I've found these two videos which address the problems mentioned. He's using combinators to dispatch only the required number of trains.

Designing an LTN-style Logistics Train Network in Vanilla Factorio 2.0 Using Interrupts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EggDldJVggM

Parametrising Blueprints and ...

The downside of a push system is that it requires more trains.

Let's say you have 5 providers of iron, 1 requester. Also 1 provider and 1 requester of copper. You put 3 trains into the system.

If the iron providers produce (even just a little) more than what is used by the requesters, eventually ...

True! You're referring to https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-377.

My thinking is: Rails are getting a big overhaul. New curves, new diagonals, elevation. Why stop there?

TL;DR
Allow train stops on curved or diagonal rails for more compact station designs.

What ?
Currently, train stops can only be built on straight rails.
It would be nice if train stops would offer more alternatives for station designs, e. g. a station like this:
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Why ...

I've done some tests regarding efficiency of daisy chained labs in 1.1.109. Didn't see a rule about unearthing old topics.

I've only investigated 60 s 6-science research.

Inserters next to labs activate when the science value becomes 1. That requires all inserters to be limited to a stack of 1 ...

My main motivation was that I don't want three cars lying around in chests. I think the items that should be produced in small quantities should get special treatment.

But you're right, for most items it doesn't matter if there's three too many. It's more of an engineering challenge than of great ...

I've been trying to design a mall circuit that delivers the exact amount of items requested. So if 7 belts are requested, it won't deliver 8 or 9, but exactly 7. Similar to this topic .

Here's my current design:
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You posted the edit link to the blueprint. Here's the working link: https://factorioprints.com/view/-LXNpyTm9_3pVRdhNcCk

Here's a blueprint that demonstrates how to use this, with some timers.
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Not a bug. For reference:

> I explicitly made boilers work this way to prevent complications with the boilers now being 3x2 entities.

https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?t=44622

I hadn't considered that. Thanks for letting me know.

My play time seems quite inflated. I don't think I played 120 hours yet. Maybe I'm in denial...

When I stop playing I usually don't exit Factorio, but use Windows' Sleep to turn off the computer. I'm under the impression that Factorio will still count this time as play time. Am I wrong? Seems like ...