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Cake day: December 6th, 2023

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  • That’s not how exponential growth works. The pay increase would be in the ballpark of 50% per year for that amount of gain in 35 years.

    And remember, wealth accumulates in passive investments, so even if you made $7.25/hr for 35 years, you’d have over $1m if you didn’t spend any of it and it accumulated at over ~3% per year.


  • SuperSpruce@lemmy.ziptoFactorio@lemmy.worldHow is everyone doing?
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    4 days ago

    I had work that week, so I couldn’t get much in. The day before I was itching so I started a space exploration save and got a little attached to that even though I never made it past military science. Now I’m playing space age and have just built a rocket!

    I’ll add more details:

    The start was poor, with widely spaced starting resources, no choke points, and a dry climate which absorbs pollution the least. The only good thing was a nearby small oil vein. So for the first few hours, I intentionally didn’t scale up as not to anger the biters. I actually researched military and gun turrets before automation.

    Then, I scaled up but minimized pollution by switching to solar power with only 8 steam engines running, and made many efficiency modules. With that, I could focus on getting bots and trains, and heading to space, and that’s where I am now.









  • This storm has reached 180mph at its peak. Have you ever braced wind at that speed? I’ve ridden at 120mph on my motorcycle (at a drag strip). The wind, even with a full face helmet and visor, was so extreme that it was hard to hold on and my ears were ringing afterward despite having earplugs in. This insanity corresponds to a few seconds of a category 3 hurricane. This hurricane’s winds are like that felt by squids on literbikes doing top speed runs.