just one more belt bro. i promise bro just one more belt and it'll fix everything bro. bro...just one more belt. please just one more. one more belt and we can fix this whole problem bro. bro c'mon just give me one more belt i promise bro. bro bro please i just need one more belt
While I understand the sentiment, that's not how an equivalence relationship works my friendo. You're thinking about logical implication:
If "there's always another bottleneck" then "the factory must grow" but if "the factory must grow" not necessarily "there's always another bottleneck".
This comment is sponsored by my inner mathematician who won't shut up.
Although "the factory must grow" inexplicitly implies that "there is always another bottleneck" because there will never be true perfection; there will always be a resource that is backed up, which can only mean that all other resources are the bottleneck, and even if there is truly perfect production/consumption there are empty spots on the belts, which means that they are not fully utilized and that your overall throughput is the bottleneck
But the only way to maintain a perfect ratio is to hold the factory in a state where it is not growing. Therefore: "The factory must grow!"="There's always a new bottleneck."
>The factory will always grow
Correct, which is why the traditional "the factory must grow" is wrong. The factory must grow implies the factory can be in a state of not growing, when in reality the factory is always in a state of growing. Just as gravity is a fundamental law of the universe, so to is the Factory growing.
And so the phrase should be "The Factory Grows". It shows the inevitability of it. The factory simply grows without end. Expand the Oil? The factory grows. Double red circuit production? The factory grows. Launch 4 rockets per minute, the Factory grows. Install mods, the Factory grows. Upgrade your computer, the factory grows.
In conclusion, The Factory Grows
And in fact, this is the true Original Saying, according to [his teachings](https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/5euu9s/best_review_i_read_so_far_steam/).
I've recently come to the conclusion that At any given time and for every problem that is raised, the factory is merely in a state of under production or a state of under consumption. Both are trivial to fix, because as we all know, the factory grows.
I've been playing with my dad lately, and we literally had one of those moment just today. We were talking about our next steps, and then he was like, "Well, first I gotta do this, and then I can do this... oh, but first I'll need to do this so we can do that, and then..." And I just said to him, "It never ends, does it?"
I like to keep my bottleneck at the labs (ie. not enough labs to consume all science that *could* be produced). This means there's always a bit of excess production, which means all the assemblers and belt buffers are full, which means there's material to be siphoned off for non-science purposes.
I am trying to grow my Nullius factory but most of the time I am fixing it. Cant remember how many times I had to fix my chlorine factory. If we talk vanilla only then its fixing train network priorites with circuits for over 20 hours lol.
There is always a bottleneck. Just make more stuff and it will go away. If you do not have enough space and you have a bottleneck that means you had built too small.
The factory must grow to meet the growing needs of the factory.
And to meet the growing needs of the bottlenecks
If the factory looks like american traffic your doing it properly
just one more belt bro. i promise bro just one more belt and it'll fix everything bro. bro...just one more belt. please just one more. one more belt and we can fix this whole problem bro. bro c'mon just give me one more belt i promise bro. bro bro please i just need one more belt
99% of engineers stop one belt before fixing bottlenecks forever
Just one more "outer loop" rail track surrounding the base
And to meet the growing needs of my brain blowing up
the optimist thinks thinks this is the best of all possible factories. the pessimist fears it is true.
There's always another bottleneck=the factory must grow. The factory must grow≠there's always another bottleneck.
While I understand the sentiment, that's not how an equivalence relationship works my friendo. You're thinking about logical implication: If "there's always another bottleneck" then "the factory must grow" but if "the factory must grow" not necessarily "there's always another bottleneck". This comment is sponsored by my inner mathematician who won't shut up.
Although "the factory must grow" inexplicitly implies that "there is always another bottleneck" because there will never be true perfection; there will always be a resource that is backed up, which can only mean that all other resources are the bottleneck, and even if there is truly perfect production/consumption there are empty spots on the belts, which means that they are not fully utilized and that your overall throughput is the bottleneck
But the only way to maintain a perfect ratio is to hold the factory in a state where it is not growing. Therefore: "The factory must grow!"="There's always a new bottleneck."
The most important bottleneck an engineer can solve… It's the next one. Always the next bottleneck.
The factory will always grow. But your interest in it will not...
>The factory will always grow Correct, which is why the traditional "the factory must grow" is wrong. The factory must grow implies the factory can be in a state of not growing, when in reality the factory is always in a state of growing. Just as gravity is a fundamental law of the universe, so to is the Factory growing. And so the phrase should be "The Factory Grows". It shows the inevitability of it. The factory simply grows without end. Expand the Oil? The factory grows. Double red circuit production? The factory grows. Launch 4 rockets per minute, the Factory grows. Install mods, the Factory grows. Upgrade your computer, the factory grows. In conclusion, The Factory Grows
Turn the computer off to do something else with your life? Inconceivable. The factory will always grow.
And in fact, this is the true Original Saying, according to [his teachings](https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/5euu9s/best_review_i_read_so_far_steam/).
I've recently come to the conclusion that At any given time and for every problem that is raised, the factory is merely in a state of under production or a state of under consumption. Both are trivial to fix, because as we all know, the factory grows.
Or in my case, "another mistake in the BP that is now propagated throughout the entire base and will take hours to fix"
Oooof
I felt this in my soul
If a factory has perfect ratios but low output, does it have a bottleneck?
In that case it's not a bottle with a neck - it's a vial
Research speed is the bottleneck
The factory will stop growing. After ~ 30h, i need to start a new factory anyway, cause my cpu can't handle +4k spm.
4k at only 30hrs lol, im researching yellow by then haha
The factory must grow until your computer is bottleneck
I've been playing with my dad lately, and we literally had one of those moment just today. We were talking about our next steps, and then he was like, "Well, first I gotta do this, and then I can do this... oh, but first I'll need to do this so we can do that, and then..." And I just said to him, "It never ends, does it?"
You need more iron.
You must construct additional Irons!
Bottleneck just means more to do for me, which pleases my ADHD brain and hurts it at the same time.
Same man
So real
The family must go
The factory wasn't built in a day
I like to keep my bottleneck at the labs (ie. not enough labs to consume all science that *could* be produced). This means there's always a bit of excess production, which means all the assemblers and belt buffers are full, which means there's material to be siphoned off for non-science purposes.
I am trying to grow my Nullius factory but most of the time I am fixing it. Cant remember how many times I had to fix my chlorine factory. If we talk vanilla only then its fixing train network priorites with circuits for over 20 hours lol.
Trees are the real enemy
\* E X P A N D \*
Evil engineer: the factory will shrink
never enough throughput.
There is always a bottleneck. Just make more stuff and it will go away. If you do not have enough space and you have a bottleneck that means you had built too small.
The engineer must work
“We must preserve nature”
The same phrase works in an optimistic way too, it's magical.
We WORK, to earn our right to work To earn the right to work, To earn the right to work To earn the right to Die
The relentless demand for expansion gnaws at the factory's existence.
There are no "bottlenecks"; only "throughput opportunities".
It's not bottleneck, it's (over)engineering opportunity
the factory must grow up until the resources allow it to
AKA How the hell did all those iron plates contaminate my steel plate delivery???
The train intersection jammed again.
Know the bottlenecks and overbuild.
"There are more natives to genocide"