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Re:Railroad Tycoon by JumpCrisscross on Saturday March 18, 2017 @02:41AM (#13900222)
> Factorio

Is there a good* technological civilization bootstrapping handbook? (For a real person stranded on some random Earth-like planet.)

*intentionally ambiguous

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Re:Railroad Tycoon by problems on Saturday March 18, 2017 @03:12AM (#13900283)
Closest thing I can think of is this mostly silly poster: http://rebuildingcivilization.com/sites/default/files/travel...
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Re:Railroad Tycoon by JumpCrisscross on Saturday March 18, 2017 @03:01PM (#13902901)
Meh. How does knowing atomic theory while neglecting basic ore --> refined product chemistries useful?
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Re:Railroad Tycoon by adamgibbons on Saturday March 18, 2017 @03:27AM (#13900306)
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch by Lewis Dartnell http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114087-the-knowledge
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Re:Railroad Tycoon by kd5bjo on Monday March 20, 2017 @01:04PM (#13915774)
The Gingery books will at least get you a working machine shop from scratch
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