Re:Understanding Kafka with Factorio (2019)
by jay_kyburz on Thursday July 13, 2023 @05:37PM
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Yes, but it also embodies the worst parts of my job, which is that there is always more to do and the work is never ending.
At least in the case of Factorio you choose to do it. On the other hand, you don’t get paid for it.
Re:Understanding Kafka with Factorio (2019)
by cortesoft on Thursday July 13, 2023 @06:09PM
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I wonder who the real world equivalent of biters are… sales?
Re:Understanding Kafka with Factorio (2019)
by mettamage on Thursday July 13, 2023 @06:21PM
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Security issues in software
Re:Understanding Kafka with Factorio (2019)
by p1necone on Thursday July 13, 2023 @09:06PM
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This is actually a pretty great analogy. Could be even closer if the biters came in and stole materials, or replaced things on cargo belts as well as just trying to destroy things.
Re:Understanding Kafka with Factorio (2019)
by oconnor663 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @06:45PM
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rad hits
Re:Understanding Kafka with Factorio (2019)
by ineedasername on Thursday July 13, 2023 @10:44PM
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Too many to list. This past week’s productivity was partially hijacked by a vendor relationship gone sour to the point of getting the lawyers involved.
And so if sales are biters, where do lawyers rank?
Re:Understanding Kafka with Factorio (2019)
by bongobingo1 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:34PM
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I think lawyers are getting added in the upcoming expansion pack.
lawyers are the spitters
Re:Understanding Kafka with Factorio (2019)
by reportgunner on Friday July 14, 2023 @08:46AM
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You should try Foxhole facility maintenance. Makes Factorio stress feel like a tickle.
Yes, it's like a distillation of the feeling I get from the most enjoyable parts of my job, risking productivity loss from real world responsibilities until the complexity rises high enough to require project organization and advanced planning of tasks that are the least enjoyable parts of my job, along the lines of:
"Crap, I have a sudden urgent need to deal with enemies creeping out from beyond my radar range that will push back operationalization of my proof-of-concept production pipeline. I'd estimate 3 man hours are required to perform a one-off fix on the enemies & radar expansion, maybe 5 to automate long-term... damnit I need a break, let me VPN into work to decompress from Factorio stress."