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konovalov-nk 6 hours ago [-]
... Curtain rises.
A technical interview at a company that uses Verilog.
Near future.
A candidate walks in. Big Factorio fan.
The interviewer smiles and gestures toward a gaming PC. Factorio is already running.
The candidate squints.
"What, are we gonna speedrun science in 40 minutes?"
The interviewer grins.
"That would be too easy for you."
"Oh, I get it. No-belts challenge? Deathworld, no weapons? Rampant? Space Age blindfolded?"
"It's a debugging session," says the interviewer.
"You know. The thing you'll actually be doing on the job."
"Got it. So what are we debugging? Train signals? Belt congestion? Fluid throughput? Nuclear ratios?"
The interviewer turns the monitor slightly.
"Here is a Hello World program in Verilog."
A beat.
"It has been transpiled into a Factorio map."
The candidate leans closer to the screen. Eyes agitated.
The interviewer smiles.
"You just need to find a few problems with it."
... Curtain falls.
buildbot 24 hours ago [-]
Verilog to X compilers always bring me such joy. (There are several ones for Minecraft)
I wonder with the new Timberborn 1.0 update with automation if there’s enough to build a computer from water gates…
skyberrys 2 days ago [-]
What a wild idea, but it makes sense! I haven't taken the time to get it working. I've heard a lot about Factorio, but I stayed away from it so far.
brailsafe 1 days ago [-]
Factorio is a great game that's easy to compartmentalize and allocate small, discrete periods of time to, especially if you're an engineer of any kind.
9dev 1 days ago [-]
Crack is the best thing you ever can try, my friend, trust me! It’s not addictive at all.
lucyjojo 8 hours ago [-]
factorio got me spitting blood from lack of sleep...
BiteCode_dev 1 days ago [-]
Sure, in the same way you can easily limit yourself to one cigarette a day.
el_isma 1 days ago [-]
* "small" as measured by estimated lifetime duration
Vasbarlog 1 days ago [-]
#not
ddlsmurf 1 days ago [-]
Well don't if you value sleep and free time. Whilst slightly in jest, sincerely, it is incredibly addictive.
wbl 18 hours ago [-]
The first time I played it I got a little sleepy and went to bed. It was 3 am.
deterministic 13 hours ago [-]
I am an avid gamer. However Factorio is the only game I have been playing for years. It is truly unique.
ivanjermakov 23 hours ago [-]
> I had a little bug in the ASCII font, so the smiley face is frowning.
Happens to the best of us!
peaboff 23 hours ago [-]
hey, I made this!
Thanks for showing it here!
ur-whale 1 days ago [-]
Amazing work, and a fantastic idea, congratulations to the author.
I am definitely trying this next week-end!
Maybe if you can get it to zoom out far enough and wire up an array of lights on the surface of Nauvis…
ogghostjelly 1 days ago [-]
I tried on my 1366x768 display fully zoomed out and it doesn't cover enough space for DOOM's 320x200 display if each pixel is one tile. But maybe you could get the display working on the map? Not sure if that's even possible, are there any Factorio tiles that can change their map color on demand? Or just download some kind of utlra-zoom mod, that works too.
A technical interview at a company that uses Verilog.
Near future.
A candidate walks in. Big Factorio fan. The interviewer smiles and gestures toward a gaming PC. Factorio is already running.
The candidate squints. "What, are we gonna speedrun science in 40 minutes?"
The interviewer grins. "That would be too easy for you."
"Oh, I get it. No-belts challenge? Deathworld, no weapons? Rampant? Space Age blindfolded?"
"It's a debugging session," says the interviewer. "You know. The thing you'll actually be doing on the job."
"Got it. So what are we debugging? Train signals? Belt congestion? Fluid throughput? Nuclear ratios?"
The interviewer turns the monitor slightly.
"Here is a Hello World program in Verilog."
A beat.
"It has been transpiled into a Factorio map."
The candidate leans closer to the screen. Eyes agitated.
The interviewer smiles. "You just need to find a few problems with it."
... Curtain falls.
I wonder with the new Timberborn 1.0 update with automation if there’s enough to build a computer from water gates…
Happens to the best of us!
Thanks for showing it here!
https://youtu.be/0bAuP0gO5pc