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Friday Facts #427 - Combat Balancing & Space Age LAN | Factorio
  • They missed the mark with this one imo.

    No one uses the combat bots because they are a pain in the ass to deploy and use. I used them for a huge chunk of my recent playthrough and honestly it's not fun. First you have to spam them out, with each of them being on a cool down. Then when running around they slowly coalesce into a small death orb thing which I have to swing around. Not. Fun.

    Clearing nests late game is already cumbersome as is. Buffing nests would feel fair only if they added some space age weapons. (How will this mechanic work with quality off? And for people without space age?)

    Would be nice to see some space laser thing, or maybe nukes from space? Let me cosplay Raytheon ffs.

    The laser nerf will be probably balanced by quality item.

  • Upcoming game called Junxions which I think the people in here would like.
    store.steampowered.com Junxions on Steam

    Build a traffic intersection nobody has ever seen before. Use your wits to manage lanes, rails, crossings, traffic lights, and rights of way. Test it with advanced AI adapting to the rules of the road you decide on. Become a traffic engineer with the most comprehensive road tools in a game to date.

    Junxions on Steam

    Some features I thought were worth mentioning:

    • Bikes, trams and trains are all included
    • You can import map data from OSM
    • Seems like Linux will be supported

    This game is basically all I was looking for in cities skylines 2 and I thought I'd share it with y'all.

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    what's your current linux distro?
  • Started with Mint, next tried Ubuntu and I just stuck with it for now. It's a polished experience although sometimes snaps issues show up, so I've been considering switching to either PopOS 24.04 when it comes out or trying out Nix.

  • Second day of earth being above 2°C

    These two days are the first time since at least 1850 that the temperature anomaly has reached 2°C.

    The original tweet .

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    November 18th temperature anomaly - 1.98°C

    According to data from climate change institute we have the highest change in temperature this year, 1.3°C above 1979-2000 average (1.98°C above pre-industrial). This is only beaten by the record holding 1.99°C above pre-industrial from Feb. 28, 2016.

    Will we hit new record soon?

    E: fucked up the date, was meant to be Nov 17th. Nov 18th broke the record with 2.0°C.

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    What is Overfishing - How we are killing our oceans
    panicinthenorthatlantic.weebly.com What is Overfishing

    Overfishing occurs when fish are caught in substantial numbers, at a rate faster than what the population can replace through natural reproduction. This leads to difficulties for species to...

    What is Overfishing
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    September 2023 was the largest temperature anomaly ever recorded
    berkeleyearth.org September 2023 Temperature Update - Berkeley Earth

    September 2023 was the warmest since records began in 1850. 2023 is virtually certain to become a record warm year, and likely to exceed 1.5 °C.

    September 2023 Temperature Update - Berkeley Earth

    The previous record for warmest September was broken by 0.5°C (0.9°F) (!!)

    When will people realize the graphs are going exponential?

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