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  1. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    Been working on an exterior for the industrial storage I built a while back. I noticed that the dock area by the portal that was built early on was going for the brickwork industrial vibe, so I...

    Been working on an exterior for the industrial storage I built a while back. I noticed that the dock area by the portal that was built early on was going for the brickwork industrial vibe, so I tried building in that style which I have never done before. It has been a lot of slow building for me, but I think I have it roughly framed out in a way that I like for the most part. I just need to gradually add back in some detailed work and it will turn out well

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  2. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Been starting to research building my own alarm clock based off of a raspberry Pi for my wife. She has been wanting a simple standalone alarm clock, but one where she can pick the audio file for...

    Been starting to research building my own alarm clock based off of a raspberry Pi for my wife. She has been wanting a simple standalone alarm clock, but one where she can pick the audio file for it. Her research has seemed to indicate that picking your own audio file is quite hard to achieve, unless you pay too much. So I am in the beginning research stage of building my own

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  3. Comment on Caught the cycling bug. Anyone else? in ~hobbies

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    Cutting the wind is the biggest thing. Up until -30C for my upper body it is just a t-shirt, thin long sleeve, and a rain jacket to cut the wind. When riding in the winter, I do carry an emergency...

    Also, in the very cold, don’t try to bundle up in heavy padding. It’s unwieldy and you’ll overheat. The key is to have a thin outer layer that blocks the wind. Once you have that, your riding will generate sufficient body heat and the wind won’t be able to steal it from you.

    Cutting the wind is the biggest thing. Up until -30C for my upper body it is just a t-shirt, thin long sleeve, and a rain jacket to cut the wind. When riding in the winter, I do carry an emergency tinfoil blanket, because if my bike breaks down, I know with how lightly dressed I am it will become dangerous quickly.

    Also, super thick gloves or mittens will impede your dexterity a lot. Bar mittens or pogies are much better.

    I have not tried bar mittens before, but they do seem like a better choice. I ride in really thick mittens, and once you get used to it, you do realize that you do not need much hand dexterity to work the handlebars. I do slide my hands out the sides between the bars and brake levers, instead of sliding my fingers straight up/down, if that makes sense.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    One of the bigger changes since you have last been on is we connected your rail line that you built from your town to the island into the transit network. So now the rail line extends to the...

    One of the bigger changes since you have last been on is we connected your rail line that you built from your town to the island into the transit network. So now the rail line extends to the transit hub in the basement of community storage

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  5. Comment on Commodore Callback flip phone in ~tech

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    As someone who has been daily driving The Minimal Phone for nearly the past year, and has researched the neo-dumbphone market I have a few thoughts: I appreciate that it is doing a mostly hardware...

    As someone who has been daily driving The Minimal Phone for nearly the past year, and has researched the neo-dumbphone market I have a few thoughts:

    1. I appreciate that it is doing a mostly hardware based restriction model. My phone relies heavily on the e-Ink screen to decentivize use, whereas the Lite phone relies entirely on software restriction. My phone has full playstore access, but that doesn't mean you will want to use every app available. This does create some issues when some apps that need to be used are not designed well for e-Ink. Whereas the Lite phone does software locking down of the system, which creates a very smooth software experience. However, with the Lite phone you are restricted to what the developers think are essential apps, and if your use case falls outside of that, you are out of luck. The Commodore Callback for the most part seems to be relying on the flip phone form factor to reduce usage, which I think will work well.

    2. There is currently other flip phones on the market, and this one is not priced competitively. I remember looking at other flip phones about a year ago, and decided to not go that route. However, for a quarter of the price to the Commodore, the other options are better value even with the drawbacks on those models.

    3. Doing the price comparison when they are including earphones feels a bit dishonest. They are the same price as the Clicks and the Minimal Phone, but to make themselves look better they add an extra $40 to those listings to account for the headphones they throw in.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Caught the cycling bug. Anyone else? in ~hobbies

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    The secret to doing this is consistency. My first winter riding I was not planning on biking through the winter. However, as the weather got colder, my body acclimatized and I did not find the...

    I'd like to bike more year-round but the weather always intimidates me :(

    The secret to doing this is consistency. My first winter riding I was not planning on biking through the winter. However, as the weather got colder, my body acclimatized and I did not find the cold temps nearly as bad as I was expecting. It did take some trial and error to figure out my layers, but now several years into riding through the winter it is quite easy for me to check the weather for the day and know what to wear.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Caught the cycling bug. Anyone else? in ~hobbies

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    So I do occasionally do bike rides for fun, but most of my time on my bike is spent commuting (which I do enjoy). I commute year round, so temperatures range throughout the year from +30C to -35C...

    So I do occasionally do bike rides for fun, but most of my time on my bike is spent commuting (which I do enjoy). I commute year round, so temperatures range throughout the year from +30C to -35C (not including wind chill). I ride the same bike year round, which is an old mountain bike (without suspension) that I swap tires out between seasons so that I am running studded tires in the winter. While both sets of tires are 26x2 (which makes it easy for stocking tubes), my studded tires are almost double the width of a contact patch due to the very different tread patterns.

    In the summer the enjoyment of riding is due to being able to ride faster and do tighter manoeuvres. I normally make sure during the summer that my bike is riding smoother with some maintenance, with more aggressive braking and try and get my shifter indexed properly.

