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>it's built in the shape of the reward center of my brain

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."

>>ineeda+(OP)
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.

>>ineeda+(OP)
I wonder who the real world equivalent of biters are… sales?

>>cortes+H8
Security issues in software

>>cortes+H8
rad hits

>>mettam+4b
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.

>>cortes+H8
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?

>>ineeda+QF
I think lawyers are getting added in the upcoming expansion pack.

>>jay_ky+F1
At least in the case of Factorio you choose to do it. On the other hand, you don’t get paid for it.

>>ineeda+QF
lawyers are the spitters

>>ineeda+(OP)
You should try Foxhole facility maintenance. Makes Factorio stress feel like a tickle.