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Cake day: June 26th, 2023
  • JonC@programming.devtoFactorio@lemmy.world•How is everyone doing?English
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    4 months ago

    Yeah, that’s my dilemma. I wouldn’t say I can support a stready stream of rockets with LDS and blue circuits yet.

    I have a nice ratioed 45 SPM starter build set up, but because it’s all ratioed then if I’m researching yellow science I don’t have a lot spare to go towards rocket production.

    I think I might add a few more resources without going too crazy and then head to Vulcanus. Building a proper smelting setup with foundries seems very cool.

    Will be next week before I get to that point though.

  • JonC@programming.devtoFactorio@lemmy.world•How is everyone doing?English
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    4 months ago

    I’ve got all the Nauvis sciences automated as well as getting my first space platform set up. That’s sending a steady stream of space science down now.

    I’ve put in quite a few hours over the first two days, but won’t be able to play for a while now.

    Currently torn between trying to set off for another planet or scale up my Nauvis base to better support things going forward. Former seems more fun. Latter seems more sensible!

  • JonC@programming.devtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•To Americans: How far apart is everything in the US?English
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    5 months ago

    It’s not necessarily how far things are, it’s that you need a car to get to places in a sensible way.

    I’m a fellow Brit, but have stayed in suburban US enough to have experienced how different it is. You might have a supermarket a couple of miles away, but if you want to attempt to walk there, you’ll often be going well out of your way trying to find safe crossing points or even roads with paved sidewalks.

    Train stations are mostly used for cargo in most US cities. If you don’t have a car, you’re pretty much screwed.

    Some cities are different. NYC being the obvious one. You can get about there by public transport pretty easily in most places there. San Francisco is another city that is more doable without a car, but more difficult than NYC.

    I stayed near Orlando not too long ago and there it’s just endless surburban housing with shops and malls dotted about mostly along the sides of main roads. You definitely need a car there.