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I always wish more metaphors were built using conveyor belts in these discussions. It helps me mentally underscore that you have to pay attention to what queue
by taeric 2y ago
I always wish more metaphors were built using conveyor belts in these discussions. It helps me mentally underscore that you have to pay attention to what queue/belt you load and why you need to give that a lot of thought.
Granted, I'm probably mostly afraid of diving into factorio again. :D
- jimbokun 2y agoLike Lucy in the chocolate factory.
- Cyphase 2y agoWhat an iconic episode.
- westurner 2y agoThe Spintronics mechanical circuits game is sort of like conveyor belts. Electrons are not individually identified like things on a conveyor belt. Electrons in conductors, semiconductors, and superconductors do behave like fluids. Turing tapes; https://hackaday.com/2016/08/18/the-turing-tapes/ https://hackaday.com/2016/08/18/the-turing-tapes/ Theory of computation > Models of computation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_computation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_computation
- golergka 2y agoPlaying Factorio has indeed given me a much better understanding of how congestion works in complex systems.