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Solving Factorio Quality

282 points · 108 comments · laurenth

  1. jordiburgos · · focus · HN ↗
    I would elect the people that does this kind of analysis and management for President.
    1. onion2k · · focus · HN ↗
      The difficulty with that is that there are people in the real world actively breaking the systems. Not maliciously, it's just how capitalism works. You can make money by seeing and exploiting inefficiencies in systems, and that changes the system. In a game like Factorio the systems are complex but they don't change under you, which makes analysis much more straightforward.
      1. RHSeeger · · focus · HN ↗
        So, you want a team comprised of Factorio players and tabletop RPG players.
      2. cybrox · · focus · HN ↗
        Malicious actors currently don't seem to behave much more careful than biters in Factorio, so this should align pretty well. To be fair, biter are usually not inside your base / in office.
        1. OkayPhysicist · · focus · HN ↗
          Either way, flamethrowers turn out to be remarkably effective.
    2. bregma · · focus · HN ↗
      At least playing Factorio 18 hours a day would keep them out of our faces for the duration of their term in office.
    3. Sesse__ · · focus · HN ↗
      So, you basically want an economist to be President? Not unreasonable, and certainly not unheard of. At least the pool of candidates is pretty large.
      1. organsnyder · · focus · HN ↗
        Bartlet / Hoynes '98!
    4. jcranmer · · focus · HN ↗
      Technocratic abilities do not necessarily make for good presidents. See, for example, Herbert Hoover.
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