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[Oliolli]

When all you've got is an adjustable spanner and an entire freight warehouse of terrifying cogs and gears, everything looks like "just a prototype".

I recall you saying that you've been sigged so many times people no longer need your permission for it. Thank you for this quote.

[forsaken1111]

'Vacuum tubes' don't move anything. A vacuum tube is an evacuated glass tube with electronic components inside which control and redirect electrical current.

You're probably referring to pneumatic tubes.

/pedantic

[Girlinhat]

That's hardly pedantic at all.  It's like comparing a hydrauling digging scoop to a microchip.  Utterly different.

[forsaken1111]

That's hardly pedantic at all.  It's like comparing a hydrauling digging scoop to a microchip.  Utterly different.

True, but to someone who doesn't know the difference a 'vacuum tube' probably sounds appropriate as a moniker for a pneumatic tube. I mean its a 'tube' which sucks things through it like a vacuum.

[LoSboccacc]

I've spilled all my electricity! I need a vacuum cleaner!

[Bluerobin]

To tell you the truth I'd originally typed pneumatic tube then noticed the original comment mentioned vacuum tubes and changed it. I didn't even think about the fact that those are completely different things.

I recall you saying that you've been sigged so many times people no longer need your permission for it. Thank you for this quote.

I'm a bit sad you got to it before I did. It's a good point though, I hadn't really thought about it from a creative side, just from the gameplay side. It sounds like they're trying to start from the creative side too, so that gives me hope for some neat things.

[demonman24]

Sorry, if I offended anyone, wild speculation or dev response is what i was hoping for, and speculation on what we would need vacuum tube computers for. Again, sorry if I offended anyone, just looking for wild speculation.

[lordcooper]

Wild speculation, eh?

You could totally launch giant, steam spitting cogs at distant enemies.

[forsaken1111]

My steampunk settlement will be a massive clockwork villa who's entire point is to tell the time accurately. It will require the efforts of thousands of people and draw power from a nearby volcano.

[The Darkling Wolf]

You should power it with ground up baby animals.

[forsaken1111]

You should power it with ground up baby animals.

Also the bones of the innocent.

[The Darkling Wolf]

But what will you use for bread? D:

[forsaken1111]

But what will you use for bread? D:

Well... I learned from Dwarf Fortress that cows have sweetbread. Does that count?

[The Darkling Wolf]

Very much not.

[Mini]

What about ground up adult animals? Could you use that to make bread? Why do we need bread anyway, can't we just eat the other parts of the innocent?