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Re: Show HN: Verilog2factorio

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Post by Mister_Snuggles »

dmoy wrote: post #17
Mister_Snuggles wrote: post #4

I would love to see some screenshots added to the README. I get that it compiles a Verilog design into a Factorio Blueprint, but what does the resulting factory look like? Is it just a bunch of wires and combinators?

> but what does the resulting factory look like? Is it just a bunch of wires and combinators? It seems like... yes? https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35386456/115978429...

Cool! The screenshots added since I commented definitely help make this understandable!

I can definitely see some players building parts of their factories using this.

Re: Show HN: Verilog2factorio

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Post by dang »

scrollaway wrote: post #10
naikrovek wrote: post #9

well how many man-hours do you need to intentionally waste before it is a good reason to not share? where's that line, for you? one of the worst things about open source is all the absolute crap that is claiming to be useful. how many man-millennia have been wasted because of the armies of people who have posted something they're proud of, but is complete rubbish, on npmjs.org?

Wow please stop with this gatekeeping. Seriously, people "posting their crap" is a great thing about open source. More should be encouraged to do so. If you look at my github profile you'll find the crap I wrote when I was 15 and still learning lua and python. The repos are of course archived and not claiming to be "web scale and enterprise ready", but nobody should shy away from learning in the open. You know what t…

Please don't respond by taking threads further into flamewar. I get that your intention is positive but when you do it this way it does at least as much harm as good. If you took out the swipes it would work much better.

In fact, if the entire comment were just the third paragraph, it would be just fine.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Show HN: Verilog2factorio

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Post by scrollaway »

dang wrote: post #22
scrollaway wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow please stop with this gatekeeping. Seriously, people "posting their crap" is a great thing about open source. More should be encouraged to do so. If you look at my github profile you'll find the crap I wrote when I was 15 and still learning lua and python. The repos are of course archived and not claiming to be "web scale and enterprise ready", but nobody should shy away from learning in the open. You know what t…

Please don't respond by taking threads further into flamewar. I get that your intention is positive but when you do it this way it does at least as much harm as good. If you took out the swipes it would work much better. In fact, if the entire comment were just the third paragraph, it would be just fine. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Ok, I've edited my comment to make it less hostile.

Re: Show HN: Verilog2factorio

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Post by dang »

scrollaway wrote: post #23
dang wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please don't respond by taking threads further into flamewar. I get that your intention is positive but when you do it this way it does at least as much harm as good. If you took out the swipes it would work much better. In fact, if the entire comment were just the third paragraph, it would be just fine. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Ok, I've edited my comment to make it less hostile.

If you still open with "Wow please stop with this gatekeeping" then you're still breaking the site guidelines. Please do better. Threads deteriorate more from people's reactions to bad comments then they do from the bad comments themselves. Much more, actually, because flamewars wouldn't spread at all if the only reactions were downvotes and flags.

Re: Show HN: Verilog2factorio

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Post by scrollaway »

dang wrote: post #24
scrollaway wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok, I've edited my comment to make it less hostile.

If you still open with "Wow please stop with this gatekeeping" then you're still breaking the site guidelines. Please do better. Threads deteriorate more from people's reactions to bad comments then they do from the bad comments themselves. Much more, actually, because flamewars wouldn't spread at all if the only reactions were downvotes and flags.

I've removed the inflammatory stuff, it was out of line. But calling people out on gatekeeping others from contributing in open source is not that, i disagree.

I usually just flag and move on, i probably should have done that here too, but i stand by what's left of my comment post-edit.

Re: Show HN: Verilog2factorio

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Post by dang »

scrollaway wrote: post #25
dang wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you still open with "Wow please stop with this gatekeeping" then you're still breaking the site guidelines. Please do better. Threads deteriorate more from people's reactions to bad comments then they do from the bad comments themselves. Much more, actually, because flamewars wouldn't spread at all if the only reactions were downvotes and flags.

I've removed the inflammatory stuff, it was out of line. But calling people out on gatekeeping others from contributing in open source is not that, i disagree. I usually just flag and move on, i probably should have done that here too, but i stand by what's left of my comment post-edit.

If you're tempted to use the phrase "calling out", you're probably not in the intended spirit of this site.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

That kind of thing has poisonous systemic effects. It's not worth it.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

Btw, I agree with you on the underlying point. But how one goes about making right points is exceedingly important. It may be more important than wrongness, although that's an unfashionable perspective at the moment.

Re: Show HN: Verilog2factorio

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Post by pinum »

spicybright wrote: post #2

They couldn't put in a sentence stating what this actually does?

I’d imagine the target audience for this consists entirely of people who already know what Verilog and Factorio are. And if you’re part of that intersection then it’s instantly obvious what it does from the title alone.

Re: Show HN: Verilog2factorio

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Post by thurn »

MisterBiggs wrote: post #5

Always thought programmatically generating Factorio blueprints was a really cool idea and Verilog seems like a great language to model blueprints, but this repo definitely needs more work before being shared with the world. One of my favorite tools that shows what's possible: https://autotorio.com/example/outpost

Neat, I'd never seen outpost generator before, quite useful. I wish it were possible to generate blueprints directly from mods so stuff like that could be directly integrated into the game.

Re: Show HN: Verilog2factorio

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Post by scrollaway »

dang wrote: post #26
scrollaway wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've removed the inflammatory stuff, it was out of line. But calling people out on gatekeeping others from contributing in open source is not that, i disagree. I usually just flag and move on, i probably should have done that here too, but i stand by what's left of my comment post-edit.

If you're tempted to use the phrase "calling out", you're probably not in the intended spirit of this site. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... That kind of thing has poisonous systemic effects. It's not worth it. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Btw, I agree with you on the underlying point. But how one goes about making right points is exceedingly important…

Fair enough.
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