• ramenshaman@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I’m afraid to play Factorio. I can’t afford to sacrifice the amount of productivity that I suspect I would lose.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      6 days ago

      You won’t lose productivity, you will merely divert it into the factory, who will use its full efficiency for growth

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      6 days ago

      It is one of the most addictive games I’ve played, and yet, I have learned more from it than almost any other.

      Programming has been a core part of my career for about 20 years, and I can’t think of any other time I’ve had such leaps forward as I did in the first few months playing factory.

      It really is a great visual representation of large scale systems management.

      That said, it can be one hell of a time suck.