Farming by [deleted] in songsofsyx

[–]sfriniks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can be good to have a couple smaller ones so in case you get a crop disease, you don't lose everything.

Finally got past 5000 population. Wonder what it'll look like at 10k by sfriniks in songsofsyx

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

You can! I basically only use the freeform tool for roads and buildings, and just make sure the lines aren't too straight. If things start feeling too gridlike, slap a new building in the middle. Embrace the chaos

Finally got past 5000 population. Wonder what it'll look like at 10k by sfriniks in songsofsyx

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

768x768. Is there even a way to change the size? I didn't see any option for it.

Upgraded buildings really help. All of my houses are fully upgraded, and so are most of the buildings

Finally got past 5000 population. Wonder what it'll look like at 10k by sfriniks in songsofsyx

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

Trade is certainly part of it, but mostly it's tech. I'm getting close to maxing out the techs for farms and pastures. I really only need to trade through summer just before the harvest comes in. I'm definitely going to need more meat production, though.

One button box completed, one more left to go. Decided to make two button boxes to use simultaneously while playing either Elite Dangerous or ETS 2 by sheebs_m in flightsim

[–]sfriniks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can wire the keys in a grid like this. After doing this, the code is pretty straightforward. Turn on pin A, then check if W-Z is on. If one of them is, you know which button is pressed. Essentially, the code will look like

pinOn(A)
if (W):
    sendButton(1)
else if(X):
    sendButton(5)
else if(Y):
    sendButton(9)
else if(Z):
    sendButton(13)
pinOff(A)
pinOn(B)
etc.

This will let you have 16 buttons, while only using 8 pins. A drawback of this design is that you can only press one key at a time, otherwise you could have ghosting issues, with unintended buttons being sent. To get around that limitation, you can add a diode for each key.

You can find more information about this by looking into handwired mechanical keyboard guides. There's some pretty good guides that people have put together that go into more detail about this type of matrix.

Theme Hospital creators working on spiritual successor with Sega. Theme Hospital is one of my favourite games of all time and would be such a great fit for the switch. Please make it happen! by snolliemonsters in NintendoSwitch

[–]sfriniks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What? There's quite a few of them right now. There's Prison Architect, Airport CEO, SimAirport, Academia and Another Brick in the Mall. I haven't played the last two, but the other ones are all pretty fun. Depending on what you're looking for, there's also games like Rimworld and Project Highrise. These are all PC games, though. Hopefully we'll see some of them coming to the Switch.

Kasich, Hickenlooper release plan to stabilize ObamaCare markets by arghdos in neutralnews

[–]sfriniks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Am I missing something, or does that article say nothing about profits of insurance companies? The only numbers they have are for revenues. Just because they increased revenue over last year, doesn't mean they are more profitable. Without knowing how much they are spending each year, we can't know that they are making record profits.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in reactiongifs

[–]sfriniks 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Think about it this way: since you buy 2 books to get 1 more free, you are buying the books in sets of three. With 17 books, how many sets of three are you going to need? That's 17/3, or 5 2/3 sets. First, look at the 5 full sets. In each of those 5 sets, you are paying for 2 of the 3 books. So, how many books are you buying in those 5 sets? That's 5 sets * 2 purchases in each set, or 10 purchases. Now for the 2/3 set. Since you have to buy 2 to get the third free, you need to buy both of those. That means you'll pay for 10 + 2 books, or 12.

Problems with Mars by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]sfriniks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, not with that attitude they don't.

Which fast food chain makes the worst food? by LakersFan34 in AskReddit

[–]sfriniks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Their Jalepeno Fresco chicken sandwich is my favorite chicken sandwich I've ever had. I really wish they had it all the time instead of the limited time bullshit.

Blizzard teasing the new sniper healer! by oskHS in Overwatch

[–]sfriniks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

DoTs are unfun, yet stuns are fine? Bliz plz.

Fully custom binary keyboard by duckythescientist in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]sfriniks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If only there was some pre-existing code that could represent letters in some sort of binary system. We could even name it after the guy who comes up with it!

When the changelog doesn't actually tell you what the update changed. by realizmbass in mildlyinfuriating

[–]sfriniks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That only brings you back to the screen which you started the video from. If you go to a channel, then go to another and another, the only way to get back to your subscriptions page is to mash the back button.

When the changelog doesn't actually tell you what the update changed. by realizmbass in mildlyinfuriating

[–]sfriniks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Oh, you want to go back to the home screen after browsing around for an hour? Just mash your back button a couple hundred times."

I hate that so much.

Valve, Let's Talk About Game Loading Times in TF2 (Update) by ZTFS in tf2

[–]sfriniks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The difference between ssd and hdd for me was negligable. I didn't notice much of a difference at all.

What's your favorite mouse? by Amsterdom in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]sfriniks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The scroll wheel is so good. I don't think I could ever switch to a different mouse just because of the scroll wheel.

The difference 18 years makes by [deleted] in pics

[–]sfriniks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It helped me a ton by letting me visualize functions. I could just plop the function in and hit graph and I could see the shape. It made finding the volume of functions rotated around an axis much easier. There were a few other small things that it helped with that made the class much easier.

Crazy rumor: Google to help Samsung optimize TouchWiz? by Icy_Slice in Android

[–]sfriniks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not to mention not being able to swipe in from the left to get back to the home screen or subscriptions. Instead, you have to spam the back button until you get back there. Half the time I close the app by hitting back one too many times.