About this episode
The episode discusses gaming on Linux, backpressure in TCP, and humorous factory mistakes in Factorio.
Ben's new TCP backpressure explanation: conveyor belts full. Matt zooms out and mistakes his factory for a Pentium 2. Ben plans to switch to Linux gaming; Matt's start bar keeps popping up and he's had it.
People in this episode
Hosts: Ben Rady, Matt Godbolt
Topics covered
- gaming
- technology
- Linux
- Factorio
- backpressure
- conveyor belts
Keywords
- Factorio
- Linux gaming
- backpressure
- conveyor belts
- Pentium 2
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Pentium 2, Linux
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