alt Hacker NewsI love Factorio, but I can't play it - it's way too addictive. If I start on a Friday, I won't stop until Monday
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fkozlowski • today at 7:32 PM
It's a great way to rebuild a sense of agency for me. I find the weekend binge a good way to feel like I can effect changes in the world.
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_doctor_love • today at 6:24 PM
A bit like the old Bill Hicks joke: "I was a weekend drinker - I would start on Saturday, and then by Friday I..."
I still believe Factorio fundamentally rewired the way I think about software and engineering more broadly... prepared me better for my first software internship than any class I'd taken
The whole game really drills in what it means to "think like a computer scientist". Abstraction, encapsulation, modularity, etc