cjet79
Anarcho Capitalist on moral grounds
Libertarian Minarchist on economic grounds
User ID: 124
cjet79
10hr ago
Yeah I've been mostly not commenting on this topic and just reading. Frustration kind of boiled over reading back to back takes that basically had polar opposite interpretations of reality. Usually TheMotte acts as somewhat of a filter.
cjet79
16hr ago
This is one of the times I realize the limitations of TheMotte.
I read people talking back and forth about whether this war is a huge success or huge failure and it's just hard for me to piece together what's going on.
I have no idea on where to even start finding a "neutral"-ish observer for this conflict. And even if I could find that observer, I don't know how good their information feed is, so maybe they are getting a super biased set of "facts".
I guess this is what happens when Overton is out the window.
(Also please correct spelling of Hegseth, I don't know why it bothers me so much. It's one of those names I pronounce out loud when I read it, and 'Hesgeth' sounds terrible in my head)
cjet79
19hr ago
Running while no one is online would have been the main thing I was worried about. That auto-pause sounds awesome.
cjet79
1d ago
I thought maybe you built part of our train system. Maybe that was a different german that loves trains a lot. I know xablor was better with trains than I was.
cjet79
1d ago
That does sound fun, does this cost you? And would you also be interested in playing along with us?
cjet79
1d ago
A Return To Factorio
I am interested in doing another factorio run. In October 2024 the factorio space expansion was released and in the months that followed a couple members from TheMotte joined in to work together at completing the game. We were successful in reaching the endgame, building a ship that could survive the rigors travel and ultimately making it to the outer solar system location. @xablor and @Southkraut were the main co-op players during the campaign. Some other jumped in briefly (or relatively briefly since that time might have still been a dozen hours).
It was mostly a vanilla run with limited mods added. Until we reached endgame and got interested in just adding a bunch of mods, but by then I was a bit burned out and done with things.
I would like to do a run this time with mods. Specifically Krastorio 2 Space Out, and all of the recommended planets and additional mods suggested in the readme for that Mod.
Why a modded Krastorio playthrough?
The main reason is that I am more certain of completing it. I've done a full Krastorio 2 playthrough on factorio prior to the spaced out launch and it is one of only two overhaul mods I've completed. The other one was the space exploration mod (which got converted into the expansion).
Additional reason is that I think it adds more features to the game while mostly leaving the challenge level intact. With other mod overhauls I've found that I quickly get annoyed if it is more difficult than the base factorio game with little added feature content. I don't want artificially more complex recipes that have the same results. If I wanted to gate factorio's features behind more difficulty I'd just up the science costs in the game. Ultimately I like the base game factorio difficulty, and I don't want to add to it.
I also don't want to do another vanilla run through. Even though it has been a year and a half since I completed a vanilla run through, I suspect I'll get bored with all of the same challenges. Unless those challenges are on the path to unlocking new things.
I am open to discussion of other mods being added. With the caveat that if it increases the base difficulty of the game I'll need more convincing.
What/who I'm looking for
People interested in collaborative factorio gameplay. Playing together at the same time would be nice, but is not necessary, we can set up a document exchange and pass the file back and forth if play times don't align.
I'm not planning to start the playthrough immediately. I'll probably post in the next friday fun thread as well to gauge interest. I think it would be neat to have enough players to run this as a 24 hour thing. Five players at a time would be fun and a new experience.
I might also be recruiting from another gaming community I am a part of, a Starship Troopers Extermination light mil sim company.
cjet79
2d ago
Just give me something affordable, reliable and industrial; and that can be maintained. That’s all I need.
I think you are looking for a "fleet vehicle". Its what companies buy in bulk to serve their business needs. They usually have a minimum of creature comforts (suck it up employees, you are on the clock). They are usually built to be properly maintained, but also survive long periods of "severe" use. Think taxi cabs, cop cars, rental cars, plumber/electrician vans, etc.
I have no idea how you actually buy one of these vehicles, but I strongly assume it is possible.
Downside for you is that these vehicles are probably still built up to spec for safety regulations. And certain computer based driving features are increasingly being considered safely enhancements. Like rear view cameras, auto brakes, etc.
cjet79
2d ago
More poetically, I consider myself the wave, and not the water. The dance, not the dancer. If someone pisses in the pool, it won't bother me very much if at all. The performance can switch out extras on the fly without issue, as long as the production and choreography remains the same.
Sounds like you understood perfectly!
Others consider themselves the water and not the wave, the dancer and not the dance (this one should immediately highlight that your particular view is out of the norm on this subject. I have met dancers before I've never met a dance.)
This is why "Is it Cake" is such a great example. We don't know what is truly cake and what is not until the host tries to cut into it. Once the inside cake filling is visible we can know it is cake as the viewer, even though we cannot taste it. You probably find the show insufferable, since you are content to view the outside shape of a thing and accept that it is cake. For all you care Mikey Day himself could be cake!
cjet79
3d ago
Is someone the shape or the filling? The intangible and ineffable insides that might fill many shapes. Or the the thing that is outside and visible to the world. Sounds like maybe you'd say the shape, the story suggests the filling.
I'm not sure I have an opinion either way. Christian theology has souls - filling and vessels - the shape. They clearly emphasize the filling. Popular shows in the west also emphasize the importance of the filling, like "Is it Cake". I wonder if Eastern philosophy places more emphasis on the shape, and your exposure to it has lead you to be less horrified by replacing the filling. Kharma seems to be a shape based philosophy.
cjet79
4d ago
Home made French toast was always fun. Probably pretty similar to the bread pudding. Its also very easy.
Fudge can be easy to make or really difficult depending on the ingredients you use. It is super calorie dense. Dedicated stores with fudge will usually make all kinds of weird and fun flavors. Maybe find one he enjoys and then try to replicate it at home?
If he wants more savory stuff I've always been partial to stews and chillis. Add cheese and creams for more calories.
cjet79
4d ago
I feel like law and medicine do have some of those stereotypes but they are usually only within subfields. Like surgeons are supposedly the jocks of the medical profession. The show Scrubs describes some of the stereotypes.
Lawyers also have their stereotypes with corporate lawyers being the boring ones. Rich defense lawyers being morally bankrupt. Prosecutors being aggressive career climbers. Etc.
I think the main unfairness to tech and finance is that a small subset of them that deserve the label is being use to describe the whole industry. Silicon valley was great for splitting up and labelling the various tech archetypes.
I suppose that is fair. It's hard for anywhere to filter out the crap when it's entirely crap.
The early 2010's kind of feel like it was a peak of information availability/quality. And things seem to have deteriorated back to everyone being in the dark about world happenings.
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