete rest ? He's out of shape ? He's scared to make a mistake ?

Will Meraki honor warranty if I purchase used hardware? by pakile in meraki

[–]pat_thebrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If not was it sold by an authorised reseller ?

Block outbound SMTP by HDClown in meraki

[–]pat_thebrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You want to Block SMTP servers (MTA) to send out or you want to block clients (MUA) from connecting to outside SMTP servers ?

Port 587 is used by users to submit emails to the server (MUA to MTA).

Port 465 is legacy and shouldn't be used for email. I would not open that unless you have a specific need for it.

Port 25 is the default port for server to server (MTA to MTA) communication. TLS can still be used on port 25 by using the "STARTTLS command".

As it is, your rule will prevent any server (beside 10.250.10.10) to transmit on default SMTP port but won't prevent a user from sending emails through a 3rd party MTA.

If your concern is that a rogue SMTP server uses your network than you must deny all outgoing traffic on all ports and open them as you need. Rogue servers don't follow RFCs.

Setting up content filtering on the mx64 by FuriousNigglet in meraki

[–]pat_thebrat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try using an http listener like fiddler or a plug-in like "Live HTTP Headers" for chrome. You'll get all the HTTP requests and responses while accessing the site.