    In the winter riding is this fun challenge that provides a different level of enjoyment (most times). If the conditions are good (which means the snow is packed down, as partially packed down snow gives me a tendency to fishtail) then I find it relatively easy to bike. It does require being a lot more intentional about weight distribution. I do quite enjoy winter riding, as there is an intensity of it where you need to be paying attention and it does require more effort (rolling resistance is higher in the snow). Bike maintenance is tougher in the winter, since a lot of bike components are not designed to work well when it gets to about -20C. Also, the spring melt with the salt just wears down parts quicker

    When I go for longer periods without driving, I have found that my brain adjusts to the speed of biking, and find that for some streets, the speed limit for cars is too high. When driving consistently, going 50km/h down city streets seem fine. However, when your brain is used to going 25km/h going 50 km/h seems quite high, and you realize how much of situational awareness you are losing at that speed.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    I felt that after expanding the transit infrastructure to service the 64x industrial one, having a small scale one at storage would be convenient for small smelting operations. It would have a lot...

    I felt that after expanding the transit infrastructure to service the 64x industrial one, having a small scale one at storage would be convenient for small smelting operations. It would have a lot of potential if I expanded the input/output storage and tied it into the chunk loaders, but I do want people to use the existing 64x smelter for large operations

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    So I have added a small 8x furnace array at community storage. I went with a smaller array to be convenient for small jobs of a stack or two of items, since we have the 64x array at the industrial...

    So I have added a small 8x furnace array at community storage. I went with a smaller array to be convenient for small jobs of a stack or two of items, since we have the 64x array at the industrial district (which there is now a dedicated transit stop for). Building the furnace array was quite tricky to squeeze in in an aesthetically pleasing manner, since storage is starting to become packed full of various utilities that were not initially planned.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    Haven't you already made a cult hq this season?

    Haven't you already made a cult hq this season?

    1 vote

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  12. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    There is also the west section that needs to be added, that goes into the transit hub, with the following coords: -645,40,83 (transit stop in hub) -599,40,83 (bottom of hill) -562,77,83 (top of hill)

    There is also the west section that needs to be added, that goes into the transit hub, with the following coords:

    • -645,40,83 (transit stop in hub)
    • -599,40,83 (bottom of hill)
    • -562,77,83 (top of hill)

  13. Comment on Bricks & Minifigs corporate stole a man's $200,000 Lego collection and told him to get bent in ~hobbies

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    Having read the posted article, the comments here, but no other perspective besides Coffeezilla's. I think Coffee's video did a good job in detailing that everyone was kind of at fault here, with...

    Having read the posted article, the comments here, but no other perspective besides Coffeezilla's. I think Coffee's video did a good job in detailing that everyone was kind of at fault here, with the blame of where the collection is spread out between various people. In the video, it was noted that the records of what parts of the collection has been sold had not been updated, and the original franchise owner was willing to admit fault on that. BAM corporate comes across in this video as extremely unreliable witnesses ("there was no u-haul on the night of the takeover, we have seen video proof of that" to when presented proof "here is an extremely detailed itinerary on why there was a u-haul present, but it was for something unrelated").

    The other interesting thing from this video is that the $200k appraisal was the initial undetailed appraisal value, with the appraisal once they had possession of the collection was averaged out to $107k, of which, about a quarter had been sold and paid out to the original owner before the takeover.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    I have fixed the industrial district storage system. Hopefully I have solved the issue to prevent it from happening again. I have also extended the Town High Speed line, so that it extends past...

    I have fixed the industrial district storage system. Hopefully I have solved the issue to prevent it from happening again.

    I have also extended the Town High Speed line, so that it extends past the industrial district to include a stop by the super smelter across the river. @creesch would it be easier for me to provide coordinates for the bluemap changes of the rail line or have you use your mod to get the coords?

    6 votes

  15. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    If you are looking for supplies, there is community storage built straight west of town, across the river. The main east/west road in town extends all the way to storage, or in the basement of...

    There is a chest next to the building with the nice facade, but filled in doors from which I have acquired a handful. Some may even say a pinch of bonemeal which I will return when I set up a fire. A spit. And a lamb on a spit.

    If you are looking for supplies, there is community storage built straight west of town, across the river. The main east/west road in town extends all the way to storage, or in the basement of town hall there is a train station, and that rail line goes directly to the transit hub, which is in the basement of community storage

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    So I noticed that the storage system in the industrial district has broken again. My theory on the culprit is that the item sorters and the shulker loaders are too close together, so occasionally...

    So I noticed that the storage system in the industrial district has broken again. My theory on the culprit is that the item sorters and the shulker loaders are too close together, so occasionally they interact, clearing the sorters filters. I have started raising up all the item piping to achieve this. The other benefit of raising up the piping is that now I will be able to extend the express line, adding a stop at the furnace array across the river.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on What are your gaming idiosyncracies? in ~games

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    I very much relate to this. But also, if I pace myself poorly it feels weird to just be grinding out all the side quests before doing the final battle. There is an optimal side quest to main...

    I must complete all side content possible before the endgame because I almost never replay a game, and once the "end" is complete, knocking out the remaining side quests just feels hollow.

    I very much relate to this. But also, if I pace myself poorly it feels weird to just be grinding out all the side quests before doing the final battle. There is an optimal side quest to main mission ratio, and I have no idea what it is, but I have experienced what it isn't

    5 votes

  18. Comment on Summer blanket recommendations? in ~life.style

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    I do not remember what we ordered specifically, as my wife did most of the research for that

    I do not remember what we ordered specifically, as my wife did most of the research for that

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    I know you felt part way through building the new town district that you were annoyed that you built it to perfectly align with the N/S grid. The old district might be a good opportunity to...

    I'm now going to start constructing the Old Town district. I gathered around 60 shulkers of terracotta already... I

    I know you felt part way through building the new town district that you were annoyed that you built it to perfectly align with the N/S grid. The old district might be a good opportunity to disrupt the grid, by having streets at weird angles to each other

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  20. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    Yeah, if there wasn't an area that j0hn needed terraformed so the red sand needed to be removed, I would have gone that route

    Yeah, if there wasn't an area that j0hn needed terraformed so the red sand needed to be removed, I would have gone that route

    1 vote