Christopher Deuda

We’ve turned the internet into a vending machine. Push a button, get the Coke. If it doesn’t spit it out fast enough, beat the living shit out of it until it gives you two cokes. Instead, rabbit holing retrains both your curiosity and your patience. It reminds you the internet is more like a labyrinth, and the labyrinth rewards wanderers.

1. FACTORY MUST GROW

Just keep expanding the factory. Do small, simple steps and iterate/add more once you locate the bottleneck. Usually I only backtrack when I see that my mainbus have dried, otherwise trying to do everything perfectly is a huge time sink, most often completely unnecessary. With few iterations you will get a grasp how much you... See more

An aspect about Factorio i love is, it encourages introspection.

Do you think going for perfection is wise as a beginner?

Make automated things and understand their function, then make them function together in a larger system and enjoy expanding that.

Your perspective directs your way of action, so change your perspective.

Don't be afraid to make mistakes, that's the fastest way to learn. There's no shame in making a "spaghetti" style factory, especially if it's your first time playing. You don't have to follow any guide or video or do what anyone else told you to do. Only use your own blueprints, otherwise you're cheating yourself. Don't be afraid to try messing... See more

Just remember that biters are metaphors for life. You are always getting spit on and if you do not keep moving in different directions, you will get stuck and die.

Embrace chaos, you are not going to be able to get anything remotely close to perfect (if that is even possible in factorsubject entirely) in your first few playthrough.

Things like ratios should be thrown out of the window entirely until you have a good grasp on all of the basics and an understanding of how to design your factory to be able to... See more

I used to think speed equaled competence. If you’re a motivated student, you may find yourself on the “accelerated” track. Instead of learning things that challenge you, you are simply rushed through the curriculum, “covering” concepts at a faster rate than your peers. Since I transitioned to homeschool, I never move on from a problem or subject... See more

Every adult senses that their attention is slipping, that their thinking is flattening, that their world is flooded with noise, no neutrality, and that no institution really exists to protect them. Your brain is for sale, my guy - as your attention goes, so does your cognition, so does your sense of depth and certainty.

Confidence, optimism, and... See more