Would it be an idea if a speaker is connected to a display panel with messages configured (like <100 copper gives a message), that it automatically adopts those settings by default, so it basically makes the "local" message a "global" one, with just one wire ? Like an inserter or pump is set to ...

I love it that you took the leap to release the 0.16 just before the holiday season. With the week off work this will fit in nicely to start a new base in between friends and family visits !

I have the same issue, it crashes at startup around 40%, sometimes it will just work and not crash.
I have an 8-core CPU with 16GB DDR4 RAM and an 8GB GPU, I would expect it would be enough.