Bustedknuckles

American here - I wish we would

You can beat factorio with extremely inefficient gameplay, layout, etc. There are two achievements in that sort of "taught" me how to play better. First was the one that limited how many items you could handcraft, and second was the speedrun achievements. Both were doable but forced me to automate more and plan things out in advance, and I can't remember any other game's achievements that qualitatively changed how I played.

Mine hasn't. Bleh

Bynum (OR-5) voted in favor. I don't love it, but it was a tight election for Oregon, so I can at least understand the politics of it. Would love to see a retraction /apology. I also remember seeing that she'd received something like $3 million in support from AIPAC but haven't been able to verify independently

Isn't that for the last time at the Portland protests?

The bet was only like 32k and not a round number. I feel like this was a low-level chump and poor opsec

Yeah, annoying to clear and not very useful after you get past basic power poles. They have a secondary benefits of messing with biter pathing and absorbing pollution, but for speedrun achievements (and even normal play IMO), trees shouldn't be tweaked upwards

Careful about too many trees! Trees are the real enemy. I think you'll do great - real trick is to just always know what's next so you don't waste time. Having a good set of blueprints doesn't hurt either

Really? Which one? I hadn't heard about anything - sucks if true

E: looks like Kovarik had some controversial comments that might be worth looking into if folks are considering buying Factorio

In Space age, you can get these fairly comfortably, especially with two people. If you're worried though, you can up resource size/richness/frequency and still get the achievements - just don't turn on peaceful biters, I think

Then you find yourself calculating if you should go home or pass out 100 levels deep in a remote cavern in a desert for a chance of getting something to pet your goats

Having way too much time in both, I view stardew as a gateway drug. It hooks you with cozy vibes but for sure rewards min/maxing. At least you don't have to worry about UPS limitations!